Would you spend £200 on a jacket that may or may not last 30 years?

Gloomendoom

Thirty years ago I spent more than £200 on jacket and it has lasted.

Jojo_the_Tightfisted

You lot at MSE Towers are obviously being paid too much if you think banging out three hundred quid on those monstrosities is a reasonable expense.

If that's the particular look you're aspiring to (aka Dodgy Dave Cameron tries to mix with the Plebs), try your local charity shops.

peachyprice

Just had a look at the website

The 30 Year Jacket is a limited edition, made to measure Tom Cridland product, handcrafted in extremely small production runs so that the fit of each is perfect.

What a crap fit for something that is supposed to the made to measure!! I would be sorely disappointed if I'd spend £200 on that. All the colours look equally awful.

LilElvis

peachyprice wrote: »

Just had a look at the website



What a crap fit for something that is supposed to the made to measure!! I would be sorely disappointed if I'd spend £200 on that. All the colours look equally awful.

It's totally contradictory too!

It says theyre made to measure, but to actually purchase one you just select from the standard chest measurements and short/regular etc. Not made to measure at all!

Artytarty

In answer to the original question, yes I would and I wouldn't necessarily want it to last for 30 years either.
Having said that, the oldest items I own are a custom made black velvet evening coat made for my great grandmother, it must be at least sixty years old. It gets one once every couple of years!
I've a raw silk printed floor length wrap around skirt form 1976. Gets worn by my daughter on holiday occasionally.
She also wears a 1950s dress with big skirt that belonged to my mUm!
I guess we like old stuff!

Yolina

I have some expensive clothes, I have some really cheap clothes - I happily wear a Gaultier or a Kenzo skirt with a £2 top - most importantly, I take care of my stuff regardless of how much it cost. Some of my clothes are more than 20 years old, are still absolutely fine and I still wear them . I also regularly wear a pair of shoes that were my gran's and that she bought in the early 1930s.

However that jacket, erm... no thanks

DKLS

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

I'd love to see that! Can you post a pic up?

Am stuck in Amsterdam this week so can't take a pic of the real thing, but it looks the spitting image of this one I found on Etsy.

https://img0.etsystatic.com/109/1/5165098/il_340x270.936938496_h6kb.jpg

Only gets worn a couple of times a year But I can't see me getting rid, although it has been worn by friend in a couple of local Am Dram productions. I just have to keep it safe from the moths! I did have a cut velvet smoking jacket but the moths got that.

andthethreebears

My husband has a couple of the Tom Cridland 30 year sweatshirts/t shirts.
Such a great idea. If it gets damaged or worn then they'll repair or replace it for free.

He's got some pretty famous customers - including Daniel Craig and Leonardo DiCaprio. Good luck to him - fantastic ethos for a company!

hollydays

I've got a vintage Jaeger mohair cardigan that must date from 1960.
I bought it from a charity shop three years ago for about £4 and it's still going strong and much admired.
The most I've paid for one item of clothing is £175 but I would pay a little more for a well cut pure wool coat if necessary.

theoretica

I find that my favourite clothes wear out so much faster than ones I don't like. It's very frustrating!

I will pay more if I think something will last - but only if I like it, and I would have to really like something to pay that much for it

My oldest dress gets worn constantly, but as it is from when I was 2 and teddy isn't hard on his clothes it probably doesn't count. I have a few things I have been wearing for the last 20 years, and plenty of older stuff I bought 2nd hand more recently.