I was there last month and admired thsoe shirts, which had just arrived. Fella that runs All Blues definitely has his eye one the ball with new Japanese brands.  Best way to contact them might be DM on instagram.

Kamukra unstructured jackets £100 off with additional 10% discount proved too tempting for me and I just took delivery of the herringbone.

Thanks for the info PPT, it seems the Keaton Chase shirts were sold out very quickly, hopefully he'll re-stock soon,

Hi Stax, there appears to be another Japanese label as well as KC, called DC White, BD popover shirts in plaid though no back button or locker loop. They also do a navy and beige chino.

I did email AB's again a couple of days ago through the email portal (?) on the website, no reply as yet !

Hi Stax, not sure if you're on Instagram, but as PPT said they appear to respond quicker. Any queries I've had regarding stock or sizing issues I've contacted them through Ig and they've responded pretty much immediately.

Thanks RG , perhaps I should get into the 2020’s and get onto instagram!

Ha ha, come to the darkside there are plenty of us on there

When it comes to clothing with an Ivy twist, All Blues have their finger(s) on the pulse.

If the Japanese can provide the gamut of sizes necessary for Westerners, they could end up kings of the ivy retailers over here. Particularly if they can keep the prices down. From my 2 purchases, I've had a 50% success rate with sizing.

Hi Stax, I think Frans Boone are taking the piss here, I've looked on their Japanese website and they are 22000Y which equates to £135-140. I've also looked on various Japanese stockist's and they're the same 22000Y. Hopefully if somebody picks these up in the UK they'll be significantly cheaper than Frans Boone. They appear to look like some of my old BB's Makers, minus the chest pocket.

Looking very good these Far East Manufacturing OCBDs to be honest, especially the pink ones, but the price tag is just cracy for an off-the-rack shirt. Orslow and Fullcount are offering nice BDs too, even 6 button front plackets and chest pockets too but also about 230 Euros.

I kind of wonder who has that kind of spare cash, to be honest. They look great, no doubt, like a vintage Gant hugger maybe, but that's so much money and after years of buying cheap vintage shirts (and am lucky I don't 'need' any new shirts), it just seems crazy.

Kamakura I have bought one new - long sleeve green madras - which is quite nice, but wouldn't want to stock a whole wardrobe at that cost!

Luckily, before retiring I amassed enough shirts (and indeed clothes/shoes) to last me the rest of my life. I've always rotated and looked after clothes meaning pretty much everything is in decent nick.
Obviously I am still tempted to buy bits and in fact do but it really is bits as the prices have shot up over recent years. Twenty pound increases for every item each season seems the norm everywhere.
It was only a short time ago - or feels a short time ago - that Paraboots were £250 a pair. They are £385 everywhere now. They'll be £400 next year. That said you could argue Paraboots are still value at £385 as I find them pretty indestructible. However, £200+ for an off-the-peg shirt just doesn't represent value for me, however nice it is.
Then again if you have the money then buy one but it does concern me that as long as people pay it then they'll keep incresing the price.
In general, costs may be going up so much that they are having to increase prices but I'm not sure that is the case.
However, the great thing about Ivy and Ivy-influenced styling is that it is a broad church and - in my mind - a white tee, grey sweat, old chinos, Harrington and washed-out CVOs are just as stylish a summer look as a linen sack, shirt, tie, Rancourt loafers etc and maybe the way to go.

Me too in the same boat ( 3 old men in a boat ?), I had a gradual slide into retirement, 9-10 years working maybe 25 hours per week, but I was still wearing a clean shirt each day to the office so the rotation of shirts/strides carried on, ( 'out-out' shirts then downgraded to the office rotation , probably old working class ways), but since being fully retired the shirts just sit in the wardrobe, there's a log jam ! I've moved on 6-7 on the bay to make some space, as you say Andy there's always the temptation to buy the odd thing, I ease my ' buyers guilt' by using the funds raised by selling on the bay,

I've also stocked up with retirement rapidly approaching.

After recent trips to the States and finding traditional loafers increasingly hard to come by I decided to stock up.

The term panic buying feels very apt.

Allen Edmunds, who shoes I greatly admire, had closed the local store and stopped doing anything along the lines of Kenwood or Walden. Cole Haan had discontinued the Pinch Penny. Florsheim had redesigned the Brown Berkeley loafer and the local bricks and mortar Bass stockist were no more.