Viewing a single comment thread. View all comments

Pr0tagon1sst OP t1_iw3gmnf wrote

Reply to comment by Notsureifsirius in Looking For a Hard Wearing Suit by Pr0tagon1sst

I wear each suit once a week on average. Ragged to me is the fabric wearing thinner. The suits have come from a variety of places, from men’s wearhouse to Nordstrom’s.

The suit I’ve had the longest is a Perry Ellis wool suit made in china that’s held together remarkably well over a decade. The suit I’ve been least impressed with was a suit supply suit that went from “clothing” to garbage in a few weeks.

2

Notsureifsirius t1_iw3ic0n wrote

Which part of the fabric is wearing thin? Is it the pants? If so, I’d recommend that you buy spare pants (if possible) for future suits and spread out the wear. (So the pants are worn less 1 every two weeks.)

This link has some good advice for getting wear out of your suits. Counterintuitively, one problem is that “finer” suits (softer wool fabrics with high ‘super’ numbers) are going to wear out quicker than lower super numbers.

I’d guess that the reason your Chinese made Perry Ellis suit outlasted the Suitsupply suit is likely because the Perry Ellis suit is either made of “cheap” but sturdy wool or is at least somewhat synthetic.

4