abl
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That's good to hear. I'll have the suit pressed when I get back to the States, and the shirt I'm wearing is just a $5 shirt I bought off the street here (not one I will interview with) and the tie is one from the tailor that I won't be buying. I figure I'll pick up a couple of BB's cheaper white/light blue dress shirts when I get back to the US.
I paid $300, so it sounds like I got an ok deal. Maybe a bigger question was whether I shouldn't have had another suit made as well given that the arms are a bit wonky on this one (2nd suit will be navy two button with a touch smaller lapels, and it will be ready tonight--I stupidly put the deposit down before posting here), but hopefully that one will turn out well. I figured I really needed two suits for OCI and $550 for two wasn't a bad deal even if they weren't quite perfect. I communicated with the tailor about the armholes for the second suit but I'm somewhat skeptical of them getting it right with that suit either.
I think the fabric's good for both suits, as does the tailor, but ultimately neither of us are experts on that so I guess that's a bit of a gamble. The fabric says, at least, that it's 100% wool (I think super 150s), and I did the burn test and it smelled like burnt hair, but it was my first time ever doing the burn test and you never really know with these things in east-Asia. The fabrics for the suits were some of the most expensive the tailor offered, but he mostly had cheaper fabrics (~$20/meter) so I have no idea if these were actually synthetic blends that I'm overpaying for (I think they cost $35/m and $25/m respectively) or if they're good fabrics like the tailor says. For what it's worth, I really believe the tailor thinks they're good wool; if I'm getting synthetic labeled as wool it's because the tailor was the victim of a scam.
I paid $300, so it sounds like I got an ok deal. Maybe a bigger question was whether I shouldn't have had another suit made as well given that the arms are a bit wonky on this one (2nd suit will be navy two button with a touch smaller lapels, and it will be ready tonight--I stupidly put the deposit down before posting here), but hopefully that one will turn out well. I figured I really needed two suits for OCI and $550 for two wasn't a bad deal even if they weren't quite perfect. I communicated with the tailor about the armholes for the second suit but I'm somewhat skeptical of them getting it right with that suit either.
I think the fabric's good for both suits, as does the tailor, but ultimately neither of us are experts on that so I guess that's a bit of a gamble. The fabric says, at least, that it's 100% wool (I think super 150s), and I did the burn test and it smelled like burnt hair, but it was my first time ever doing the burn test and you never really know with these things in east-Asia. The fabrics for the suits were some of the most expensive the tailor offered, but he mostly had cheaper fabrics (~$20/meter) so I have no idea if these were actually synthetic blends that I'm overpaying for (I think they cost $35/m and $25/m respectively) or if they're good fabrics like the tailor says. For what it's worth, I really believe the tailor thinks they're good wool; if I'm getting synthetic labeled as wool it's because the tailor was the victim of a scam.