Next you'll be insulting people who are covered in tattoos.

In a way I just don't care about Brooks anymore no matter what they do with their shirts

My money for new shirts has got to go where it furthers the cause, which is to say, J. Press and O'Connell's even if their shirts aren't quite the equal of the best Brooks Makers examples

Incensed the place sells Chinese schlock for the same price as the USA-made goods at the real places

One of these days I'll get around to ordering something from Mercer because they do offer some otherwise unavailable things I used to find regularly at Press and Brooks

But I'm trying to uncomplicate things here and staying on top of custom orders isn't appealing to me at the moment

Because real Ivy was 99% ready-made off-the-rack stuff, that was a big part of why it was great and why it took off in the '50s

Now on sale in BB Regent St.  They look good, but at GBP 145 I didn't bother trying one.

Yes, available as new stock ay GBP 145.  We might see them in the 2016 summer sale but BB markdowns aren't all that great so they'd still probably top GBP 100 if discounted.