Due to a new job with a formal dresscode I'm on the look out for 2-3 suits
for preferably under £100 each. Quality is important so I would pay £20-40
extra for each suit. Any ideas on where to look? I'm in the North London
area. The only places I can think of are Marks & Sparks, and Next....
Many thanks,
mrizzo
Burtons *used* to have some pretty nice suits in your rice range, I know
they are a bit twee, but trust me, hubby got a lovely 3 piece for our
wedding from there 10 years ago and its still a good suit.
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Matalan do matching trousers and jackets, (or they did a couple of years ago),
so you get an off the peg suit that fits, when I looked it worked out about £50
per suit.
> mrizzo wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Due to a new job with a formal dresscode I'm on the look out for 2-3
>> suits for preferably under £100 each. Quality is important so I would
>> pay £20-40 extra for each suit. Any ideas on where to look? I'm in
>> the North London area. The only places I can think of are Marks &
>> Sparks, and Next....
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> mrizzo
>
> Burtons *used* to have some pretty nice suits in your rice range,
Seconded, though I did pick up a good, plain black suit in a sale at Next,
once. Cheaper than hiring a tux, and re-usable.
> I know they are a bit twee, but trust me, hubby got a lovely 3 piece for our
> wedding from there 10 years ago and its still a good suit.
I think this is less of an issue if you go with something in a flat and
conservative colour (black, dark grey, dark navy) and classic styling.
But then, I've never been complemented for being fashionably (as
distinct from smartly) dressed. :-/
Best Regards,
Alex.
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Factory shops?
Near where I live, in NE England, there are a few, quality suits available
from £30, some from M&S (Dewhirst Factory shops)
Next clearance but not so easy to get matching jackets and trousers if your
looking for something other than plain styles. I'd recommend searching for a
pair of trousers first then find a jacket to match them. Your more likely to
find a jacket to match the trousers you found than find trousers to match
the jacket. A month or two back they had them at crazy prices like £5 per
jacket so I grabbed 6 and regret only getting that many, expect to pay about
£30 perhaps for a jacket and maybe £20 for trousers, also expect a red
permanent mark on the "Next" label, not sure why they feel the need to do
this. They don't seem to do it on discounted goods on their website.
George (aka Asda) also do some reasonably priced suits.
Any ASDA's that far south? They do cheap mix and match jobs that look okay.
Can't be the the same as the one in Glasgow then. It is where all the drug
dealers buy their Prada.
Asda (Seriously!) Otherwise any factory shopping village should have
somewhere.
sPoNiX
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Tony
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>Hi,
Buy a few pairs of black trousers (£20-£30) and some black jackets.
You can wash the trousers without having to fork out for dry cleaning
and dry clean the jackets every 3 months or so.
Thanks for all your replies and giving me some good ideas. I will definitely
check out Burtons and Asda this weekend. The next Next sale is probably in
January sometime.. Unfortunately Slater Menswear and Braintree may be too
far from me. I will probably go with buying separate trousers and blazers.
If I come across any bargains I'll post here, many thanks,
mrizzo
Machine washable jackets are available from Marks and spencer and Asda