Been busy w/work, but over the weekend I visited all of the Manhattan stores except for Wall Street. Every store got in a decent amount of items from Jey Cole Man (made in Italy), and every store except for 44th & Madison seemed to have at least a few suits in stock as well. Largest suit collection is at the regular locations -- 57th & Lex, 34th St, and Soho. The brand new store actually did not have as large of a selection as I was expecting, likely because they still have a huge amount of Fall/Winter merchandise left over, and I'm talking good quality stuff -- still Isaia, Pal Zileri, and other high end stuff to be had for great prices, and particularly of note, a lot of beautiful Ortenzi (made in Italy) suits.
Other stuff not worth your time - the only other Spring merchandise that had come in by this weekend was a bunch of sweaters -- everything you saw was from the same company that puts out the Cosby sweaters, and yes, there were more of those to be had as well, especially at 57th West Side store (Birillo, Stacatto -- branded items). The other non-Cosby sweaters, but still from the same manufacturer were under the labels of ARDE, 76-06 and Warren Jeans (all made in Italy) -- all these sweaters were a very thin knit, and were 50% Cotton/50% acrylic. At $16.99 each, not terrible, but not worth your money IMHO.
Also came in (I believe non-spring stuff, just general merchandise) -- shoes from Giorgio Brutini, and Versa -- all horrible stuff. And sneakers from Reebok and Puma - Puma seemed decent, don't know why they're stocking Reebok items.
Look for more updates later this week. I am assured that more Spring items will be coming our way this week, so stay tuned.
Did you see much at the new store in size 42/52?
ReplyDeleteMost places had suits in larger sizes; it was the smaller sizes (36 in particular) that were hard to find. The 44th and Broadway store didn't have much in general. I'd check the other stores first, though 18th Street is already down to about 3 suits, as they sold quickly there.
ReplyDeleteI don't think the Ortenzi suits were in 42, were they?
ReplyDeleteI honestly don't remember; I thought you were referring to the Jey Cole Man items; only thing to note about the Ortenzi items is that they're sized a bit larger than most of the other suits Daffy's gets in from Italy.
ReplyDeleteBut these are the same Ortenzi,Isaia and Pal Zileri suits that were in stock for the opening, correct?
ReplyDeleteYes, same ones. The stock hasn't really moved as well as it should have for some reason.
ReplyDeleteI took a look at the Jey Cole Man stuff and was not impressed. You can't complain for the money, but the fabric on the suits and knits was not great.
ReplyDeleteIs it true Mabitex are in stock? Which stores?
ReplyDeleteSadly, from what I've been told, we will not be seeing Mabitex for a long time, as the company went out of business, which is why there was nothing last seasons. I will have a larger post about this later this week; from what I understand, the only stuff that came in this week so far were shirts from Poggianti and Paul & Shark.
ReplyDeleteThat is a shame. Great fitting pants.
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