Reply to: Is £700 for an off-the-peg suit a lot?

[Sysman]

Very Roger Moore era Bond.

Maybe that's why his films were crap - i thought it was the rubbishy scripts and attempts at humour. Perhaps it was the beige suits all along.

[DaveB]

I've got beige trousers on today.

They weren't 700 quid though.

I've got beige pants on today. Well they are beige now, they weren't when I bought them. They weren't £700 either.

[mudskipper]

I've got beige trousers on today.

They weren't 700 quid though.

[Bunk]

That's nice Zeity

Got to admit, I can't think of any occasion where I'd wear something like that.

Reminds me a little of Michael Corleone in The Godfather Part II when he's in Havana.

[barrydidit]

Very Roger Moore era Bond.

Maybe that's why his films were crap - i thought it was the rubbishy scripts and attempts at humour. Perhaps it was the beige suits all along.

[original PM]

boy it looks like the taste police have some cases from the 70's to reopen!

[greenlake]

Don't remind me of the only suit I really loved, early 70s, dark purple with flares.

Was it velvet too?

[xoggoth]

I remember paying £100 for a particularly hideous suit in 1978

Don't remind me of the only suit I really loved, early 70s, dark purple with flares. What happened to you little suit? How could I have thrown you away?

[SpontaneousOrder]

I remember paying £100 for a particularly hideous suit in 1978.

It was, of course, beige.

hmm... I wasn't quite born then. And I remember a can of coke being 26p, so a hundred bucks sound alike a lot for a hideous suit

[SpontaneousOrder]

About average for what I pay for an off the peg suit but that includes alterations made within a couple of hours so not quite take it off the rail and hit the checkout.

Mine's taking a couple of weeks. I think they're just busy as there was some kind of sale on when I went in.

Got sleeves up a bit, legs set as they didn't have a hem already, jacket hem up about half an inch - maybe less, and some bit behind my head to be taken in due to square shoulders.

When you consider the work to make the alterations I guess it doesn't seem so steep. It's just that the website said bespoke started at 750, so 700 off the peg seemed a lot.

[Cliphead]

About average for what I pay for an off the peg suit but that includes alterations made within a couple of hours so not quite take it off the rail and hit the checkout.

I've had bespoke suits and shirts made and been happy with the results and actually paid less but prefer an altered off the peg good quality suit.

[SpontaneousOrder]

I'll have to wait until I pick it up in a couple of weeks, and then compare it with one of my really cheap ones. I think it looks really nice, but hopefully that's due to more than the colour.
I know it's not a hugely expensive suit, but I'd planned to buy a few of them.

[KentPhilip]

Is this a question for Suity to answer?

[SueEllen]

I'd call £70 a lot for a suit. At my age I only wear them at funerals.

[greenlake]

Is £700 for an off-the-peg suit a lot?

Hopefully, you got a lot of suit for the money....