Dear forum.
I am in a bit of a struggle. About 3/4 of a year ago I started to be interested in classic menswear and began dressing differently. I bought a couple of shirts and trousers from collaro.co and luxire. The shirts are quite nice, I am still struggling with trousers though.
Additionally I took some of my father's old sport coats and had them adjusted by a tailor. They were nice ones from Rene Lezard and Ermenegildo Zegna.
They are now ok, but far from perfect. I enjoy wearing them.
My issue however is adding things to my wardrobe. I am a muscular guy weighing around 97,5kg at 1.81cm. Most clothes do not fit off the rack. On top of that I live in a small German town and I have little time to drive to cities 1 hour away to shop there.
I keep going back and forth between buying pre owend clothes and having clothes made for me (as in: what shall I go for next). Buying only mtm/bespoke, even if I opt for cheap tailors such as collaro, is quite pricey. Getting a sport coat for under 750 euros seems to be impossible. I earn quite a decent amount of money but this will limit my options severely as I cannot justify spending 10% of my annual income on clothes and end up with only a couple of sport coats.
I am open to buying second hand, either on this forum or from vendors such as Pete and harry (haven't found any other good places so far) but that is tricky as well. I have to rely on the information provided and I am not 100% sure about my actual size. That's why so far I didn't buy a single second hand item. Most of the good stuff is still too "expensive" to just buy it and risk wasting the entire amount.
Even if the clothes fit alright there is still no guarantee I will actually like the fit and style on my body.
Any suggestions? My preferred option is somehow managing to buy decent second hand stuff that fits well. I only want to consider online bespoke options when this is not a viable way to go.
I found another website named smithbespoke.com that seems very good for people in my situation, but the tax costs will ruin the otherwise decent prices.
I am in a bit of a struggle. About 3/4 of a year ago I started to be interested in classic menswear and began dressing differently. I bought a couple of shirts and trousers from collaro.co and luxire. The shirts are quite nice, I am still struggling with trousers though.
Additionally I took some of my father's old sport coats and had them adjusted by a tailor. They were nice ones from Rene Lezard and Ermenegildo Zegna.
They are now ok, but far from perfect. I enjoy wearing them.
My issue however is adding things to my wardrobe. I am a muscular guy weighing around 97,5kg at 1.81cm. Most clothes do not fit off the rack. On top of that I live in a small German town and I have little time to drive to cities 1 hour away to shop there.
I keep going back and forth between buying pre owend clothes and having clothes made for me (as in: what shall I go for next). Buying only mtm/bespoke, even if I opt for cheap tailors such as collaro, is quite pricey. Getting a sport coat for under 750 euros seems to be impossible. I earn quite a decent amount of money but this will limit my options severely as I cannot justify spending 10% of my annual income on clothes and end up with only a couple of sport coats.
I am open to buying second hand, either on this forum or from vendors such as Pete and harry (haven't found any other good places so far) but that is tricky as well. I have to rely on the information provided and I am not 100% sure about my actual size. That's why so far I didn't buy a single second hand item. Most of the good stuff is still too "expensive" to just buy it and risk wasting the entire amount.
Even if the clothes fit alright there is still no guarantee I will actually like the fit and style on my body.
Any suggestions? My preferred option is somehow managing to buy decent second hand stuff that fits well. I only want to consider online bespoke options when this is not a viable way to go.
I found another website named smithbespoke.com that seems very good for people in my situation, but the tax costs will ruin the otherwise decent prices.
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