Been reading SF for ages but finally decided to sign up to ask for some advice!
There is a local MTM shop I have built up some credit with and I've decided to buy my third suit from them. I have bought from them before and love their stuff, and with my odd proportions, MTM is the minimum I'll go for shirts and suits. But the question of which kind of suit to get is driving me insane.
I have a navy worsted wool three piece suit with a very subtle pinstripe, and a charcoal worsted wool three piece suit with a mild plaid pattern. I am an artist who wears suits anywhere from once a month to 5-6 times, almost always while in the spotlight rather than blending into an office, so I don't need suits for weekly business wear. I wear suits because I choose to, and I enjoy it, though I still like classic details and have respect for the history. Also, I live in New England, where we get very cold winters and humid, often hot summers.
I am torn between three options:
1. A medium gray wool with a slightly textured weave, normal classic details. Something I can wear year round. Or possibly a medium/dark brown nailhead.
2. A navy hopsack, with casual details like patch pockets and brighter buttons. Something I can wear year round, as it is advertised as "year round" and not "seasonal" like other suits offered at this shop, including one cold-weather hopsack fabric. And if I go with this option, I can theoretically have the jacket pull double duty as a blazer separate.
3. A seasonal suit of some sort, like a charcoal Donegal, or a medium/dark grey flannel maybe double breasted.
Option 1 seems pretty "safe" and gives me a third suit color to work with.
Option 2 seems like it would add versatility to my wardrobe, but I am worried about A) hopsack trousers and how they wear / if I'd be able to wear them as separates / if this would defeat the purpose of this plan and B) if a "year round" hopsack wool really exists, if it would keep me as warm in a New England winter as a year round wool (not to say the wool would get the job done necessarily, but I am afraid of wearing what would effectively feel like a linen fabric or something). Plus I'd have 2 out of 3 suits be navy.
Option 3 seems very limiting. A winter suit would be awesome, but by March or April it gets packed away until October or November. Or I could go with a summer suit in linen, which, I mean, I can always warm up in a suit but it's a lot harder to cool off, so a summer suit would seem to be more valuable than a winter suit. But the downside there is that I drop some money on a new suit that I can't use until at least April or May, and that just doesn't seem like much fun. Especially when I can get away with wearing my linen blazer and linen trousers in the meantime.
I am really having a tough time here! Any ideas?
There is a local MTM shop I have built up some credit with and I've decided to buy my third suit from them. I have bought from them before and love their stuff, and with my odd proportions, MTM is the minimum I'll go for shirts and suits. But the question of which kind of suit to get is driving me insane.
I have a navy worsted wool three piece suit with a very subtle pinstripe, and a charcoal worsted wool three piece suit with a mild plaid pattern. I am an artist who wears suits anywhere from once a month to 5-6 times, almost always while in the spotlight rather than blending into an office, so I don't need suits for weekly business wear. I wear suits because I choose to, and I enjoy it, though I still like classic details and have respect for the history. Also, I live in New England, where we get very cold winters and humid, often hot summers.
I am torn between three options:
1. A medium gray wool with a slightly textured weave, normal classic details. Something I can wear year round. Or possibly a medium/dark brown nailhead.
2. A navy hopsack, with casual details like patch pockets and brighter buttons. Something I can wear year round, as it is advertised as "year round" and not "seasonal" like other suits offered at this shop, including one cold-weather hopsack fabric. And if I go with this option, I can theoretically have the jacket pull double duty as a blazer separate.
3. A seasonal suit of some sort, like a charcoal Donegal, or a medium/dark grey flannel maybe double breasted.
Option 1 seems pretty "safe" and gives me a third suit color to work with.
Option 2 seems like it would add versatility to my wardrobe, but I am worried about A) hopsack trousers and how they wear / if I'd be able to wear them as separates / if this would defeat the purpose of this plan and B) if a "year round" hopsack wool really exists, if it would keep me as warm in a New England winter as a year round wool (not to say the wool would get the job done necessarily, but I am afraid of wearing what would effectively feel like a linen fabric or something). Plus I'd have 2 out of 3 suits be navy.
Option 3 seems very limiting. A winter suit would be awesome, but by March or April it gets packed away until October or November. Or I could go with a summer suit in linen, which, I mean, I can always warm up in a suit but it's a lot harder to cool off, so a summer suit would seem to be more valuable than a winter suit. But the downside there is that I drop some money on a new suit that I can't use until at least April or May, and that just doesn't seem like much fun. Especially when I can get away with wearing my linen blazer and linen trousers in the meantime.
I am really having a tough time here! Any ideas?
