deadly7
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So I have a bit of a dilemma:
I have a few functions coming up for which I will need to wear a suit. I have two currently semi-decent (but nowhere near perfect) fitting suits that I could wear and a few shirts (but all of my classically conservative colors [e.g. solid whites, light blues] are old and imo not wearable). I'm thinking about buying some new clothes for these occasions. What would you guys recommend with a budget of 500-700 USD tops:
1. Buy a new suit (I have light gray and a couple of going-out black suits) from a MTO/MTM shop that can fit my hard-to-find size (roughly a 36S and sometimes smaller depending on the cut) in a navy or charcoal conservative cut
2. Buy new MTO/MTM shirts and wear them with my okay-fitting suits
If you guys think 1 is better, what are some good MTM online shops I can use? What color would you recommend? I scouted TaT but they didn't strike me as a conservative cut. I'm also not sure on their quality (fused vs canvassed).
What MTM shirts would you recommend? ModernTailor comes to mind, I just don't want to have a fiasco where my size isn't properly measured by myself. Or else, what slim cuts do you like (and I know there's a thread on this, but some more opinions can't hurt).
I have a few functions coming up for which I will need to wear a suit. I have two currently semi-decent (but nowhere near perfect) fitting suits that I could wear and a few shirts (but all of my classically conservative colors [e.g. solid whites, light blues] are old and imo not wearable). I'm thinking about buying some new clothes for these occasions. What would you guys recommend with a budget of 500-700 USD tops:
1. Buy a new suit (I have light gray and a couple of going-out black suits) from a MTO/MTM shop that can fit my hard-to-find size (roughly a 36S and sometimes smaller depending on the cut) in a navy or charcoal conservative cut
2. Buy new MTO/MTM shirts and wear them with my okay-fitting suits
If you guys think 1 is better, what are some good MTM online shops I can use? What color would you recommend? I scouted TaT but they didn't strike me as a conservative cut. I'm also not sure on their quality (fused vs canvassed).
What MTM shirts would you recommend? ModernTailor comes to mind, I just don't want to have a fiasco where my size isn't properly measured by myself. Or else, what slim cuts do you like (and I know there's a thread on this, but some more opinions can't hurt).