Where to buy a good suit ?<updated>

[azazyel]

Nordstrom their online selection isn't that great but their stores are wonderful for suits.

 

[Rumpltzer]

Originally posted by: azazyel
Nordstrom their online selection isn't that great but their stores are wonderful for suits.

I'll add a third vote for Nordstroms. I've only bought two suits in the past ten years. My GF insisted that I go to Nordstroms and have thm help me when I needed a new one last year. They were great. Alterations and fittings are free, great service, and very friendly.

Edit: You might wait until their semi-annual sale if you want to save some money... I'm not sure how many of their suits go on sale, though.

 

[azazyel]

Originally posted by: Rumpltzer

Originally posted by: azazyel
Nordstrom their online selection isn't that great but their stores are wonderful for suits.

I'll add a third vote for Nordstroms. I've only bought two suits in the past ten years. My GF insisted that I go to Nordstroms and have thm help me when I needed a new one last year. They were great. Alterations and fittings are free, great service, and very friendly.

Edit: You might wait until their semi-annual sale if you want to save some money... I'm not sure how many of their suits go on sale, though.

The half yearly ended already I think their Anniversary sale starts in June.

 

[astroview]

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: astroview
I think it's hard to get flat front suit pants because its not stylish. It's a bit of a fashion faux pas is my understanding, so if you want to risk looking bad go ahead.

Other way around.

Flat front IS the way to go with khakis and jeans. Pleats should usually be worn IF you cuff your pants. So no, not the other way around.

 

[BornStar]

I would go to a men's store. I just go to the local one when I need a new suit or pants. I find that they're more knowledgeable than bigger stores. To put it another way, if you wanted high end audio equipment, would you go to Best Buy?

 

[astroview]

K&G is very cheap, sort of a Sam's Club approach to suits.

 

[loup garou]

Originally posted by: astroview

Originally posted by: werk

Originally posted by: astroview
I think it's hard to get flat front suit pants because its not stylish. It's a bit of a fashion faux pas is my understanding, so if you want to risk looking bad go ahead.

Other way around.

Flat front IS the way to go with khakis and jeans. Pleats should usually be worn IF you cuff your pants. So no, not the other way around.

The fact that you even mentioned that you shouldn't have pleated jeans doesn't help your case.

I'll put it this way. Neither pleated nor flat front suit pants are a fashion faux pas. Your initial statement, as well as mine, was incorrect. Single pleats are great for older men wearing designers who sell suits that cater to that age range (Zegna, some Armani). However, designers that market to younger men offer almost exclusively flat-front designs (Hugo Boss, D&G, CK).

Personally, I don't like pleats. I do have a RL suit that gets very little wear that has single-pleated pants. Otherwise, I don't think I own any other pleated pants.

 

[Babbles]

I don't mind Men's Wearhouse, but does seem as if their selection may be hit or miss at times.

However, I love Brooks Brothers, however honestly I have never bought a suite from them but bought tons of dress slacks and button down dress shirts, ties, etcetera.

I have a Brooks Brothers outlet store near where I live, and I suggest seeing if you can find one as well.

 

[csf]

Yoox.com, bluefly.com, and eBay are good online sites, but you really need to do your research first and know your size and some basic stuff about the brands you're looking at.

As for pants: flat front is "in" right now; though pleats are fine, albeit more associated with older, more conservative dressers. Suits tend to be conservative in styling since the vast majority of people buy them for business wear (e.g. any chain store like Brooks Brothers, Men's Wearhouse, Jos A. Bank), so if you really want flat front pants you'll have to look at more fashion forward brands. That doesn't mean you can only find flat front pants in over-the-top Versace designs, but it means you'll have to look at "designer" (and I don't mean the cheap CK, DKNY, and Perry Ellis stuff you'll get at Macy's) brands and be willing to pay a little more. Also, don't bother with Armani: 1) even their top line is incredibly overrated and gets by on name recognition, 2) all their affordable lines are just cheap licensed out crap that only bear the Armani name but have no real connection to the man himself.

 

[bmacd]

costco

j/k

-=bmacd=-

 

[Corporate Thug]

nordstrom

 

[iliopsoas]

Pleats vs. flat front.

Right now, flat front is in. But a few years ago, only the older guys wear flat fronts and pleated trousers were considered much more stylish. As with fashion, it's constantly in flux.

All of my designer suits from a couple years ago (CK, Hugo Boss, Armani, DKNY) have pleats. I actually prefer pleats if they're done nicely.

 

[Zombie]

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