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Thanks! Snagged a scarf that I think is leftover from last year, that I regretted not buying when I saw it in person....
Which one? Some of that stuff is definitely FW 19
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Thanks! Snagged a scarf that I think is leftover from last year, that I regretted not buying when I saw it in person....
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Drake's tie?
Yeah I think that style of tie is a classic design called “artillery stripe.” It’s certainly not a Drakes original.Sam Hober used to have them (and still might) in their regimental tie section.
Whoops sorry, didn’t realize I was scooped by like five other peopleYeah I think that style of tie is a classic design called “artillery stripe.” It’s certainly not a Drakes original.
Which one? Some of that stuff is definitely FW 19
Beige Mughal print
Twins. I bought the last one at The Armoury NYC I think in January.
That is where I saw it!
I regretted not getting it then. When I did decide to to order it (last winter) it was gone.
StyleForum guys when they can correctly identify a regimental stripe
Who makes Drake's shetland sweaters these days, Jamiesons?
Almost positive it’s Scott & Charters
Does somebody know who is the maker of the Shetland sweaters?
Does somebody know who is the maker of the Shetland sweaters?
Looks like at least one person thinks it is Scott and Charters.
I am still curious why this topic keeps coming up. From what I understand there are only a handful of Scottish knitwear manufacturers, and they produce for a wide variety of brands. The company making the purchase (in this case Drakes) gets to make tweaks to the style of the garment, in the case of Shetlands, how much it is brushed, length etc. and gets to choose colors etc. Sometimes the colors are exclusive to that brand. (See The Armory shawl collar cardigan from Lockie (I think) that fits very differently from other shawl collared cardigans from Lockie)
So an S&C Shetland purchased from Drakes may be very different in style, fit etc. from an S&C sweater purchased somewhere else.
I would be more likely to agree with you with other types of garments. There are a bunch of knitwear makers in Scotland and most are quite good and individual brands will choose what colors they want to stock and sometimes will play with other details. However, in my experience, other more nitty-gritty things are changed much less often. A Shetland from Laurence Odie (I have them from a number of brands but the specs are almost always the same) feels very different than the ones from Harley. They are thicker, denser, scratchier, and warmer. Harley ones tend to be shorter, seamless, softer, and a bit more open. I like them both, but they are very different, and I would want them for different things. For instance, Harleys, because they are shorter, thinner, and don't wear as warm, are better under a jacket. Could Harley make a sweater like Odie and vice versa? Maybe, but they don't, at least not in my experience. Perhaps this has to do with the machines they use, or how they like to set those machines, or the yarns they like to use. I don't know. Maybe all these things could be tweaked and various manufacturers just don't like to.