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I kid you not!
Anyone in the UK, head over to the Polo Outlet in Bicester. Quickly!
And enjoy!
RLPL suits marked down from an initial 2000 Euros retail (and £700 initial outlet price) to just £180. Be warned, the labels still say £700, but ask the salesperson to do a price check and they come back as £180. And they think that the prices MAY come down further over the next couple of weeks as they try to clear out remaining summer stock.
They are few and far between in the store, with only some sizes represented, but astonishingly I found 2 in my size and at that price I couldn't resist buying. So I'm now the proud owner of two lovely new summer suits that will also work wonderfully well as separates:
1) A tropical weight wool pale cream suit - 2BSB, ticket pocket, tailored fit, cuffs still basted, with double forward pleats and side fasteners on the trousers.
2) A fairly hefty wheat-coloured 100% linen suit - same design features except it's a 3-2 roll. The heavy linen suits the lapel roll wonderfully.
Both just need the buttons attached to the cuffs and buttonholes made and the trousers hemming and they will be summer staples in my wardrobe for years to come! I'm also going to change the buttons on the cream one to something like tortoiseshell or a lookalike.
Also, there are some RLPL shoes there - some opera pumps, some slippers and what may have been EG Dovers priced at £190 (size 11 I think)! They did not say Purple Label on the inside, but the Ralph Lauren name was in the same calligraphy font and the nail pattern on the heel looked like EG (EG has triplets of nails, right?). It looked good, whoever made it.
Be warned, the shoes are generally in the larger sizes, though some of Polo "Benchmade in England" (I think C&J Benchgrades) in stock are in smaller sizes.
Anyway, happy hunting if you do get the chance to visit.
Apologies for cross-posting this here and at AAAC, but I figured those who don't read both would appreciate the heads-up!
Anyone in the UK, head over to the Polo Outlet in Bicester. Quickly!
And enjoy!
RLPL suits marked down from an initial 2000 Euros retail (and £700 initial outlet price) to just £180. Be warned, the labels still say £700, but ask the salesperson to do a price check and they come back as £180. And they think that the prices MAY come down further over the next couple of weeks as they try to clear out remaining summer stock.
They are few and far between in the store, with only some sizes represented, but astonishingly I found 2 in my size and at that price I couldn't resist buying. So I'm now the proud owner of two lovely new summer suits that will also work wonderfully well as separates:
1) A tropical weight wool pale cream suit - 2BSB, ticket pocket, tailored fit, cuffs still basted, with double forward pleats and side fasteners on the trousers.
2) A fairly hefty wheat-coloured 100% linen suit - same design features except it's a 3-2 roll. The heavy linen suits the lapel roll wonderfully.
Both just need the buttons attached to the cuffs and buttonholes made and the trousers hemming and they will be summer staples in my wardrobe for years to come! I'm also going to change the buttons on the cream one to something like tortoiseshell or a lookalike.
Also, there are some RLPL shoes there - some opera pumps, some slippers and what may have been EG Dovers priced at £190 (size 11 I think)! They did not say Purple Label on the inside, but the Ralph Lauren name was in the same calligraphy font and the nail pattern on the heel looked like EG (EG has triplets of nails, right?). It looked good, whoever made it.
Be warned, the shoes are generally in the larger sizes, though some of Polo "Benchmade in England" (I think C&J Benchgrades) in stock are in smaller sizes.
Anyway, happy hunting if you do get the chance to visit.
Apologies for cross-posting this here and at AAAC, but I figured those who don't read both would appreciate the heads-up!