until it wears out or goes shiny
the fit is more important than anything, even the material. Unless you're letting someone look at it close up.

I'm assuming here that the person concerned has some taste in what they buy.

In any case, you're misreading what I wrote. Nothing looks close to a good tailor made suit, what I said was having a cheap suit altered is the next best thing, ie better than spending £500 on an off-the-peg and NOT having it altered. Fit is almost everything.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:23, 1 reply, 15 years ago)

No it really isn't.
That's just you as a terrible suit and food snob talking. Most people really couldn't tell the difference between off the peg and tailor made unless they were looking closely, as long as you bought your off the peg suit in a size that fits pretty well then having nasty cheap looking material is a lot more noticeable to the "common" man than the fact that your trousers do not require a belt.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:30, Reply)

Shall we agree on a combination?

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:36, Reply)

nah, Al just likes arguing over these kind of things
now he can't angerwank over rswipe. Don't deny the man his needs.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:38, Reply)

horseshit.
anyone with half an eye can spot a suit that doesn't fit. Even a tailor wouldn't spot the difference between a classic coloured wool-rich blend for £100 and Italian wool for £500 unless they were close to it.

"nasty looking" and "cheap" aren't always the same thing, you know.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:37, Reply)

Again, you're talking as a terrible suit snob
most people do not wear suits all the time, most people do not see suits all the time and therefore most people cannot see if your off the peg suit has had the waist taken in slightly.
(Bazongaloid, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:41, Reply)

A casual observer wouldn't notice a waist tuck
however a poor fitting suit is pretty obvious, there is something about a skinny weasel faced chav in a high 3 buttoned baggy suit that upsets me greatly.
( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:43, Reply)

the jacket cut matters far more than the trousers to be fair.
most off the peg jackets are cut awfully for most people.

and I don't wear suits much. I'm a fucking academic, I wear jeans and tshirts. Doesn't mean I'm blind.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Wed 15 Jun 2011, 11:44, Reply)