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gizlaroc said:
They have dropped the Morley name recently, they have gone back to Wolsey from around October time. I think they will carry on with Morley name with some of the cheaper end stuff, but move all the better quality items back into Wolsey branding.
http://www.wolsey.com/socks?ResultsPerPage=99999
Thanks.http://www.wolsey.com/socks?ResultsPerPage=99999
I did find the Wolsey site later. The Last time I looked it was all women's clothes, so good to see they are back. There was nothing wrong with the Morley branded socks, but I would have preferred no change and no confusion.
Must be over a year since I last looked for some, so that's an indication of how well they last.
V8Wagon said:
My Loake boots in a festive setting.....I've gone a bit mad lately and keep snapping 'em up when I spot a bargain 
hey V8Wagon,I recognised that photo!
Good to see you here too. I love that shot btw, I'm surprised Loake didn't pick yours.Couldn't resist a good bargain too! I went back to Debenhams and not much left now with some odd sizes. In fact,
Goaty Bill 2 said:
Thanks.
I did find the Wolsey site later. The Last time I looked it was all women's clothes, so good to see they are back. There was nothing wrong with the Morley branded socks, but I would have preferred no change and no confusion.
Must be over a year since I last looked for some, so that's an indication of how well they last.
The problem we had was Wolsey had been called Wolsey for 255 years before they changed to Morley 4 or 5 years back, and as retailers we had far more people who knew Wolsey then we did Morley, changing from Wolsey in the first place a few years back was the mistake. I did find the Wolsey site later. The Last time I looked it was all women's clothes, so good to see they are back. There was nothing wrong with the Morley branded socks, but I would have preferred no change and no confusion.
Must be over a year since I last looked for some, so that's an indication of how well they last.
Wolsey went very high end, knitwear at £200-800, coats at £1500 etc. Very nice stuff too, but they shouldn't have dropped the name on the underwear and socks.
As you have proved, all those that have found and liked their product in the last 5 years will now be looking for Morley not knowing Wolsey is the same thing.
I do wonder about the marketing departments some times.
They did a load of new packaging, very nice mercerised sleeves over everything, it looked very funky.
They came down to see me with it to see what I thought, they were proud as punch with it, and rightly so it looked great.
However, the first thing I said was "Looks amazing! But what is it?"
"Hey?"
"What's inside the packet?"
"Oh Bugger!!"
Millions of pounds spent on the new packaging, but they forgot they needed more than just a description of what was in the box on the back of the packet, how was the customer to know if it was a jersey short, a woven boxer or a brief or t-shirt inside? You have to have an image on the front or a window.
Why they don't ask one of us retailers to sit in on the design meetings before putting stuff into production is beyond me.
gizlaroc said:
The problem we had was Wolsey had been called Wolsey for 255 years before they changed to Morley 4 or 5 years back, and as retailers we had far more people who knew Wolsey then we did Morley, changing from Wolsey in the first place a few years back was the mistake.
Wolsey went very high end, knitwear at £200-800, coats at £1500 etc. Very nice stuff too, but they shouldn't have dropped the name on the underwear and socks.
As you have proved, all those that have found and liked their product in the last 5 years will now be looking for Morley not knowing Wolsey is the same thing.
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A 255 year old name in retail is of immense value. In my case I had been buying Wolsey for years and had great faith in the brand in part because of it's heritage. The change to Morley was not welcome, and I was reluctant to trust the product. Fashion socks at £20+ per pair that wear out after 5 uses are all well and good (not really), but in the days when I started wearing suits for work (good old Dunn and Co.), that was not a financially viable option for me.Wolsey went very high end, knitwear at £200-800, coats at £1500 etc. Very nice stuff too, but they shouldn't have dropped the name on the underwear and socks.
As you have proved, all those that have found and liked their product in the last 5 years will now be looking for Morley not knowing Wolsey is the same thing.
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I am guessing you are one of those "traditional gentleman's outfitters" I mentioned above. There are far too few of you left these days.
Thanks for the bit of history.
Just had an early present from Santa, who was cunningly disguised as a DHL delivery driver(but I knew): Church's Grafton longwing brogue in burgundy calf. I was toying with getting a similar shoe in shell cordovan from Crockett & Jones, but £600.00 was a little rich for my blood; the Loake Royal was also in the frame but I read they were corrected grain and may not age well. I then saw these on Herrings site, usually £450.00 everywhere, but reduced to £325.00. Result! I've gone with some library shots as I don't want my choice in socks, trousers, carpet and general décor pulled to pieces!
I collected these today.
Timberland Westhaven.
I saw them on the Timberland website and they caught my eye about six months ago priced at £165, logged on last week and they were in the sale at £115 so I dived in.
For reasons unbeknown I liked again and today they are only £95 which for Timberlands is very cheap, still I'm happy at £115.
I'll wear them with jeans mostly.
http://i.imgur.com/7CYCr3a.jpg?1
Timberland Westhaven.
I saw them on the Timberland website and they caught my eye about six months ago priced at £165, logged on last week and they were in the sale at £115 so I dived in.
For reasons unbeknown I liked again and today they are only £95 which for Timberlands is very cheap, still I'm happy at £115.
I'll wear them with jeans mostly.
http://i.imgur.com/7CYCr3a.jpg?1
Edited by Thankyou4calling on Wednesday 23 December 20:18
Edited by Thankyou4calling on Wednesday 23 December 21:52
Thankyou4calling said:
Sorry I don't know why the pic is coming out upside down :-)
Change your image link to this http://i.imgur.com/7CYCr3a.jpg?1wolfracesonic said:
Just had an early present from Santa, who was cunningly disguised as a DHL delivery driver(but I knew): Church's Grafton longwing brogue in burgundy calf. I was toying with getting a similar shoe in shell cordovan from Crockett & Jones, but £600.00 was a little rich for my blood; the Loake Royal was also in the frame but I read they were corrected grain and may not age well. I then saw these on Herrings site, usually £450.00 everywhere, but reduced to £325.00. Result! I've gone with some library shots as I don't want my choice in socks, trousers, carpet and general décor pulled to pieces!
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Very nice. Just benefitted from their sale with these, they're sold as Herring but the last suggests they're by Cheaney:...
wack said:
I was in debenhams in the Trafford centre today, they had quite a few Loake 1880 shoes reduced from £210 to £105 and some boots at £147.50
Sadly very hit and miss, both Basingstoke and Southampton have nothing (well 1 pair of 1880 in a random size) when I was at Meadowhall last Christmas they had every size on sale. I need some black Oxford capped shoes for work (ideally 2 pairs so was hoping the sales would help. All I can find is a pair of cheaneys for £200 but I'm unsure on the sizing compared to loake.
Garvin said:
At great risk of having my jeans*/carpet*/something else unrelated* commented upon herewith my latest acquisition and newest entrant to my collection of Oxford Wing Tip Brogues - a Crimbo present from Mrs Garvin!
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Jeans and carpet fine. The shoes though...* Delete as applicable
13m said:
Garvin said:
At great risk of having my jeans*/carpet*/something else unrelated* commented upon herewith my latest acquisition and newest entrant to my collection of Oxford Wing Tip Brogues - a Crimbo present from Mrs Garvin!
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Jeans and carpet fine. The shoes though...* Delete as applicable
Anyone know anything about slippers?
Predictably I got some for Christmas as my old ones were falling apart and to say they keep my feet warm is an understatement - they're ridiculous and sticky feet aren't nice
I want to replace them but not for more of the same - was tempted to just sod it and get some Church's leather slippers but wanted to be sure that they would be worth the investment.
I don't have cheesy wotsits for toes in that my feet are fine in my Cheaney/Sweeney leather shoes so I'm assuming it must be that these slippers are man made and stop your feet "breathing"?
Predictably I got some for Christmas as my old ones were falling apart and to say they keep my feet warm is an understatement - they're ridiculous and sticky feet aren't nice
I want to replace them but not for more of the same - was tempted to just sod it and get some Church's leather slippers but wanted to be sure that they would be worth the investment.
I don't have cheesy wotsits for toes in that my feet are fine in my Cheaney/Sweeney leather shoes so I'm assuming it must be that these slippers are man made and stop your feet "breathing"?
Garvin said:
At great risk of having my jeans*/carpet*/something else unrelated* commented upon herewith my latest acquisition and newest entrant to my collection of Oxford Wing Tip Brogues - a Crimbo present from Mrs Garvin!
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Jean color is too light for me, sorry. Needs to be darker.* Delete as applicable
Nice looking carpet, shoes also nice.
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