is Panta still around?

[edmorel]

Originally Posted by GoldenTribe

Congrats, Ed, and very exciting! Looking forward to the new website.

Random question which curiosity spurs after reading your post above. What is the benefit of NOT buying fabrics directly from the manufacturer?

For Zegna/Piana, strictly cost. You can't make $250 pants sourcing fabric directly from Piana. But Jobbers have evolved to effectively becoming what the grey market dealers are in the watch industry. Piana/Zegna or some designer that buys direct fro them can look to "quietly" unload 50-100 meters of discounted fabric and that is where i come in. For the English mills, I am buying direct from some, using an SF member to buy direct from a few other mills..

 

[forex]

That's good news, patiently waiting to purchase some pants and ties. Hopefully the classic fit pants with pleats will be offered..

 

[Prince of Paisley]

I'm glad we brought you out of hiding Ed! Looking forward to the new stock and the website. Hope it continues to go from strength to strength.

 

[scurvyfreedman]

Great news. Glad to hear things are moving right along. I've held off buying trousers waiting for the first round of the single pleat slightly fuller cut. If they don't materialize (sorry) I'll have to size up to get my gonads in and out out.

Good luck with the site launch. I'll be following closely and buying shortly.

 

[alliswell]

Originally Posted by mack11211

Last posted a couple of weeks ago, but he's still buying fabric on ebay so I assume all is well.

Mack-

Be careful when you assume.

alliswell

 

[SpooPoker]

^ I agree with you totally, but curious why you would say that? His feedback clearly shows multiple purchases of fabrics.

 

[alliswell]

Bad attempt at humor.

-alliswell.

 

[SpooPoker]

I know it well.

 

[Shirtmaven]

I am going to take credit for hooking Ed up with a few fabric jobbers.

HartMarx dumped over 400,000 yards of woolens into the off price market.
there are great deals to be had. in that 400,000 was plenty of stuff from china, mexico and south america.
but also plenty of italian fabrics as well from loro piana as well as barbaris, zegna, etc.
fabric prices are 25% of buying the regular way.
also easier to buy 30 yards of something interesting with out making a huge financial mistake.

i have another contact who buys a big chunk of the zegna/gucci leftovers. Ed has not been up there yet. I get great deals on shirting from them. interesting fabrics. most in stock programs are very basic.

the shirt Ed is working on looks great and is different then what is out there. the only credit i take on that one, is helping with fabric.

I give Ed a lot of credit. it is not easy to launch a line. it is also very expensive untill sales come in.
recently I helped some guys with a casual shirt line. after giving up their day jobs almost a year ago, they are both looking for work again.

GO Ed!!!

 

[lovelux2010]

Ed,

thanks for replying so quickly..
i'm super excited about the new batch of trousers and the ties from the cappelli/marinella source..

 

[SkinnyGoomba]

Glad things are really going well!! Good to see the forum really help to support this business/product with sales, I'm really impressed with how this is turning out, congrats Ed!

 

[Sanguis Mortuum]

Originally Posted by edmorel

So no shirts/ties/pants MTM but can I make a few ties shorter in length/thiner width or use your fabric? Sure.

I think this is a great idea, avoid the minefield of MTM shirts/pants but offer MTO ties with customisable width and length; I would certainly then be able to buy some, as standard length ties are always too long and usually too wide for me.

 

[cold war painter]

^ Same for me so I suspect not an uncommon issue.

Panta wouldn't necessarily have to offer a fully customizable service like Hober, but a few workable lengths/widths would be helpful, say like Drakes standard widths of 3.25" or 3.5" with proportional length.

 

[Parker]

Glad we didn't lose you, Ed.

Yeah, if it's not too much trouble, 2 sizes of ties would be great and not as much of a pain as custom sizing.

Maybe 9cm and 8cm (with a slightly shorter length than normal

 

[Gus]

Way to go. I like your strategy!

Originally Posted by edmorel

For Zegna/Piana, strictly cost. You can't make $250 pants sourcing fabric directly from Piana. But Jobbers have evolved to effectively becoming what the grey market dealers are in the watch industry. Piana/Zegna or some designer that buys direct fro them can look to "quietly" unload 50-100 meters of discounted fabric and that is where i come in. For the English mills, I am buying direct from some, using an SF member to buy direct from a few other mills..