I voted not crap, but this is a habit I do not partake in. In fact, my only suit is 300 miles away.

I am, though, sometimes prone to wearing the button down shirt and dressy pants. The predicament in this is that I feel like less of a wank and more of a wank at the same time. Less in that it separates me from typical jean & t-shirt wearers. More in that it makes me feel like a jocky prep asshole going to class.

It's worth it though. If I could afford multiple suits, I would wear them frequently.

I have never owned a suit. Nor have I ever worn a suit. The only time I've worn a tie was more than 20 years ago: I was a ring-bearer. But I'm not against suits. I would love to wear a fine suit. One day. . .

not crap...

as long as you don't wear pants with pleats.

they make a fat man fatter and a short man shorter.

If you pretend you're a secret agent while wearing one, it's awesome.

I have two suits:

- A black(midnight blue) two-buttoned suit that I bought for my wedding. I was determined to find an Italian-cut suit (i.e. one that didn't make me look like a bank manager) and eventually found a beautiful one in Jaeger, after hunting all-over town. They gave me extra pair of trousers with it, which they adjusted for me for free. My wife wanted me to wear a white shirt with an stiff extra-high collar stand, as I wasn't going to wear a tie--this was harder to find than the suit itself.

- And a powder-blue lightweight suit that I wear in the summer to look flash when I'm hob-knobbing.

I scrub-up well.

(I also have a pink cotton sports-jacket that I also only wear in the summer or when I'm holidaying in the Med. I used to wear it with some cream woolen 1940's cricket trousers, but managed ruin them by spilling red wine down them. Which is a shame, because they made me look like the bee's knees, cat's pajamas and elephant's instep all at once)

Linus Van Pelt wrote:Not Crap, if you can put up with "why are you wearing a suit?" from every goddamn body.

For reasons I can't quite explain I enjoy dressing up every now and then. The "why are you wearing a suit?" question is great and easily tolerable, if you just make shit up. I haven't crashed any weddings or funerals, but I have passed myself off as a lawyer or out of town witness giving a deposition, and psychiatrist.

Nico Adie wrote:Usually, I only wear a suit for special events such as funerals. Recently, however, I have have worn a suit when going out just for the hell of it. I like it.

Thoughts?

As a rule of thumb, the only people I forgive for this are residents of former Soviet republics. Granted, they tend to wear a lot of other shit that can't be forgiven, but they also have a propensity to suits.

Americans, on the other hand, should just not try it, ok. It's far too.... how you say..... punchable.

Save it for the courtroom.



Or wedding /funeral whichever is the most regular event for you.

i bought two at 2nd hand stores. 2.5 bucks each. they are in perfect shape and fit me like a globe.
i like wearing them all the time. they give me a hipster-cool look perhaps, but also this faux-glamour 'it´s a suit but i bought it for tnohing' thing that reminds me of pulp, that i like.

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beautiful!

If I don't do it very often, wearing a very well-cut suit can make me feel fantastic. I have one suit of this kind, grey with subtle charcoal stripes, singlebreasted, with a waistcoat that I haven't had the guts to wear. I don't think I could carry off a waistcoat.

Not crap.