Spending $600 on a Suit, Sophomore Student in College
Currently, I only have 1 suit, and its a black shitty one. I am looking at buying my 1st real suit for professional purposes and will most likely get one from suit supply.
I m looking at getting a navy one, it should be ~$500 + tax + tailor will be around $600.
Am I spending too much on it?
I don't think so. They're pretty good quality and it should last you a while, provided you don't grow/lose weight/gain weight.
I recently found Suit supply and love it. I literally could have picked up anything in that store and liked it. Sad not to see one in CA.
go to Jos a bank and you can get 2 decent suits plus tailoring for 600. 600 for one suit as a college sophomore is crazy
As I'm sure you know at this point in your life, money and prices are all relative...when I got my first suit I spent $200, but I also know kids who had bespoke suits as freshmen in college.
Regardless of price range, I think with suits (or really anything) the concern should be price:quality ratio. If $500 or so is your price range then I think SuitSupply is a good way to go. I haven't personally worn them, but have only heard good things from others.
My advice would be to get your suit size and find a lightly used one on eBay. You can easily get a Brioni, Zegna, Oxxford, etc. caliber suit for only a few hundred dollars.
Waay too much money. My first suit was bought at JCP for $130 after a 15% off coupon (yes it was 100% wool, and yes it fit). I still buy my suits from Charles Tyrwhitt and Jos. Abboud at Men's Wearhouse for ca. $350 each. These are both high quality US/UK made suits that look very presentable and will last for many wears.
FWIW my boss is a PM in charge of 11 figures of gross capital (ok, ~10 net) and he wears cheap tailored suits from India. I understand you want to go into an interview looking good and feeling confident, but I can assure you that the Associate or VP on the other side of the desk is going to probably be wearing a $300-400 suit. Spending more than that is going to hurt more than it helps. Just make sure it fits and it's wool.
If you still want a differentiator, do a sweatervest (if it's cold out) or sharkskin gray. I did a light colored gray JCP suit for my analyst interviews way back when. I was the only guy wearing light gray-- I was also the only Midwestern state schooler interviewing at Lehman and probably looked like I had just come from a Methodist Church baptism, but it just seemed to fit. Pick (business formal) clothes that let you go into the interview being you, not someone else.
Agreed. I don't think people pay enough attention to material. 100% wool is the way to go. Any type of synthetic material may be cheaper, but you'll pay for cutting corners on quality in the long run.
Also the advice in this thread (including mine) would have gotten laughed off the forum five years ago in favor of advice to buy a $1500 Hickey Freeman. I am still as notorious as always for thrift but the quality and reasonableness of the advice and the maturity of the posters has improved significantly.
For women, Ann Taylor is cost effective and looks great. Get advice from a sales clerk- ideally someone who looks experienced. For a guy though, $500 is way too much.
Assuming you don't intent to gain a ton of weight or start doing cycles of anabolic steroids, spending 5-600 on a quality suit you can keep is definitely reasonable. I have been satisfied with my suit supply suits and continue to purchase/recommend them. You will not find higher quality suits until you're shopping in the $1k+ range.
The caveat here is that you want to make sure the suit isn't too trendy/fashion forward that you look silly in a few years, since youll be wearing this on interviews over the next 2-3 years. The "Napoli" cut from suit supply will wear out long before it goes out of style, and charcoal is a safe bet. Navy is a good choice as well but be careful which "navy" you get, as some of the colors they sell can make you look like you just bought it at express.
You can get a good looking Charles Tyrwhitt or on-sale Brooks Brothers for that price.
Hell, you could go to Macy's, buy two meh suits, and get them perfectly tailored for about the same price though and still look good for your age.
Up to you.
Yeah, looking at refunding it. Its very nice quality but just don't see the need at this stage. Anyone had any experience with combat gents?
Ended up refunding the $600 for an H&M one. Fits me like a glove. And only costed me $200 with small tailoring.
Good move, fit is the most important aspect. Once you start working and making money you can spend some more. The suit i had in college was from Kohls and got the job done.
Now go buy some beer and enjoy yourself with the money you saved
I spent about 600 euro (about 700$ at that time) for my first suit because it was at the end of the season and I got a 25% discount. Better to invest a bit more than to buy something cheap. Your suit will be your second skin. You should approach it from this perspective. For suits there is a clear cutoff where you shouldnt buy it regardless the price. In continental Europe suits 500 eur usually fall in this category.
edit : I bought that one in my final year at university for my summer internship. My very first suit was about 500 euro and my parents paid for it. It wasnt fantastic but did the job.
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