For those who need a suit, Jos A Bank is selling the first suit for $177, and the second suite for $77. This is a great deal, and is doesn't get much better.
JAB has a sale every day, or nearly so. Before you buy a suit there, turn the jacket and pants inside out and look carefully at the seams.
JAB has a sale every day, or nearly so. Before you buy a suit there, turn the jacket and pants inside out and look carefully at the seams.
What should you look for?
Yes, but 2 suits for $250 is a great deal..... hence the title of this thread.
Went and tried 'em on yesterday after work. Didn't buy any, and here's why.
THE PANTS!
Not only do the pants only come with pleats (why no flat front? Is this 1975?), which is a hanging offense already as far as I'm concerned.... but they're downright baggy! As in an elephant could comfortably stick its leg down each side of the trousers. As in each leg contains enough cloth to make a small sail.
The jackets were actually really nice, for a low-end suit. Cut looked great on me, really nice and trim lines. But then those trim lines paired with the enormous pants just looked silly.
Real bummer, actually.
Correct Chris!! That's why you're a Steward. I was running late for work, and posted this as a PSA.
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I know JAB gets slammed, but I have Italian suits (Canali and Corneliani) and quite consistently, the JAB suits are the ones that get comments. Now, I will tell you that I NOTICE the differences when they are on me, such as stiching, the fabric and how it drapes, Yes, always wait for a sale, but if you need a workhorse suit, well, 3 for $600 is a great deal and then 3 free ties?
I got an email today that, starting at midnight, it is buy one get 2 free of everything on their site.
All the JAB pants come in flat-front as well. Maybe your store was out of stock? And the cut depends on the style, I have some (I think) Executive suits that are slim and trim.
I haven't bought anything from them recently, but I have some suits and sports coats that are over five years old and are still in great shape. In fact, they have worn better than some products that cost me twice as much.
At one time I worked for a large retail company that owned two men's clothing operations. The VP of Manufacturing gave me some great hints on how clothing was made. In fact, they had a license from Ralph Lauren and the only difference in the RL suit and what they produced under their own label was the label and the price. I saw with my own eyes the labels going in on identical garments.
Was this Chaps Ralph Lauren or Lauren Ralph Lauren? Besides those two lines, RL makes good clothing, much of it - especially the RLBL and RLPL - hand-made in England or Italy, some of it contracted out to exceptional companies (Edward Green shoes, for example).
But yes, the Chaps and Lauren lines are mass-produced garbage. Doesn't reflect well on the real RL brands.