TheWGP
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Finally some luck in NC tonight! Saw my first bit of Gieves & Hawkes - a tie. Sadly it was beyond saving, stains *all* over the front. Someone really wanted to make that one last out the price they paid for it! There were some Gianfranco Ferre ties with it, but nothing else superlative in the entire store - passed on all of it. Couple stores later, at the only SA in the area: 2 Turnbull & Asser ties 1 Hermes tie - missing the back label - anyone have a trashed Hermes they can sell/trade a label off of? Actually serious about this - I'm keeping this tie for myself, and it does kind of need a keeper. EDIT: Upon further research, different colorways have different color tags for the same model tie - this one could go with blue OR red OR black, so essentially any "standard" Hermes label. So, if one of you super-lucky guys is about to pass on a Hermes for some reason not affecting the label, think of me!
1 Canali pants that will fit me with alteration 1 Made in Italy pants made for Trillion, super 120's, will fit me with alteration, trying to figure out who made them now. Picked these up since I know that store sells Kiton and sells these awesome cotton/cashmere cords, I made the mistake of passing on a pair of those once. EDIT: They're made by Belvest! First I've ever seen! Definitely getting these babies tailored now!
All in all, not bad. Here's a photo of the two T&A's and the Hermes. Keeping the Hermes for sure, assuming I can scrounge a label somewhere, and probably the green with dots T&A. Not real sure what to do with the pink/green dots T&A yet... it has one pull I didn't notice in the store, but it's still wearable.