Originally posted by PrinceOfCats@Jan 24th, 2004 - 6:41 am
I bought a pair of silver wool trousers in M&S very similar to Dior Homme yesterday...I'm not a cheapskate...
Who the h*ll is Oliver Sweeney (or whatever) though?
Sorry , I havn't a photo .

I've just gone through the webpage , but they are not there yet .
All I know is that Marithe et Francois Girbaud did exactly the same style , last year , and they were just short of £200 ! at the Girbaud shop in Perpignan !!!
Oliver Sweeny is a shoemaker , who makes both conservative AND edgy shoes . He designs the autograph range for Marks & Sparks . He has now branched out into leather jackets and belts , VERY nice ! , and he has a shop within a shop in the new Harvey Nicks in Manchester .I've actually got 4 pairs of boots in different styles from the FIRST autograph collection in 1999 . ( NOT boasting - just trying to emphasise that they ARE GOOD , ESPECIALLY FOR THE MONEY - like the Autograph jeans ) . I actually had a Christmas card from Oliver ! ( They took my particulars when I bought a belt at the HN shop , last November ! ) .
I saw your silver-grey trousers , yesterday , Prince of Cats , in the Handforth Dean branch - VERY posh ( portside -out , starboard home - British Raj-speak for upper-crust ! ) .
Are they the ones with a patterned lining , nice and wide , parallel , with flap pockets ? Very nice ! CERTAINLY NOT cheapskate !!!
Incidentally , the top button on the dirt-wash version of the jeans would just NOT come undone , once I'd got them on , as the buttonhole was so small . I had to be prized out of them by the floor manager !
Some like it hot , but not THAT hot !!!
I actually bought the stonewash version as I really am a size 30 , and Autograph sizes don't go below 32 , but I uncovered a pair made rather small and they fit a treat !!!
Phew !!!
I've gone on enough , but one always wants to share , when one has found a bargain !
Yours KIT B)