Who Usually Makes Saks Branded Suits & Are They Worth Buying?

[DerekS]



Thankfully. Beckham must love her for her personality.

i KNOW she's ugly.....plasticy looks and has horrible skin. but those photoshopped pics of her are stellar. and a part of me just wants to plow her. same with britney spears.

 

[knezz]



very important to remember. also like buying david beckham cologne. you may smell like him, but it still doesnt make you look like him. and you arent f*cking posh spice either.

Be sure to note that Zegna fabric is totally different from Zegna construction. Ermenegildo Zegna suits are very nice. While Zegna fabrics are nice, anyone can make a suit out of them (just like Loro Piana) and the cloth label is no indication of the maker or the suit's quality.

Some were labeled "Ermenegildo Zegna" on one side or and Saks on the other side. Would those be canvassed or fused in your experience.?

Anyone?

 

[paulbnyc]

I have a Sak's house brand navy blazer that was made in England, must be 20 years old and is wearing like iron.

 

[cncrd]

The Off 5th near my office has racks and racks of the "Zegna Fabric" suits pretty much constantly. I've never noticed that these were made anywhere other than in Mexico, but maybe I haven't looked closely enough. They seem ok, but I wouldn't buy one, even at the prices they seem to eventually hit. The whole screaming Zegna thing with that tiny *fabric only just bothers me for some reason.

I've never seen the Zegna fabric tag on any of the Made in USA or Made in Italy Saks pieces at Off 5th. I've picked up a couple of the Made in Italy jackets, and I'm very happy with them, espcially as both ended up being the last of their pattern in the store, and were on the clearance rack for what ended up being something like $175 by the time all the clearance/More card/whatever deals were figured in. I had no idea they were Isaia, but that makes it even nicer. I wondered who made the Italy pieces, but haven't been hitting this place as much as I used to lately, so it never occured to me to take the time to do label forensics.

 

[cncrd]



I have a Sak's house brand navy blazer that was made in England, must be 20 years old and is wearing like iron. 

This would have been a Hield piece, I believe? Very, very nice stuff, but I don't know that Saks still carries it. Hield mills makes/made awesome fabric that lots of manufacturers used, sort of like the just-mentioned Zegna.

I think (and someone here will know the definite answer) that the Saks Hield-labelled pieces were actually manufactured by Chester Barrie.

Clarification, anyone?

 

[paulbnyc]

The label says "Nicholson of St. Albans". Highest quality garment I own I'd say.

 

[bourbonbasted]



Some were labeled "Ermenegildo Zegna" on one side or and Saks on the other side. Would those be canvassed or fused in your experience.?
Anyone?

This is the E Zegna cloth tag


This is the E Zegna suit tag (this is just a Su Misura example; there are also Soft, Couture, etc tags for different ranges and quality levels within E Zegna manufacturing)


This is the E Zegna manufacturer's tag


You cannot determine the quality of the suit by just the cloth tag.

 

[SuitingStyle]

The more recent ones that are sold in the main store are made by isaia and is half canvessed I think is on par
With isaia diffusion line but def not on par With the main isaia line ... Those zegna clothes Saks suits are specifically
Made for the outlet I think and feels entirely fused .... If u could find those isaia made Saks suits for about
3 to 4 hundreds when the outlet store has a sale I feel its a decent deal

 

[rubysky]

Please kindly advised if this is a Zegna made for Saks sports coat or otherwise.

 

[DerekS]

thats a mainline zegna not a saks house brand.

 

[A Guy from Shanghai]

@rubysky it's Zegna mainline made for Saks (not Saks house brand). However, its quite old based on its MFG tag.