Polo Ralph Lauren for sale in Australia

[Downunder G Man]

Any news and or "goss" on this jacket gents ? For sale on Aussie ebay.
Hence no "global shipping" to contend with. Explains my interest.
The ask is $425 AUD or around $300 USD.
Size "XL" , does anyone have experience to put that into 42/44/46 or whatever.
Sellers photos sorry. The jacket is "MADE IN CHINA" reduces my confidence some.
2 way main zipper , looks "robust" enough I reckon.
It has a kinda "Highwayman" vibe I suppose
I did not put it in the finds and deals thread as I am considering it myself.
Do I 'need' it ? Well SHIT NO but when did that stop us ?

 

[Marc mndt]

Any news and or "goss" on this jacket gents ? For sale on Aussie ebay.
Hence no "global shipping" to contend with. Explains my interest.
The ask is $425 AUD or around $300 USD.
Size "XL" , does anyone have experience to put that into 42/44/46 or whatever.
Sellers photos sorry. The jacket is "MADE IN CHINA" reduces my confidence some.
2 way main zipper , looks "robust" enough I reckon.
It has a kinda "Highwayman" vibe I suppose
I did not put it in the finds and deals thread as I am considering it myself.
Do I 'need' it ? Well SHIT NO but when did that stop us ?

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In my opinion, this is way too expensive. The polo jeans brand was Ralph Lauren's entry level product line (now succeeded by 'ralph lauren denim & supply'). Quality is very poor.

 

[Downunder G Man]

In my opinion, this is way too expensive. The polo jeans brand was Ralph Lauren's entry level product line (now succeeded by 'ralph lauren denim & supply'). Quality is very poor.

Thankyou Sir for that quick reply. That's the beauty of the forum. I do notice when you do an ebay search worldwide for Ralph Lauren leather jacket the variations can be HUGE ! From $250 Australian to $2,250 !

 

[Marc mndt]

Thankyou Sir for that quick reply. That's the beauty of the forum. I do notice when you do an ebay search worldwide for Ralph Lauren leather jacket the variations can be HUGE ! From $250 Australian to $2,250 !

That's because quality between RL brandlines and even within a brandline varies a lot. Some older jackets are horsehide and made in USA (RRL brandline). Some are calfskin made in Italy (purple / black label brandline). Some are calfskin made in China / India (polo, polo jeans,denim supply, recent RRL).

 

[Downunder G Man]

Good info thanks again for that. I may stick with my current "collection" as it is for sure big enough !

 

[Marc mndt]

Good info thanks again for that. I may stick with my current "collection" as it is for sure big enough !

I'm pretty confident that this polo jeans jacket adds 0 to your collection of great quality jackets.

 

[Seb Lucas]

Not keen on RL leather jackets full stop, but the Polo blazers I have are generally among their higher quality stuff- often made in Italy but sometimes in Asia. I have had 6 corduroy Polo blazers and the quality is super excellent. Other RL items I have seen are not great, especially more recent offerings. They have degrees of quality. That leather jacket looks like a Chinese special to me. Sorry Cobber.

 

[Downunder G Man]

Not keen on RL leather jackets full stop, but the Polo blazers I have are generally among their higher quality stuff- often made in Italy but sometimes in Asia. I have had 6 corduroy Polo blazers and the quality is super excellent. Other RL items I have seen are not great, especially more recent offerings. They have degrees of quality. That leather jacket looks like a Chinese special to me. Sorry Cobber.

Cheers Seb mate. If it looks too good to be true it probably is ! The jacket is made in China I am sure.

 

[ProteinNerd]

I was going to say exactly what @Marc mndt said.

We don't have many stores that carry RL here so I wasn't even aware they had different "levels" until I looked into the brand a bit a while ago.

Give it a miss, the reason the pictures don't make the jacket look good is it probably doesn't look that good period.

 

[Downunder G Man]

Thanks ProteinNerd. Opinion appreciated.

I already have 2 Schott variants , AKA "Euro Schott" and both are actually quite good. Country of manufacture not declared.

That's why I was thinking of having a stab at this . It is for sure too dear all things considered.

HOWEVER I have bought (Scottish made) Aero and ( USA made) Schott for $400 USD before now. Used jackets of course.

ALL my other Schott jackets are UNION MADE IN THE USA and I like them all , even the fair few I have sold on.

 

[l0fielectronic]

It looks an older jacket to me and in my experience they tended to be quite generously sized then and the quality not so good, would think an XL could be a 46 or larger.

I've picked up a couple of very nice RL jackets second hand but I haven't paid very much for them, the name just doesn't hold the crazy prices they sell things for.

 

[Mich486]

RL prices

RRL prices

Purple Label

That said I almost like every RRL design just the price/quality isn’t there...