ils thread for general menswear and men's clothing ish

that Lazio Grey Plain was actually the one I'd decided I really wanted last night when I went through them all! yeah it wd be great if it was a lil darker but I still rly like the color. I'm gonna go to the store and touch it and try it on soon. I'm going for the stylish end of "normal" but not super on-trend bcz I cannot afford to replace my suits every 3 years so yeah I prob do not want to get something super fitted and skinny and then get to wear it twice before it looks sad and lame.

unsolicited advice is SO SOLICITED AND NECESSARY bcz tbh I have never really worn a suit before and do not know what I'm doing. thx for the lapel tip!

I know that fabric quality is v impt but I don't know how to gauge good vs bad, esp when looking online. I also have a weird body so I don't at all feel confident ordering even jeans or shoes online let alone a suit esp w/o someone there to like hold my hand and be a good suit expert. there's no nordstrom in Philly either :-/

cap toe dress shoes

― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:05 AM (9 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

ew

huge boxy 3 button 90s suits

these look like the losing horns from Price is Right sound

well-made conservative suits aren't "timeless" but they do have a longer shelflife than most garments IMO. Especially since as you age you can kind of get away with being less up-to-date as long as your clothes fit well.

Stevie if you have no experience with suits I really recommend going somewhere that has good suit staff. I don't really know what they have in philly but I'd ask around. Is Lord & Taylor accessible? I'd avoid Macy's.

worth seeing if its somewhere that will tailor the motherfucker for you too

there's no nordstrom in Philly either :-/

― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:14 AM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark

You can take a train out to King of Prussia maybe?

I got one of Lord and Taylor's house brand suits before I went to college (lol) and it was a very boxy two button suit that I ended up throwing away *shrug*

Brooks Brothers has some Milano fit suits (their skinniest cut) on sale for $550-$600 -- sometimes if you open a BB credit card when you purchase you get another like 15-20% off. And I think they do basic alterations for free. The fabrics will be nice and the construction will be good.

http://www.brooksbrothers.com/sale/mens/suits-formalwear/0372,default,sc.html?pmin=1&prefn1=fit&prefv1=Milano

I don't know how many of those will be available in store though.

The Fitzgerald suits are relatively trim too as long as you get fitted properly.

i dare u to get a double breasted brook bros suit stevie

lol. I actually like that one, wouldn't wear it but like it.

I've been thinking hard about getting a double breasted suit tbqh xp

u cld prob pull it off since u r slim, feel like double breasted might be better in a lil less tailored look like more drapey komonoish jacket wld be an ill look imho

stevie if you have any kind of lead on a good tailor near home i would encourage you to avoid in-house tailors at most big stores (unless it's free and you can pay another tailor to clean up whatever they missed). the work just isn't really that good, and you're not going to be in a position to tell them exactly what you want.

It's like you read my mind xp

Philly proper doesn't have a L&T but it does have an Indochino showroom and a Suitsupply store (and a Brooks Brothers, too). Yeah at this point after getting some extra $$$ at xmas earmarked specifically for a suit I am stepping it up from Macy's and going somewhere more suit-oriented; I really wanna hit it outta the park.

there's actually a Saks and a Lord & Taylor like on either side of my work, but idk L&T feels like it'd be totally outta my price range even on sale but who knows

i dare me not to get a double breasted suit, how's that, dawg?

um thats not how dares work actually

indochino prob wont be as high quality but obvs will fit u really well id def take a look and see if u like any of their suits

suitsupply does m2m too no

It's like you read my mind xp

― 龜, Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:28 AM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

[hi5]

L&T will have suits in your range. Even saks might have a few. Their store brand suits have a good rep.

http://i.imgur.com/a8zAOcw.png

jort?

He's wearing jorts in that pic you can't see

ah makes sense

http://41.media.tumblr.com/b9aaacb113a20315e5af568ec76fbb1e/tumblr_niub7ochXj1qivigxo1_1280.jpg

btw im totally on board w the huge overcoat craze and i want one prob less orange tho

tho tbf that one is prob less orange irl

i want a huge cashmere overcoat to luxuriate in

put my old overcoat that i loved so much in the maybe donate pile yesterday was kind of poignant

lagxxn you shd donate some things 2 my closet

Stevie did you ever get that package I sent you

i feel like if i went to a tailor i'd just like expect him to like ~optimize~ it and if he started asking me questions like "how do YOU want it to look/fit" i'd just start short circuiting

OMG DAYO YES!!!!!! I FORGOT TO SEND YOU ONE MILLION THANK YOUS!!!!!! The sleeves were a tad short but I wonder if I cd get them taken out, idk, but the vest was great

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux))
Posted: January 28, 2015 at 10:47:38 AM
lagxxn you shd donate some things 2 my closet

see what i cn do ;)

:) I hope you liked the Chinese bjork CD

lol

i feel like if i went to a tailor i'd just like expect him to like ~optimize~ it and if he started asking me questions like "how do YOU want it to look/fit" i'd just start short circuiting

wear the suit around the house, check the mirror, do some things (drink, scratch your head, cross your legs) and you'll get a feel for the spots that need some work - Arm and leg length are the easiest to get tuned dead on and there's a lot of personal-preference leeway. I think I had the coat's waist taken in a little bit last time I bought off the shelf. &, yeah, cad on the money, find an alteration tailor.

The traditional advice, iirc, is make sure the shoulders are right before you buy - they're trouble to fix with alterations.

my work cubicle rn tbh

http://i934.photobucket.com/albums/ad184/sdolnack/e4bf7e82-f876-4fcd-9056-3d26bef6bfa1_zpsb7hkgz7d.jpg

btw i wld love to be such a baller individual what sort of life do i need to live

a terrible one

i bought a vintage gucci double-breasted navy blazer that probably dates from the mid to late 90s this summer that i have been trying in (nonwork) contexts. i bought it because the fabric is super lush and soft but i havent had it tailored at all and it fights really weirdly on me. also i am not sure exactly how i want it to fit.

i feel like if i went to a tailor i'd just like expect him to like ~optimize~ it and if he started asking me questions like "how do YOU want it to look/fit" i'd just start short circuiting

― Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Wednesday, January 28, 2015 10:50 AM (46 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a good tailor will be able to optimize with minimal direction from you. this is the guy you have to find.

Some of my Steven Alan stuff final sale arrived. Crew neck sweater (ran me about $90) is fantastic,
http://www.stevenalan.com/840390123671.html?gclid=CMvimb-Pt8MCFUto7AodvUcAaw

hidden-stitch shirt is pretty good (about $60) but hard for me to see the difference between it and similar stuff I could get cheaper, it's basically a light-blue, lightweight end-on-end cotton dress-casual shirt.
http://www.stevenalan.com/848785098764.html#cgid=hidden-mens-sale-tops&start=0&hitcount=109

Chinos are very nice but I'm worried they'll fit a little baggy (they're "relaxed fit" chinos, and I assumed maybe SA's relaxed fit was gonna be slimmer than Dockers or some shit like that) -- not about to try on pants in my office.
http://www.stevenalan.com/S14_1_MPT0063.html?dwvar_S14__1__MPT0063_color=B251#cgid=hidden-mens-sale-pants&frmt=ajax&view=all&start=0&hitcount=62

I also got this short-sleeve button shirt with the same pattern as this: http://www.stevenalan.com/848785091826.html#cgid=hidden-mens-sale-tops&frmt=ajax&view=all&start=0&hitcount=109

The colors look lighter and more pastel-y than they do in the pic, but I think it's still rockable in an ugly shirt sort of way.

btw i wld love to be such a baller individual what sort of life do i need to live

a terrible one

― wizaerd (Lamp), Wednesday, January 28, 2015 11:34 AM (12 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

:(

my stuff from the steven alan sale hasnt even shipped yet i think they r mad at me

You keep on advertising their sales what's wrong with you

it wasnt me

I only advertised it after I ordered my shit

The "Jort" stuff on suitsupply is very nice, but damn, pricey
http://us.suitsupply.com/en_US/jort

If I ever have $1000 to drop on a suit, I'll probably try these guys first
http://www.brooklyntailors.net/collections/mens-suits/suiting

lol the brooklyn in their name might be accounting for like $400 of that $1000.

but seriously where is their stuff getting made?

welp widdled me shoes down in advance of moving

http://i.imgur.com/uq9xL1R.jpg