Recent acquisitions: Bean, Brooks, Woolrich, Duck Head, Russell Athletic, Levi Strauss, Madras newsboy cap, Aristocraft wingtips, King Louie golf jacket, Ralph Lauren polo shirts...

Ninety nine per cent of what I buy is 'vintage'.  Point taken, though.

I do read 'The Guardian' from time to time - but only so long as Polly Toynbee is well out of sight.

That’s an interesting read AUS, it figures having known for some time that Allen Edmonds shoes, for example’, were made overseas and finished off in the US. LL Bean used to have a shirt label saying something along the lines of ‘assembled in the US from imported components’. Something to do with managing expectation, as the perceived value of ‘Made in the USA’ rose amongst an avalanche of imports the temptation to embellish the actuality must have increased. Until a point where the population no longer cared and it was time for Brooks etc to fess up to making stuff in China. As the economies of places like Malaysia advance I suspect it won’t be long before things are covertly assembled in Kwala Lumpur from components manaufactured in China. China retains a tinge of unacceptability in many peoples eyes due to their approach to human rights, I say ‘many’ as clearly most don’t give a stuff, witness the crowds in Primani on a Saturday afternoon.

I think the words ‘Made in Japan’ should excite as the Japanese retain integrity, a commitment to excellence and most importantly, in our sphere of interest, a genuine love and appreciation of Ivy.

Primark, is it?  Oh dear.  Someone on here, years ago, posted something about Matalan.  Harpo's liking for EWM knitwear I could just about swallow (Harpo was one of my favourite posters, so had a dispensation), but Matalan was going a step too far. 
I have a single pair of Edwin jeans.  I wear them round the house and am not especially fond of them. 
TRS is a big fan of Japanese Ivy.  I appreciate their enthusiasm, their eccentricities (if I may be permitted to call them that): guys dressing up as Elvis or what-have-you.  Then, of course, there are their schoolgirls to consider, that look (the name of which escapes me) some of them have - Ivy-related somehow.