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>Take a look at Primark seams and then take a look at Brooks Brothers seams I'm not familiar with either. Which store is supposed to have the better seams?
by cli 7y ago
>Take a look at Primark seams and then take a look at Brooks Brothers seams
I'm not familiar with either. Which store is supposed to have the better seams?
- icxa 7y agoSearch results revealed that Primark is a fast fashion retailer, so probably selling the low end junk.
- willmacdonald 7y agoPrimark is infamous in the UK for selling very cheap products; T-shirts that cannot survive multiple washes. Brooks Brothers sell quality shirts.
- mattlondon 7y agoPrimark is a very cheap store - t-shirts for £2, trousers for £8 etc. It is fast fashion so stuff changes rapidly and frequently. If there is something on the catwalk at a fashion show that causes a lot of interest or someone famous wears something particularly noteworthy in a magazine photo, Primark will have something very similar to it in their stores within a week or two. Primark is hugely popular in the UK and elsewhere in Europe. Tourists at the central London stores (which are HUGE by the way - the size of a typical department store of years past) literally flock there. The shopping experience is often chaotic (clothes strewn all over the place) and quality is generally not thought to be great - stuff might last only a few washes ... but it varies - I have a generic blue hoodie from Primark that cost less than £10 but it has lasted literally years and has some high quality features like the ends of the draw strings are finished in metal (not plastic and not just tied) so have not frayed or come apart. I don't think their quality is any worse than other high street retailers though - often they charge 3x 4x or more prices for equivalent quality. I will certainly be using this guide in the future to pick the finest Primark has to offer!
- joosters 7y agoSame experience here, Primark clothes are always dirt cheap but the quality varies wildly. As I can't tell the difference, I have T-shirts from there that have practically self-destructed after one wash, and others that have kept good and comfy for years!
- collyw 7y agoI am wearing their jeans just now. Not the best Jeans I have had, but not the worst either by a long way.
- sct202 7y agoWhen you source from the cheapest vendors, sometimes you get lucky with a quality manufacturer that just happened to have excess capacity to make some stuff from Primark or whoever else.
- barking 7y agoThe founder of Primark died just a couple of weeks ago. His life was touched by a family tragedy in recent years also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ryan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Ryan
- tripzilch 7y agoI always wondered about those draw strings (what they are really for?) and at some point decided to just take them out after buying a hooded vest. Given that I only rarely even put up the hood over my head, when would I ever pull the draw strings tighter? (except when doing a Kenny from Southpark impression) Very rarely I leave them in (when they have a contrasting colour that looks nice in combination), but usually it's just two bits of wire that are dangling in the way a lot of the time :)