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a Paul Smith suit from Bicester is not the same as one from their Covent Garden store. Same with leather shoes, posh handbags, etc
Is that correct? I always assumed it was just the stuff from last season / last year or whatever that they'd have no hope of ever shifting in their Selfridges outlet.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/outlet-stores-quality-1.3392279
edit- I can't find the full episode but Channel 4 Dispatches did an investigation on them
https://www.radiotimes.com/tv-programme/e/cqrb2g/dispatches--series-140---1-secrets-of-the-discount-stores/ -
Some is, some isn't. I'm not sure if Paul Smith specifically do stuff to a price point (they don't with their womenswear but I don't know about the mens) but quite a few do an inferior range. If there's a lot of it then there's a good chance it is a clearance store range. If there's only one or two it's more likely to be end of line.
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aggi
It doesn’t bother me at all that some stuff is made in house, if the quality is there I’ll take that over blindly buying a recognised brand. Having said that, I do tend to look for Ralph knit ware (sans donkey) because they source decent fabrics.
I think people don’t realise how much stock at outlet stores in made just for outlet and potentially to a quality to match that price point, a Paul Smith suit from Bicester is not the same as one from their Covent Garden store. Same with leather shoes, posh handbags, etc