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#1 2021-09-29 04:01:38
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Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
I like them but have never owned one. Always the wrong size, colour, won't ship to the UK, whatever. Apparently popular at the Ivy Shop.
#2 2021-09-29 04:04:10
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
Yes I like them, but not in that insanely baggy fit or hugely chunky version some wear them. Very practical when working from home I found last winter. Can be crazily expensive for no real discernable reason.
#3 2021-09-29 10:55:27
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
I like them but haven't got one now. A few years ago I went to the Orvis shop in London to check out an olive one on sale. They didn't have it in the shop and I had gone there to try in on because sizing crucial for a shawl. I could see the shop assistant getting interested and he checked and said it was in stock. Within minutes it was suddenly sold to someone else and I suspected the guy in the shop had bought it for himself!
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#4 2021-09-29 11:03:29
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
Yet another on my ivy I dislike list. Although in this case it's more indifference than dislike. They worked for McQueen it's true. On lesser mortals: not so much.
Whatever floats your boat though.
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#5 2022-06-29 06:39:13
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
Whatever floats my boat is - a vintage Sabre shawl cardigan, picked up on Ebay for £12.
Sabre were mentioned on here years ago, possibly by JFM, as being a London/Richmond Ivy fancy.
#6 2022-06-29 12:16:10
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Does Robbie, Runninngeez or any of the older chaps recall Sabre?
#7 2022-06-29 15:02:18
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Sabre's a new one on me AFS.
#8 2022-06-29 15:20:06
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
I remember Sabre from the eighties.
Very expensive for what it was.
It was stocked in Rackhams in Birmingham. A high end departments store similar to Jenners in Edinburgh.
I think it was British made but had some Italian design link.Might of just been the brand imagery. So long ago now
#9 2022-06-30 01:47:12
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Thanks for chipping in, R and A. For the money, I was pleased. I'd seen it come and go, told myself I didn't need another item of knitwear, then thought better of it.
#10 2022-06-30 05:45:50
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Well, that's three additional items of knitwear this week!
#11 2022-06-30 07:15:27
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I also remember the brand Sabre but I don't think I bought any jumpers from that brand. I mostly bought Paine from Squire shop, then Village Gate Shetland sweaters and then M & S pullovers. I may have bought a Slazenger golfer jumper with the logo as they were popular for a while.
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#12 2022-06-30 08:33:22
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Slazenger now owned by Sports Direct and the jumpers ,(even the premium brand) made in China bare no resemblance to the made in UK (Scotland?) products of the past.
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#13 2022-06-30 08:42:17
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Re: Take It Or Leave It: The Shawl Cardigan
Actually the Slazenger Heritage brand in Burgundy merino wool with an 'original' logo looks ok but I think it is made in china.If it was made in UK or Portugal I might be interested.
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#14 2022-06-30 08:52:14
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I had a couple of Slazenger sweaters mid to late 70's (made famous by Seve) before I moved on to unbranded Pringle & Braemar, in solid colours not patterns.
I think the Slazenger brand has had the Mike Ashley treatment these days.
#15 2022-06-30 09:12:14
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Didn't Connery wear one in 'Goldfinger', thus turning it into a Mod fad for about a fortnight?
I seem to remember them being made of acrylic at one point and rather nasty.
Not surprised China has got in on the act.
#16 2022-06-30 09:36:13
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Didn't Connery wear one in 'Goldfinger'
Yes he did, a chocolate brown coloured one.
Mine definitely were Acrylic, I was a poor teenager. Bought them with my Saturday job money.
#17 2022-07-01 03:24:32
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Those jobs... Washing cars for Fruit Gums to begin with (a 'joey' if you were lucky)... paper rounds... shampooing hair and sweeping up for my Motown-mad Mod Jewish mucker (RIP)... a stint in the local pet shop...
I lacked the judgement of Runninggeez and invested in lurid socks and an even more lurid tank top. Almost certainly acrylic. I wish I'd saved up and bought a pair of those loafers that were so popular with the hard nuts at school.