Maynard Friedman

^^ Augustus Gloop!

Hi @buler, sorry to hear about your diagnosis but it sounds like the medical intervention went well. Here’s to a thorough recovery and I hope the next time you mention PSA, it’s in this context

Most things I no longer want, or fit as I’d like, rather than try to sell, I just give them to my 17 yr old son!

Would you feel slightly deceived if you discovered your Mexican huaraches were made in Bangladesh, your Persian rug in Botswana, your Colombian congas in China? It doesn’t make them lesser products but displays a lack of transparency and possibly authenticity. You’re right that modern production supply chains are complex but some consumers simply want to have a bit more information about what they’re buying, particularly if they believe they’re paying a premium and that includes higher cost labour (with potentially better working conditions) to justify that price. Unfortunately, laws/rules around the provenance of goods seem to enable a broad interpretation and allow companies to deliberately confuse/mislead their customers.

^^ But being transparent likely means lower prices, as seen in Broark’s post above, and therefore impacts the bottom line.

I must’ve had this t-shirt for about 12 years now, it was originally a dark shade of indigo. Unfortunately, Sufu is displaying the bottom 2 photos with some kind of pattern/effect to the fabric that isn’t present on the originals.

Agreed, I don’t think it works very well with ‘Genus’, if that is the intention.

From the outside, a lock stitch will look identical (as well as being stronger) and a chainstitched jacket cuff isn’t going to create roping like a hem on a pair of jeans anyway. Obviously it’s your choice but if that were me, I’d take the pragmatic approach and go to a local tailor. Good luck whatever you choose.

Any decent tailor could detach the cuffs, shorten the sleeves and reattach them. It’s a simple job and if the thread is matched, barely noticeable, if at all.

But that is counterbalanced by their rarity factor (usually firmly rooted in the pockets of dour-faced owners or stuffed into mattresses) which makes them worth £5.01

They’re not even proper mountains, just hills (you owe me £5 for saying that @Duke Mantee)

Button reinforcement on my Eternal Type II, not selvedge though. No similar reinforcement on my TCB 30s jacket.

The About Us section on the website states: “Today, while our production is based in Japan, every garment is still hand-finished in our UK workshop, ensuring the integrity and craftsmanship remain true.” I’m not sure exactly what the hand-finishing part entails.

That, and people who join specifically to sell or ask the value of an item, in a place that no-one visits!