Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/10/20
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I remember it well! I was brought up on a farm. For waterproofs waxed cotton was the norm. The two big volume brands were Belstaff, tough biker based gear and Barbour, much more expensive huntn', shootn', fishn' gear. I thought Belstaff had gone, and in a way it has. cheers, Frank On 20 Oct, 2010, at 16:06, Peter Cheyne wrote: > Hi Kyle, > > Belstaff used to be an oily English biker's jacket maker. Not too costly, > but good quality. I still have a Belstaff jacket somewhere, from my > student biking days. Last time I was in an airport some expensive Italian > clothes shop was selling Belstaff gear at prices that made me raise an > eyebrow. Or two. I think some Italian company bought them out. > > I wonder if dandy Brad Pitt is interested in my well worn-in Belstaff... > > Peter Cheyne > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information