Bergdorf Employee on Thom Browne Shoes

Originally Posted by iammatt

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Big is an understatement. He practically reinvented the industry.

are we still talking about Rocco the tailor?

I've heard he travels, too.

Originally Posted by Get Smart

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are we still talking about Rocco the tailor?

I think we're on Rocco the actor. I'm just waiting for Conne to jump on this.

Believe me ,he is massive...

Originally Posted by Thurston

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I think we're on Rocco the actor. I'm just waiting for Conne to jump on this.

Jeez, a 60 mph fastball right down the middle. I'll let someone else hit it out of the park

Originally Posted by lasbar

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Believe me ,he is massive...

My mother always told me, "respect those that have the experience".

He is trying a come-back as an arty farty actor or something like that...

Will be interesting to see him in Pride and prejudice or The Tempest...

he was in an arthouse movie, I'm trying to think of the name. the role still involved bonking a chick though.

wow, a bunch of men talking about male Appreciation stars.

edit: movie was Catherine Breillat's "Romance"

Was this woman a tall fair skinned blond?

Originally Posted by ghulkhan

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So today i was talking to this women who works at Bergdorf who is in love with Thom. She tells me the shoes are amazing. I was like well 1200 for shoes that are rebranded 3-4 hundred dollar Trickers sounds a bit crazy. She is like well they do not have the red white and blue tag and "taps" on the shoes. Well I tried to explain to her that the "taps" could be put on by any cobbler and the 700-800 dollar premium for the tag seemed pretty marsupialed. She was not buying it....

The highlighted language explains the substance of the conversation. Do you really expect her to say "we charge more for rebranded shoes so that you can show your support for Thom (and us)?"

Originally Posted by whnay.

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Was this woman a tall fair skinned blond?

the woman who got nailed by Rocco, or the woman who nailed ghulkan (figuratively)?

Originally Posted by Tarmac

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Tricker's have practically flawless manufacturing. I think they are better made than CJ handgrade. You pick the right design, your specs, and your materials, you can claim a lot of BS like "this is the best made shoe in the world"

thats quite a statement. I have never seen a trickers here in the States. But I have a handgrade. Can you elaborate on this statement. what is the basis of your opinion. Not trying to pick a fight...just wanting to see if trickers are a great value even shipped here to the usa and with the mighty us dollar charging ahead

Originally Posted by kbuzz

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thats quite a statement. I have never seen a trickers here in the States. But I have a handgrade. Can you elaborate on this statement. what is the basis of your opinion. Not trying to pick a fight...just wanting to see if trickers are a great value even shipped here to the usa and with the mighty us dollar charging ahead

I'm referring purely to:

stitching
cutting
leather uniformity
symmetry (left shoe vs right, as well as L vs R of the same shoe)

The only real life handgrade experience I have is owning RL Bentons which everyone agrees are handgrade 337 belgraves. They are slightly off in terms of symmetry, and also the lacing is just slightly crooked on one shoe. My tricker's are made absolutely perfectly. In terms of shoes I have personally handled, I have seen this level of quality control only on JLPs and Edward Greens.

But it doesn't help you if the Tricker's aesthetic doesnt appeal to you. They are more country style...

If it was on the 3rd floor, if she was wearing Thom Browne and she was a tall blonde then that was the love of my life Ceila who is the Thom Browne specialist.

You have to take her statements into context. She is selling Thom Browne on the 3rd floor next to Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Etro, McQueen, Gucci, Mizrahi, Paul Smith, etc. Of course her brand is the "best OTR quality" because she doesn't care about (because her customer's don't really care about) Oxxford, Isaia, Brioni, Kiton and all the favorite obscure tailors you guys favor here...if they did they would be shopping on the 2nd floor (which in fact does have some Thom Browne "Sartorial" now that goes up to a size 5 and can come in a R or L).

And also, she didn't know who made the shoes until I told her it was Tricker's and coaxed one of Thom's former employees into admiting it while we were having drinks at the Michael Bastian event.

On a side note, I have Alden Black Shell Cordovan Chukkas and Longwings in stock and for sale. You can pay me $800 or $550, it's up to you.

^^^
I want the plaza cordovan boots

Originally Posted by SoCal2NYC

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If it was on the 3rd floor, if she was wearing Thom Browne and she was a tall blonde then that was the love of my life Ceila who is the Thom Browne specialist.

You have to take her statements into context. She is selling Thom Browne on the 3rd floor next to Dolce & Gabbana, Armani, Etro, McQueen, Gucci, Mizrahi, Paul Smith, etc. Of course her brand is the "best OTR quality" because she doesn't care about (because her customer's don't really care about) Oxxford, Isaia, Brioni, Kiton and all the favorite obscure tailors you guys favor here...if they did they would be shopping on the 2nd floor (which in fact does have some Thom Browne "Sartorial" now that goes up to a size 5 and can come in a R or L).

And also, she didn't know who made the shoes until I told her it was Tricker's and coaxed one of Thom's former employees into admiting it while we were having drinks at the Michael Bastian event.

Yea she is a really nice empathetic person. I liked her ....