Where do you buy a suit?

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Jye Nicolson
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Where do you buy a suit?

Post by Jye Nicolson » Wed Apr 26, 2023 7:20 am

I've been able to live successfully in hoodies and t-shirts for some time but I think my capacity to avoid more formal occasions must be reaching its natural limit. I don't plan to go back to Australia any time soon (and I'd rather not cram a compulsory suit purchase into an unplanned trip), so where does a gaikokujin gentleman go in Nagoya to get suited up?

I'd probably be aiming at a reasonable budget; I wouldn't be wearing it often but would want sufficient quality to be assured the problem is sorted for the foreseeable.

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Re: Where do you buy a suit?

Post by Primarch » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:55 am

I went to Aoki Suits when I needed one. It wasn't cheap, but I'm not exactly the standard size here in Japan and it was my only option short of getting something tailor-made.
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Re: Where do you buy a suit?

Post by Grantholomeu » Wed Apr 26, 2023 3:27 pm

Someone told me they were really impressed with Suit Select in Kanayama. I should probably check them out too honestly, since the one suit I have was tailored to American diet Grant and is a good bit too wide for me now :lol: But I'm also in the, "I don't reaaalllyyy need a suit" limbo.
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Re: Where do you buy a suit?

Post by The Other Dave » Wed Apr 26, 2023 9:37 pm

Most of the mega-off-the-rack suit stores are OK IME (I think I got my last one at Suit Select, but it was a while ago - I only wear one a couple times a year anymore), but then I'm pretty average-sized.
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Re: Where do you buy a suit?

Post by Jye Nicolson » Fri Apr 28, 2023 9:29 am

Thanks folks!

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