Posted by: superdestroyer | June 26, 2006 at 08:30 AM
I've never actually bought anything from Brooks. Even with their 40% off sale going on now, I don't. I use Ebay almost exclusively with the occasional Land's End or LL Bean purchase. I thrift shopped for all of a week but it was lacking, at least here in Southern California (for trad clothing at least). Check Ebay before buying retail. Brooks service varies.
Nordstrom's, relative to Brooks, is fine for some things. Ties are not among them. Stick to repp, club, and dot ties. (a note: Trads deem black suits appropiate only for corpses and their funerals. Navy and charcoal are prefrred. Check the picture here of Bush and Bolton for a comparison of the shoulders of trad and untrad suits, natural v. padded shoulders, - http://www.askandyaboutclothes.com/forum/showthread.php?t=53829&highlight=Bolton. The shoulder of the last picture is a great one, honest and stark.)
Posted by: The Superfluous Man | June 27, 2006 at 12:20 AM