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I would advise you to find a good tailor. Bespoke suits will be costly but will serve you for a long time. Here is a good article about suits in banking: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100014241278873235304045782076240474405…
On bespoke suits: http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/bespoke-budget-fashion-forbeslife-cx_n… http://www.forbes.com/2008/03/14/bespoke-budget-fashion-forbeslife-cx_n… http://www.mensjournal.com/expert-advice/best-on-demand-bespoke-suits-20130816 http://www.gq.com/style/wear-it-now/201212/best-custom-suit-shops#slide=1
PM me if you need some good leads for tailors. It will be easier if you live in NYC/Boston/Chicago or other metropolitan area because you need to do fitting at least 3-4 times before a bespoke suit is ready.
Bespoke cost $3k+, I think you mean Made to Measure (MTM).
What do you like to wear?
I have a good friend that works for one of the high end suiting labels that gets me 2 suits a year at 60-70% off... if it wasn't for that... I'd probably just get them from a HK tailor.
I don't know what this guy is talking about... definitely DO NOT spend money on bespoke suits... not that you're dumb enough to listen to him. Its really something you indulge in when you have a lot of money (not banking associate money) and are really into clothes. To recommend a bespoke wso/">suit to someone is completely asinine.
This douche's recommendation is akin to someone asking for a solid watch recommendation and some dick weed suggesting you buy a $40k watch because it "really lasts you".
Clearly just a posturing douche or maybe he's a salesman for one of these shitty door to door tailoring services that flood junior banker inboxes like locust.
I know how much bespoke costs and these suits are definitely worth every penny you spend on them. MTM is a cheaper version of working with the tailor. It looks much better than suits of the rack, but still is not the actual bespoke tailoring. PM me if you'd like some advice on MTM/Bespoke.
Awesome username OP. +1 for that
What's the difference between a salesman and an upscale men's clothing promoter?
I don't work for a clothing company. I am a huge fan of men's classical elegance so I promote it as a hobby, having a blog and doing fashion consulting as a part time job. Couple of my friends turned their hobby into a career but I will keep with finance and keep my hobby separate.
Good luck with that.
Thank you @DickFuld. It's a pretty profitable industry.
Gotta love all the MS from someone with a complex. I am not even going to waste my WSO Credits on you.
On a positive note: OP if you need a suit advice I can contact you with people who can help you for free.
Hahaha, Beny, you must be brown skinned now with all the MS!
BTW to answer your question, if it fits your body type the best bang for your buck IMO is J Crew suits with moderate inexpensive tailoring if needed.
Or you can go to Macy's and get a decent RL suit or whatever and have them shape it up around the torso etc...
I would advise against going to a mass market department store and buying an RL suit in OP's price range. The only RL suits worth buying are Ralph Lauren Polo or above (i.e., Polo, Black Label, Purple Label)... which puts you in the +$1,500-5,000 / suit price range (and outside the scope of OP's question).
All the other RL crap they have at mass-market department stores is garbage. Lauren Ralph Lauren, and whatever other derivations they concocted are essentially Ralph Lauren licensing his name to garment factories... these factories probably produce most of the private label $100-300 suits you'd see at the lower-quality racks at Men's Warehouse.... they use the same patterns and fabrics, stitch the LRL label on it and sell it for $400-500 at Macy's and the like. It's not a very good suit and its not a very good value.
For that price range, you're far better off getting a Tommy Hilfiger suit, which IMO is a fantastic value.
Best "inexpensive" option: one of the conservative cuts from Suit Supply.
Suit Supply suits are too thin for working everyday.
I did a quick walkthrough after work yesterday evening of my city's local SuitSupply store and I can say that I've backstepped on my previous opinion of them. Their suits are nice with a good variety of patterns. If you're more into conservative colors for work like me, they have a good lineup. Weekend attire or after work blazers and suits work as well. Plus the pricing is fairly good.
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