Vineyard Vines cashmere sweaters - quality?

[aen]

Anyone have any experience w/ the quality of Vineyard Vines cashmere sweaters? made it china, for what its worth, it seems.

 

[free man]

I've got one. Its not bad, but I probably wouldn't have paid for it (Christmas present), although that might have to do more with my style than with the quality of the sweater.

 

[KBW]

V V is pretty low quality throughout most of their line. They are geared 100% towards college/hs students.

 

[DocHolliday]

Originally Posted by KBW

V V is pretty low quality throughout most of their line. They are geared 100% towards college/hs students.

Wha? I thought it was for old white men.

 

[imatlas]

Originally Posted by DocHolliday

Wha? I thought it was for old white men.

It's the Benjamin Button effect - those high schoolers and freshmen are actually old white men growing younger. Or something like that, don't ask me I didn't see the movie.

 

[aen]

Originally Posted by KBW

They are geared 100% towards college/hs students.
Based on pricing alone, this is nonsense. You can't run a business selling $350 sweaters (which is what I was asking about) to people w/o jobs.

 

[NakedYoga]

Originally Posted by aen

Based on pricing alone, this is nonsense. You can't run a business selling $350 sweaters (which is what I was asking about) to people w/o jobs.

Vineyard Vines, along with Brooks Brothers and Polo, was essentially the uniform of the over-privileged fraternity set when I was in college (which was only a few years ago). The fact that the customers don't have jobs is irrelevant. They either have a trust fund from which they are able to draw money, or their parents just subsidize their lifestyle. It's quite common, and I must admit that while I wasn't in that fraternity set that I just described, I only had a job in college when I was bored. Mom & Dad paid for the rest.

I think some of the attraction to Vineyard Vines is its perceived "cheekiness." College guys love to wear those pink or light blue ties with prints of animals on them. Definitely a herd mentality.

 

[bluemagic]

I would like Vineyard Vines more if they had slim-fit shirts. As it is, I do have a few items. Quality seems higher than J. Crew, lower than Polo.

 

[aen]

Originally Posted by NakedYoga

ties with prints of animals on them.

Originally Posted by NakedYoga

a herd mentality.
hah!

 

[huskyzealot]

Originally Posted by KBW

V V is pretty low quality throughout most of their line. They are geared 100% towards college/hs students.

I wore vineyard vines while in college a few years ago. Hardly wear it now, maybe a pair of shorts or a hat or something during the summer.

Their stuff is not great quality for the price, Polo/Brooks Brothers is much better. Have you ever taken a look at the vineyard vines blazer....a complete joke.