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PSA - Brooks Brothers Golden Fleece Suits Recalled

post #1 of 32
10/25/11 at 12:48pm
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I'm not sure if this has been discussed already, but I had read some rumors that BB recalled their entire line of GF suits for potential quality issues (it's their highest quality line).

I just spoke with a BB customer service representative on the phone and she confirmed that this is the case and the reason why you can no longer find GF suits online. She did mention that this a recall affecting recent GF releases and suits purchased from early 2011 should be fine.

I have two takeaways:
1) If you recently purchased a GF suit, you might go back to the store and ask if yours is defective or if you can get a retroactive discount.
2) There might be some decent GF suits hitting the outlet stores soon.
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post #2 of 32
10/25/11 at 2:13pm
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Originally Posted by nelly View Post

I'm not sure if this has been discussed already, but I had read some rumors that BB recalled their entire line of GF suits for potential quality issues (it's their highest quality line).
I just spoke with a BB customer service representative on the phone and she confirmed that this is the case and the reason why you can no longer find GF suits online. She did mention that this a recall affecting recent GF releases and suits purchased from early 2011 should be fine.
I have two takeaways:
1) If you recently purchased a GF suit, you might go back to the store and ask if yours is defective or if you can get a retroactive discount.
2) There might be some decent GF suits hitting the outlet stores soon.

huh? what's the problem...................will the airbag deploy prematurely??

How do you recall a suit?
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post #3 of 32
10/25/11 at 2:15pm
I'm guessing some kind of quality issue?

It could be anything from the cloth not being treated properly, canvasses having mould spores on them, an overlocker not fastening threads properly. Literally anything could happen.
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post #4 of 32
10/25/11 at 2:28pm
relabel as 'silver fleece' and redirect them to the discounters. That's the plan right?
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post #5 of 32
10/25/11 at 2:29pm
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This is a quote from AskAndy, the source of the original rumor:

"Brooks employed Martin Greenfield to manufacture a high amount of the suiting. After review, Greenfield has been tinkering with his manufacturing lowering the quality of the goods. Del Vecchio became very unimpressed and in fact Greenfield is now in dispute with the company. The new Golden Fleece suiting will all be made in Southwick and some of the garments continuously made in Italy. "
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post #6 of 32
10/25/11 at 2:52pm
Probably more contract dispute than anything. Although Martin Greenfield stuff for BB was sucking. There was a entire production line of GF suits with the vents f'd up. I had an MTM that they did a pretty poor job of. boo

Although they need to get Southwick up to par. The stuff they churn out is pretty crappy at times.

No bueno when you have 2 suits of the same size in the same cut and they fit drastically different.
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post #7 of 32
10/25/11 at 3:07pm
Why would they go to Southwick for their GF line? confused.gif

Sigh, looks like we have to change the suit hierarchy thread.
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post #8 of 32
10/25/11 at 3:46pm
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Originally Posted by Achilles_ View Post

Why would they go to Southwick for their GF line? confused.gif
Sigh, looks like we have to change the suit hierarchy thread.

I had a Southwick produced BBBF patch pocket blazer that was very nice. I'md not sure if it was as nice as my Greenfield produced GF blazer, but it was much nicer than the standard 1818 stuff.
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post #9 of 32
10/25/11 at 3:50pm
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Originally Posted by Joenobody0 View Post

I had a Southwick produced BBBF patch pocket blazer that was very nice. I'md not sure if it was as nice as my Greenfield produced GF blazer, but it was much nicer than the standard 1818 stuff.

Hmmm I need to do some research on Southwick it would seem.
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post #10 of 32
10/25/11 at 3:52pm
Who makes their made in Italy suits?
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post #11 of 32
10/25/11 at 3:52pm
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Originally Posted by Achilles_ View Post

Hmmm I need to do some research on Southwick it would seem.

Take a look at the Fitzgerald fit GF suits, or any of the USA made Black Fleece suits. Those seem to be as good as Southwick can produce right now. The Black Fleece suits aren't as nice as the old made in Italy suits from 2007 though.
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post #12 of 32
10/27/11 at 12:27am

Has anyone tried to talk to a retail BB store to get some sort of rebate from this yet?

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post #13 of 32
10/27/11 at 9:28am
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Originally Posted by Achilles_ View Post

Hmmm I need to do some research on Southwick it would seem.

Nothing wrong with Southwick. It's right up there with Hickey Freeman and H. Freeman & Son quality. Southwick has been around a long time, mainly in men's specialty stores.
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post #14 of 32
10/27/11 at 9:39am
i have heard that there have been serious inconstancy's coming out of southwick
it is a solid garment, but nothing special
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post #15 of 32
10/27/11 at 6:18pm
I hope it is okay to link to the discussion on AAAC.

http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?114022-Brooks-Brothers-Recalls-Golden-Fleece-Suiting

The latest news there is that someone contacted Martin Greenfield and they seem to be unaware of the issue and claim they only make MTM clothing for BB GF.
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