Reply to: The Price of suits

[DodgyAgent]

Absolutely.

They're Untermensch.

Having watched the fascinating documentary on the wonderfully non conformist Barry Humphries last night, that is a good answer

[xoggoth]

Actually, there is an indefinable quality of scruffiness that transcends smart suits. Even on the rare occasions I do wear a suit and tie with carefully ironed shirt, polished shoes, even if I had just had my annual bath, I am proud to say I still convey an impression of piss sodden old tramp.

[Board Game Geek]

When you live in your little sheltered world of fantasy do you ever stop and try and understand why people do things differently to you?

Absolutely.

They're Untermensch.

[Diver]

Quite a few, yes, but one can't act as a walking billboard all the time

It's becoming something of a tradition for me to wear my Google one the first day at a new place

Stopped wearing the yellow and pink shellsuit then

[TimberWolf]

It's becoming something of a tradition for me to wear my Google one the first day at a new place

Now you're talking. You've got to be good rather look good (allegedly in a suit) though. A Google T-shirt has got to be way better than some hideous suit <shudder>.

[NickFitz]

I thought you got them free at OldClientCorp?

Quite a few, yes, but one can't act as a walking billboard all the time

It's becoming something of a tradition for me to wear my Google one the first day at a new place

[TheFaQQer]

I bought a couple of t-shirts for a fiver each the other day.

Wearing one of them now - it's my first week here at NewClientCorp, so I need to look my best

I thought you got them free at OldClientCorp?

[NickFitz]

I bought a couple of t-shirts for a fiver each the other day.

Wearing one of them now - it's my first week here at NewClientCorp, so I need to look my best

[DodgyAgent]

The only people that wear suits are those trying to sell you something or the Jehovah's Witnesses.

When you live in your little sheltered world of fantasy do you ever stop and try and understand why people do things differently to you?

[loadofkods]

If you must have a suit made in the far east this place will do you a fully bespoke suit for less than £300

[Diver]

When I wear a suit it's I don't want people to feel comfortable. I want them to feel a mixture of jealousy, fear and submission in the face of my unblemished professionalism.

I have that effect on people when I'm naked

[thunderlizard]

comfortable

When I wear a suit it's I don't want people to feel comfortable. I want them to feel a mixture of jealousy, fear and submission in the face of my unblemished professionalism.

[Board Game Geek]

Does anyone bother to look at someone else in a suit ? Do you intensively stare at their tailoring like some envious garment obsessed loon ? Why ?

I'm more likely to feel comfortable speaking to someone in a Rammstein T-shirt, multiple piercings and blue hair than some car-room salesman in a suit.

The only people that wear suits are those trying to sell you something or the Jehovah's Witnesses.

[thunderlizard]

£500 is not a good price for a suit, especially when reduced from £1000.

You needn't pay more than £250 for a non-brand off-the-peg suit of similar quality to a "designer" off-the-peg suit.

For about £650 and up to about £1500 you can get East-End bespoke suits, or at least made-to-measure that will fit like a glove and look miles better. £3000 is the going rate for Saville Row, but all you're doing is paying for their sky-high shop rents, as most of them outsource to the East End or provincial cutters anyway.

[interested]

I have just shelled out £500 for a shiny new suit. First one in 5 years, everyone telling me I need to look smart and that £500 is the going rate for a decent suit (reduced from £1000 in the Harvey nicks sale) The things we have to do to conform with our clients and contractors expectations.

It's all right for you lot with your old school jacket and a pair pf sandals off a Benidorm street market. No wonder our margins need to be so high

£3000 is the going rate for a decent suit. Anything 'designer', 'made to measure' or off the peg is cheap rubbish made by either a machine or a child in Vietnam.