I recently purchased the RRL officer chinos in olive and was mightily impressed, although at €208 Euros, they are seriously expensive. As a reproduction of 1961 military chino they can't be beat and US made too!

RRL makes much better sense for the RL brand, than going the other way for the masses with their Chaps range from the the 1990s.

These are high rise enough, label states the following specifications:
     - Standard Issue, Type D-2
     - Serial No. RRL8415-530-4390-LF60
     - Issue, Apr 5 -1961
     - On the back written in hand is: S/Sgt Robt. V. Pima 39134492, 389th 523rd Bomb Group Sqdrn

One thing about Brooks Brothers: my poncing, fat-bellied, smug, money-grubbing little shit of a former next-door neighbour will almost certainly not end up wearing it.
Unlike Ralph Lauren. 
But they should oust that damn sheep, pronto.

So do I.  I trawl - with increasing sadness - their offerings on Ebay.  I've come up with a few bits and pieces this year, most recently an English made lambswool v-neck sweater. 
I paid two unmemorable visits to the London shop, of which Johnny Simons said to moi, 'They might as well be selling potatoes' (which made me chuckle a good deal).

I remain very fond of my plain as a pikestaff, unlined raincoat.  I bought it from an American Ebay seller just around the time the customs charges began to appear.  Stone and fly-fronted, it puts me in mind of the kind of coat Cary Grant might have been seen wearing around the time of 'Charade'.  Just 'Brooks Brothers' in yellow lettering and the name of a previous owner stitched in below.

Are Boggi still in evidence?

AFS - Yes. I think there was at least a couple of Boggi stores. Nice to browse and not at all snobbish. But far more interesting to me was the lower end independents who all seemed to be stocking if not ivy, what we would all recognise as very good quality standard classics. I stuck to my pact that I wasn’t there to buy. But there really was some beautiful knitwear and footwear on display.

Woof’s quite right on both points there. Re ties. Apart from black, or an occasional navy square end knitted, I haven’t had use for a tie in over twenty years now. They just don’t feature on my radar. And a Brooks shirt, new, in a shop staffed by corporate kids holds nothing for for me. NOS yeah. Well loved, worn and washed. Definitely.

I’m hardly qualified though. Brooks doesn’t feature as highly in my wardrobe as it will in most of you guys’.

Gotta get the quote feature back.

Like woofboxer and spendthrift, in agreement on ties
But it’s a sadness to me that they appear
On way out.  Or maybe are well done and already gone.

Like spendthrift, still appreciate a blue or black knit.  Add to that a half dozen repp stripes (school, club or old sentimental favorites)

Too many other options now that still have good stuff
And good ties.

i tried to order some new Brooks BD shirts USA.  Last were probably 3-4 year ago.
Couldn’t find any.  So not even that there. 

The death of the place has been bemoaned enough I suppose

I’ve certainly done it.  That it lasted 200 years, majority of which under family ownership, is an achievement.

I never liked the Mercer for Oxford cloth. I’m not sure why. Probably my own inadequate taste.  Though I should give them another try for broadcloth.. I really liked the white and blue and “heritage??  pink of the Brooks.   They got the blue esp right.   I imagine I’ll keep flying the OCBD flag for years.  And there are other good places.

My wife just darned my sweater.
And a darned fine sweater it is, too, being Scottish lambswool in chocolate brown. 
The fact there was a small hole in the sleeve brought the price right down.
Now I can afford to have the roof mended.
I'll buy my wife an extending ladder.

I’m not fully up to date with J Press shirts, but I’ve always found them to be okay. They understand the unlined collar and produce a nice range in traditional colours and patterns. I always had to take a half a collar size larger than Brooks. At present shipping costs and import charges push the price up so high as to make then unaffordable. But if I were in NY, or near one of their other branches and I needed some shirts then I would head to J Press.

A trawl of Brooks on Ebay (in the UK): a miserable selection; nothing worth even contemplating.

Somebody in the US wants £135 for a deadstock shirt.  Plus shipping.  Plus tax. 
I was looking at buying a S/H O'Connell's.  Ruled it out. 
Same with a Geoffrey Scott at the end of last year.