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06-14-2011, 02:19 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: West Covina (LA), SoCal | | | Knowing that there is already a relevent thread to your question why did you not just bring your question there?
Anyways, the J.Crew suit looks better, but it could just be that the guy in the Nordtrom ad just doesnt know how to model...
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06-14-2011, 02:28 PM
|  | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I'd go with the Nordies suit based on the fact that I prefer to shop at Nordies in the first place.
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06-14-2011, 02:28 PM
|  | I'm gonna love and tolerate the **** out of you! | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Memphis/Knoxville TN | | | Depends on what you're buying it for. The J Crew looks more formal and professional, while the Nord looks more casual. I personally prefer the J Crew. |
06-14-2011, 05:44 PM
| | | | I like the JCrew as well. How do you get a 15% discount? I don't think I've ever heard about that (then again never really shopped at Jcrew).
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06-14-2011, 05:46 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Minneapolis | | | Hey, Men's wearhouse often has a buy one get one, or K&G has two for 150 from time to time
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06-14-2011, 05:47 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | I get suits for 100 bucks and they look great...I don't see any reason to spend so much.
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06-14-2011, 06:03 PM
| | | | Where do you get those from and how well do they hold up? I'll probably be wearing mine 2-3 times a week during November and February and, depending on the internship I get, 2-3 times a week during the summer |
06-14-2011, 06:58 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2010 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | Hollywood Suit Broker on Hollywood Blvd near Vine.
I don't wear them a ton, but they seem to be of nice quality, 100% wool. My wife loved them, which is unusual for a brand name whore.
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06-14-2011, 08:22 PM
|  | The Lowdown Diggler | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Huntington Beach, CA | | | You should PM Gard. He's the resident suit expert. He'll give you some good tips. |
06-14-2011, 09:28 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Fort Collins, Colorado | | | Almost anything J Crew sells is trendy, "adequately" made and not a long-term investment. Almost anything Nordstrom's sells is a quality garment that will last for years.
Nordstrom's, hands down...and don't get it to fit like a second skin. Buy a size that fits well in business terms. A decent suit should last you for years.
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06-15-2011, 05:32 PM
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07-20-2011, 11:41 AM
| | | | Anyway... I ended up buying the second suit from Nordstrom. I had a $150 gift card and the whole thing ended up costing just over $400 with tax and everything. What do you guys think? |
07-20-2011, 02:22 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA | | | You did good! I think you got the better suit. A fairly classic style that should last for a while.
Did you have a tailor, or folks at the store, do the hem? Check the jacket for fit?
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07-20-2011, 02:24 PM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | I have never owned a suit made by BOSS, but I like Nordies, so I approve.
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07-21-2011, 08:23 PM
| | | | Nordstrom does free alterations. I'm getting the sleeves lengthened a bit and the pants hemmed. I might have them take the jacket in as well but if they need to make it a lot slimmer I'll just take it to a tailor. |
07-22-2011, 01:06 AM
|  | <-- That guy looks like me, but old. | | Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Arlington TX | | | The last time I bought a new suit, I really didn't get one I liked. I just got the best one available.
Some of you might remember from a few *ahem* posts I've made that I'm not shaped like normal people. What actually looks pretty good on me is apparently sooooooooooooo out of style for normal people. I'm really hoping double breasted suits will be back soon.
My last suit was a double breasted black suit with a fine gray pinstripe, almost like what we used to call mafia suits in the '70's, but with a more subtle stripe. It got old and tired.
I went to buy a new one because I knew I'd be putting in some pallbearer time in the next few months. All they had were three button single breasted suits. They look wrong on me.
So I now have a three button single breasted suit in a color that is somewhere between black and brown (brack? blown?). It looks better on a hanger than on me.
I guess I'm just complaining until they start making suits for people shaped like me again.
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07-22-2011, 09:19 AM
| | Online | | Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Sunapee, New Hampshire | | | You can still find double breasted suits. I have one I wear now and then.
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