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PPR Buys Brioni

post #1 of 40
11/8/11 at 1:58pm
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Interesting article on PPR's acquisitions of Brioni in the Wall Street Journal.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204190704577026011411533018.html

Any thoughts?
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post #2 of 40
11/8/11 at 2:07pm
Will have the same fate as Churchs
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post #3 of 40
11/8/11 at 2:34pm
will go from 70k suits to 200k suits a year...
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post #4 of 40
11/8/11 at 2:49pm
will quality be substituted?

I would be sad to see my favourite RTW suit maker take a nose dive in quality. Would hate to see their elegant simplicity compromised in place of fashion forwardness and mass production.
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post #5 of 40
11/8/11 at 2:55pm
seriously that story almost made me cry. to see such a well respected, classy, meticulously crafted brand and product that has been in family hands since its inception fall prey to takeover due to recession and debt is just so sad.

i really really hope they dont fuck the brand up. i hope they keep its image whole and continue to produce the same high level of tailoring as always.

i hope this does not become RIP brioni. i really really hope. brioni exchance and emporio brioni is the last thing i want to see.
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post #6 of 40
11/8/11 at 3:43pm
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Originally Posted by in stitches View Post

seriously that story almost made me cry. to see such a well respected, classy, meticulously crafted brand and product that has been in family hands since its inception fall prey to takeover due to recession and debt is just so sad.
i really really hope they dont fuck the brand up. i hope they keep its image whole and continue to produce the same high level of tailoring as always.
i hope this does not become RIP brioni. i really really hope. brioni exchance and emporio brioni is the last thing i want to see.

+ 10 to the power of a million.

I really like Gucci and all that stuff, but in smaller rather than larger doses. I really do not want to see Brioni go in the Gucci direction. I hope they still do what they do best, and that is making first class jackets and suits in a nice, elegant, and minimalistic way. If it does change for the worse and we see Brioni's with super high batwings or skinny lapels and god forbid, fusing, I reserve the right to take first dibs on all Brioni suits in my size going second hand frown.gif
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post #7 of 40
11/8/11 at 4:55pm
They'll close the Italian factories and move it all to China?
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post #8 of 40
11/8/11 at 5:54pm
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Will have the same fate as Churchs

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post #9 of 40
11/8/11 at 6:08pm
*scoursforoldstocktohoard*
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post #10 of 40
11/8/11 at 7:43pm
Thanks for the article.. depressing news. ffffuuuu.gif
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post #11 of 40
11/9/11 at 5:05am
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Hopefully the quality will not suffer.
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Pffff
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post #12 of 40
11/9/11 at 5:31am
Another thing, will probably mean even more Brioni counterfeits. The Chinese sure love to copy anything PPR.
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post #13 of 40
11/9/11 at 5:50am
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Originally Posted by in stitches View Post

seriously that story almost made me cry. to see such a well respected, classy, meticulously crafted brand and product that has been in family hands since its inception fall prey to takeover due to recession and debt is just so sad.
i really really hope they dont fuck the brand up. i hope they keep its image whole and continue to produce the same high level of tailoring as always.
i hope this does not become RIP brioni. i really really hope. brioni exchance and emporio brioni is the last thing i want to see.

This++!!
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post #14 of 40
11/9/11 at 8:49am
Fuck, I'm with Spoo. Need to add to my closet before it goes to hell.
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post #15 of 40
11/9/11 at 9:13am
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“Brioni boasts top quality craftsmanship and is synonymous with Italian masculine elegance,” Mr. Pinault said in a statement. “We have great ambitions for this fashion house. We will give it access to our expertise and know-how, so that it can write a new page in its history while continuing to preserve its identity.”

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2011/11/08/ppr-acquires-italian-suit-maker-brioni/

bolded portion does not bode well.
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