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Author Topic: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt  (Read 56831 times)

Offline WikiVilla

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #30 on: April 19, 2011, 10:10:54 PM »
Good luck to you, but dont tell me "Perry" clothing means soemthing to +90% of this nation, it really doesn't, its a niche market

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #31 on: April 19, 2011, 10:23:34 PM »
Good luck to you, but dont tell me "Perry" clothing means soemthing to +90% of this nation, it really doesn't, its a niche market

Of course. Like everything else in Modernist culture, if it was too popular with the masses, it would be disowned.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #32 on: April 19, 2011, 10:27:29 PM »
Good luck to you, but dont tell me "Perry" clothing means soemthing to +90% of this nation, it really doesn't, its a niche market

It does mean something though, it has a cachet that other labels would kill for. You don't have to like it but certain brands have a status based on their history that sets them apart. I don't expect you to understand and I don't care enough about you to try and explain, but Percy is right.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #33 on: April 19, 2011, 10:45:07 PM »
On balance I prefer to look like a skinhead, mod or Weller fan than a Nazi.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #34 on: April 19, 2011, 10:51:32 PM »
We're still talking about t-shirts right?

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #35 on: April 19, 2011, 11:12:11 PM »
All things being equal, I'd sooner buy something made in the UK than not. I'd certainly not pay a premium for something made for pennies in the Far East. So Fred over Hugo.

Sunspel are the best anyway.

Offline bob

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #36 on: April 19, 2011, 11:33:19 PM »
Good luck to you, if you want to badge yourself up in Perry thats fine
My point was if i personally was spending that sort of wedge on a polo, I'd go Boss all the way based mostly on quality and style, rather than what Fatboy Slim thinks

Hugo Boss was a member of the Nazi party.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #37 on: April 20, 2011, 08:39:24 AM »
I recently bought a claret and blue, Lyle and Scott shirt. I will be wearing said garment on Saturday.

Offline Lambert and Payne

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #38 on: April 20, 2011, 08:48:47 AM »
I recently bought a claret and blue, Lyle and Scott shirt. I will be wearing said garment on Saturday.
I looked for one of them ages ago but couldn't find one. How much are they?

Offline cheltenhamlion

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #39 on: April 20, 2011, 09:05:44 AM »
About seventy quid if memory serves me correctly. I got it from a shop in Merry Hill called Diffusion.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #40 on: April 20, 2011, 09:25:46 AM »

Sunspel are the best anyway.
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They are......but aren't they just black not claret and blue. Plus you have to have the Bond physique as well

Offline badluckeric(gates)

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #41 on: April 20, 2011, 09:32:10 AM »
I ordered a fred perry one yesterday, too go with my claret and blue trainers :P. http://www.jumpthegun.co.uk/product/M12_Burgandy
60 quid but if you can afford it worth the value
hope this helps

When you open the link i particularly like the quote 'this is one of those colours that has never gone away'.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #42 on: April 20, 2011, 09:49:20 AM »
Could you not just have a t-shirt without someone elses name on it?

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #43 on: April 20, 2011, 10:00:07 AM »
Bit of useless information,but i remember hearing that when Fred Perry was designing his shirt,his people just took the measurement and the cut off a Lacoste shirt. Also Perry had to be talked out of using a pipe as the shirts logo!

Good to see people using Jump the gun,bought a good few things from there over the years,really good shop,run by sound fellas,worth a butchers if anyones in the area.

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Re: That Claret & Blue Polo Shirt
« Reply #44 on: April 20, 2011, 10:13:22 AM »
Ben Sherman > Fred Perry > Hugo "SS" Boss

 


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