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Blacktie to go into Liquidation: End of an Era

  • 24-01-2013 12:18AM
    #1
    JupiterKid
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 14,963 ✭✭✭✭


    Blacktie men's formal dress hire appears to be the latest casualty of the recession. For many guys, including myself, a trip to Blacktie to get kitted out for the debs and other formal occasions was a rite of passage.

    Niall O'Farrell of Blacktie (and RTE's Dragons Den) announced that the company is to go into liquidation on February 1st.

    Link here:
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2013/0123/364127-blacktie-formalwear-to-go-into-liquidation/


    Any thoughts Boardsies? Will it be missed?


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Comments

  • #2
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    The first suit that I puked on came from there :(

    But I hate yer man O'Farrell, so :)


  • #3
    oppenheimer1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,733 ✭✭✭oppenheimer1


    I never used their services because renting a suit or a tux is a waste of money. Renting one 3 or 4 times will cost the same as buying one outright.

    Have to say I did admire Niall O'Farrell original marketing strategy, it was very clever to be fair. Businesses such as his though were always going to struggle in an era of falling disposable incomes. It failed to adapt, and thus it failed.


  • #4
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    How man Dragons have gone bust now?


  • #5
    tonycascarino
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭tonycascarino


    3 now I think, and these were the people telling you whether your business idea was a good one or not.


  • #6
    squod
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,702 ✭✭✭squod


    I'll be sorry to see it go. I'd say the cleaning company it used will be happy about it.


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  • #7
    Lone Stone
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,404 ✭✭✭Lone Stone


    i remember renting my debs suit from there ah well !


  • #8
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    my brother is renting the suits from them for his wedding next month. :eek:


  • #9
    miller50841
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭miller50841


    Whatever way you look at it it's sad to see companies going bang and terrible for the staff.


  • #10
    gustafo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,759 ✭✭✭gustafo


    efb wrote: »
    How man Dragons have gone bust now?

    i doubt any of them are on the breadline anyway.


  • #11
    StinkyMunkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,398 ✭✭✭StinkyMunkey


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    my brother is renting the suits from them for his wedding next month. :eek:

    M&S for a very decent tux for about 200, got mine for my wedding last November there. I sure did look daper.


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  • #12
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,419 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    No more "lets go to blacktie and fart in the suits". Shame. Sympathies to everyone effected.


  • #13
    ArtyM
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,880 ✭✭✭ArtyM


    Its a shame to see any business close, I take no pleasure from it..
    However, those people did let me rent a white tux for one of the debs I attended.
    A white f**kin tux!
    I was 17, I didnt know any better.
    Seriously, a white tux!
    B**tards.


  • #14
    miller50841
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,525 ✭✭✭miller50841


    ArtyM wrote: »
    Its a shame to see any business close, I take no pleasure from it..
    However, those people did let me rent a white tux for one of the debs I attended.
    A white f**kin tux!
    I was 17, I didnt know any better.
    Seriously, a white tux!
    B**tards.

    Who was wearing the pink or blue one:D


  • #15
    Big Nasty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,066 ✭✭✭✭Big Nasty


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    my brother is renting the suits from them for his wedding next month. :eek:

    Tell him to go to M&S.

    I had to attend a Black Tie gig a few times a year in work. Used to rent a scruffy ill fitting suit from them for cq. €70 a turn. Bought a suit, shirt and bow tie for €120 in M&S last year and billed it to the company.

    They were happy out as it saved them €90 in one year, got a nice fresh suit and got to keep it when I left the company late last year. ;)


  • #16
    WoollyRedHat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,462 ✭✭✭✭WoollyRedHat


    Some of the prices they charged were crazy...


  • #17
    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    StinkyMunkey wrote: »
    M&S for a very decent tux for about 200, got mine for my wedding last November there. I sure did look daper.

    thanks but he should have taken the advice from me and the other brother as we went with tango's in temple bar for our weddings


  • #18
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    my brother is renting the suits from them for his wedding next month. :eek:

    Pick them up now and don't give them back.


  • #19
    Gummy Panda
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,919 ✭✭✭✭Gummy Panda


    Sad for people to lose their jobs but last time i used them for a work event they gave me a ill fitting suit then shrugged their shoulders. The shirt seemed like it had the wrong size cuffs sowed on.


  • #20
    Fox_In_Socks
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,615 ✭✭✭Fox_In_Socks


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Sad for people to lose their jobs but last time i used them for a work event they gave me a ill fitting suit then shrugged their shoulders. The shirt seemed like it had the wrong size cuffs sowed on.

    But Panda, you are well dressed all the time? I mean you have a furry tux on 24/7?


  • #21
    kfallon
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,775 ✭✭✭✭kfallon


    Fox_In_Socks wrote: »
    But Panda, you are well dressed all the time? I mean you have a furry tux on 24/7?

    He was only in for a dickie bow


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  • #22
    Smidge
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,541 ✭✭✭Smidge


    Anyone have an idea how many are employed with blacktie?


  • #23
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    ArtyM wrote: »
    Its a shame to see any business close, I take no pleasure from it..
    However, those people did let me rent a white tux for one of the debs I attended.
    A white f**kin tux!
    I was 17, I didnt know any better.
    Seriously, a white tux!
    B**tards.

    Black shows up stains, they saved you the awkward drop off in the cleaners :P


  • #24
    WindSock
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭WindSock


    Gummy Panda wrote: »
    Sad for people to lose their jobs but last time i used them for a work event they gave me a ill fitting suit then shrugged their shoulders. The shirt seemed like it had the wrong size cuffs sowed on.

    Did you make an off the cuff remark about this incident at the time?


  • #25
    road_high
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,562 ✭✭✭✭road_high


    Bit like renting movies to be honest. Can buy a suit/tux these days for not a fierce lot more and have them to wear again and again. Renting would want to be dirt cheap to work but the opposite would be the case. Except amybe for formal wedding gear anything else, more sensible to buy.


  • #26
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 53,068 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    WindSock wrote: »
    Did you make an off the cuff remark about this incident at the time?

    He should have made a formal complaint.


  • #27
    Hooked
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,047 ✭✭✭Hooked


    WindSock wrote: »

    Did you make an off the cuff remark about this incident at the time?


    Stop! You'll have him tied up in knots!!!


  • #28
    Praetorian Saighdiuir
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,968 ✭✭✭✭Praetorian Saighdiuir


    These tasteless pun's don't suit this thread at all!


  • #29
    Ihatecuddles-old
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,785 ✭✭✭Ihatecuddles-old


    mfitzy wrote: »
    Bit like renting movies to be honest. Can buy a suit/tux these days for not a fierce lot more and have them to wear again and again. Renting would want to be dirt cheap to work but the opposite would be the case. Except amybe for formal wedding gear anything else, more sensible to buy.

    You wouldn't steal a suit!


  • #30
    jd007
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,094 ✭✭✭jd007


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    You wouldn't steal a suit!



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  • #31
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,310 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    Ihatecuddles wrote: »
    You wouldn't steal a suit!
    It wouldn't suit you to steal it, though.

    =-=

    admiralofthefleet; usually only a deposit is paid beforehand, but if it's paid by creditcard, do a chargeback.

    I can see this fcuking up a few weddings! :(


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