Blake Stitched Blues
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If you order this on The Rake with their 5% off coupon it comes to $688 with free shipping.View attachment 1270095
What do you guys think of this Drakes x The Rake chore coat? I think it looks pretty cool. $805 on Drake's site but $725 on the Rake's. I didn't check shipping/tax difference yet.
I know it's probably been covered but is it worth splashing out the extra cash for the Clifford desert boot compared to Astorflex's model?
Wonder if they're building in those new 25% import tarriffs to these prices
If you order this on The Rake with their 5% off coupon it comes to $688 with free shipping.
Still insanely overpriced so I will pass for now.
Anyone take their email survey? A few of the questions sound like they're toying with the idea of a lifestyle magazine.
You are their target audience.I took it and told them I was not interested the directions they were hinting at. Doubt I am their target audience anyway!
Huh. Guess they are not firing on all cylinders then.You are their target audience.
NMWA has me buying stuff several times a month in comparison to Drake's (I bought the red forest animal scarf from The Rake so far for this season)What brands do you guys typically compare to Drakes from a price and quality perspective?
I still think of Drake's as mainly an accessory store. I like their ties and scarves but have yet to see many clothing items that really resonate with me. Their current stuff is either oddly out of place/simply goofy (cotton suits in winter, silly letter sweaters, sweatpants in their latest collaboration, etc.) and/or majorly overpriced (chore coat I mentioned above, orange castentino fleece top, $1600 for wool/nylon blazer, etc.).
I'm sure their shirts are nice but I don't have any.
Their ties and scarves are superb and fairly unique. Not sure who I would compare them to as Drake's accessories always stand out to me.
That's really neat, actually. It's cool to have a store that can suit that high a percentage of your needs. I run into the short jacket length issue with Ring Jacket myself.Interesting. The clothing really resonates with me. I made the quip about the ALD collaboration last week, but that was only because I don't like streetwear.
To me, the vast majority of Drake's clothing lives in the middle of a spectrum where the likes of J. Press and O'Connell's lives on one end, and Rowing Blazers is on the other end. They have a really fun, whimsical take on Ivy style that doesn't take itself too seriously, but is still work appropriate in all but the most stuffy/strict settings. That's what draws me in. I don't have to wear a jacket and tie, but chose to, and have some fun with it since I can. If their sizing worked for me (shirt shoulders too narrow and no long sized jackets) and I had the cash, my work wardrobe would probably be +80% Drake's.