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Originally Posted by JV
Ron, I figure you as the guy who stands beside the line to sit on Santa's lap at Macy's and whispers to the kids that it's just a regular dude in a red suit 
I've never had a problem with shirts shrinking, no matter where I got them. Some of the newer shirts are actually not recommended for dry cleaning- you're supposed to wash them in cold water in the hand wash cycle or hand wash them in a sink. Not too many dry cleaners know how to launder a shirt the proper way.
Kudos to you for not needing to have your suits altered. My point was that a good tailor lines the pants as they do alterations 
For those of us who need more than 5 suits in their closet, 70% off a "cheap suit" ain't a bad deal! |
dude, what's with all of the assumptions?
Here in ny/nj/li the dry cleaners launder shirts, not dry clean them, and they do it for about $1 a shirt. I don't know about you, but I don't have the time nor the desire to clean/iron them myself. You've never had shirts shrink? move to NY and live here for a summer. Riding the subway in the hot/humid disgusting 100* summer heat, the collars on cheap shirts will shrink about a 1/2" in less than 6 months.
I absolutely need to have suits altered, but the better the cut, the less alterations that need to be done. If a tailor has to add lining, then he's adding lining to a cheap suit, better brands/makes come already lined (if you want lined suits, why not just buy them that way? or is this the mod bug thing rearing it's head but with suits?
). The point I was making was that when JosAbank says a jacket is a 44L, it's rarely that size and once you do find one that semi-fits, it needs a lot of alterations (like lowering the collar etc). It's a personal decision, some people like to buy a $200 suit and pay $100 in alterations and have it last 2 years, I prefer to get more classic, better made suits and have them last longer. Minimizing the number of times I have to go through the process of buying suits is a big win . I'ld be happy if i only needed 5, why do you assume that I need less than 5 suits, funny, but I don't remember ever showing you my closet
? I'ld be very happy if i only needed 5, try 20
Long story short? I guess I just don't like JosABank... wow, I said it, and the world kept spinning...
p.s. stop daydreaming about me and Santa, it's creepy
