One store to rule them all...

[comrade]

In my limited experience w/Spier & Mackay, one Harrington
jacket in 44 (US) purchased and returned.That is my normal size,
although I can wear some 46s. The jacket was very tight in the shoulders
and barely closed. I might order a 46 because I liked the quality for the
price. Not sure that it would fit. because the 44 was so far off.

 

[smittycl]

Thought about this question for a bit, think I’d go with No Man Walks Alone. Tailoring, causal wear, business casual, pretty much anything you could want for a seven day a week wardrobe….

I thought about that as well but I think I'm too traditional. Love NMWA's stuff but am more like 30/70 across the board there whereas most folks here are the reverse.

 

[smittycl]

Wilkes Bashford, no?

WB is really Mitchell's that owns a series of stores that seem to stock the same stuff. I visited WB in San Fran once and the sales people were dropping names constantly. "Kamala came in last weekend!" "Nancy (Pelosi) comes through all the time!"

I was there for work and dressed well and they were working me hard. I sale shop there all the time and get get decent dress shirts right when their sales start. Nicer dress shirts have gone through the roof lately. Zegna's are around $500 now. Oy!

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[troika]

Styleforum B&S

 

[Cliffnopus]

I have just re-done my complete wardrobe using Moshers Men's store in Newton, Ma. Besoke-ish (or made-to-measure) from Oxxford and Coppley. So, for me - I have my one ring.

 

[double00]

WB is really Mitchell's that owns a series of stores that seem to stock the same stuff. I visited WB in San Fran once and the sales people were dropping names constantly. "Kamala came in last weekend!" "Nancy (Pelosi) comes through all the time!"

I was there for work and dressed well and they were working me hard. I sale shop there all the time and get get decent dress shirts right when their sales start. Nicer dress shirts have gone through the roof lately. Zegna's are around $500 now. Oy!

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i remember when wb was independent it wasn't all that long ago , iirc they sold to mitchell's during 2008 recession and then bashford died a few years later

 

[comrade]

i remember when wb was independent it wasn't all that long ago , iirc they sold to mitchell's during 2008 recession and then bashford died a few years later

It really wasn't that different during the later years of Bashford's
ownership, except that I thought that they then carried more understated
"adult clothing" Some say it was better "curated" or maybe the styles
changed and the Mitchell brothers are just following the trend(s).Despite
its' "house style" not really being to my taste, a favorite blazer and suit
of mine were purchased there on sale from the pre Mitchell stock.

 

[comrade]

i remember when wb was independent it wasn't all that long ago , iirc they sold to mitchell's during 2008 recession and then bashford died a few years later

Is the tailored clothing salesman Horace still there? He ran the
short-lived Borrelli boutique off Union Square before he moved on
to Wilkes. If I remember the Borrelli Shop was the site of the first
SF Meet-up I attended in '09.

 

[double00]

Is the tailored clothing salesman Horace still there? He ran the
short-lived Borrelli boutique off Union Square before he moved on
to Wilkes. If I remember the Borrelli Shop was the site of the first
SF Meet-up I attended in '09.

the only salesman i remember from sf is the dude who worked at barneys and also at britex , he was bald and thin and wore maxi skirts ( i think of his own make ) .

i'm not sure i was ever in the sf wb , i'm pretty sure i visited the palo alto location , my memory is suspect on this

but i don't live in bay area anymore so

 

[jpeirpont]

Drakes or Ralph Lauren