The Manafort Ostrich Jacket

[mattp]

Anyone know who made it? Better, who would wear it?

 

[SpooPoker]

Bijan.

 

[LA Guy]

Bijan.

Really? I'm just looking at the logo on the inside, and while you can't see the whole thing, I've never seen the Bijan signature look like that.

 

[LA Guy]

Anyone know who made it? Better, who would wear it?

I'd wear it. An ostrich hoodie is so ridiculous it's nearly sublime. I feel like I would pair it with ostrich rip off warmup pants and ostrich 70's style basketball shorts. Customized ostrich LV Airforce 1s.

 

[SpooPoker]

Really? I'm just looking at the logo on the inside, and while you can't see the whole thing, I've never seen the Bijan signature look like that.

Im pretty sure though the NY is giving me second thought now.

 

[mattp]

Bijan.

For what it's worth, Bijan refuses to confirm or deny that this was theirs.

 

[LA Guy]

Im pretty sure though the NY is giving me second thought now.

Yeah, it's a NYC custom clothier, according to that tweet. I thought maybe something like Carla Dawn Berle (sp), but Manafort doesn't seem the type to go in for someone low key like that, though you never know. Maybe @dieworkwear has some insignt on that logo though.

For what it's worth, Bijan refuses to confirm or deny that this was theirs.

Of course they would. It's not a typical fashion brand, in that it exists outside of the traditional fashion universe. It's one of the few houses that would stand to benefit from some sort of association with Manafort. I remember the House of Bijan in Beverly Hills, and it really is patronized by the type of guys who would rather be thought of as high-rolling, (private) jet-setting, trophy wife-sporting, international deal-brokering, yacht in international waters-having, assholes than anything else.

 

[mattp]

Really? I'm just looking at the logo on the inside, and while you can't see the whole thing, I've never seen the Bijan signature look like that.

Turns out there's a close-up of the label.

 

[LA Guy]

Turns out there's a close-up of the label.

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If there is one guy on Styleforum who is going to know who that label belongs to, it's @Shirtmaven - Carl, we need your powers now.

 

[dieworkwear]

Yeah, it's a NYC custom clothier, according to that tweet. I thought maybe something like Carla Dawn Berle (sp), but Manafort doesn't seem the type to go in for someone low key like that, though you never know. Maybe @dieworkwear has some insignt on that logo though.

It's Alan Couture in NYC. They're a mid-town custom clothier

https://www.facebook.com/alancouturenyc/

 

[Shirtmaven]

Alan katzman of Alan couture has a long history in the menswear industry. Was part of Harrison james.
The type of operation that overcharged for everything. Bijan used to have a store on 5th ave. You could only enter if you had an appointment.

Both are for men who have money to burn

 

[dieworkwear]

Suits start at $7.5k supposedly, but most cost about $12k.

I mean, god bless him for building that kind of business. But it seems like another Bijan operation, as Shirtmaven noted.

Also, since those leather jackets are bespoke, apparently Manafort just has really bad taste. He thought of that hooded ostrich jacket all by himself.

 

[GG Allin]

Suits start at $7.5k supposedly, but most cost about $12k.

I mean, god bless him for building that kind of business. But it seems like another Bijan operation, as Shirtmaven noted.

Also, since those leather jackets are bespoke, apparently Manafort just has really bad taste. He thought of that hooded ostrich jacket all by himself.

His judgment in general seems to be quite bad.

 

[LA Guy]

I wonder if Paul Manafort has an account on Styleforum, and if so, what threads he reads. There are a lot of stores in NYC that cater to men with bad taste and money to burn.