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[Prince of Paisley]

Originally Posted by CHECKstar

Seriously I have no idea where you are finding this stuff in Melbourne! Please do let me know if you ever find anything decent in a 40R/L or shoe size 10.5/11.



I find that Rhodes & Beckett shirts barely fit my long arms at the best of times, although I am slightly tempted to check out the suit sale mentioned a few posts earlier. If I do though it would have to come out of the P Johnson fund. Hmmmm quality v quantity - decisions, decisions...
I'd say save your money for P. Johnson. It's what you really want and after a week of wearing your new B&R sack you'll still be yearning for a MTM one... and when you get it the B&R will be lucky to only see wear on a squally Melbourne winter's day...

 

[TheWraith]

Try MJ Bale, too. There are others options listed throughout this thread, too.

 

[lachyzee]

What is the quality on the Ralph Lauren suits sold in their stores here like?

I was thinking of picking one up I saw at the sale.

Half price it's $1000, and would probably need $100-200 worth of tailoring.

Looks and feels pretty good, but I don't know enough about this stuff.

I think it was the Ralph Lauren Polo line, which from reading around seems to mean its half canvassed.

 

[TheWraith]

Nothing wrong with half canvassing these days. Most (if not all for all I know) Herringbone suits are half canvassed and are very good quality.

 

[Journeyman]

Originally Posted by lachyzee

What is the quality on the Ralph Lauren suits sold in their stores here like?

I was thinking of picking one up I saw at the sale.

Half price it's $1000, and would probably need $100-200 worth of tailoring.

Looks and feels pretty good, but I don't know enough about this stuff.

I think it was the Ralph Lauren Polo line, which from reading around seems to mean its half canvassed.

Different strokes for different folks, of course, but I really like the RL Polo suits that are made in Italy by Corneliani. I have five or six of them and the only alteration I need is to have the sleeves and trousers shortened slightly. Because the sleeves do not have working buttonholes (unlike Herringbone, which continues to frustrate me), they only cost me about $60 to have the alterations done.

Do be aware that there are a number of different styles - some are single-vented, most are double-vented, some are two-button, most are three-button (rolling to the second button), some have a ticket pocket, some have side-adjusters on the trousers and so on.

The jackets on my suits are reasonably fitted, with not much padding in the shoulders, and the lapels have a very nice roll.

 

[lachyzee]

Didn't realise - it's actually a black label suit. Same as this one (which unfortunately was going for only $400): http://www.styleforum.net/showthread.php?t=122151 Colour is much much nicer than those green tinged photos show, though. It is the second one down on this page: http://thegloss.com/fashion/milo-ven...n-khaki-suits/ So not a bad deal I hope, given that the retail is $1600 in the US.

 

["6"]

Originally Posted by Charlie's Wardrobe

I do hope that you mean you are going to purchase them also if they fit and not just ask her to specially order them in for you to try on and then buy them off pediwear?
If it really is $600, I would have no qualms purchasing from them. Afterall, good customer service does have value in my eyes. Went into American Tailors on Bourke Street today, and the guy quoted me $695 for the Selbourne handgrades which I tried on. Beautiful shoe, not too sure about the penis shape on the toe though. If someone in Sydney could confirm the price of herringbone handgrades that would be great. $600 is a really good price! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Louisa on 169 Collins Street were selling Church's, Trickers, and some italian brands (I'm not too familiar with italian shoe brands) at 70% discount. Definitely worth a look. Picked up some calf loafers there today at $125 - franco cimadamore

 

[jaypee]

Call them?

 

[AriGold]

Are the Ralph Lauren Black Label suits available in sydney??????

 

["6"]

Originally Posted by jaypee

Call them?

Light bulb

 

[GuidoWongolini]

Originally Posted by Geoffrey Firmin

This is worth investigating. Does anyone know which of the Sydney stores have the C&J? I'm going to be in Sydney after today and would love to have a look and try a pair on for size.

I bought a pair of Church Brisbane, cost all up about $370 about a week ago from Herrings, sadly they don't have C&J and UPS still hasn't delivered them. I think they may have been taken hostage by Gerry Harvey either that or the delivery driver is a total idiot.

Originally Posted by AriGold

Are the Ralph Lauren Black Label suits available in sydney??????

Originally Posted by jaypee

Call them?
- exackery!
- I don't understand why some here don't just call the source, it's not as if we know the invetory

 

[elvish]

As a junior member/person in this forum I am interested to hear what everyone thinks of Mont Blanc leather?

I bought a coin wallet because I had to use $100 credit from a trade-in & the store would swallow the remainder if it wasn't used.

Something about the leather feels a bit off; it is very hard and I'm hoping it doesn't tear from being used.

To save any "you didn't pay so it doesn't matter if it breaks" comments, I had to pay on top of the credit.

 

[jobro]

Originally Posted by elvish

As a junior member/person in this forum I am interested to hear what everyone thinks of Mont Blanc leather?

I bought a coin wallet because I had to use $100 credit from a trade-in & the store would swallow the remainder if it wasn't used.

Something about the leather feels a bit off; it is very hard and I'm hoping it doesn't tear from being used.

To save any "you didn't pay so it doesn't matter if it breaks" comments, I had to pay on top of the credit.

I don't know what this has to do with the Australian Members, Montblanc is a very well established, international brand.

'Hard' leather usually softens after it is 'broken in'.

 

[fxh]

Originally Posted by elvish

As a junior member/person in this forum I am interested to hear what everyone thinks of Mont Blanc leather?
I bought a coin wallet because I had to use $100 credit from a trade-in & the store would swallow the remainder if it wasn't used.
Something about the leather feels a bit off; it is very hard and I'm hoping it doesn't tear from being used.

I don't know anything about it. But all leather can be softened up as much as you like. In fact I've seen Brookes bike seats with too much conditioner feel like liquid. (slight exaggeration for illustrative purposes only)

Really though - if you searched SF you'd know you really should have saved that $100 and gone and got a green leather Hermes breast wallet.

Coins are a bugger. Too heavy.

You can't beat a coin pocket in pants - sadly rare these days.

I keep coins in the car, for parking, and in a jar at home.

 

[CHECKstar]

Originally Posted by fxh

Really though - if you searched SF you'd know you really should have saved that $100 and gone and got a green leather Hermes breast wallet.

Gold! Never gets old!

Originally Posted by fxh

Coins are a bugger. Too heavy.

You can't beat a coin pocket in pants - sadly rare these days.

I keep coins in the car, for parking, and in a jar at home.

+1 - I might carry a few 'goldies' in my coin pocket (assuming I have one) or that little pocket within a pocket that some of my suit pants have - otherwise I have no time for coins at all. Most coins end up the old CBA money tin that sits on our kitchen bench, where it typically funds my fast-food urges. I can often be seen on a Sunday night walking my cupped hands full of coins over to the local pizza shop.