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Saville Row

[FnG]magnolia;21123037 said:
This is a fallacy but I won't get all spergy about it. I suppose it's true if you never take your suit jacket off but ... wait, you do take your jacket off at work don't you?
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I do take my suit off at work, yes, but firstly the off the shelf ones fit me sufficiently well for work purposes and secondly, when I say 'when it really matters', I'm talking about interviews and meetings with important third parties, during which I would not take my suit jacket off.
 
I bought a suit this month from Burtons for £59. Complete bargain and looks great.

Looking good doesn't have to cost loads of money ;-)
 
Dr House said:
Macy's downtown chicago, there is an old guy that works there called Hosay, it takes about a week but he does a fanatic job. I travel to Chicago a lot so I just pick it up on my next trip. I use him to do my suits.

There is also a guy in Prague that I use for shirts, but he is too expensive and I will not got to them anymore after they charged me £12 to iron my shirt (I had a meeting and no time to go home).
http://www.rexim.eu/index_en.html

I sometimes get shirts form this guy in Phuket. They are very good but not cheap at around £50 to £60 pounds which is a lot for Thailand.
http://www.phukettailor-instyle.com/

I have also used some independent tailors but I don't remember the info but I can try and dig it up.
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So in summary, it costs £60 for a tailored shirt, except you have to leave the UK to get one that cheap :p.
 
[FnG]magnolia;21123069 said:
Why would you not do this? Is this an Accountant thing?
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No idea, I haven't yet managed to survey all my accounting brethren. In an interview, I just thought it was the done thing to leave your jacket on, I'd be surprised if many took their jackets off in a formal interview.

In any case I bet nobody here could tell whether my shirts had been tailored or not unless they were inspecting me from one foot away.
 
alx said:
So in summary, it costs £60 for a tailored shirt, except you have to leave the UK to get one that cheap :p.
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Lol no, I think that the going rate in the uk. Just that I have not lived in the UK for 10 years so I don't know many people there.

I will dig up the name of someone that was recommended by a friend and post it.


Also that guy from Thailand travels to the uk a lot.
 
e: this was in response to robbie g :

I could tell if your shirts were tailored or not but you're right : most people couldn't and even if they could they wouldn't care.

Re : jacket on/jacket off. It's nonsense to the person interviewing you but if you feel better then go for it I guess.
 
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If invited to, I'd probably take it off. But if I was interviewing someone and they removed their jacket without invitation and nonchalantly put it over their chair, an eyebrow might be raised.
 
If you want to treat yourself and have money to spend, I highly recommend a suit from the 'row.

Their prices can be high, but not unreasonable imo. It all depends on the materials you pick. Some of the boutiques on the street will offer deals depending what/how much you are buying. Some even offer ready to wear ranges that are cheaper still.

I did a lot of research into the Savile (one 'l') Row tailors, my own personal preference in the end being Kilgour, but I'm sure anyone of them will do a sterling job.

This is a wee bit out of date, but I found it useful when I was deciding:

http://www.elegant-lifestyle.com/savile-row-suit-tailors.htm

Remember that some of the tailors prefer around 2-3 visits for fittings! Can be a pain if you are having to travel quite far like me.
 
By coincidence I am off to pick up my suit from Savile row this evening, which is for my wedding. I wanted something different to my normal work suits. In the end I settled on an Ozwald Boateng off the peg suit which was then tailored. Cost broke down like this and includes 40% off at the moment because of the sale:

Two piece suit: £700
Shirt: £117
Tie: £50
Adjustments (taking in both trouser legs, trouser hems, pulling in the jacket at the back, shortening the sleeves on the jacket and shortening the sleeves on the shirt): £80

The adjustments would be included if you were paying full price. Richard James have suits in their sale ranging from £500 to £900 that they'll tailor for you. Completely bespoke from either would be considerably more.

My usual suit of choice is a Hugo Boss from Bicester village. A £500 suit that I can normally pick up for £350. In comparison the Savile row suit is significantly better made, has far better details and nice touches and is a much better fabric and fit. But I would hope so as the Hugo Boss ones are probably made on a Chinese assembly line

The shirt, other than little details, is not really better fitted or noticeably different to a £50 M&S online made to measure shirt. The tie is a tie and it matches the lining of the suit and probably no better than any other silk tie off the high street.

The shopping experience is nice but I would suggest, from having seen some work colleagues suits, that you can get as good fit and finish from the ground up in a better fabric from a tailor not on the row for less money. I do think though that the style of the suit would take some beating from a tailor who might just turn out pretty standard looking items, albeit very well made.
 
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