Last edited by 1966 (2009-04-27 08:01:55)

If you want pics from me I have none to give. I don't have the technology to provide them.

... I'm not really all that into the Net.

The point is that often you see it and it fails to register.  It causes neither shock, pain or anger.  It does, however, possibly make you go away and have another think.  On the other hand it registers to the extent to just think 'yes, that's nicely kicked back' (as Jim might phrase it).  T'other point is, no one cares what you think.  No one should, no one will.  UK Ivy just is: subtle and not always costing an arm and a leg.  See Chris_H's post from about a fortnight ago: thrifty original mod Ivy.  We love the Yanks, but we don't play the game that way.  It's not even really about one-upmanship on here.  If the guys in Covent Garden know something, and you want to know, they're willing to share.  But this is mainly an East End/Stamford Hill sensibility, not easily sussed by raw provincials like meself...

And then there's Woolrich & Filson - Real 'Dandy' stuff over here! You gotta really work to get their stuff.

Look, AQG, forget Bean for a minute - although I happen to be wearing Bean right now.  If I wander down my high street wearing cashmere - let alone Paul Stuart cashmere - it really doesn't register; not at all.  No one in England I know has ever heard of Paul Stuart.  Why?  Dunno.  You remember that chat we had about Henri Lloyd?  North Face?  Now NFs known because the high street shops stock it; my daughter wears it.  Mind you, I once sat next to an American on a plane who'd never heard of J.Press.  I took it for granted that he would have, so it just goes to show. 

Back to Bean.  I wouldn't know where to buy it in England.  As JJ says, it requires effort.  So did getting hold of original Levis.  That's 'mod' for you, and 'mod' is London.

Add to Bean and Wranglers stuff like Osh Kosh, or carpenters gear.  Not Ivy, I grant you, Americana.  I made sure my eldest ran around in Osh Kosh.  It was expensive, it was American - she was one hip three year old!