Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That?: Not Enough Do's and Too Many Don'ts

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I've got a budget of about 15K or so. I'd like pulling 3-4 suits home with me.

Not up on the latest and greatest, and want to stand out from the Armani crowd. Sayville seems to be a bit mainstream and I want off the beaten path.

Appreciate the advice, and if I get some good threads I'll burn one of my aloha shirts to appease the fashion Gods and post the video here

Okay, getting a custom made suit in London is NOT impossible, it's just not cheap. I just IMed one of my colleagues, a retail analyst at an affiliate of my company, and he reminded me that there's a great new company founded by this young, totally hip but traditional guy named Warren Bennett. He is bringing a Savile Row sensibility to those who want to spend slightly less. His company is VERY wired with a site that's easy to navigate BUT that's not the best part. This next part is what is astonishing to me.

You can measure yourself, being COMPLETELY honest, or go into their convenient London tailoring center and they will measure every nook and cranny of your body to ensure the best fitting suit your money can buy. Instead of getting two suits from Oxford Street or Savile Row, you can have have seven or eight of these suits. You can select everything about the suit from the color, fabric, buttons, cut, lapels, trouser cut, waistcoat cut, linings, pockets, pleats, ticket pockets and so on. They don't skimp on options. They even let you choose between regular legs and the Prince of Wales bootcut. That's virtually unheard of in inexpensive tailored suits, my colleague said.

Call their tailoring center up, make an appointment and they will treat you like a Savile Row customer. They have pictures of the suits on clients, testimonials and a site so navigable everyone should copy it. The company is called A Suit That Fits. My colleague says it makes getting a custom made suit in London affordable to people with net worths not equal to the GDP of Sierra Leone.