You need separates.Originally posted by: Cattlegod
I have about a 46" chest and 32-34" waist. Can I modify the pants to get them to fit, or is taking a 40" pant down 8 more inches not really possible?
Originally posted by: s44
You need separates.Originally posted by: Cattlegod
I have about a 46" chest and 32-34" waist. Can I modify the pants to get them to fit, or is taking a 40" pant down 8 more inches not really possible?
Originally posted by: xSauronx
Originally posted by: s44
You need separates.Originally posted by: Cattlegod
I have about a 46" chest and 32-34" waist. Can I modify the pants to get them to fit, or is taking a 40" pant down 8 more inches not really possible?
srsly. you can take a couple inches out of pants, tops.
anyone else gotten any of these? i dont even have a suit so one for cheap, if its decent, might be worth having
No, you go by chest size, as you originally said. It's easier to let out pants a bit than to change the shoulders and chest at all. That said, someone with a 4" drop may have fit issues with standard-cut suits. The "portly" cut is based on a 4" drop or less.Originally posted by: Oceanguy
The sizing chart and instructions are kind of confusing. Who does one figure out whether a suite is regular, short, or long? Plus if one measures by the instructions, the chest size is the suite size. The six inch drop then means that say a chest size is 50 then the waist size will be 44. So does one just order a chest size of 52 for 46" waist?
Originally posted by: Oceanguy
The sizing chart and instructions are kind of confusing. Who does one figure out whether a suite is regular, short, or long? Plus if one measures by the instructions, the chest size is the suite size. The six inch drop then means that say a chest size is 50 then the waist size will be 44. So does one just order a chest size of 52 for 46" waist?
Originally posted by: szechuanpork
pants are lined to just below knee? can anyone comment on this fact? i don't think i can wear pants that are lined to just below the knee. it is a weird feeling when all your other pants, dress to casual, don't have lining. this sucks, i had two of these in my cart and i was just ready to pull the trigger when i saw that the pants were lined.
apart from the lined pants, great deal.
Originally posted by: RKS
Originally posted by: szechuanpork
pants are lined to just below knee? can anyone comment on this fact? i don't think i can wear pants that are lined to just below the knee. it is a weird feeling when all your other pants, dress to casual, don't have lining. this sucks, i had two of these in my cart and i was just ready to pull the trigger when i saw that the pants were lined.
apart from the lined pants, great deal.
I think most of my suits (none from Amazon) are lined to the knee. Honestly, it's not something that I notice but I do wear suits every day.
Originally posted by: Oceanguy
"wonder how much it would cost to get them altered"
I bought a suit last year and had it altered. It cost around $70 for the alterations. I am not sure if this helps.
Originally posted by: franke3c
what does it mean "pants lined to knee"?
Originally posted by: TinMan2
Not to thread crap your thread crap, but have you bought or at least personally examined one of these suits?
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: TinMan2
Not to thread crap your thread crap, but have you bought or at least personally examined one of these suits?
I don't need to, the logic just doesn't add up. It is laughable to think you can get a nice 140s for $99, it is just a stupid assertion. If it were true you'd not have places charging 2k+ for them. I've seen many of these types of personally tailored stuff made out of Asia, usually listed in the WSJ, showcasing in NYC, and all of it is not as good as advertised.
It is also just simple logic, if you could get the same quality for that price, then the price of the higher priced stuff would drop automatically.
If you look in any fashion forums (I am not a huge fashion guy myself, but I do own several BB golden fleece suits), they'll say about the same thing about these types of "deals". good on paper, bad in practice.
Originally posted by: szechuanpork
Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Originally posted by: TinMan2
Not to thread crap your thread crap, but have you bought or at least personally examined one of these suits?
I don't need to, the logic just doesn't add up. It is laughable to think you can get a nice 140s for $99, it is just a stupid assertion. If it were true you'd not have places charging 2k+ for them. I've seen many of these types of personally tailored stuff made out of Asia, usually listed in the WSJ, showcasing in NYC, and all of it is not as good as advertised.
It is also just simple logic, if you could get the same quality for that price, then the price of the higher priced stuff would drop automatically.
If you look in any fashion forums (I am not a huge fashion guy myself, but I do own several BB golden fleece suits), they'll say about the same thing about these types of "deals". good on paper, bad in practice.
1) Suit A is 140s and $99
2) nice 140s suits are never $99
therefore, 3) Suit A is not nice
is 2) true? legendkiller believes 2) is true because he never has come across a 140s suit for so cheap. several people have commented already that their suits were in fact "nice" and were happy with their suits. this argument is not sound.
let's try to strengthen your argument legendkiller,
1) Suit A is 140s and $99
2) 140s suits are never $99
therefore, 3) Suit A is not a 140s suit
i think we can verify the quality of these suits. if we can confirm that these suits are in fact 140s then 2) would be false making 3) false. i don't think anyone was making "stupid assertions".
Dead wrong. The S number is quite specifically defined and it's against federal law to fudge it.Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Not to mention that 140s can be very subjective.
Originally posted by: s44
Dead wrong. The S number is quite specifically defined and it's against federal law to fudge it.Originally posted by: LegendKiller
Not to mention that 140s can be very subjective.
I wouldn't necessarily compare this to a "real" $1500 suit (and yes, I'm more than a little familiar with these) -- it's more like the $900 suit you can get for $200 on deep clearance at Syms or the Saks outlet.
How they get that down to $100 I'm not sure, but you can't fake things like fabric and working sleeve buttons (very nice touch).
The comparison to Brooks is just silly. They're not even supposed to look anything alike: one is Italian, more (and differently) shaped and with less conventional shades and patterns (though these aren't really out there in that respect); the other old-school American, loose (though the Golden Fleece line is a bit more continentalized in cut) and traditional. But fabric is fabric. Incidentally, stop into a Brooks outlet sometime to see how much markup goes into *their* retail stuff.
Disclaimer: I haven't actually bought one. I suppose I'll at some point break down and snag the gray peak-lapel though.