Originally posted by barrydidit
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Reply to: Is £700 for an off-the-peg suit a lot?
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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.
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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.
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boy it looks like the taste police have some cases from the 70's to reopen!
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I remember paying £100 for a particularly hideous suit in 1978
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Originally posted by zeitghostI remember paying £100 for a particularly hideous suit in 1978.
It was, of course, beige.
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Originally posted by Cliphead View PostAbout 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.
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.
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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.
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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.
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