Spectre - Matchless blouson -Ltd Edition Number?
Ferinstal
North of Londinium...Posts: 310MI6 Agent
So long story short, life has been quietly kind to me lately, so at the weekend I gulped hard and placed an order for the Matchless Craig Blouson - for it is a thing of great beauty.
Ordered it from a reputable clothier in London and their customer service has been exceptional - even to the point of me arriving to try/buy today and them having more than one of the size I required (M) for me to try.
Very happy with my purchase, but decided to revisit Mantis' review of the jacket from many moons ago to make sure I was basking in the full glow of the jacket I'd spent a small fortune one (got it for £839). Watching the video, I got to the bit I'd forgotten where Mantis talks about the 'Limited Edition' of 700 and his number of 42.
Hurriedly and excitedly, I rushed to my jacket and looked at the leather logo on the inside to find my number. All I could read was 'Craig Blouson' and 'Ltd Edition'.
Am I missing something / looking in the wrong place?
Or have Matchless reneged on their 'Limited Edition of 700' and stopped numbering the items?
Or have I bought a fake - (albeit an incredible looking / fitting / feeling fake) from somebody who I eally want to believe is an honest business owner (and his store sure didn't look / feel like a house of cheap copies!).
All help gratefully appreciated...
Ordered it from a reputable clothier in London and their customer service has been exceptional - even to the point of me arriving to try/buy today and them having more than one of the size I required (M) for me to try.
Very happy with my purchase, but decided to revisit Mantis' review of the jacket from many moons ago to make sure I was basking in the full glow of the jacket I'd spent a small fortune one (got it for £839). Watching the video, I got to the bit I'd forgotten where Mantis talks about the 'Limited Edition' of 700 and his number of 42.
Hurriedly and excitedly, I rushed to my jacket and looked at the leather logo on the inside to find my number. All I could read was 'Craig Blouson' and 'Ltd Edition'.
Am I missing something / looking in the wrong place?
Or have Matchless reneged on their 'Limited Edition of 700' and stopped numbering the items?
Or have I bought a fake - (albeit an incredible looking / fitting / feeling fake) from somebody who I eally want to believe is an honest business owner (and his store sure didn't look / feel like a house of cheap copies!).
All help gratefully appreciated...
Yes. Considerably.
Comments
Bingo! They continued to reissue the jacket after selling out of the original 700, so new stock is available. Pretty shady that they're still calling it a "Ltd. Edition".
How did I misss that news?
But thanks for the clarification Canoe2 (honestly, I owe you so much from your work on the Iconic Alternatives site!).
At least now I can sleep easy. It really is a thing of great beauty so I am comfortable that it is just a piece of 'marketing bullshit' gone awry (again!) - cos I had/have no intention of,ever wanting to resell it anyway!
http://www.ajb007.co.uk/post/818841/#p818841
All good though. Limited Edition or not, the jacket really is awesome.