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The second hand market has always seemed pretty scarce to me for older seasons though, where do you find most of it?
There are some nice pieces from time to time at Yahoo Auctions, it helps to search in Japanese (ルメール for Lemaire). Then you can use Zenmarket to be the proxy to purchase these for you. So far good experience. I see a lot of pieces before Lemaire’s rebrand when he still used the clover icon.Probably same as you (though I have the advantage of being size 48, a more common size. Sometimes 50 if I can swing the oversize).
eBay (global search), Grailed, Rakuten, Yahoo Auctions, Vestiaire Collective, TheRealReal
Though I’ve been trying to find any and all more obscure resources I can lately. If anyone has some hot tips, I’m all ears
Yeah, I've looked through a lot of such auctions and have been wondering about some of those old logos. I wasn't really aware of Lemaire pre-branding change, but my understanding is that from at least the early aughts to 2014 all of the stuff was under the same branding/logo, just "Christophe Lemaire" with the clover in the middleThere are some nice pieces from time to time at Yahoo Auctions, it helps to search in Japanese (ルメール for Lemaire). Then you can use Zenmarket to be the proxy to purchase these for you. So far good experience. I see a lot of pieces before Lemaire’s rebrand when he still used the clover icon.
No worries, we had this discussion some months ago on the evolution of the Lemaire branding, around page 148 as of this time that you can check, and the latter images of the logo you posted was when his brand was mostly popular and made in Japan in the 90s, than in France. When he joined Lacoste, at some point, the brand went on hiatus, then after he relaunched it as Christophe Lemaire towards the end of his term, and once again with the clover icon designed by Yorgo&Co., then later on rebranded by Atelier Dyakova. It’s nice to see some details evolve and some still present in the details of his recent collections.Yeah, I've looked through a lot of such auctions and have been wondering about some of those old logos. I wasn't really aware of Lemaire pre-branding change, but my understanding is that from at least the early aughts to 2014 all of the stuff was under the same branding/logo, just "Christophe Lemaire" with the clover in the middle
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but specifically on Yahoo auctions and Japanese consignment stores pages on eBay and the like, you sometimes see old clothes just under Lemaire, stylized like "--LEMAIRE," with a clover at the end. Bad pics, but something like this
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Maybe there's not much point in learning the details of the story but I've started to think that there must've been, at some point, a separate Japanese line, like Margaret Howell? Reading the tags on these, most of the later stuff under Christophe Lemaire is made in EU, and the earlier stuff mostly in France, but stuff under the latter name is always made in Japan. I did some digging last year to find if that really was the case, just to put it to rest, but never found any mentions of a Lemaire sub-brand or Japanese capsule or whatever.
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Oh, fantastic. Thanks. That settles it perfectly then. I'd never read about the agencies that did the branding. Yeah, I love seeing the older designs and details change and reappear through the years. This thread's the best.No worries, we had this discussion some months ago on the evolution of the Lemaire branding, around page 148 as of this time that you can check, and the latter images of the logo you posted was when his brand was mostly popular and made in Japan in the 90s, than in France. When he joined Lacoste, at some point, the brand went on hiatus, then after he relaunched it as Christophe Lemaire towards the end of his term, and once again with the clover icon designed by Yorgo&Co., then later on rebranded by Atelier Dyakova. It’s nice to see some details evolve and some still present in the details of his recent collections.
I would be legitimately shocked if the sidezips are shell
Oh wow. Looks like matches made a ~$350 pricing error like you mentioned before.For what it's worth all the stuff on the Lemaire site refers to them as "shell cordovan type". The slippers and desert boots are elk and the short boots are goat, so it is possible they are shell.
Those pants are so good. Had them but the sizing ran a touch small. If anybody’s getting rid of those 2 pleats in a 52 let me know!As an example, recently picked these pants up finally and what a nice hand on the wool and beautiful brown color. Zipper front! Winnar!
From the runway, first look I believe from FW17.
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