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Found my first Brioni! ... And then left it.
+1 A lot of the stuff that appears here is not particularly great. Seems people are just buying for the sake of a label. A lot of the shirts and ties look quite dated.
Was I wrong to leave it? I found my first ever Canali SC today. It was a 3 button single vent in a mostly grey small houndstooth. There was one moth hole about an eighth of an inch in diameter about 3 inches below the left sleeve head facing out, naturally. Nine dollars. At home, I googled reweavers in Maryland and only found 3. One has a great reputation but is only open Wed and Thurs so they didn't answer the phone. The second guessed $200 to fix. The last barely spoke English and said $8 or $10 It'll need around $50 in other alterations. Am I that desperate? Probably.
I ACCEPT
I think this is a good example of seeing a brand name and wanting the item to be great regardless of the aesthetics and inherent problems.
Where do you live? British shirts such as CT and Pink are pretty ******* rare here. There's probably 20 people in my entire state who even know they exist, let alone donate them. I don't see alot of them posted in here either, compared to other brands.
I agree with what you're saying - buy the item, not the label - but I also think hewing TOO closely to current style trends can be a bit limiting. Really, "never" a 3 button? There's nothing inherently wrong with 2 or 3 buttons - one can be okay in CERTAIN CASES but 4 is always going to look odd. The 2 or 3 choice is always going to be a personal option IMO. For that matter, there's nothing inherently wrong with even unvented jackets, or pleats vs. flat front pants.
no, they wouldn't buy any of this stuff at retail, and the fact that they find brand name stuff in thrift stores means they wont ever again buy stuff at retail no matter how new or excellent it is. they are hoping in 25 years to find Tom Ford cashmere suits in their thrift shops.
Sorry, but just where does this bitterness come from, and why do you presume to speak for everyone in this thread? (And I take it should we avoid buying your second hand/discounted merchandise? In favor of the new and the excellent?)
Please note that I left it precisely because of the moth damage.