{"id":1993,"date":"2008-10-01T11:55:45","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=1993"},"modified":"2008-10-01T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T18:58:07","slug":"quiksilver-suits-up-for-hard-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/?p=1993","title":{"rendered":"Quiksilver Suits Up For Hard Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/elsom-suit.jpg\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/elsom-suit.jpg','popup','width=578,height=541,scrollbars=no,resizable=yes,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=yes,left=0,top=0');return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/10\/elsom-suit-tm.jpg\" height=\"187\" width=\"200\" border=\"1\" align=\"right\" hspace=\"4\" vspace=\"4\" alt=\"Elsom Suit\" \/><\/a>In a move far more fitting for the current business climate <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.quiksilver.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Quiksilver<\/a><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>has teamed up with Sydney-based fashion designer <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsom.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\">Sam Elsom<\/a><\/strong> to create a limited run of &#8220;luxurious, hand-tailored garments for men,&#8221; including a suit. When the market&#8217;s in shambles go upscale.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The elsom suit is expected to retail for about $1200. The elsom collection will be distributed for sale internationally via Quiksilver shops and will be available as of March 2009. . . Quiksilver&#8217;s Men&#8217;s designer <strong>Ryan Scanlon<\/strong> said he was excited about the collaboration.. . . &#8220;Sam (Elsom) is renowned for the understated beauty and simplicity he brings to fashion and his dedication to sourcing the highest quality sustainable textiles is unwavering,&#8221; he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Wonder what the margins are on this effort?<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Link: <\/strong><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/business\/story\/0,27753,24423980-5017675,00.html\" target=\"_blank\">News.com.au<\/a><\/strong><strong>]<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a move far more fitting for the current business climate Quiksilver has teamed up with Sydney-based fashion designer Sam Elsom to create a limited run of &#8220;luxurious, hand-tailored garments for men,&#8221; including a suit. When the market&#8217;s in shambles go upscale. The elsom suit is expected to retail for about $1200. The elsom collection [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,12],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.boardistan.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}