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So what is the low-down on Paul Fredrick?

bjornb17

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The mailed me a catalog and I took a quick look through it. Just about everything in there looked garish and tacky.
 

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Originally Posted by bjornb17
The mailed me a catalog and I took a quick look through it. Just about everything in there looked garish and tacky.

So presumably this is a fair summary such that no one else need look at it?
 

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It's pretty low-rent stuff, probably on par with Men's Wearhouse. Maybe a tiny cut above MW, but then, I have no MW experience on which to draw for the comparison.
 

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If that's how it looked in the catalog what would make you think that it would look (or wear) any better in person?
 

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I have a PF belt which has worn very well over the years. But that is the sum of my experience with the brand, and I think I bought it at SYMS.
 

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That's because it is. They try to lure in guys on a budget (or cheap guys) shirt deals, like 4 for $99 but their shirts are ****. A friend of mine bought some, so I am telling you from experience. Their ties are generally hideous..

okay, enough.
 

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Their shirts are garbage... I ordered sum a couple of years ago, and by the second laundering they were literally falling apart! I toss their catlogs into the garbage, to join their shirts.
 

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Originally Posted by MoosicPa
Their shirts are garbage... I ordered sum a couple of years ago, and by the second laundering they were literally falling apart! I toss their catlogs into the garbage, to join their shirts.

I will recycle my catalog, so atleast something good comes of it.
 

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Originally Posted by bjornb17
The mailed me a catalog and I took a quick look through it. Just about everything in there looked garish and tacky.

PF wool trousers on sale (which is most of the time) are a decent value, IMHO, but then again I'm very hard wearing on trousers.
 

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I like how these fake brands come up with similar sounding names to established houses/brands.
 

bjornb17

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Originally Posted by SirGrotius
I like how these fake brands come up with similar sounding names to established houses/brands.

You mean like this Charles Tyrwhitt ebay knockoff?

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Srynerson

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Originally Posted by SirGrotius
I like how these fake brands come up with similar sounding names to established houses/brands.

What "established houses/brands" is Paul Fredrick's name similar to?
 

Harold falcon

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Originally Posted by Mr. Lee
That's because it is. They try to lure in guys on a budget (or cheap guys) shirt deals, like 4 for $99 but their shirts are ****. A friend of mine bought some, so I am telling you from experience. Their ties are generally hideous..

okay, enough.


I bought four of their shirts on a promotion a decade ago. I wasn't impressed by the quality, even for that price.
 

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Originally Posted by Srynerson
What "established houses/brands" is Paul Fredrick's name similar to?

Fredricks of Hollywood.
 

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I get their catalogs in the mail every couple of months. They just make me think "Who buys this sh!t?."

Charles Tyrwhitt or TM Lewin can be had for a similar price and their shirts look a millionfold nicer.
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