Paris thread

[Clouseau]

Hee's another from Arny's:

Arnys Work Jacket — Combray

Beautiful jacket from Arnys of Paris, legendary luxury menswear maison now under the management of Berluti. This jacket is in excellent condition --- some tags are missing but otherwise very good. --- Mid-weight grey slubby fabric, possibly linen (fabric tag missing) --- Most likely made

www.lecombray.com

Super nice. I loved Arnys, their shop was bought by Berluti that installed their main shop there. They had kept a very small Arnys corner inside, that I think was only for MtM stuff, I am not sure it still exists.
Sometimes you can find an item second hand, like this one apparently, that apart its name has nothing to do with work wear.

 

[florent]

How does it compare to Mont St Michel given it's 1/3 the price, and why is its distribution so odd (it's not available in the major cities)?

I don't know how they compare quality-wise but Le Mont St Michel was relauched a few years back as a more fashion brand and focused towards export (mainly Japan afaik) so no surprise they are be more pricey, while Le Laboureur still caters to the workers crowd (the cuts might be less refined though, I strongly suggest trying).

Not sure what you mean about the distribution, they seem to have retailers about everywhere in France (mostly actual work gear stores): https://www.lelaboureur.com/content/28-revendeurs-le-laboureur

 

[josepidal]

I don't know how they compare quality-wise but Le Mont St Michel was relauched a few years back as a more fashion brand and focused towards export (mainly Japan afaik) so no surprise they are be more pricey, while Le Laboureur still caters to the workers crowd (the cuts might be less refined though, I strongly suggest trying).

Not sure what you mean about the distribution, they seem to have retailers about everywhere in France (mostly actual work gear stores): https://www.lelaboureur.com/content/28-revendeurs-le-laboureur

My mistake, unless you zoom in the map seemed to show it had no locations in Paris!

 

[josepidal]

I found a retailer carrying Le Laboureur but he only had one piece of the smallest and one piece of the largest size jackets, and only in black. He said he sold these to carpenters with the matching carpenter pants of the same brand (or people
who want to look like chic carpenters).

The guy had me try the really large jacket and said it fit great because Le Laboureur is not preshrunk and the jackets shrink quite a lot on first wash. He claimed the sleeves will shorten about 2 cm.

Thing is, the jacket is 70% polyester.

Is this true or one really bad French sales pitch?

By the way this means Le Laboureur is out for me. Not paying EUR110 for a polycotton jacket.

 

[Texasmade]

I found a retailer carrying Le Laboureur but he only had one piece of the smallest and one piece of the largest size jackets, and only in black. He said he sold these to carpenters with the matching carpenter pants of the same brand (or people
who want to look like chic carpenters).

The guy had me try the really large jacket and said it fit great because Le Laboureur is not preshrunk and the jackets shrink quite a lot on first wash. He claimed the sleeves will shorten about 2 cm.

Thing is, the jacket is 70% polyester.

Is this true or one really bad French sales pitch?

By the way this means Le Laboureur is out for me. Not paying EUR110 for a polycotton jacket.

Total horsesh1t. Yes it will shrink but not that much. 2 cm is a lot.