What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

[genius]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

I bought it on ebay from a guy who advertised as being a M&N dealer from PA. It's no longer on the website but there's another jersey that is exactly what I bought only a larger size http://cgi.ebay.com/MITCHELL-NESS-PI...QQcmdZViewItem

You can see that the nameplate is ever-so-slightly off and the material is definitely not the classic durene that they originally came out with.

I also saw a Falcons William Andrews M&N jersey recently that was a perfect match to the old-school Russell Athletic mesh. I don't think these are around any more either. I'm just wondering why the change from the authentic materials to the polyester, whether it was a move to get cheap or dictated by the lack of raw materials available for the volume?

[bigjimsguitars]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

Genius:

Where did you buy it? I ask only because I recently bought a Koufax that on ebay that was totally bogus and M&N were very helpful eventhough I hadn't bought it from them or a authorized dealer.

Most of what is being sold on ebay as real Mitchell & Ness is Korean or Chinese knock offs and that is what M&N informed me.

They actually reported my incident to MLB who oversee's the licensing and such and the item was removed from ebay (after it ended, alas). Since I paid via Paypal, I was able to file a dispute and it resolved in my favor....

[OaklandAsFan]

Re: What happened to Mitchell & Ness?

I bought one of the first M&N Steelers throwbacks back in the late 1990s, a Bradshaw Super Bowl X jersey made of fine durene that was nearly identical to the early 80s Steelers jerseys, if not absolutely identical, with a perfect nameplate font. Recently, I decided to buy a white version for $100 just for the heck of it and was shocked at the difference in quality. Instead of fine durene from Berlin, Wisconsin, it's heavy 100% polyester from Korea though it retailed for over $300. Font seems a little bit off, a couple millimeters too wide to my trained Steeler eye. I don't follow M&N and these are the only two replica throwbacks I have ever purchased (Bradshaw gamers being a bit out of my reach!) but I was just wondering what happened. Did they get "cheap" in order to cash in on the throwback craze or did they run out of raw material? I don't think it's a knockoff, looks exactly like the white Steeler jerseys on their website and the site says that they are polyester. I'm sure there are not many people on this forum interested in M&N and I'm probably about 5 years too late in even commenting but I'm curious if anyone has any explanation. Seems like when they started they were offering some cool stuff. Thanks!

They actually talk about M&N in my business book for the business class I am taking. The company merged with someone who has mainly marketed throwback jerseys to the black community and mostly Basketball. I am not being racist or anything like that I am jsut saying what the book said that their primary marketing focus is too.

[genius]

I bought one of the first M&N Steelers throwbacks back in the late 1990s, a Bradshaw Super Bowl X jersey made of fine durene that was nearly identical to the early 80s Steelers jerseys, if not absolutely identical, with a perfect nameplate font. Recently, I decided to buy a white version for $100 just for the heck of it and was shocked at the difference in quality. Instead of fine durene from Berlin, Wisconsin, it's heavy 100% polyester from Korea though it retailed for over $300. Font seems a little bit off, a couple millimeters too wide to my trained Steeler eye. I don't follow M&N and these are the only two replica throwbacks I have ever purchased (Bradshaw gamers being a bit out of my reach!) but I was just wondering what happened. Did they get "cheap" in order to cash in on the throwback craze or did they run out of raw material? I don't think it's a knockoff, looks exactly like the white Steeler jerseys on their website and the site says that they are polyester. I'm sure there are not many people on this forum interested in M&N and I'm probably about 5 years too late in even commenting but I'm curious if anyone has any explanation. Seems like when they started they were offering some cool stuff. Thanks!