Work suit

Larry SR

Looking to invest in a decent suit for work (usually buy in M & S).

Can you give me some recommendations and price range?

baby and crumble

How long is a piece of string?

When you say decent what do you mean? M&S do very good suits for the price, why are you looking for something different? Is it quality, fit, price? You can spend up to a couple of thousand on a suit. Good places to start looking are places like Louis Copeland, Magee, etc.

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The number one advice when buying a suit is not necessarily brand but FIT. FIT. FIT. Then you can look at material etc. depending or your budget / need.

From a very skinny, to a very large man, they can all look great in a properly fitting suit.

Therefore, my advice is not to go to any chain store like M&S for a suit. (Nothing against M&S btw, I like them).
The reason being is you will not get any real assistance/ time / advice when purchasing one.

Go to a proper menswear shop, one where they will measure you properly, and give you good advice and assistance as to what fits you and what doesn't. They will also have a much greater ranges of off the peg sizes available. You might pay very slightly more (but unlikely as M&S are far from cheap) but you'll have a suit you are far happier with, enjoy / look forward to wearing, and one you'll get a lot more wear out of. (Consider cost per wear)

You might think a suit fits you when you try it on, but most men end up buying ill fitting suits without proper experienced assistance / second opinion. They'll also be able to advise what shoes (e.g. avoid square toe shoes), shirts, and ties, and the colours that go with it. (Something most men also get wrong these days.) - So it's worth adding shoes, shirts and ties onto your budget.

A good menswear assistant will have fitted hundreds of men, and will know straight away when you try it on what works and what doesn't for you. For an off the peg suit, I'd finish it off by getting any tailor to adjust the trouser length to exactly fit you. It costs very little to do so, and most people should get it done.

For a work/interview suit you're best sticking to a solid Navy or Charcoal, unless you already have good suits in those colours.
Avoid black suits.

tracey turnblad

Also make sure you wear smart shoes and polish them! Nothing worse than seeing a guy in a nice smart suit and sh1tty unpolished shoes.
Also you don't button the last button on your suit jacket

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tracey turnblad wrote: »

Also make sure you wear smart shoes and polish them! Nothing worse than seeing a guy in a nice smart suit and sh1tty unpolished shoes.
Also you don't button the last button on your suit jacket

Exactly. Most women, and men in the know, always glance at shoes when forming an opinion.