Does Anyone have experience with vintage Basco?
I'm reading up on the brand and am quite intrigued. Since it's an american sports/workwear brand I'd figure someone here might know something about the quality of the products
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i dont know that much about the brand but my perception is they were a more affordable quasi private label sold in high end dept stores (and obviously barneys exclusive for a bit). 80s take on 50s styling which is sort of still cool at the moment. good italian and japanese fabrics with lots of drapey blends with rayon linen wool etc and p sure most everything was made in hong kong
ive only seen their shirts in the wild thrifting and they were definitely nice but didnt stop me in my tracks. probably a decent value buy
mind linking the article you were reading? curious to check it out
errr let me check if i still have it open
sort of forgot about this brand tbh , i might do some ebay snooping to see whats good
ah dont sweat it
was just curious
https://www.instagram.com/p/DDANDGes5Aj/ here was the initial post that triggered my interest
toneloki
Big fits.
David Byrne wearing Basco for l’uomo Vogue 1983.
📸 Richard Corman
#davidbyrne #luomovogue #basco
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https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/27/style/basco-updating-the-classics.html and here is the article from NYT
I'm really trying to get into more 'forgotten' brands that have created luxury products in the past, think arnys, sulka, etc. if you know any more i should check out @Nm lmk
damn that would have gotten me too, didnt expect to see david byrne wearing their stuff
idk if i can think of any tbh, i feel like its more likely for dying luxury brands to be sold for parts than fold completely. but hopefully someone else can list some
private labels for high end menswear stores are worth digging into though
some american ones were b altman, bonwit teller, i magnin... lots of others and smaller more regional ones across the states that sold high quality private label clothing alongside nicer designer pieces
lots of really nice defunct luxury watch companies but sort of a totally different market
never not interested in watches, tell me!
everyone likes to clown on watches but its legitimate craft and engineering and closely tied to military, aviation, expeditions, diving etc etc so cool history for individual pieces
some dead brands out there have craftsmanship on the level of a patek or ap but just didn't survive through the quartz era
universal geneve is probably the common favorite dead brand (that is actually getting a reboot) with some beautiful vintage pieces - these are two of the most well known. the one on the right is the polerouter which was designed for SAS pilots to have antimagnetic resistance so they could traverse the poles on transatlantic flights
lots of beautiful fine finishing on the inside of the movement too which is unnecessary and just craftspeople flexing rly
elgin, excelsior park, lemania, gruen, waltham are a few common ones. the american brands struggled more and the swiss ones banded together under conglomerates better
then lots of brands that effectively "died" but whose logo is still being slapped onto watches. vintage hamilton for example is on another level to modern hamilton which is a low to mid tier swatch brand now