Blacktie to go into Liquidation: End of an Era

orestes · 24-01-2013 01:21AM

Ihatecuddles wrote: »

You wouldn't steal a suit!

I'm from Tallaght, damn right I would! How else am I supposed to get one for the hearing for all those illegal downloading charges?

Ihatecuddles-old · 24-01-2013 01:26AM

orestes wrote: »

I'm from Tallaght, damn right I would! How else am I supposed to get one for the hearing for all those illegal downloading charges?

Tallaght? Steal the suit and the till :P

Lyaiera · 24-01-2013 01:28AM

They should have moved into the couture dress rental business. I saw a site renting dresses that would have been part of designers' Oscars and Golden Globes lines for the low-low price of only €400, including delivery and collection.

Although that might not be such a good plan when a dressmaker could probably knock you up an equivalent dress you could keep for the same price. (So long as you don't mind fake pearls as opposed to the real pearls on the dress.)

doughef · 24-01-2013 01:38AM

sad for all concerend.. but i rented my groomsmens suits for my wedding from there (bought my own elsewhere)..

they were beyond brutal.. kept giving wrong sizes after more than 2 fittings,..lost our order blah blah blah..they didnt give a shi*

usual story.. we left it too late to go elsewhere but no wonder they are gone bust

Poster Boy · 24-01-2013 01:39AM

Lyaiera wrote: »

They should have moved into the couture dress rental business. I saw a site renting dresses that would have been part of designers' Oscars and Golden Globes lines for the low-low price of only €400, including delivery and collection.

Although that might not be such a good plan when a dressmaker could probably knock you up an equivalent dress you could keep for the same price. (So long as you don't mind fake pearls as opposed to the real pearls on the dress.)

That's a really good angle - I hope one of their people sees this thread, and sure who knows...

Separately I see The Savoy Cinema is now under threat of closure also

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/workers-at-two-famous-dublin-cinemas-appeal-over-winding-up-hearing-3363203.html

When is all this awful woe going to end?

Faith+1 · 24-01-2013 01:58AM

Poster Boy wrote: »

That's a really good angle - I hope one of their people sees this thread, and sure who knows...

Separately I see The Savoy Cinema is now under threat of closure also
http://www.independent.ie/national-news/courts/workers-at-two-famous-dublin-cinemas-appeal-over-winding-up-hearing-3363203.html

When is all this awful woe going to end?

WTF! This is getting outa hand ffs :mad:

iamstop · 24-01-2013 03:46AM

Never liked them. Glad they are finally gone.

24-01-2013 08:13AM

iamstop wrote: »

Never liked them. Glad they are finally gone.

And glad that their staff may find themselves jobless and the number of people in our live register will rise?

But you never liked them, so that's ok then.

Pottler · 24-01-2013 08:39AM

Hi, My Names Pottler.(insert condescending, knowing smile) Niall, well, what can I say, it's just not for me, I don't see it being a long term viable business, and for that reason, I'm Out.

Sky King · 24-01-2013 09:02AM

Hi, My Names Pottler.(insert condescending, knowing smile) Niall, well, what can I say, it's just not for me, I don't see it being a long term viable business, and for that reason, I'm Out.

Schadenfreude much?

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.

I'd say they were double cuffs - you are asposed to fold them back.

Or leave them unfolded and put the shirt on a gorilla.

shalalala · 24-01-2013 09:21AM

Trust me. Staff have known they were on a sinking ship for a long time.

corkgsxr · 24-01-2013 10:22AM

They were much dearer than morleys. Who also had a better selection.

I went to black tie for wedding suits 20 mins later I still couldn't get prices

No wonder there gone

MurdyWurdy · 24-01-2013 10:58AM

Sad for the staff, but the place has a terrible reputation especially for people getting suits for weddings. It is well known for providing ill-fitting and dirty suits. I was warned off them by a friend for our wedding. We ended up paying more to go elsewhere (to somewhere that was recommended on boards actually) but couldn't have been happier with the service - it was worth it.

iamstop · 14-02-2013 04:16AM

Deleted User wrote: »

And glad that their staff may find themselves jobless and the number of people in our live register will rise?

But you never liked them, so that's ok then.

It leaves the suit hiring market wide open for more competent and better serviced places

hames · 14-02-2013 04:33AM

Lyaiera wrote: »

They should have moved into the couture dress rental business. I saw a site renting dresses that would have been part of designers' Oscars and Golden Globes lines for the low-low price of only €400, including delivery and collection.

A man can wear the same, standard evening suit 50 times and nobody will notice. Or if they do, they might even commend him on his frugality!

If a woman wears the same ball gown twice, she is liable to be reminded of that fact!

Bad investment choice Niall. I, also, am out.

Lyaiera · 14-02-2013 05:29AM

hames wrote: »

A man can wear the same, standard evening suit 50 times and nobody will notice. Or if they do, they might even commend him on his frugality!

If a woman wears the same ball gown twice, she is liable to be reminded of that fact!

Bad investment choice Niall. I, also, am out.

I don't think you understand the concept of renting.

hames · 14-02-2013 06:00AM

Of course I do.

But the available evidence would suggest that most men don't agree that there is any benefit in continuously renting different suits, which, for many of us, represents a false economy.

Lyaiera · 14-02-2013 06:02AM

hames wrote: »

Of course I do.

But the available evidence would suggest that most men don't agree with the concept of continuously renting different suits, which, for many of us, represents a false economy.

If you're talking about renting men's suits why did you quote me talking about renting women's dresses?

hames · 14-02-2013 06:11AM

Lyaiera wrote: »

If you're talking about renting men's suits why did you quote me talking about renting women's dresses?

Because this thread is about men's suits.

And for that reason, among others which perusers will recognize, I presumed you were speaking of dress suits.

I have no idea why a men's dress suit retail outlet would see it as viable to automatically move into the gown rental business; they have very little in common, aside from being vaguely related to fabrics.

Lyaiera · 14-02-2013 06:23AM

hames wrote: »

Because this thread is about men's suits.

And for that reason, among others which perusers will recognize, I presumed you were speaking of dress suits.

I have no idea why a men's dress suit retail outlet would see it as viable to automatically move into the gown rental business; they have very little in common, aside from being vaguely related to fabrics.

I said "couture dress" that can only refer to women's dresses. The generic term is couture clothing, or simply couture. If you were thinking men's dress suits what business did you think Black Tie were in already? Black tie rented out dress suits. How could I suggest moving into an area they were already in?

And the clothing rental business has a lot of similarity no matter what clothing you rent. I doubt you know much about it because you think Black Tie were in some industry other than "dress suit rental."

hames · 14-02-2013 06:41AM

oh well that;s certainly shown me !

My Lord God i shalt live out my days knowing next to nothing about the clothes rental busines, forgive me.

Lyaiera · 14-02-2013 07:21AM

hames wrote: »

oh well that;s certainly shown me !

My Lord God i shalt live out my days knowing next to nothing about the clothes rental busines, forgive me.

Don't make pronouncements about it then.

14-02-2013 07:18PM

Just left town, where I saw yer man Neil from Blacktie having a business lunch in the Westbury Hotel with a few others. Couldnt sit beside him and listen to him talk bollox I had to get up and leave because I felt like boxing the head off him.

His company took money from my son just before Christmas , knowing full well they were closing shortly after, the bastard.

paddy147 · 14-02-2013 10:34PM

Enda Kenny is happy to help out and promote multi national companies and be on the TV for all those lovely PR stunts..but he then gives the 2 fingered salute to the domestic economy and small Irish Businesses that are going under every day of the week.

Typical Fine Gael.

here2surf · 15-02-2013 11:27PM

paddy147 wrote: »

Enda Kenny is happy to help out and promote multi national companies and be on the TV for all those lovely PR stunts..but he then gives the 2 fingered salute to the domestic economy and small Irish Businesses that are going under every day of the week.

Typical Fine Gael.

Now I understand why Blacktie didn't survive....

Its Endas fault.... Its also typical Fine Gael's fault...

Sure if they had kept up the tent in the Galway Races and also remained buddies with the corrupt bankers/developers/FF brown envelope donaters
there would be no business closures or redundencies.:rolleyes:

eoin2nc · 27-02-2013 08:39PM

Lads does anyone know if any blacktie stores are still selling suits? My local one in Goatstown has been emptied out

ofcork · 27-02-2013 09:09PM

Lyaiera wrote: »

They should have moved into the couture dress rental business. I saw a site renting dresses that would have been part of designers' Oscars and Golden Globes lines for the low-low price of only €400, including delivery and collection.

Although that might not be such a good plan when a dressmaker could probably knock you up an equivalent dress you could keep for the same price. (So long as you don't mind fake pearls as opposed to the real pearls on the dress.)

Ironically a dress hire shop has opened in cork upstairs over the closed blacktie!

Karona · 27-02-2013 11:04PM

Sure your man Niall O'Farrell owed money left right and centre no wonder they have gone bust.

When I worked for them the suits would come in from the service centre (where they are meant to be cleaned) absolutely filty.
The stock in the shop would also be dirty but when we had an order coming in the service centre would send the wrong sizes and we would be made to make up a suit from what we had in the shop. It was a disgraceful set up.

hoff1 · 22-03-2013 10:37PM

is the tallaght store still open?

Piliger · 22-03-2013 11:30PM

Karona wrote: »

Sure your man Niall O'Farrell owed money left right and centre no wonder they have gone bust.

This is right. I had an 'involvement' in the business some years ago. The company has not gone out of business because there is no business there or because the dress hire business is suddenly not profitable. It has collapsed because of being burdened by debt built up from 'other' business ventures unconnected with the dress hire business and because of business 'practices' that were applied for many years that bled large amounts of cash flow from the core business.

Blacktie to go into Liquidation: End of an Era

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