If you intend to wear the suit then it is worth having it tailored to fit. As others will no doubt agree, it is better to wear a cheap suit that fits well than an expensive one that does not.

 

Depends on how much the tailoring will cost you. I would use $100 as the over/under, but that's just me.

 

If the alteration costs are reasonable, you will have a "rainy day" suit to wear when you don't want to subject your better suit to a hard wear day.

Paul Winston
Winston Tailors/ www.chippneckwear.com

 

An inexpensive suit that is tailored to fit you perfectly is a better look than a "good"/more expensive suit that provides the purchaser will an ill fit. Let your conscience be your guide. There was a time in many of our lives when the inexpensive suits were our only financially realistic options. The wiser one's among us spent the extra dollars to get the fit that showed the suit(s) at it's/their best!

 

If you intend to wear the suit then it is worth having it tailored to fit. As others will no doubt agree, it is better to wear a cheap suit that fits well than an expensive one that does not.

Always pay attention to Shaver. He is a wise man.

 

As others will no doubt agree, it is better to wear a cheap suit that fits well than an expensive one that does not.

Yep, agreed. Unless of course it is more economical to buy a new suit of better quality and fit. It depends on the price of the tailoring and the price and quality of the new suit.

 

If you intend to wear the suit then it is worth having it tailored to fit. As others will no doubt agree, it is better to wear a cheap suit that fits well than an expensive one that does not.

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I have been fortunate to occasional get a mid-level garment at a stupid close out price and have spent more altering it than I paid for it. All that matters is if the "all-in" price makes sense.

A few years back, I grabbed a J.Crew $525 sport coat for $99 (tucked in the end of the sale's rack, off-season, only one left) and spent +/- $125 altering it and now I have a very decent sport coat for a touch over $200 that has become my go-to sport coat.

Sale Item Purchase Equation:
Buy if: V > P + T
Don't Buy if: V < P + T

V = all in value of garment after tailoring
P = purchase price
T = tailoring costs

The ratio of P to T doesn't matter, just that the sum is less than V

 

Thanks for the advise. I went to a tailor at lunch today and decided to get it done. 50.00 dollars was not bad at all.

now does anyone know if BB is having a November sale? I am going to grab another two suits this Friday and would like to know if I should hold of another week..

Thanks !

 

Everything I wear of a serious nature has been tailored to one extent of another. If I'm going to where it, then it better fit.

 

If a suit is not worth tailoring, then it's not worth wearing, and hence not worth purchasing. The original cost of a suit has nothing to do with whether it should be tailored or not. Any suit a man wears should be tailored to fit him well.

 

Thanks for the advise. I went to a tailor at lunch today and decided to get it done. 50.00 dollars was not bad at all.

now does anyone know if BB is having a November sale? I am going to grab another two suits this Friday and would like to know if I should hold of another week..

Thanks !

I don't think they will typically have a sale in November. Their friends & family sale is typically in September and the semi annual sale starts after Christmas.

They may run various 2/$xxxx specials in suits and other merchandise but nothing statewide.

 

I don't think they will typically have a sale in November. Their friends & family sale is typically in September and the semi annual sale starts after Christmas.

They may run various 2/$xxxx specials in suits and other merchandise but nothing statewide.

Thanks!!

That is what I wanted to know. I can go shopping in in peace now!

 

Better a cheap suit tailored than an expensive suit that fits poorly.

 

I don't think they will typically have a sale in November. Their friends & family sale is typically in September and the semi annual sale starts after Christmas.

They may run various 2/$xxxx specials in suits and other merchandise but nothing statewide.

I got a card in the mail from BB offering $200 off a $600 purchase good through this weekend. It certainly would not hurt to ask when you visit the store. Thy might make that offer if they thought they could sell another suit.

 

I got a card in the mail from BB offering $200 off a $600 purchase good through this weekend. It certainly would not hurt to ask when you visit the store. Thy might make that offer if they thought they could sell another suit.

I received the same card BUT I also received another card giving 25% off any order this weekend. There was a code at the bottom that I can't recall but it doesn't hurt to inquire as to whether they can extend the 25% to your purchase. On 2 brand new suits that may help you more.

 

If you don't have it altered you will look bad and I'm sure you don't want that.

 

I got a card in the mail from BB offering $200 off a $600 purchase good through this weekend. It certainly would not hurt to ask when you visit the store. Thy might make that offer if they thought they could sell another suit.

No they did not. Got two more Fitzgerald suits for 1800.00 tonight

on another note, I tried the Milano suit on and while the fit was nice around the waist, my arms where bursting out of the sleeves and so was my back. And that was going up a size and then another size.'

 

If you intend to wear the suit then it is worth having it tailored to fit. As others will no doubt agree, it is better to wear a cheap suit that fits well than an expensive one that does not.

This.