Pretty green or Fred Perry?

Permalink Reply by Mark Sneddon on April 12, 2012 at 20:42

Carl from Coronation Street is kitted out in Pretty Green clobber I have noticed, not a good sign for a fashion brand

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Permalink Reply by Alisha Lola . on April 12, 2012 at 22:07

well well....a bit of pretty green in corrie isnt that a plesant surprise

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Permalink Reply by steve76 on April 13, 2012 at 11:02

Can anyone truly be called a designer these days? Everyone seems to be rehashing old stuff. That Corrie picture, for example, if you hadn't told me it was Pretty Green then its a Fred Perry.

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Permalink Reply by Karl Sheldon on April 15, 2012 at 20:18

One of those one's that look like a horribley dis-coloured Fred Perry aswell. You probably only pay an extra £30, or something, for the privilege aswell.

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Permalink Reply by andy richardson on April 15, 2012 at 19:23

I tend to agree with most peoples opinion about Pretty Green, overpriced. Albeit some of the gear is quite good looking etc. Fred Perry I think is better quality, but I'm a bit put off Fred Perry at the moment. It seem s to have been adopted by all the chavs who want to wear it with jogging bottoms and trainers. It seems to have become a bit of a uniform.!

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Permalink Reply by Alisha Lola . on April 15, 2012 at 23:20

yes and on the campaigns of Fred perry are seeming to blend what they think of today's stereotype are I can understand how you feel about that .And i researched some designs of pretty green and prints being an art student aswell but they are just replicas of Fred perry's and Ben Sherman's work and the paisley kaftan that you see in-store is similar to a print of Cecilia beatons 1976 print with the colour pattern of blues and purples.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Bassington on April 18, 2012 at 12:29

Fred Perry for me, but i'm an old 'un!

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Permalink Reply by pete skidmore on April 18, 2012 at 12:31

im old school,as they say, i wore my big sisters hand me down perrys around 1978/79 as she had been a skin in the early 70s,but i love pretty green stuff got loads and nothing has shrink or gone out of shape,and i reckon its a good price,ive also got loads of perrys, and i buy the large size and have noticed that on 1st wash they have all shrunk a little bit,however i dont want to buy the XL as they are not meant to be hung out or just big basically and end up looking like a chav,so im in both camps,however i bought the weller pink tulip shirt and found it awesome so bought the brown tank top in large and it wouldnt have fitted my 9 year old,it was a shame and its the only thing of wellers that is still in stock, or was,all the bollox about PG logo saying "IM A MOD" is rubbish,the amount of so called mods in the "uniform" of suede boots,checkshirt,harrington jacket is more saying "IM A MOD" then PG stuff,i tend to look in places like next and top man for narrow trousers with the 14-15 inch bottoms,to me if it looks good and it suits you then good!

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Permalink Reply by Ian Bryden on April 18, 2012 at 12:56

Neither, particularly

I used to like some of the Fred perry Laurel collection stuff - but nowadays even most of that is mass produced crap

I agree with Andy Ingram's and Robert McAlister's posts in this previous thread

Ian B

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Permalink Reply by Ross White on April 18, 2012 at 13:12

I think I'm against Pretty Green purely on principle. How can a guy who was brought up in typical working class surroundings charge so much for his clothes? Okay he might want them to be seen as 'elite' but as mentioned previously they've now become 'as seen on Corrie' so they've lost that status already. Liam is supposed to be the man behind the branding so surely he must have some control over the costings? I know he visits the Carnaby St. store on occasion so he must have some interest in it. I don't own any PG stuff (I'm working class after all :-)) but have a few Fred Perry shirts, polos, and shoes. I generally think the stuff is good quality and I think that although some of the more casual style youngsters may have adopted them, it's all about how and what you wear it with.