What have we lost?  What would we like back? 

What did we never acknowledge in the first place? 

First, know your enemy.

Let them keep Timberland, The Gap and Hilfiger.  They can even have Banana Republic.

Russell Athletic could come home, but it would have to be better than Ebay 'vintage'.  Right now, though, it's slumming with fat, wheezing beer-bellies shuffling around in their slippers. 
Smedley is a grey area.  Same, now, with FP and Lacoste.  We can win with Burberrys' - no WAG is going to want to look like a damaged parcel.  I wouldn't mind having RL back; but kill the button-down, the logo and the sickly colour scheme. 

They can have Gant more or less.  Now.

The rugby shirt is top prep over the water.  Speaks volumes.  They must give up Brooks, but they can have Press. 

Everything has to be made of wool, cotton or leather, and only in the USA, England, Scotland, Ireland, France or Italy.  I've already reclaimed UCOB for myself: a nice yellow, summery polo shirt - thrifted.

It's only a game.  But it should be taken seriously.

Oh for an Ivy Dunn & Co. !

Bring back Halrin & Linnet.

I'm working on working out how to spot Linnet made for J. Press items with a chum - More info when we have it -

I no longer get my lambswool knitwear from M and S, for I have discovered......... The Edinburgh Woolen Mill. Seriously, I got some lovely lambswool crew necks in there the other day for an extremely reasonable price. One, in oat meal, is now officially MY FAVOURITE JUMPER. Got some nice v-necks too.

Mm, I've just ordered one of their plain grey cotton sweatshirts.  I hope it'll be 100% cotton.  I hope it'll be wearable.  If not, Oxfam'll get it.  They used to be so very, very good, didn't they?  Greed ruins everything.  Enough, the Africans say, is as good as a feast.  A strange planet when the communists become the most exploitative of capitalists.

Lots of cotton, I suspect, is more or less waste product disposed of as textiles.

Again, on Ebay, this morning.  A mid-grey, USA-made, zip-up, 100 cotton, canvas lined jacket.  £12 post-free.  I'll probably try it next spring (or around the house) with a Madras shirt and Levis.  Simple, straightforward.  It's all I really want nowadays.

AFS,
Did you know Russell and Hugo Boss got together last year/this year. A whole range of expensive track wear was available. I saw it at HB on Regent Street and then Bicester Village.
I can't get my head around anyone paying big money for this type of clothing. Don't get me wrong I like a sweatshirt for knocking around the house or as an extra layer on a Sunday but would never pay a lot of money for something meant to be utilitarian. I appreciate there are a lot of chaps out there who love a heavy duty sweatshirt as part of their rugged Ivy look but I would rather spend that amount of money on an OCBD.

No, I hadn't heard about any kind of get-together.  The three pieces together cost less than £40.  They'll get worn a lot, until next spring at least.  As you say, Alvey, completely utilitarian.

Another just turned up in the post.  Tracking them down on Ebay is still, I think, worthwhile.  It looks as though manufacture moved from the USA to Mexico (not unlike Bean and Pendleton perhaps) before moving onto Central or South America (aside from Mexico) and then moving east.  Oddly, I haven't yet noticed anything made in China.  At least not yet.
They seem to run between the £5 and £10 mark.