My first 'real' suit. Would appreciate input! - Page 2

Also as you may notice, people on this forum tend to like traditional details like cuffs....

Are you not 'on this forum' or something? You keep talking like you're some third party who is somehow excluded from, and above all the hustle and bustle of SF. Are you somehow posting on SF via Fark or something? The back is very messy, the lapels are very narrow, the button-point is too high, the sleeves are too long, and the pants are draping very poorly. Some of these things can be fixed, some are things to watch out for on your next suit. That being said, I've spent more money on worse-looking suits, as I'm sure a lot of people here have. Shorten the sleeves, have the jacket taken in around the mid-section wherever you find an excess of material. You look much thinner in your jacketless pics, which leads me to believe it's quite loose. If the back still looks messy afterwards, it might need re-working. I would also highly recommend cuffs in the 1-1.5" range. Not only do they make the pants appear more finished, they also add a bit of weight to the bottom of the pants, which might help with the sloppy drape. Lastly, I'd like to say that if the advice you've received seems overly critical or nit-picky, bear in mind it is not because we're trying to be rude or condescending. We want to help. Picking up on these little details makes future purchases easier and more informed, which ultimately saves you gobs of money. Whenever I feel like people are beating up on me in SF, I think of the following quote:

It's a sack suit. Leave the waist be for now. And when you get the sleeves finished, just have buttons sewn on; don't waste your money on real buttonholes. If you want the authentic BBBF look, have only two buttons sewn on each sleeve.

Forget what I said then.

Let's get the important stuff sorted out first: the quick release on your Madone(?) is wrong.... the lever should be on the LH side to match the rear QR. In cycling terms this is like going around with your fly undone.

The lapels are awfully small.

I don't like the tiny lapels...

Yes, alterations are free from a local BB store on all BBBF and GF suits. Except things like working button holes.

Good point. Thank you for including me!

I am pointing out that it is kind of predictable to see the regular comments on this forum-- cuffs on pants, articulate the waist, etc....

And I don't think all these blanket comments apply to his suit, which I think looks good.

I think for the most part the suit looks fine. It is designed to look that way. Definately do not take in the waist.

I don't think anything can be done, its just a bad suit....

The suit looks about the same as what most guys on the street are wearing. Work can definitely be done, but I hope you don't feel discouraged by the feedback. This suit is definitely wearable without reinventing the wheel, and the feedback can help you sort out your ideal fit in future suits. Flat fronts are usually no-cuff. That said, I prefer cuffs on my suit pants and a half-break for length regardless of the front style. The jacket does seem a bit wider in the shoulders and you could probably try a size down. Or ask your tailor (if he/she is good) how far they might take the jacket in from the shoulders. The cost of the work isn't worth it, but this will give you a rough shoulder measure to look for in the future. Waist suppression from the jacket sides could probably be done to improve fit without too much cost. Don't go overboard on the suppression since the proportions of the rest of the suit is a bit "loose" As a side note, I like wider lapels. My suits all have lapels approximately half the width to the shoulder. This is a sack suit though, so keep it in the ballpark. Not a bad suit in the real world by any means though there is room for improved fit with future suits. I would cap your tailoring costs at $100-150 as the previous posters have mentioned and just wear the suit. But that's just my two cents.

Because people get the same things wrong over and over again, and there are only a number of things that can go wrong with clothing. What do you expect - 'don't cuff the pants, don't articulate the waist, get a bigger, boxier jacket and chunkier shoes?'. If OP didn't feel there might be something amiss, he would not have posted at all, and if he posted without a feel for what people on SF consider good, it's strange he's posting at all. This is about as annoying as the people who respond to threads with 'oh, and here come the trolls....'. It's not constructive criticism, and OP doesn't need 'supporters'. I'm not attacking you, just pointing something out.

Don't get functional sleeve buttons. As neat as they are, they're an extravagance that's silly at this point. Save them for when you get a truly custom jacket. They might be anywhere from $10-25 per button hole depending on your tailor. I'd still not worry about waist suppression in the jacket. If you look at the BBBF line's models, you see that the coats hang straight. It looks like you went with a non-shrunken size, so you'll not have the fashion-forward look that plagues much of BBBF's line. Take a look at how the BBBF jackets hang: