Australian Members - Page 753

Originally Posted by Gerry Nelson 




 



Ok, looks like we have at least four people including myself. What day suits everyone best? 

Say a Thursday right after work? It'll be nice to catch up for an hour or two right after work and have an early night - the way I see it, we can catch up and still get home a a reasonable time so as to keep the peace at home (if that applies)   Anyone who wants can stay on and go till dawn 

The Herringbone evening was great but I've got no idea when the next one will be. I'd like to make this informal and flexible so that we can do this on a semi-regular basis. 

Thoughts?

Originally Posted by ColdEyedPugilist 

Anyone seen this thread?
http://www.styleforum.net/t/293227/a-daily-mens-clothing-and-streetwear-and-denim-fit-comparison-thread/90
All I can say is:
No wonder Ethan and Patrick shun SF like the plague; and Graeme has all but stopped posting...

Originally Posted by bhall41 

Yep, I'm in that category too these days. Main exception: Watch P0rn.

Originally Posted by Charlie's Wardrobe 

I tend to stick more and more to just a handful of subscribed threads too, like the watch porn one too. It's often just too ridiculous to take seriously some of the other threads, worst of all WAYWRN (which I post in too) with guys wearing ties, pocket squares etc for everyday duties on a Sunday for example. One guy even posted in their he went to Church purely so he could dress up for the morning! Anyway, I'm ranting a bit too much today ha ha, time for a coffee and a chill I think.

Originally Posted by The Ernesto 

From The Age on Saturday in a story about David Jones:
'International industry experts have been marveling at Australia for years. Local retailers - department stores in particular - sell goods at prices much of the rest of the world only dream about.
'In international retailing circles, Australia is often referred to as 'Treasure island' - where the prices at which we mug punters buy goods are far higher than most of the rest of the world.
'And that is why 'price harmonisation are two words retailers hate to hear.
'It is no longer reasonable to argue that because only 5 per cent of good are bought online that we are immune to price deflation, because goods in bricks and mortar stores are increasingly priced off those sold online.'
Can't find the whole piece online.

Originally Posted by Charlie's Wardrobe 

I tend to stick more and more to just a handful of subscribed threads too, like the watch porn one too. It's often just too ridiculous to take seriously some of the other threads, worst of all WAYWRN (which I post in too) with guys wearing ties, pocket squares etc for everyday duties on a Sunday for example. One guy even posted in their he went to Church purely so he could dress up for the morning! Anyway, I'm ranting a bit too much today ha ha, time for a coffee and a chill I think.

Originally Posted by blahman 

^^ However there also the beauty of Laissez-faire capitalism where we give J. Crew the bird and buy elsewhere. There are alternatives out there. They can go get stuffed.

Originally Posted by blahman 

And I thought the main factors are high costs due to: high rent, high wages with overtime/weekend/afterhours rates, low population density and inconvenient opening hours.

Originally Posted by The Ernesto 

From The Age on Saturday in a story about David Jones:
'International industry experts have been marveling at Australia for years. Local retailers - department stores in particular - sell goods at prices much of the rest of the world only dream about.
'In international retailing circles, Australia is often referred to as 'Treasure island' - where the prices at which we mug punters buy goods are far higher than most of the rest of the world.
'And that is why 'price harmonisation are two words retailers hate to hear.
'It is no longer reasonable to argue that because only 5 per cent of good are bought online that we are immune to price deflation, because goods in bricks and mortar stores are increasingly priced off those sold online.'
Can't find the whole piece online.

Originally Posted by The Ernesto 

From The Age on Saturday in a story about David Jones:
'International industry experts have been marveling at Australia for years. Local retailers - department stores in particular - sell goods at prices much of the rest of the world only dream about.
'In international retailing circles, Australia is often referred to as 'Treasure island' - where the prices at which we mug punters buy goods are far higher than most of the rest of the world.
'And that is why 'price harmonisation are two words retailers hate to hear.
'It is no longer reasonable to argue that because only 5 per cent of good are bought online that we are immune to price deflation, because goods in bricks and mortar stores are increasingly priced off those sold online.'
Can't find the whole piece online.

Originally Posted by Charlie's Wardrobe 

Yeah I don't see why the SW&D guys can't stay over there and the MC guys stay here and just let be what will be, but you will always get people trying to project there own tastes/opinions on forums like this. Sometimes it's good, sometimes bad.
Did no one else get the impression that PG was a reluctant poster both here and in WAYWRN anyway or just me? Or he certainly only piped up when he was cranky or had the shits with something. Same with the blog, most of the questions he answers are from anonymous noobs and he is just cracking the sads with them cos they want to know what kind of collar he uses on his shirts or something. It's frustrating for sure but if you start your own blog that the world can see, that sort of thing is to be expected. Since he moved on to Apple the blog is largely irrelevant for clothing inspiration to me now, but I still check in once a day to have a look.

Originally Posted by Prince of Paisley 

I think this is it reprinted in the SMH. http://www.smh.com.au/business/painting-over-cracks-in-house-of-horrors-20120323-1vpjp.html