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#1 2007-12-23 00:20:54
- Horace
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Arthur Adler & the Sale
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#2 2007-12-23 04:12:04
- rsmeyer
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
And neither Adler or Britches of Georgetown exists today.
#3 2007-12-23 18:24:35
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
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#5 2007-12-24 08:51:05
- lagniappe
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
The joke is that many items are priced to be sold on sale. Best examples are the $160 viyella shirts at J. Press, which after the 25% discount, come down to $120. Apparently now Press does a post-Christmas super-sale so that one may actually be able get the viyella at a true discount. I think most of their outerwear is priced this way also.
#6 2007-12-24 12:08:18
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#7 2007-12-24 15:45:45
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
viyella shirts:
oconnells:$120
andover: $105
j press: $160 - for a little while
#8 2007-12-24 17:48:45
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
I wonder if there are any special fabrics that Press is using? Or certain manufacturing requirements that elevate the price? If not, that is a disparity indeed.
And an interesting point you make about high prices which are only marginally normal at sale time.
""This is probably the last Deb season...because of the stock market, the economy, Everything..." - W. Stillman.
#9 2007-12-24 17:54:55
- Marc Grayson
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde
#10 2007-12-24 18:52:14
- tom222222
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
Viyella is not what it used to be. Orvis and the Darien Sports shop offer some deals. I don't think anyone sells the real stuff today. I remember Press sales back to the early 70s. they joined the mass marketers only in the last year or so. Their pricing was quaint, but probably not profitable in the USA. Apparently they had an enormous wearhouse housing the large inventory they couldn't sell at 25% off. not no more.
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#11 2007-12-24 19:03:20
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Re: Arthur Adler & the Sale
"‘The sense of being perfectly well dressed gives a feeling of inner tranquility which even religion is powerless to bestow." Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not." Oscar Wilde