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#1 2007-05-04 11:19:05
- John Calvin
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J. Press goes wild
Here are pics of the new Manhattan J. Press store:
http://www.ninepr.com/380/380%20Madison.html
To my mind, it looks it will be a little too modern a shopping experience for my taste. Thoughts?
JC
#3 2007-05-04 11:44:44
- Terry Lean
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Oh the blood pressure problems another forum must be having!
I see no problems here. I just see a company trying to remain in business and improve on business too.
Press is a shop not a shrine or a museum, surely?
I hope I'll still be able to buy what I like from them, but if I can't I'm not going to start crying that a way of life has withered and died before my very eyes.
It's a clothes shop, people.
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#6 2007-05-04 12:13:20
- Terry Lean
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I'm a big Press fan -
I pretty much dropped Brooks to concentrate on Press when I 'discovered' them in the mid-eighties.
But I can move on again just like I did from Brooks if I feel like it.
Why do some people feel the need to pretend a sentimental attachment to a brand?
A clothes shop is nothing to do with a 'way of life'.
I'm very suspicious of those who pretend that that their clothes are as important as all that.
Because if you took away their clothes then they would cease to exist.
We had a poster on here not too long ago who did little else but cry that Press wasn't the same as it was 40 years ago. And the point of that was...?
Brooks sell little of what I want so I don't shop there. As long as Press can supply me with what I like I'll stick with them. Their taste in shop fittings is of no interest to me. I hope they stay in business for another 40 years by which time their shops will look very different again.
So what?
The old Crimson Shop off Harvard Square was all blond wood & white walls when I got there in the 80's. They still sold nice clothes though.
I'm anticipating a lot of 'Trad' posturing over Press's move. And all of it will just be a load of meaningless Internet talk.
Buy the clothes if you want them, if not...
t.
Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-05-04 12:15:31)
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#7 2007-05-04 12:31:40
- Terry Lean
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#8 2007-05-04 13:23:54
- Coolidge
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It was probably inevitable.
I've never been to the New York store so I wasn't familiar with it.
I love the old look of the New Haven store.
But if it means they have to change to that Ikea minimalist style design to stay in business, I guess I understand.
I just hope they will continue to sell what I like.
If not, like Terry, guess I'll just move on.
Eventually they'll probably stop selling it everywhere. Then instead of ponying up for Press, which I do about once a year, I'll be ponying up for MTM. Hopefully somebody will make a sack suit for me without laughing when that day comes.
Life goes on. With my ever growing collection, if I can keep my middle at the same diameter I should have enough Ivy stuff to last a lifetime.
#11 2007-05-04 15:13:37
- rsmeyer
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Re: J. Press goes wild
" A clean, well lighted place"-a la Hemingway.
#12 2007-05-04 23:26:10
- Horace
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I don't like the new store myself. Looks bland, mainstream, low-brow shopping mall to me.
I'd rather have the wood and stuffed club chairs. Maybe it's contrived, but so is its opposite.
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#13 2007-05-04 23:30:00
- Horace
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#15 2007-05-05 01:35:34
- Terry Lean
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I actually felt a bit let down that the Trads hadn't gone into full What-Ho mode over this yesterday...
I wonder if I have hormonal problems?
"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#16 2007-05-05 01:49:06
- Terry Lean
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#17 2007-05-05 02:24:27
- Horace
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""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#18 2007-05-05 03:34:12
- Terry Lean
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Ahhhh Harry!
Can't live with him, can't live without him!
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You're going to rise up singing"
#19 2007-05-05 05:15:06
- Terry Lean
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"One of these mornings
You're going to rise up singing"
#21 2007-05-05 10:05:01
- Terry Lean
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The GENUINE class element is fine with me.
Just tone down the overkill of middle-managers strutting around cyberspace repeating crap from the OPH.
It's a turn-off.
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You're going to rise up singing"
#22 2007-05-05 10:18:56
- Patrick Bateman
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Would the Japanese customers still be interested in J. Press if it had no stores in the U.S.?
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#23 2007-05-05 11:04:05
- Terry Lean
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Last edited by Terry Lean (2007-05-05 11:05:09)
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#25 2007-05-05 17:00:08
- bull
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A good looking store I'd say.
But what's up with the mannequin all tied up in ribbon belts?
Looks like some sadistic preppy sexual ritual or something. The scarf makes it all the more creepy LOL.
Cheers.