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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
yeah, if I'm fine punting on a suit for my June wedding (until then I'm doing too much traveling to handle getting suits shipped, then taking them to a tailor, etc) then this might be my best bet
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
At some point it becomes a waste of money is why lol, like the arguments beans in chili / Chopper are making which are true even at the $800 mark are definitely true at higher price points. If someone told me "get your budget to $1000 and suddenly a bunch of choices open up" then that's fine, but $1500 just seems wasteful
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Probably just says something about my own psychology here rather than anything about the logic of your post
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
I get there's a middle ground here though
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Yeah this is super fair. I work in big tech so (1) I have money to spend (I'm just frugal/ only try to purchase quality things, hence my suit deep dive) and (2) I don't actually need a suit besides at weddings, holiday parties, and the occasional fancy party. I can just wear my existing ugly whatever polyester fused suit my parents bought me in India 8 years ago that is at least theoretically tailored to my body proportions
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
I do see your point though, fundamentally what should matter is fit, so fused construction is just one proxy for bad fit but it's not determinative
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Yeah I'm aware lol, the way discussions are framed online (as well as (selective?) pictures) is that the half canvassing makes a big difference in terms of fit
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Aside from durability I thought one of the big criticisms of fused construction is the way it drapes off your body is not very flattering relative to having any amount of canvasing
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Appreciate the sanity check on the length, that fits my intuition.
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Either way I think in NYC, besides SuSu with a better sales rep (and a more relaxed fit), Enzo Custom is at least one other option in a similar price range. I hear you on construction, I do.
Side note: SuSu is notorious for short jackets right. Did the 38 strike you as short? This is one of the few things where I don't trust my own aesthetic sense as I think my aesthetic preference for shorter jackets is bad.
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
I'm curious on what suits you have in mind. Like I have a friend who was really recommending a sale at Nordstrom/ Bloomingdale's for "a really nice Hugo Boss suit" and basically everything online suggests those suits are trash (I haven't tried one on so no firsthand experience), but those would be 100% wool suits available at that price range (post-sale) right?
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
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I kind of take the above message to mean "at that price range you won't find a non SuSu/Spier suit [minus a sale] that isn't fused" which... fair. At the very least I can try to find an actually knowledgeable SuSu salesperson and see if another cut flatters me before actually giving up. I mean if I'm gonna get a fused suit I don't see why I should spend $500-800 on it?
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
That might be fair, but at this point it feels like heresy to me to buy a fully fused suit and I'm obligated (to myself) to buy a half canvassed suit
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
The consensus take tends to be that aside from S&M (online ordering seems bad on a first suit) or sales hunting, SuSu is the best option for <$1000 which is why I'd been focused on their suits. ~$800 seemed reasonable but beyond that seems questionable for someone like me who only wears suits for the occasional events. I guess I'll have to do some investigating for NYC options
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
Yeah, thanks! Also I'm not sure if this is clear from the pictures but I was doing some learning about sleeve pitch and I also think the sleeve pitch is bad, it felt like it was rolling my shoulders forward and the salesperson basically said "well stand with a more natural posture" but comfortable with the jacket on != natural without a jacket
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•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
But either way, definitely have a better sense of what I'm looking for. Part of the SuSu appeal is convenience of it having a physical presence here in SoCal. But I'll check out some other styles when I'm in NYC. It does seem like a traditional silhouette will suit me better, maybe with a hemmed in waistline. (And maybe I gotta up my weekly run goals to ~20miles and get rid of some waist pudge, ha)
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
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Makes sense. I'm taking "regular movement" to mostly be walking, extending my arm out (e.g. for a handshake), scratching my head... that kind of thing?
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
fair point. I need to just try on the 38 and not have my arms angled out like that. I assume that the "no bunching" rule mostly applies to when the arm is at rest, right? e.g. at the extreme, if I raised my arms overhead there's no way there wouldn't be some bunching?
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
Opinions on the fit of this 36S suit from SuitSupply
one side note: if this is the case, then why does the 36s not show the same bunching? if anything it should be more pronounced there, right?
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Mmfad
•Created by vish on 1/13/2025 in #questions-and-advice
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I find the "good" examples in his thread to be... maybe not boxy, but I guess not-very-sleek. And I kinda expected a suit that contours/ complements my body. But I'm convinced by all of your posts that this jacket cut probably just doesn't work. I'll do another consultation appointment with SuSu but maybe look elsewhere. I'll be in NYC for a month and maybe check some of the retailers there
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