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First rule of suits: Never go cheap. It shows.
Second rule: Custom tailored is best.
hth :P
i’m sure brian knows!
Aaron!
Paul, you can’t just buy tweed suits off the rack these days—not enough demand. You might find 70s era tweed jackets at Goodwill, but tweed hasn’t been a suiting fabric in America for decades. If you’re serious, custom is your only option. Bookster is one of the better inexpensive (£300 min) made to measure shops that’s tweed-only:
http://www.tweed-jacket.com/SUITS PAGE/suits page.htm
£300? Hm, that is a bit much for something I will not be wearing that often. If I go that route, I would have to become a dedicated Tweed man. Am I ready for that level of commitment?
£300 is indeed a lot of suit. If you want a cheaper first tweed experience, I recommend getting just an inexpensive starter jacket and then have a tailor trim the waist down and put elbow patches on it. This one’s $100 and the darker olive would probably be fine with jeans and a shirt:
http://www.josbank.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_11001_10050_100953
Then I think we should have a tweed club.
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