How much for a decent suit in the UK?

[sawman]

The last suit I bought in the UK was about 400 quid, from a proper shop - not bespoke but a nice off the shelf item and fine tuned to match my athletic physique,

Now I'm on hols in florida at the mo' and I was just is Saks 5th ave, trying on a pretty nice suit that was marked up at $2000, mine for $600 in their sale, now I quite liked it but at 400 quid was it a good deal? ot does the credit crunch effect get me a similar suit in the UK for less? or should I go back to Saks in the morning?

S

[loafer123]

Why would you want to dress like an American?

[sawman]

Looking around me here there are some spectacularly badly dressed Brits here, the americans blend in well.

I should have noted that I actually live in the canadian prairies and it is not easy to get any clothes that dont look as if they came from a charity shop!

The suits in question are pretty European in cut I would say

s

[VetteG]

At least you get a decent selection of 'athletic fit' suits and because of the American majority, they are usually discounted fairly heavily. And the decent ones are usually Italian fabric.

G

[Road Pest]

You can't go far wrong with Paul Smith. All around £500 last time I bought.

[richyb]

Off the peg stuff should be £400 -£600 for a decent traditional suit. Its worth splashing out on a bespoke suit if you intend of keeping it long term imho.

[Alfa_75_Steve]

If the M&S Italian range are the right cut for you, you can't really go far wrong with them.

ISTR they come in at around £200-£250.

[bga]

richyb said:

Off the peg stuff should be £400 -£600 for a decent traditional suit. Its worth splashing out on a bespoke suit if you intend of keeping it long term imho.

For £600 you can have a decent MTM too.

[sawman]

richyb said:

Off the peg stuff should be £400 -£600 for a decent traditional suit. Its worth splashing out on a bespoke suit if you intend of keeping it long term imho.

Thats what I'm thinking,

I'm in the UK in a few weeks, perhaps I'll have a good look then - are there any good deals going on currently in blighty, Decent clobber costs a kings ransom in canada!

s

[richyb]

bga said:

richyb said:

Off the peg stuff should be £400 -£600 for a decent traditional suit. Its worth splashing out on a bespoke suit if you intend of keeping it long term imho.

For £600 you can have a decent MTM too.

Depends where you go. You can find small independant places (military tailors is a good place to try) but I've found they tend to start around £1k in my experience. I've only ever had one mtm suit. Its my all purpose smart suit that should hopefully last me a life time. My missus is in design and used to work on the row so I got a very good deal. Clothes don't make the man etc but you can appreciate the quality of the work and materials.

[camgear]

I got a nice one for £250 from Slaters.

[jollygreen]

Austin Reed will do you a nice MTM for £500... That's what I do.

Mind you, own 2 and never wear em...

[Jonny_]

Owt over £200 and you've been had; unless you make a point of telling people, or have some blingy designer label on display, nobody will know or care what your suit cost.

HTH

[Iain328]

It just depends - the last suit a I bought was a Ted Baker & I think I paid under £200 for it in the sales. On the same morning I must have tried on 10-15 suits & the variation in quality of manufacture was huge - and didn't really have much to do with the price. I think the worst one was a suit in Lewins with their own label on it which they wanted £450 for(reduced from £600) & that was so badly made I wouldn't have worn it if they paid me. If you shop around you can find a perfectly good suit easily for under £300 - and you can also pay £800 for complete crap.

Edited by Iain328 on Tuesday 23 December 21:25