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How much would you spend on a suit?
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12-09-2009 6:35pm#1
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Depends, got myself a couple of suits from best menswear 2-300. Got one in Dun Laoghaire beside bloomfields, my very first suit for €400 but got myself 4 CK suits in NY for $700 last october, most likely will go back
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Self employed now so don't have to wear a suit every day anymore but anyhoo.
Buy 2 suits, in "grown up" colours - dark blue and charcoal grey are the best, black can look like a funeral. Then buy a range of shirts and ties, with 8 or 9 ties and a range of different shirts styles no one will notice you are cycling through the same two suits. Go for simple, classical styling, single breasted, no turnups, aim for style not fashion. Some people buy 2 pairs of trousers with each jacket as trousers often wear faster than jackets.
For white shirts you might as well go cheap - I can never get them to stay that sharp bright white. Most of my shirts are blue/white, small check or gingham style looks well with a dark suit. Look here for some ideas. Always go double cuff, never short sleved or with a pocket.
Ties you can buy a bundle cheaply and add a really nice classicly styled designer tie every couple of months. And don't forget the polished shoes!
I bought a YSL suit for the equivalent of a week and a bits wages when I first started working and - over a decade later - it's still in the wardrobe and (as teh only black suit I own!) it gets puled out for funerals and looks fine. Last buy was a Boss suit from BT. I can't remember how much I paid but it was a lot, but its a really simple style and won't go out of fashion so I can see myself wearing it for years.
Cheap suits *always* look cheap and cheap suits never buy credibility. You want the people you deal with to think of you as on the ball and professional - if your trouser knees are shiny and the elbow on your jacket is threadbare then you won't project the right image. Spend as much on 2 good suits as you would 3 cheaper ones and put the rest into quality shirts, ties, shoes and cufflinks. Get a couple of quality bits and pad out with cheaper and buy a really good item every couple of months and you will be grand 0 -
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I'm a bit weird in that I wear jeans to work and get changed into a suit when I get home or go out. I like a suit.
I pay a minimum of €500 for a suit because that is the cheapest bespoke suit I've managed to find (An Online tailor). Off the rail and altered dosen't work for me, I end up with a suit that looks likes it's been altered to make it fit...if that makes sense.
For a proper working wardrobe I have always figured that you need 5 suits and a handful of jackets to mix it up a bit. What --amadeus-- said in his post makes lots of sense, re-read his post and use it.
Remember that you don't have to buy all your suits at once. Get two suits now and get another one every few months after that, and in a year you'll have 5 suits.
Don't skimp on accessories. Shoes , ties, cufflinks, belts, braces. Don't make a good suit look cheap by using a plastic belt or scruffy, worn, down at heel shoes.
Always think classic before fashionalbe. When you have a base wardrobe built then you can go mad with fashion suits.
Don't get hung up on labels! Very few people can tell an Armani from a generic Bests suit tbh. When you have the basics then you can go for lables if you want to.
Finally, remember to ask questions in F&A. Lots of good suit discussions there.:)I'm older than Minecraft goats.
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--amadeus-- wrote: »Self employed now so don't have to wear a suit every day anymore but anyhoo.
Buy 2 suits, in "grown up" colours - dark blue and charcoal grey are the best, black can look like a funeral. Then buy a range of shirts and ties, with 8 or 9 ties and a range of different shirts styles no one will notice you are cycling through the same two suits. Go for simple, classical styling, single breasted, no turnups, aim for style not fashion. Some people buy 2 pairs of trousers with each jacket as trousers often wear faster than jackets.
For white shirts you might as well go cheap - I can never get them to stay that sharp bright white. Most of my shirts are blue/white, small check or gingham style looks well with a dark suit. Look here for some ideas. Always go double cuff, never short sleved or with a pocket.
Ties you can buy a bundle cheaply and add a really nice classicly styled designer tie every couple of months. And don't forget the polished shoes!
I bought a YSL suit for the equivalent of a week and a bits wages when I first started working and - over a decade later - it's still in the wardrobe and (as teh only black suit I own!) it gets puled out for funerals and looks fine. Last buy was a Boss suit from BT. I can't remember how much I paid but it was a lot, but its a really simple style and won't go out of fashion so I can see myself wearing it for years.
Cheap suits *always* look cheap and cheap suits never buy credibility. You want the people you deal with to think of you as on the ball and professional - if your trouser knees are shiny and the elbow on your jacket is threadbare then you won't project the right image. Spend as much on 2 good suits as you would 3 cheaper ones and put the rest into quality shirts, ties, shoes and cufflinks. Get a couple of quality bits and pad out with cheaper and buy a really good item every couple of months and you will be grand
Good stuff here, why no pockets on the shirts tho?
Also, I'm not a big fan of the double cuffs and links, it's too celtic tiger nouveau riche for my taste. I can see them now, thirty something males wearing pink shirts with white cuffs and collars, no tie, 2 shirt buttons open and to top it off a pair of brown Italian leather shoes.
Spot on about the polished shoes and belt. The real reason I like the shirt pocket is because I like to keep a pen in there and the cuffs are not practicle for me as I like to roll up my sleeves in the afternoon.0 -
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Good stuff here, why no pockets on the shirts tho?
It depends on who you want to look like this or this
I suppose it depends on circumstances and where you work. I began work in the City so I've always liked classical English styling but comfort is important. If you feel uncomfortable or self concious in something then no matter how good it looks on the hanger you won't look good in it.
Good advice from CD & Old Goat there as well. We should set up "forum eye for the scruffy guy"...
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Alan Rouge wrote: »Bargain bin in Arnotts (or somwhere like Pennys/Dunnes) or charity shop only.
This would merit a Troll Alert in F&A .........as in dresses like a 0 -
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