cheapest place to buy a decent suit?

[glen]

Originally posted by: Lazee
funeral, at graduation, at an interview, at a wedding, etc etc

Funeral - YES!
graduation - it is under your gown, so sure.
interview - some companies would utomatically reject you for that.
Wedding - again after 6 a wedding is formal and you must wear a dinner Jacket

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Lazee
funeral, at graduation, at an interview, at a wedding, etc etc

Funeral - YES!
graduation - it is under your gown, so sure.
interview - some companies would utomatically reject you for that.
Wedding - again after 6 a wedding is formal and you must wear a dinner Jacket

we're talking about FIRST suits, not the ONLY suits right? and in
Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sumner Redstone and President Mel Karmazin

aren't they wearing black suits?

interview - some companies would utomatically reject you for that.

and WHAT kind of company would automatically reject you for that? The mafia?

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Lazee
funeral, at graduation, at an interview, at a wedding, etc etc

Funeral - YES!
graduation - it is under your gown, so sure.
interview - some companies would utomatically reject you for that.
Wedding - again after 6 a wedding is formal and you must wear a dinner Jacket

I agree.

Black suits aren't great for all-purpose use. Great for business, but not so good for anything else (except a funeral). I guess it depends on the type of business, but when I worked in NYC, black, grey, and brown suits were the business standard.

If you need to limit yourself to one color, you're better off with grey (unless you're +40, in which case go with brown).

 

[glen]

Charcoal is a fine color for one of your first suits, but not black.

 

[Zee]

agreed, charcoal's a fine color, but not blue

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Lazee

aren't they wearing black suits?

No, those are blue suits.

Look, I love these forms. Folks here can rebuild a PC, hack into the CIA, tell you how to make a Wizard Costume, know who shot first Greedo or Solo, but damn near none of you ought to be allowed to dress your self for anything other than a Star Trek convention or RPG meet up. Look on TV at what teh national guys are wearing: Tim Russert, Chris Mathews, George Bush, John Kerry, John McCain, Sean Hanniday, Bob Novak, Pat Buchanon, Peter Jenning, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather ( don't look at what Paul Begualla, the Rajin Cajin, or Alan Colbmes are wearing)

And, I hope I don't have to tell you not to wear anything like Jackie Childess, or Johney Cochran.

 

[nageov3t]

damn near none of you ought to be allowed to dress your self

I'm going to have to pull the gay card here 😛 I dress myself pretty well. well enough to know that navy blue is a horrible color that's worth purging from the world 😉

 

[styrafoam]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: AcidicFury
Joseph Smith i think

Jos. A Banks.
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Joseph Smith founded Mormanism.

But mormanism went on to found Mr. Mac, which provides affordable suits to missionaries far and wide. He was just going as far back as possible.

 

[CptObvious]

Do you live near a Chelsea Premium Outlets? Check out the Brooks Brothers Factory Store, you can get a suit there for under $350.

I agree with glen, go with navy blue or charcoal. Black just looks 'cheap' to me

 

[ThePresence]

If you're in NYC I know a really great place.
<--wears dress clothing everyday.

 

[Zee]

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Lazee

aren't they wearing black suits?

No, those are blue suits.

Look, I love these forms. Folks here can rebuild a PC, hack into the CIA, tell you how to make a Wizard Costume, know who shot first Greedo or Solo, but damn near none of you ought to be allowed to dress your self for anything other than a Star Trek convention or RPG meet up. Look on TV at what teh national guys are wearing: Tim Russert, Chris Mathews, George Bush, John Kerry, John McCain, Sean Hanniday, Bob Novak, Pat Buchanon, Peter Jenning, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather ( don't look at what Paul Begualla, the Rajin Cajin, or Alan Colbmes are wearing)

And, I hope I don't have to tell you not to wear anything like Jackie Childess, or Johney Cochran.

Yeah I see where you are going with this, but all the people you name are public figures. If one was to go on TV, then most certainly you will see suits from tan, to gray, to blue, to black, to whatever... it's due to the fact that they are advised what to colors to wear due to psychological effects of the colors of the clothing and what is most appealing to television viewers and the general public. That does not automatically mean that what they wear indicates navy blue is the common uniform to success.

You state that businessmen wearing black can just as well wear a clown suit... :roll: I'm not even going to comment on that statement. Dressed for the public and what people actually wear and what's recommended for the first suit you buy is all different. And black or a lighter shade of black such as charcoal for example, is the accepted color. Even gray. Unless you are planning to go on tv. And even television figures ranging from Bush (all of em) to Jay Leno will sport gray, black, brown, blue suits....

 

[Modeps]

Originally posted by: Lazee
mens wearhouse

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: glen

You know somethign these two don't?
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040601/i/r4246321749.jpg">Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sumner Redstone and President Mel Karmazin
</a>

looks grayscale to me

 

[CChaos]

So I see this Chinese guy at the wedding in a (get this) BLACK suit, and I say to him, "Mel Karmazin would quit Viacom before wearing a suit like that..."

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: CChaos
So I see this Chinese guy at the wedding in a (get this) BLACK suit, and I say to him, "Mel Karmazin would quit Viacom before wearing a suit like that..."

you don't say things like that to the groom

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: Lazee

Originally posted by: glen

Originally posted by: Lazee

aren't they wearing black suits?

No, those are blue suits.

Look, I love these forms. Folks here can rebuild a PC, hack into the CIA, tell you how to make a Wizard Costume, know who shot first Greedo or Solo, but damn near none of you ought to be allowed to dress your self for anything other than a Star Trek convention or RPG meet up. Look on TV at what teh national guys are wearing: Tim Russert, Chris Mathews, George Bush, John Kerry, John McCain, Sean Hanniday, Bob Novak, Pat Buchanon, Peter Jenning, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather ( don't look at what Paul Begualla, the Rajin Cajin, or Alan Colbmes are wearing)

And, I hope I don't have to tell you not to wear anything like Jackie Childess, or Johney Cochran.

Yeah I see where you are going with this, but all the people you name are public figures. If one was to go on TV, then most certainly you will see suits from tan, to gray, to blue, to black, to whatever... it's due to the fact that they are advised what to colors to wear due to psychological effects of the colors of the clothing and what is most appealing to television viewers and the general public. That does not automatically mean that what they wear indicates navy blue is the common uniform to success.

You state that businessmen wearing black can just as well wear a clown suit... :roll: I'm not even going to comment on that statement. Dressed for the public and what people actually wear and what's recommended for the first suit you buy is all different. And black or a lighter shade of black such as charcoal for example, is the accepted color. Even gray. Unless you are planning to go on tv. And even television figures ranging from Bush (all of em) to Jay Leno will sport gray, black, brown, blue suits....

Charcoal is a great color. I don't think anythign is wrong with it. But, pure black is awful. I can't imagine that anyone would wear it.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: ElFenix

Originally posted by: glen

You know somethign these two don't?
<a target=_blank class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://us.news1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/rids/20040601/i/r4246321749.jpg">Viacom Inc. Chief Executive Officer Sumner Redstone and President Mel Karmazin
</a>

looks grayscale to me

Yep, but it is blue.

 

[glen]

Originally posted by: CChaos
So I see this Chinese guy at the wedding in a (get this) BLACK suit, and I say to him, "Mel Karmazin would quit Viacom before wearing a suit like that..."

Why is he wearing a suit to his wedding rather than a dinner jacket?

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: Lazee
mens wearhouse

Yes... or Syms I think.