Officer Dibley
Well-Known Member
Us authentic is a one man show I thought and he is making $500 jackets .Plus how many emails would Dubow Greece get a week after all he has just started . Re JC yes you could ask him but he does not reply . Platon having made many jackets in the past in England and only making one makers Type A-2 simplifies things . The start up cost would be a sewing machine table light measuring instruments and a computer with email and a file with patterns and variables re the sizes . I just cannot see how companies are asking $1600 for a jacket ,its basically a shirt made out of leather .No back pleats ,inside pockets very uncomplicated and a good machinist can make one in 2 hours .
BIP
Indeed. So why don't you go buy a mall jacket that is exactly what you describe above ?
Authenticity and exclusivity always cost money.
It's a bit like a football card that is worth $thouands.... after all, it's just a bit of card with "some shit" written on it.....
If you don't like it, don't whine, make one for yourself because according to you, it ain't that difficult.
Let me know how that goes as i might buy a $50 authentic A-2 from you ..
FWIW, i'm pissed at those prices but only because i can't afford them. A business is in business to make money. If no-one bought from them, they'd drop their prices quickly. But it appears that non jacket afficianados can and do pay the money.