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Brooks Brothers needs...

jason.wu.05.09

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...more colors in their online shirt selection. Really guys, white and blue (and a few pinks)?
 

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BB has always been like that. That is their bread and butter. Known as a very traditional company, I wouldn't hold my breath on some drastic change to dress shirts. They tend to leave that to Kiton and RL
 

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trad, it stands for traditional I believe.

next?
 

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Originally Posted by WRAdvisor
BB has always been like that. That is their bread and butter. Known as a very traditional company, I wouldn't hold my breath on some drastic change to dress shirts. They tend to leave that to Kiton and RL

yeah i guess you are right. brooks + bite = RL

however brooks is american. rl is more english looks
 

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Of course they're traditional, but they have made some concessions to the times -- witness the Milano-cut line of suits, for example. I'm just saying I'd like that trend to extend to their dress shirts.
 

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Originally Posted by jason.wu.05.09
Of course they're traditional, but they have made some concessions to the times -- witness the Milano-cut line of suits, for example. I'm just saying I'd like that trend to extend to their dress shirts.

You can get any color you want MTM.
 

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I think it's actually more of an inventory problem. To offer something online they need to make sure it's in stock at the warehouse and probably available for a while. They probably have a lot more options but just in store because they'd rather you go to a store where you can try it on, be upsold by the SA's, etc.
 

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BB needs a lot more than fixing their shirt colors.

I do own purple and orange BB shirts, so cant knock them for that. Their suits though
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shoulder pleats on dress shirts instead of box pleats.
 

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Originally Posted by thoogsby
..to make the extra slim cut in non-iron.

Hear hear!

And I know they have more colors in store, but it kills me, I live in a college town without a Brooks Brothers (and no transportation!).
 

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+1 above. The extra slim fit is one of the best decisions BB has recently made. It's a great shirt!
 

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... to implement some QC on their Cordovan shoes or to have some stock on hand to replace your defective non-QC'd Cordovan shoes.
 

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