Bought my first suit

[porsche4life]

I need to pick up a suit or two. I enjoy dressing up, and most likely will need one for my intended career...

And I already have like 6 ties from graduations and stuff.... They catch my eye in stores and I have to have them if I have an event coming up...

[Jim Bremner]

There's NOTHING cheaper than a cheap suit.

[AFC-911]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

There's NOTHING cheaper than a cheap suit.

Damn Jim. Tell me what you really think. lol

I can tell you there's plenty of expensive suits that look horrendously bad. Maybe not quality wise, but design wise, I have no idea if the rich just has a different taste or it they were designed for the blind.

I wish I can drop even $500 on a suit, but I can't.

[Brian in VA]

Inexpensive doesn't mean cheap AFC
Wanna tell the difference immediately? Watch the pant leg when you walk - cheaper ones'll flap out like a flag, better ones stay put. Start looking around, you'll see it.

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Brian in VA

Wanna tell the difference immediately? Watch the pant leg when you walk - cheaper ones'll flap out like a flag, better ones stay put. Start looking around, you'll see it.

How's that work?

[Jim Bremner]

Originally Posted by AFC-911

Damn Jim. Tell me what you really think. lol

I can tell you there's plenty of expensive suits that look horrendously bad. Maybe not quality wise, but design wise, I have no idea if the rich just has a different taste or it they were designed for the blind.

I wish I can drop even $500 on a suit, but I can't.

Sorry, wasn't meant to attack. Do take a look at the cuts and feel of the fabric. Yes, flapping pant legs is a sign to look for.

[Brian in VA]

I've got no clue, maybe the cut or fabric? A snobbish friend told me this once, and it seems to hold up. Not to steal the thread, but where are you Steve?

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Brian in VA

Not to steal the thread, but where are you Steve?

Outside Manassas.

[flatbutt]

AFC...get yourself a pocket square...a real one....adding the pocket square really sets you up for a fancy occasion.

[dondarnell]

Hart Shaffner Marx. Great suit for $500 (on sale @ Macys). You can spend a lot of $ on shirts , but i find lands end has great pinpoints.

[jyl]

With dual vents, you have the risk of sitting down and having the flap trapped up by the seat back, looks dorky and wrinkles. No vent looks sleek but is a bit restrictive.

Double breasted are very classy but buttoning them is a bit of an operation and they look dissolute when unbuttoned.

In a hot climate, a lighter wool blend is okay. The more wool, the nicer it drapes. I wore 100% wool in SoCal, but it wasn't humid.

On shirts. 100% cotton, pinpoint Oxford, medium starch (heavy on days you're really going into battle). But for traveling, a no-wrinkle shirt or two is a lifesaver.

Does anyone wear suspenders anymore? I liked them a lot. Or vests? I liked those too.

Yeah, I guess I used to dress like someone from the twenties, or maybe fifties. But the look is classic.

Quote de jyl

One piece of advice. Buy a traditional, businessman or lawyers' two-piece single-vent suit. Not a three-button short-lapel flap-ass hipster thing.

"Two vents or no vents, never a single vent." - Arnie Becker

[Heel n Toe]

This thread needs a soundtrack...

[dienstuhr]

Originally Posted by Jim Bremner

There's NOTHING cheaper than a cheap suit.

Disagree; what looks bad is an ill-fitting suit. Even an inexpensive suit can look good if it fits well.

I strongly discourage closet-diving for suits that one wore 15 years ago, and that now fit again because one has lost weight. No matter what one might think about the matter, double-breasted suits do not look good in 2011.

Cheers

d.

[Head416]

I've been happy with my suits for 200-300 bucks at Men's Wearhouse. Looks good to my eye.