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FAKE: Odd Small Pocket Shirt

March 28, 2021 By In Knock Offs, Men's Shirts, Men's Clothes No Comments

Another FAKE! From eBay March 2021 comes this terribly odd shirt that has been identified as a knock-off. While the tag looks correct as an early one, it’s sewn in an unusual way, and the very small single pocket is incredibly odd.

I asked Patricia Ziegler about it and she said: “You’ve developed a great eye for all this, Robyn! We never would have put such a ridiculously small pocket on a shirt! Odd proportions like this can happen when a designer doesn’t take care to grade up every aspect of a garment proportional to the size. It looks like the label is sewed on in an unusual over-stitched way too.”

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Robyn Adams
Robyn’s fascination with Banana Republic began in 1984 when her Alaskan adventurer father began buying their clothing and giving her their catalogs. She loved the clothes, and as an artist, she was drawn to the illustrations. Robyn went on to study illustration at an art college in Banana Republic’s hometown of San Francisco, CA, and she worked for years as a background artist for animation. She is now based in Oakland, CA and works as a graphic designer and illustrator. She has been collecting and archiving at Abandoned Republic since 2011.