Brown, Orlebar Brown (Page 19 of 21)

Gymkata wrote:

Wearing the AVTAK jacket again.  I honestly love this thing.

True to size or did you size up or down?

canoe2 wrote:

The idea of expensive swimshorts isn't new. Prada has $1000 men's swimwear which sells. But the whole OB line is being sold as being "inspired by Bond". I can see the inspiration in most of the other pieces so if they want to charge a premium, then fine. But the Goldfinger shorts are basically Setters in a new color with gold colored hardware. They don't look anything like Connery's swimsuit. Charging a higher premium for those is excessive imho.

Maybe David can weigh in, but I'm curious what the thinking was here - they seem to have nailed the color, so why not make some effort to match the cut? It's a very curious decision.

Suit wrote:

Certainly, as it's also ok to have an opinion about this pricing, in this case ridiculous, especially for items that never was in any Bond. The Bond name will be watered down if a company can stamp 007 on any item and call it a Bond item. Keep this up and if we're lucky we're gonna see a toothpaste with 007.

Peppermill wrote:

Everybody is free to pay (or not pay) for the the items he/she wants (or don't want). Since these items are selling pretty well, OB can ask the prices they do because obviously, there is still an audience that is willing to pay the higher prices. OB has always been a brand with high quality items and prices that match that, the markup on these items seem steep but I assume that EON also takes a cut. Or do people believe that EON just hands out licencing deals like this without expecting anything in return?

All in all, the items sell out quickly for the (steep) prices asked. Are we really blaming a company for making money?

(EDIT: sorry, didn't see Welshboy's reply before I posted)

But is it really ridiculous? It would an example of terrible pricing if no one would buy them, but there are scores of people who feel perfectly okay with paying a premium for these items. So selling them for less would be ridiculous from Orlebar Brown's viewpoint. And lets be honest here, we are talking about luxury items where the price paid is always subjective and not always reflective of material, labor and marketing costs. When I see some people responding as if OB are withholding first life needs like water, medicines or basic food to starving people only to make a few extra quid (not you necessarily, but OB has gotten quite some backlash lately), I can only chuckle.

Yeah they would be obvious choice to base the GF model on. 

Maybe they based it on popularity of current models?    More people likely to buy setters then budgies? 

Then again the demand for the Onsie.......

I hate swimming unless the pool has a pool bar 

Suit wrote:

Certainly, as it's also ok to have an opinion about this pricing, in this case ridiculous, especially for items that never was in any Bond. The Bond name will be watered down if a company can stamp 007 on any item and call it a Bond item. Keep this up and if we're lucky we're gonna see a toothpaste with 007.

Peppermill wrote:

Everybody is free to pay (or not pay) for the the items he/she wants (or don't want). Since these items are selling pretty well, OB can ask the prices they do because obviously, there is still an audience that is willing to pay the higher prices. OB has always been a brand with high quality items and prices that match that, the markup on these items seem steep but I assume that EON also takes a cut. Or do people believe that EON just hands out licencing deals like this without expecting anything in return?

All in all, the items sell out quickly for the (steep) prices asked. Are we really blaming a company for making money?

(EDIT: sorry, didn't see Welshboy's reply before I posted)

But is it really ridiculous? It would an example of terrible pricing if no one would buy them, but there are scores of people who feel perfectly okay with paying a premium for these items. So selling them for less would be ridiculous from Orlebar Brown's viewpoint. And lets be honest here, we are talking about luxury items where the price paid is always subjective and not always reflective of material, labor and marketing costs. When I see some people responding as if OB are withholding first life needs like water, medicines or basic food to starving people only to make a few extra quid (not you necessarily, but OB has gotten quite some backlash lately), I can only chuckle.

For those who've bought items from the OB 007 line what are your personal favorites? The ones you'd recommend to a friend.

For those who've bought items from the OB 007 line what are your personal favorites? The ones you'd recommend to a friend.