There's good stuff, you just have to be selective.

The American made OCBD's are peerless and some of the repp ties are good but expensive and Lands End have American made ties for less than half the price of Brooks's. Of course, if you're canny like me, you will be sourcing your repp ties from Zach.

If you're in the market for plain OCBD's, Brooks is a much more cost effective option than Mercers. I save Mercers for the rarer cloths.

All in all, modern Brooks is still a source of the real thing in amongst the Malaysian shite and the stylised Italianesque.

^Aye. Some items are just better purchased vintage/dead stock/second hand off Ebay or Etsy. I've built-up a magnificent repp tie collection, mainly purchased from Zach and a few others, now if I had been buying direct from modern Brooks it would have cost well over a couple of grand in dollars in a couple of months. That's serious money.

Brooks has to be used selectively and vintage remains a priority.

Dennis is another source of the good stuff, and has been mentioned in despatches in the British press, but it was only a sideline until he was back working mending nuclear power stations with duct tape. We won't see his sort again in awhile and what cool spontaneous be-bop prose. Cool as fuck.

Thought this old thread was worth bumping.  Excellent input from American posters.  I still have mixed feelings about Brooks.

I have quite an affection for Press.  Wearing my favourite, Irish-made, lambswool scarf yesterday.  I still recall the excitement I felt when opening the box.  Frankly, it was the only thing in the catalogue I could afford.  But I love that scarf as much as anything I own.