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Subject: where to buy discontinued designer clothing (a William B denim jacket, size 8)
Category: Reference, Education and News > Consumer Information
Asked by: chuckmoulton-ga
List Price: $25.00
Posted: 26 Sep 2002 05:52 PDT
Expires: 26 Oct 2002 05:52 PDT
Question ID: 69297
A friend of mine saw a jacket in an ebay auction and decided she
absolutely must have it.  It is now my mission to get it for her so I
can make her happy.  Although I had hoped to get it for her birthday,
that has since passed.  So now I am targetting this to be a Christmas
present I guess.

Anyway, the EBay auction that sparked this all is here:
<a href="http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=961296602">http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=961296602</a>

I am looking for that item, a denim jacket by the designer William B
in the style shown in the pictures on that EBay auction.  The reason
my friend didn't just bid on the auction itself is that she is a size
8 and the auction was for a size 2.

Here are some pictures of the jacket on my website in case that EBay
link goes dead before this question is answered:
<a href="http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_1.jpg">http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_1.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_1.jpg">http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_2.jpg</a>
<a href="http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_1.jpg">http://www.chuckmoulton.org/williamb/jean_jacket_3.jpg</a>

I am a pretty good researcher myself and have already looked into this
quite a bit.  The only other EBay auction for the item is for a size 6
and was completed long ago, so that doesn't do much good.  I
determined that the sellers who listed the items got them from
Bloomingdale's.  When I went to a local Bloomingdale's they didn't
have that designer.  I called the New York City Bloomingdale's, which
supposedly has all inventory that any Bloomingdale's anywhere has, and
they did not carry the item anymore.  Even though there is no content
at http://www.williamb.com/, I gleaned a phone number for the
corporate offices of William B from the whois record.  I called the
number and talked with someone there, then had a brief email
correspondence.  She told me that that particular style was
discontinued, so there was no way they could help me.

I have searched google and several other search engines for "William
B" and tried to follow the leads there without much luck.  Right now I
have an ebay search saved that will email me if a William B jacket is
listed and I have requests at a few liquidator auction sites in case
this item passes through any of them.

That was all background info.

Here is the question itself:

Where can I find a William B denim jacket size 8 in the style listed
above?  I would like to spend less than $500 on the item, which seems
reasonable since it apparently retailed for $218 and the auctions were
for far less than that, as most liquidators would be too.  I live in
Philadelphia, so any of the following places would be accessible to
me:
<ul>
<li>any store in Philadelphia or New York City</li>
<li>any store that would let me order the item by phone</li>
<li>any website that would let me order over the web</li>
</ul>

So if someone can tell me an accessible store where I could find the
William B denim jacket size 8 in good condition costing less than
$500, that would qualify as an answer.  Also any other information
which would lead directly to my buying the item immediately would
qualify as an answer.  Anything less is not what I'm looking for.

I appreciate any help anyone can give me.  Thanks for your time.
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