mrbig
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Can anyone tell me about the quality of their stuff, maybe about their outerwear?
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I have a few Purple Label pieces; suits, jackets, shirts and knitwear - all of which are very well made. as Gus said, PL has a bit of a split personality with some high-fashion pieces and very classic menswear pieces as well. I've spent a considerable amount of time with PL over the years and I could safely say that pretty much any purple label item is going to be excellently made with some of the best materials. However: RL Black Label was recently merged into Purple Label; and you can see those pieces look similar to other PL tagged pieces, but they are considerably less expensive. Black Label stuff used to be pretty good, I see it akin to Zegna mainline.
From my experience, I'd say this is the hierarchy: Purple Label > RRL & Black Label >> Polo >>> diffusion lines.
I generally wait for Purple Label to hit outlets or go on deep discount to come down to RRL-ish prices. Unfortunately PL shearling/leather goods are out of my budget aside from the G&G made shoes, but they are beautifully made.