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Is this real Purple Label?

Joel_Cairo

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Originally Posted by Faded501s
Nice find, BTW.

I agree, I love the look of that. I wish I were:
A. a 44L
B. a heartless & rich bastard, so I could outbid you.
 

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Originally Posted by mack11211
One useful thing to look for is the color of the label.

Purple label labels are purple.

Blue label labels, as in the suit at auction, are blue.


Yes but depending on the camera used and lighting conditions, blue can look purple and purple can look blue, which is why I started this thread.
 

mack11211

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But you also ignored or chose to disregard what the seller wrote in the subhead of the listing, which identified the item as Blue Label.
 

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Yes and often time people don't understand exactly what they are selling, which was why I was able to buy brand new in season diesels for $60(im a diesel whore and know all about fakes, these were not), a brand new burberry london double breasted trench for 300, and a pair of handgrade c&j polo shoes for 180. I appreciate your scrutinization of my "rational" thought process but it seems you are now trying to prove to the rest of the board that I am an idiot, which is not the case. I am a noob, there is a difference. Now lets hug it out *****
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Originally Posted by rbjones
Yes but depending on the camera used and lighting conditions, blue can look purple and purple can look blue, which is why I started this thread.

Yeah, that label sure looked purple on my monitor but it might be because I'm not used to seeing that font on blue labels (because now upon closer inspection it does look blue). Still a nice looking suit.

Who else makes suits stateside besides HSF and Oxxford?
 

mack11211

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Originally Posted by rbjones
Yes and often time people don't understand exactly what they are selling, which was why I was able to buy brand new in season diesels for $60(im a diesel whore and know all about fakes, these were not), a brand new burberry london double breasted trench for 300, and a pair of handgrade c&j polo shoes for 180. I appreciate your scrutinization of my "rational" thought process but it seems you are now trying to prove to the rest of the board that I am an idiot, which is not the case. I am a noob, there is a difference. Now lets hug it out *****
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I am a noob at niceness, at least this evening.

Sorry to be so cranky.

Sellers can be fools but as a seller [mostly] I always hope they won't be.

Buyers I won't talk about because I want y'all to buy my stuff
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arenaissanceman

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Originally Posted by Faded501s
Yeah, that label sure looked purple on my monitor but it might be because I'm not used to seeing that font on blue labels (because now upon closer inspection it does look blue).

+1
 

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