Australian Members - Page 1745

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Originally Posted by Geoffrey Firmin 


Ahem I beg to differ here, no cultural creative or artistic practitioner that I know would ever wear this crap. Make wanabe rock stars looking for stage wear if they were after a retro new romantic look.

Not being derogatory I think it has a particular appeal to certain upwardly mobile aspirational ethnic gents.

And there is a very interesting article about Burberry written by the CEO in todays AFR Boss magazine.

A certain colourful politician of yesteryear would certainly fill the bill... Al Grasby

This to me takes the cake... NRL Great, Brad Freddy Fitler

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Originally Posted by gpt293 

I have a question for the shoe experts around. I recently bought a pair of C&Js from the American Tailor sale. I haven't owned C&J before but I have owned AEs, Loakes and Meermins.

The issue is that the top layer of the sole seems to be peeling off at the toe. I've never had this issue with any of my other shoes. Is this going to be a problem going forward? Is it an easy fix for a cobbler or is it something I should be returning them over? Here are the pictures for reference:

This happened with my C&J handgrades as well.  IMHO, I don't think it is something to return them over, but at the same time happens far too quickly.  I've had a lot lower 'regarded' shoes with channel soles and it never happened with them.  I think that the loose layer of leather will wear off with more wear, but you could get it glued down if you really want.

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Originally Posted by TehBunny 

Nothing to worry about from what I've read in the shoe pron thread; I remember that a pair of G&Gs had this problem and some leather cement fixed it otherwise let it wear off or if you must sand paper it off (last ditch).

or get a steel tap added 

So I just need a sanity check here. I ordered a couple of V-necks from Lands' End which arrived today... one merino V-neck in fir heather, and one cashmere in dark mahogany heather. I ordered both in what's listed on the site as "S (34-36)".

Anyway, they arrived today and this is what they look like...

(It's kind of hard to see but those labels both say S 34-36.)

I've checked the page and I didn't choose the "big & tall" option (and even if I did, that's pretty damn big and tall)... so is this a mistake as obvious as I think it is, or is there really this much of a difference in size between the merino and cashmere knits?

To the above post.

That looks like a big fuck up. They are two completely different sized jumpers!

Italian vs Amercian fit ? 

The Merino has been pre-shrunked for your convenience.