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October 2, 2010

Ralph Lauren Sale and the Pink Pony Fund

From now until October 11, you can get 25% off of your purchases at RalphLauren.com by using the code RLGIVE2010 during checkout (the discount is also in effect at Ralph Lauren and RRL stores, see the fine print for details). As part of their promotion, they’re also donating 10% of each sale to the Pink Pony Fund, a philanthropy group founded by Ralph Lauren to aid in breast cancer research and treatment.

Along with an auction (if I had the money lying around, I would bid on the tour of Ralph Lauren’s personal car collection), the company also invited popular bloggers to model Pink Pony branded shirts to help spread the word.

September 30, 2010

Drakes of London Fall/Winter 2010

For the deep pocketed sartorially minded, Drakes just launched a new much needed website along with their selection of fall/winter goods.

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September 29, 2010

Victorian Era Style, 1872

A selection of illustration plates found in the “Gazette of Fashion and Cutting-Room Companion”, a tailoring trade journal published during the 19th century in London. [Google Books]

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September 28, 2010

Back to the Basics

Embarrassingly, my formal shoe selection has been lacking for some time, so I took advantage of Brooks Brothers’ latest Friends and Family promotion to pick up a new pair that would be more appropriate to be worn with suits. I went intending to find plain Peal and Co. captoes, but came back with some featuring medallions instead. Close enough I think.

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Some of the recent models that they’ve been selling under their Peal and Co. brand have slightly chiseled toe shapes, not too unlike Alden’s Plaza last. It is a good middle ground between a classic round toe and the longer pointed shapes like the Crockett & Jones 337 last.

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Peal and Co. exists only by name today – facing hard times in the mid 1960’s, the then owners of the company closed the factory and sold the brand to Brooks Brothers, who have held onto it ever since. The shoes are still made in England, but are contracted out to various firms around Northampton.

Related Post: Generations of Style, Revisited

September 28, 2010

Twitter and PR for Brands, Engaging Customers

A recent piece in the WSJ profiled the use of Twitter by several companies in the fashion world, that I think highlights a transformation in customer/business relationships:

Ms. Bearman is one of several executives who tweet on behalf of luxury fashion brands, masking their marketing in a Carrie-Bradshaw-esque life-stream. Dozens of labels now have a presence on Twitter, the benefits of which are seen most clearly during New York Fashion Week. Tweets come fast and furious during the shows, providing designers with instantaneous feedback from attendees and giving the events a much bigger marketing stage, albeit a virtual one.

When starting a new company or store, opening accounts on Twitter/Facebook/etc should be on the top of the to-do list.

September 28, 2010

New Yuketen Boots

Opening Ceremony has some new Yuketen boots available online. The ranger boots with the strap above the vamp remind me of older moc boots, particularly those made by Eastland before they closed down their U.S. manufacturing operations.

A selection of Monitaly pieces are available as well.

September 26, 2010

Engineered Garments FW10 Leather Jackets

Pictures of the new leather jackets in the Engineered Garments Fall/Winter 2010 collection have finally started to show up on the web. Outside of Barneys and the Nepenthes NYC store, I don’t think any stockists in the U.S. picked these up. Images from Dice & Dice, Starling, and Nepenthes.

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September 26, 2010

Twitter Roundup

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Some things that you might have missed if you’re not following me on twitter:

– Have you heard of Grahame Fowler? Take a look inside his store in NYC. Earlier coverage on The Trad.

– Monocle has a great article in this month’s issue on the business and ethics of the “Made In” labels. (subscription required)

– There is a restock of trousers for fall/winter at Howard Yount, many are already selling out fast.

– Noteworthy blogs to follow: Riveted and welldressed.

– Here’s another Ivy Look interview, in both French and English.

– Slashstroke Magazine makes a visit Nigel Cabourn. Also, did you know his Army Gym flagship store in Japan has a blog?

– French comics: wall art, and a blog all about Tintin.

September 26, 2010

Review: J.Crew’s Wool-Jersey Roll Necks

I ordered one of these not long after they went on sale online, hoping that it would be decent enough for a budget roll neck to layer with for the season. The fit is the same as their other sweaters, but the wool-jersey blend that they’re using for this is pretty uncomfortable, and not even in a regular lambswool kind of way.

My recommendation: don’t buy, and splurge on something nicer instead.

September 23, 2010

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A Nepenthes look, circa Fall 2007.

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Ralph Lauren Sale and the Pink Pony Fund

Drakes of London Fall/Winter 2010

Victorian Era Style, 1872

Back to the Basics

Twitter and PR for Brands, Engaging Customers

New Yuketen Boots

Engineered Garments FW10 Leather Jackets

Twitter Roundup

Review: J.Crew’s Wool-Jersey Roll Necks

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