otacon
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This being my first post, I'd like to say hello. Nice little community here. I'm about to come off as being extremely picky, but I've put a fair amount of research into this and have come up pretty much flat to my original end. Finding pants to match this jacket has become something of an epic quest for me, as silly as that sounds, the adventure probably outweighing the worth of the jacket itself. Anyone who helps me will live on in my memory and have my gratitude.
I recently bought a jacket that I'd passed by many times in the mall, never really liking the look but, after seeing something similar in action on television, decided to give it a go. The fact that it was on sale was lovely as far as price goes but not so much in fit, as I fear it may be a bit short, though that on the bright side that does add a bit of variety to my look. As it's discontinued, here it is on a third party website: http://muahangmy.com/product/detail/...-tux-trim.html A google search for 'express, "2 button slim-fit blazer", tux trim' may turn up some more images. It is wool with a pretty fine herringbone pattern that may not be discernible in the image. Express' website doesn't seem to have the item listed anymore, though search engines will still come up with it. Since I bought it, I've been looking for matching pants. It was on sale because it's been discontinued--I emailed the company on help finding the pants but, unfortunately, was correct that they were. I had thought to have found the pants on the website, (Herringbone Producer, Military style) though not in my size, so it's possible the pants the respondent employee mentioned to me were the ones I had seen there. After an embarrassing episode where I purchased the pants in-store and had to return them after comparing them to the jacket at home, I've been considering that matching pants were never made. I've scoured google and been in four or five stores to look for them, but nothing's turned up. In lieu of Express-made pants, I've found something similar at Banana Republic: http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse...4092002&vid=-1 and http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse...6716002&vid=-1 though I fear the former to be too light (and reportedly has a bit of red thrown in) and the latter too brown. I'll have to try to find a pair in a store for comparison. Something similar showed up at Target's online site, and I'll need to check there too. I'm considering somehow trying to darken the wool if I find the pattern to be the same but the color too light, but I don't really know anything about that procedure. I don't like to approximate with suits, and approximating with patterns can just end up accentuating their differences, so if it comes to it, I may just keep wearing black pants or some other type of grey, non-wool pants with them. I have found an alternative that is in the same school of thought--my Express jacket and this jacket either came from the a same source or one was copied off of the other: http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/sto...8938&langId=-1 However, this has paired pants!: http://www.topman.com/webapp/wcs/sto...8370&langId=-1 These pants don't quite match my jacket (sharkskin pattern instead of herringbone), but since I'm guaranteed matching pants, I'm tempted to take the plunge and order both of these items just so that I can have a grey suit with the tux trim, and either sell my existing jacket or keep it for to use as I have been. There being no boutique for this brand in my area, I'll have to order online and risk the sizing. (Edit: found these too, but since I can't compare them in person, I'm a bit afraid to buy them: http://us.topman.com/webapp/wcs/stor...9424&langId=-1) My other option is to see if I can somehow find matching wool and have the pants made specially. I wouldn't exactly know how to go about doing this though, as I'd have to find a pre-existing, exactly matching fabric if the tailor doesn't have it available for bespoke purposes. Would anyone know or have experience with a process similar to that? Should I try asking Express for information on obtaining the fabric (or if there's some more exact specification for it), or would I be better off simply going to someone who specializes in bespoke suits and trying to match it? Cheers all!