Orlebar Brown 007 2020 Collection

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  • Victor BVictor B Posts: 476MI6 Agent
    What Bothers me and do Not know if thats the same for others here is that these are far away from really having anything to do with the actual piece. From the previous Collection you could really tell what Bond piece these were. These are so much free Style Interpretation and so less iconic That the only real Bond connection is the 007 Label for which you get Charged twice the price.
  • Double0zeroDouble0zero Los AngelesPosts: 220MI6 Agent
    A side from the long awaited thunderball striped shirt, nothing is iconic about this run.

    I recommend for Orlebar Brown to do a re-issue of the most iconic pieces and keep them in stock around the year.
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    As they don't seem to be too bothered about screen-accurate, I might well buy a recreation of the awesome Lotus 007 crew jackets from FYEO! I love them :)

    art-mg-lotusespritturbofyeo4.jpg
  • dwf76dwf76 Chesterfield, UKPosts: 46MI6 Agent
    Thought the FYEO t-shirt looked good, then saw the price :))
  • km1fdmkm1fdm USAPosts: 211MI6 Agent
    A side from the long awaited thunderball striped shirt, nothing is iconic about this run.

    I recommend for Orlebar Brown to do a re-issue of the most iconic pieces and keep them in stock around the year.

    I'd like to see the same. They'll still make $$$ from those best sellers, and fans will be much happier to purchase.
  • JB1106340JB1106340 Posts: 434MI6 Agent
    A side from the long awaited thunderball striped shirt, nothing is iconic about this run.

    I recommend for Orlebar Brown to do a re-issue of the most iconic pieces and keep them in stock around the year.

    I agree, the striped shirt was what I was waiting for and it arrived today. Very nice shirt to be fair.
  • Miles MesservyMiles Messervy Posts: 1,757MI6 Agent
    The Moonraker sweater and TMWTGG shirt would both be better with a larger collar. For a company willing to go all in on a terry cloth onesie, they really chickened out on the collars.
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    edited June 2020
    The Moonraker sweater and TMWTGG shirt would both be better with a larger collar. For a company willing to go all in on a terry cloth onesie, they really chickened out on the collars.

    I completely agree. I know it's just meant to be their "take" on the screen worn items, but they could have made an attempt to get closer with the collar...yes the collar on the actual MR polo is very 70’s (massive) and it probably wouldn’t have been fashionable to go that large with the repro, but OB could have made there’s a little bigger. Scrolling through the images on the MR knit polo's product page and seeing the actual polo next to OB's makes the difference really obvious. Also, small and thin knit collars like that generally go to s**t (edges get all wavy) after a short amount of time, even with careful washing.


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    Annd there's also no pocket on OB's...but I'm willing to forgive that.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    JTM wrote:
    The Moonraker sweater and TMWTGG shirt would both be better with a larger collar. For a company willing to go all in on a terry cloth onesie, they really chickened out on the collars.

    I completely agree. I know it's just meant to be their "take" on the screen worn items, but they could have made an attempt to get closer with the collar...yes the collar on the actual MR polo is very 70’s (massive) and it probably wouldn’t have been fashionable to go that large with the repro, but OB could have made there’s a little bigger. Scrolling through the images on the MR knit polo's product page and seeing the actual polo next to OB's makes the difference really obvious. Also, small and thin knit collars like that generally go to s**t (edges get all wavy) after a short amount of time, even with careful washing.


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    Annd there's also no pocket on OB's...but I'm willing to forgive that.

    Roger's shirt is a proper shirt made of a cotton or cotton/poly jersey knit. It is constructed like a shirt rather than a polo, so it can take a large collar. OB went the more accessible approach of making it a wool polo-sweater. It's an entirely different type of piece that wouldn't work with a larger collar. For a collar that large it needs to be a shirt collar rather than a polo collar, but reinterpreting it as a true piece of knitwear rather than a shirt limited what they can do as far as screen-accurate details go. The sweater they made looks great, and it's certainly an accessible piece, but I would have been more excited if it were more like Roger's shirt. I may try to have a replica made of it some day in a non-black colour.
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  • HalfMonk HalfHitmanHalfMonk HalfHitman USAPosts: 2,324MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    That one and the dark blue linen shirt (also from TB) are really the only ones that I might get, especially at the current pricing.

    These are great:

    https://us.masonandsons.com/collections/camp-collar-shirts-1/products/camp-collar-short-sleeve-shirt-1
  • CheverianCheverian Posts: 1,446MI6 Agent
    Gymkata wrote:
    That one and the dark blue linen shirt (also from TB) are really the only ones that I might get, especially at the current pricing.

    These are great:

    https://us.masonandsons.com/collections/camp-collar-shirts-1/products/camp-collar-short-sleeve-shirt-1

    They are indeed! One cautionary note: the sleeves are much narrower than you might expect. If you have skinny biceps you’re okay. I exchanged a large for an extra large and my gorilla arms still lost circulation. I had to reluctantly sell mine.
  • The Red KindThe Red Kind EnglandPosts: 3,119MI6 Agent
    emtiem wrote:
    As they don't seem to be too bothered about screen-accurate, I might well buy a recreation of the awesome Lotus 007 crew jackets from FYEO! I love them :)

    art-mg-lotusespritturbofyeo4.jpg

    Would love to find one of these or something close.
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  • chriscollins007chriscollins007 North Somerset , England Posts: 1,154MI6 Agent
    absolutely mate , possibly more NTTD pickings to spend on :))
    Still waiting for the TB shirt
    I agree, Chris. Probably going for the Moonraker, possibly the blue Thunderball. I like the FYEO t shirt, but will save my pennies in case N Peal spring another collection for us blokes later this year. The quality is higher, but the prices are similar.

    Not going to add anymore, you guys summoned it all up.
    However I Was looking forward to the FYEO tshirt, liked the look and colour but yeah that price is mad.
    Maybe Ob thought after the last collection went so well, they would go more luxury in cost :s
    Might plunge for the moonraker but not now, i'll see in the winter.
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  • norbac1norbac1 Posts: 96MI6 Agent
    Just saw a video review of the Harrington jacket.... I was planning to buy it.... not anymore
  • Miles MesservyMiles Messervy Posts: 1,757MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    JTM wrote:
    The Moonraker sweater and TMWTGG shirt would both be better with a larger collar. For a company willing to go all in on a terry cloth onesie, they really chickened out on the collars.

    I completely agree. I know it's just meant to be their "take" on the screen worn items, but they could have made an attempt to get closer with the collar...yes the collar on the actual MR polo is very 70’s (massive) and it probably wouldn’t have been fashionable to go that large with the repro, but OB could have made there’s a little bigger. Scrolling through the images on the MR knit polo's product page and seeing the actual polo next to OB's makes the difference really obvious. Also, small and thin knit collars like that generally go to s**t (edges get all wavy) after a short amount of time, even with careful washing.


    IMG-2900.jpg


    Annd there's also no pocket on OB's...but I'm willing to forgive that.

    Roger's shirt is a proper shirt made of a cotton or cotton/poly jersey knit. It is constructed like a shirt rather than a polo, so it can take a large collar. OB went the more accessible approach of making it a wool polo-sweater. It's an entirely different type of piece that wouldn't work with a larger collar. For a collar that large it needs to be a shirt collar rather than a polo collar, but reinterpreting it as a true piece of knitwear rather than a shirt limited what they can do as far as screen-accurate details go. The sweater they made looks great, and it's certainly an accessible piece, but I would have been more excited if it were more like Roger's shirt. I may try to have a replica made of it some day in a non-black colour.

    I guess my point was that OB didn’t bother themselves with making accessible pieces last time around. Instead, they went for it with multiple terry cloth pieces and some other daring things like the AVTAK track jacket. Nothing in this collection feels as unique or special as some of those items. As a fan of Bond style, and of OB independently, surely I am the target audience?
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    emtiem wrote:
    As they don't seem to be too bothered about screen-accurate, I might well buy a recreation of the awesome Lotus 007 crew jackets from FYEO! I love them :)

    art-mg-lotusespritturbofyeo4.jpg

    Would love to find one of these or something close.

    Something close would be okay, but I'd really want the massive logos on it!

    I saw a hipster sort of guy wearing one in London once, I wondered if he'd picked it up from a charity shop or something as it has that kind of retro cool to it. I reckon it'd be worth loads of money though!
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent
    Matt S wrote:
    JTM wrote:

    I completely agree. I know it's just meant to be their "take" on the screen worn items, but they could have made an attempt to get closer with the collar...yes the collar on the actual MR polo is very 70’s (massive) and it probably wouldn’t have been fashionable to go that large with the repro, but OB could have made there’s a little bigger. Scrolling through the images on the MR knit polo's product page and seeing the actual polo next to OB's makes the difference really obvious. Also, small and thin knit collars like that generally go to s**t (edges get all wavy) after a short amount of time, even with careful washing.


    IMG-2900.jpg


    Annd there's also no pocket on OB's...but I'm willing to forgive that.

    Roger's shirt is a proper shirt made of a cotton or cotton/poly jersey knit. It is constructed like a shirt rather than a polo, so it can take a large collar. OB went the more accessible approach of making it a wool polo-sweater. It's an entirely different type of piece that wouldn't work with a larger collar. For a collar that large it needs to be a shirt collar rather than a polo collar, but reinterpreting it as a true piece of knitwear rather than a shirt limited what they can do as far as screen-accurate details go. The sweater they made looks great, and it's certainly an accessible piece, but I would have been more excited if it were more like Roger's shirt. I may try to have a replica made of it some day in a non-black colour.

    I guess my point was that OB didn’t bother themselves with making accessible pieces last time around. Instead, they went for it with multiple terry cloth pieces and some other daring things like the AVTAK track jacket. Nothing in this collection feels as unique or special as some of those items. As a fan of Bond style, and of OB independently, surely I am the target audience?

    Maybe this collection shows that that approach didn't work too well for them last time and they're trying to sell a few more to their more usual customers?
  • emtiememtiem SurreyPosts: 5,686MI6 Agent

    Is there a dressing gown?
  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,085MI6 Agent
    emtiem wrote:

    Is there a dressing gown?

    There was a Dr No robe in the last capsule release.
  • Enjoying DeathEnjoying Death Toronto, ON CANADAPosts: 1,231MI6 Agent
    I can't really argue with anything they've said.
    Pussy Galore: “My name is Pussy Galore.”
    Bond: “I must be dreaming.”
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    I can't really argue with anything they've said.

    I was thinking the same thing :))
  • UNCLE27UNCLE27 EnglandPosts: 1,114MI6 Agent
    I am baffled by their interpretation of the Thunderball Gingham check shirt. Why make the collar white? It looks absolutely nothing like the original shirt! ?:) Bizarre decision.
  • JTMJTM Posts: 3,027MI6 Agent
    UNCLE27 wrote:
    I am baffled by their interpretation of the Thunderball Gingham check shirt. Why make the collar white? It looks absolutely nothing like the original shirt! ?:) Bizarre decision.

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    But honestly who knows? Maybe they thought it would look too similar to their TB stripe shirt without the change?
  • k5211k5211 UKPosts: 164MI6 Agent
    How did they get from the brief of this (Courtesy of Matt S's SOJB)

    Blue-Gingham-Camp-Shirt.jpg

    To this ?

    ORLEBAR-BROWN-THUNDERBALL-GINGHAM-SHIRT-BLUEPRINT-WHITE-272089-FRONT.jpg

    My sister used to wear something resembling this to primary school.

    Truly horrendous. Mason & Sons must be laughing HARD.
  • CheverianCheverian Posts: 1,446MI6 Agent
    OB also took some big liberties with their first run of "inspired by 007" items. The nearly electric blue Dr No toweling polo comes to mind.

    What strikes me is that there is little here that's distinctive. I can buy a pink poplin shirt anywhere.

    The issue with this line, IMO, is primarily the prices. There are a handful of things I might buy if they were just $100 cheaper. For instance, the FYEO V neck would still be expensive at $275. But at $375 it's in (outrageous) fashion designer territory. And OB isn't Tom Ford.

    I'll be curious to watch the stock to see what moves. If we start seeing some of these pieces discounted, especially from third-party OB stockists, it will say a lot.
  • Matt SMatt S Oh Cult Voodoo ShopPosts: 6,596MI6 Agent
    I think the white collar on the gingham shirt was OB's way of getting their signature towelling into the collection. They really love towelling, and this collection wouldn't be rightly theirs if it didn't have anything made of towelling.

    The polo in Dr. No wasn't originally towelling, yet OB making it in towelling instead of pique gave it a touch of their own style.
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  • Westward_DriftWestward_Drift Posts: 3,085MI6 Agent
    Cheverian wrote:
    OB also took some big liberties with their first run of "inspired by 007" items. The nearly electric blue Dr No toweling polo comes to mind.

    What strikes me is that there is little here that's distinctive. I can buy a pink poplin shirt anywhere.

    The issue with this line, IMO, is primarily the prices. There are a handful of things I might buy if they were just $100 cheaper. For instance, the FYEO V neck would still be expensive at $275. But at $375 it's in (outrageous) fashion designer territory. And OB isn't Tom Ford.

    I'll be curious to watch the stock to see what moves. If we start seeing some of these pieces discounted, especially from third-party OB stockists, it will say a lot.

    The US prices are beyond crazy.

    The $375 FYEO v-neck popped out at me right away. Why silk? A silk blend at that for that price?

    The piece I was looking forward to was the Octopussy harrington, but the price is again outrageous at $525. In close up it looks like a $99 jacket from Abercrombie & Fitch. Plus it's been "reimagined" into a slim fit jacket. Why get a blouson that doesn't blouse?

    Honestly, OB has never fit me very well. L is usually too tight while XL is a baggy. I can't justify the price based on fit.
  • Double0zeroDouble0zero Los AngelesPosts: 220MI6 Agent
    People Who complain about pricing need to remember that the OB brand caters to the luxury market. So yes their prices may not be affordable to everyone.

    But in the same token, If I was to pay $375 for a silk tee, then it better be 100% silk , which is not even the case here. It’s 50% cotton and 50% silk. Same goes to OP jacket which looks cheaply made.

    I only ordered the TB striped shirt , the only “iconic” piece in this run.


    Cheverian wrote:
    OB also took some big liberties with their first run of "inspired by 007" items. The nearly electric blue Dr No toweling polo comes to mind.

    What strikes me is that there is little here that's distinctive. I can buy a pink poplin shirt anywhere.

    The issue with this line, IMO, is primarily the prices. There are a handful of things I might buy if they were just $100 cheaper. For instance, the FYEO V neck would still be expensive at $275. But at $375 it's in (outrageous) fashion designer territory. And OB isn't Tom Ford.

    I'll be curious to watch the stock to see what moves. If we start seeing some of these pieces discounted, especially from third-party OB stockists, it will say a lot.

    The US prices are beyond crazy.

    The $375 FYEO v-neck popped out at me right away. Why silk? A silk blend at that for that price?

    The piece I was looking forward to was the Octopussy harrington, but the price is again outrageous at $525. In close up it looks like a $99 jacket from Abercrombie & Fitch. Plus it's been "reimagined" into a slim fit jacket. Why get a blouson that doesn't blouse?

    Honestly, OB has never fit me very well. L is usually too tight while XL is a baggy. I can't justify the price based on fit.
  • CheverianCheverian Posts: 1,446MI6 Agent
    People Who complain about pricing need to remember that the OB brand caters to the luxury market. So yes their prices may not be affordable to everyone.

    I think what many of us are saying is that we *are* the luxury market (I've shopped in their Palm Beach store), and we still find the prices hard to defend. I've spent way too much on clothing in my life (thanks for nothing, AJB). And I'd really been hoping to see something in this line that was distinctive enough to justify a significant expenditure. The TMWTGG shirt might be that for me. It's unusual with those side adjusters.

    The larger question is how Orlebar Brown is positioning itself going forward. I'd seen it roughly on a level with Sunspel. But maybe they think there's a market selling beachwear north of Sunspel prices. Good for them if it works out.
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