On account of the 3 weddings on my calendar this summer, I think I'm ready to pull the trigger on a summer suit. Can anyone recommend a place to shop for one? I can probably stomach spending $4-500.
And also, can anyone chime in as to what my options are? All that comes to mind is a white/cream linen, and seersucker. Wife keeps telling me I should get seersucker, but I think I'm too short and pudgy to pull it off.

Let me know if you find a suit that will stand up to this Houston heat. I've had no suck luck.

i would try the Brooks Brothers Brookslite or Brookscool line...can't remember the exact name.....excellent fit/finish and lasts....i think you can def get them in your price range as long as they are on special....

Dillards.

I went over the weekend and bought one for Easter and several weddings we have coming up.
They had all their Perry Ellis suits on sale.

Paid about $250 total for a nice suit and dress shirt.

edit: found a picture of almost the exact outfit i bought here


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Check out the Perry Ellis outlet out on 290. Might find something good there.

H&M

Can't help you on where to get a suit, but from a girl's perspective, avoid getting a white suit. Only the bride should be wearing white for a wedding.

Colors I would stick to, Light gray, sand/khaki, or seersucker.

Harold's in the Heights

harold's is $$$$$$$

You can usually get the Poplin suits at Jos A Bank for $100 when they go on sale and it is pretty lightweight. I know it isnt the highest quality but its only $100

http://www.target.com/Merona-Poly-Rayon-Suit-Seperates/dp/B00346SPFE

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You can usually get the Poplin suits at Jos A Bank for $100 when they go on sale and it is pretty lightweight. I know it isnt the highest quality but its only $100

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Yeah, I thought about the J.A.B poplin suit last summer, but I just didn't like it at all, no matter how cheap it was. (and I'm ok with J.A.B stuff in general)

ETA: Looked at the website, and Harold's is way too baller for me. It would be pretty badass to have a pair of Santoni shoes though.

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Don't go to Jose Banks.

Hit Saks Off 5th at the outlet mall on 290. Top brand stuff for nice prices.

Syms...best kept secret

Jos A. Bank has a special thru Saturday.

Buy one suit, get two free.

Their prices generally run a little higher, but that's a hell of a deal.

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Hit Saks Off 5th at the outlet mall on 290. Top brand stuff for nice prices.

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i would rather pay full price than enter the living hell that is an outlet mall.

290 Outlet mall isn't bad if you haven't been out there.

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Don't go to Jose Banks.

Hit Saks Off 5th at the outlet mall on 290. Top brand stuff for nice prices.

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Not really. Typically you will find diffusion line items; stuff that's made cheaply for outlet stores and rarely worth the price.

NM last call can be good at 75% off, but retail on most good stuff is 2k++

what time of the day are the weddings? you cant wear a light color suit to an evening wedding.

how much do you weight? if less than 250lbs dont buy jos a banks. infact, stay away from anything american except for rl purple label and tom ford.

every suit in a store under $500 (unless its on a major sale) will be made of bad fabric and most likely have a very bad cut.

for entry level decent suits check out hugo boss.

dont get anything less than super 120s wool. 100% wool or wool blend with silk is ok. abolutely no polyester and other synthetic crap.

i missed the part where you said seersucker. are you trolling????

suit nazi.

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Dillards.

I went over the weekend and bought one for Easter and several weddings we have coming up.
They had all their Perry Ellis suits on sale.

Paid about $250 total for a nice suit and dress shirt.

edit: found a picture of almost the exact outfit i bought here

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That's a pretty clean looking suit there

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That's a pretty clean looking suit there

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I'll wait for the laketravisag seal of approval.

oh snap, just got my ag tag!

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there is nothing to approve.

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what time of the day are the weddings? you cant wear a light color suit to an evening wedding.

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2 during the day, 1 at sunset, but it's on the beach in the DR, so I'm cool.

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how much do you weight? if less than 250lbs dont buy jos a banks.

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Do they make good B&T suits? Or, do you ask because fattys don't need good suits? Just curious, as I'm nowhere near that weight class.

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rl purple label and tom ford.

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Those start at little under $2k, and are way out of my (and 98% of the general public's) price range.

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every suit in a store under $500 (unless its on a major sale) will be made of bad fabric and most likely have a very bad cut.

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I have 2 nice suits that I had hand-tailored, with good fabrics, when I was in Singapore. I really don't feel they're THAT much better than my off the racks from JosABank or Dillards. I might feel differently if I had a job where I wore a suit to work everyday. But that's not the case, and it likely won't be for a very long time. I am entirely too middle-class (in my behavior and my tastes), no matter much $ I'm making now.

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dont get anything less than super 120s wool. 100% wool or wool blend with silk is ok.

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besides the lighter colors, isn't the point of a summer suit to be of a more breathable fabric than wool?

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i missed the part where you said seersucker. are you trolling????

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Since you are obviously accustomed to the trappings of a fancy-pants, high-dollar suit lifestyle, have you ever been to a social function in the South, east of the Sabine? Seersucker is socially accepted in the deep south, and it's pretty much mandatory you own one if you're a white dude of any means in SC, GA, MS, LA, AL, etc. My wife is from NOLA,and she eats that **** up. I personally don't get it, but in the grand scale of "little things I can do to make the wife happy," buying a seersucker is low-hanging fruit.

not sure what color you are looking for but i just got this and really like it.

http://www.llbean.com/llbeansignature/llb/shop/68274?subrnd=1&parentCategory=506148&feat=506148-sigtn&cat4=506147


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laketravisag will be along shortly to tell you how you F'd up by buying a peasant suit.

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Found this clip of laketravisag in his power tuxedo preparing for another day of lording his wealth over the proletariat.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_P7yWnAAd0

WTF

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if less than 250lbs dont buy jos a banks. infact, stay away from anything american except for rl purple label and tom ford

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yeah because Brooks Brothers makes a poor product...

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On account of the 3 weddings on my calendar this summer, I think I'm ready to pull the trigger on a summer suit. Can anyone recommend a place to shop for one? I can probably stomach spending $4-500.

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Read much? You just told some dude with a 500 budget to consider $5000 suits. Hell, they don't even sell Purple Label in Houston because there is no market. Only Dallas stores sell them.

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for entry level decent suits check out hugo boss.

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last I checked, those were over 500 and are glued together.

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laketravisag will be along shortly to tell you how you F'd up by buying a peasant suit.

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i am sorry but what aggiemike posted does not classify as a suit in a civilized world.

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have you ever been to a social function in the South, east of the Sabine?

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no, and i dont ever intend to

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Seersucker is socially accepted in the deep south, and it's pretty much mandatory you own one if you're a white dude of any means in SC, GA, MS, LA, AL, etc.

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that itself should tell you all you need to know about seersucker

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Read much? You just told some dude with a 500 budget to consider $5000 suits. Hell, they don't even sell Purple Label in Houston because there is no market. Only Dallas stores sell them.

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never suggested he buy or consider one. i was only making a point to stay away from american manufacturers.

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last I checked, those were over 500 and are glued together.

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yes, some are garbage too. not all.


my point is that you absolutely can not get a decent suit for under 500. i would actually say 750.

but from what it sounds like, a 150 dollar searsucker suit from ll bean will be sufficient for OP's needs, so this thread is pretty much over.

A well-made seersucker will cost a good deal bit more than 150 bucks.

I have one and I wear suits to work every day. While I wouldn't wear my seersucker to the office (maybe tieless on a hot August Friday), it's fine for an outside / daytime summer wedding, outdoor evening cocktail event (think polo grounds or country club), things along those lines. Hell everyone at the Kentucky Derby wears one and I suspect the net worth of that crowd runs pretty deep.

There are a few situations where a sharp seersucker will be much more appropriate than a more traditional wool suit. It's a good suit to have in your arsenal. Certainly nothing to be ashamed of.

Okay, I'm no fashion snob, but do NOT wear that ll bean suit to a wedding. That's pretty, um, casual.

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so this thread is pretty much over

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thread was for you homeboy when you acted liked a pretentious A by saying don't buy American followed by sounding like an ignorant A when you suggested a fused suit as an alternative.