RG my Wife currently uses a stain remover called ‘Stain Devils’,you apply to the stained area leave it to soak in for a while then wash as normal, usually does the trick in one application and wash, I once left a yellow post it note in the pocket of the aforementioned white BDB , stain remover worked a treat,
Robbie- I’m not sure I can do full on 90’s style baggy now, I’ve been in the market for a plain pink for a while and JS have my size 16??  in pink, but when I look at the size spec it looks very big, probably stick to my Gitmans,
Debenhams really ? Wow I missed that along with the M&S Brooks,

Stax - I also missed out on the M & S Brooks period. Don't know how that happened.

120 on the Gant also Stax. I thought the same, all the BDB’s, the J. Press shirts they had in recently and now the latest collection - all 120 quid. Too steep for a second hand shirt in my opinion, NOS or not.

Yea, I guess you're right Flat, it's on par with their new shirts - and they're as good as (if not better, lets be honest about it..) - I think I'm still struggling to wrap my head around anything "vintage" being that expensive - and yet have previously readily acknowledged that the good old days of buying NOS shirts/shoes/whatever from ebay for pennies on the dollar are long a thing of the past.

I don't mind Johnny S making a profit on NOS shirts and £120 is too bad in the grand scheme of things, but I think I draw the line at that sort of price when it comes to vintage/used.
But then again there are some lazy sods out there that can't be arsed to look on the internet to try to source vintage Brooks, Press et al, and I suppose he's providing a service to those.

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I looked a bit further and if you go to the shirts section on their website they have the Gants,Gitmans, a RL and a Beams + all listed at £75, it doesn’t mention if they’re pre-owned but I would think they are as the NOS BDB’s are £120, all sized L, I’d say an ok price for the Gitmans ( approx 40-50% of full RRP), if they’re in good condition, some other new items, JS winter shirts and some very expensive sweaters....

Over the years I have swapped or been given shirts with and from a few relatives and friends. When I know the 'providence' it's ok.

There are shopaholic types who every now and then have a moment of clarity and unload their unworn/uneeded clothing. Sometime guys lose a load of weight and splash out on new kit for their new shape, then they relax and put all the weight back on! I may be talking from experience.

BTW I like the new JS Corduroy & Flannel shirts for A/W. Not sure about the Anonymous Ism sweaters though.

Can't abide those jumpers. Love the cord shirts but I won't be buying - they're one of those items that look so good on paper but if I was to attempt to wear would look bloody awful, on me at least.

Change of subject , ( couldn't be bothered to start a new thread - sorry), Not Ivy but tenuous link to JS/CS, -  some of you might have seen the JS FB page today with a photo of a guy carrying a Village Gate carrier bag, I studied the photo a little to date it, noted that it must be summertime, the young lady is wearing hot pants,(very 1971), flat shoes,(platforms came in more in '72), the Guy is wearing a spread collar (fitted?) shirt, his trousers are a bit old school, so it's his ' transition' period from late '60's mod/Ivy to the ' French Look', , he's possibly got a pair of flared strides in that carrier to better suit his shirt, I reckoned it would be 1971,I tracked down the images, https://mydadsphotos.shendy.co.uk/, Hey Presto the photos are dated and it was summer '71 !, If you haven't looked at this website it's really interesting, for me I started shopping ( & drinking) in the Kings Rd 1971 - 80, the photos are grouped in years, in the 1973 section you can see shop fronts for Cassidy & Village Gate, look closely and you can see how clobber evolved from over this period, worth a look......

Yes thanks Stax. I also noted the village gate bag/box on FB when I was looking this morning and funny enough was also wondering about the date of the photo. Guessed it was 1971. I was also wondering what the fella had bought from the VG. I would have been shopping there at that time.