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Old 10-03-2013, 01:24 PM   #5
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I've got two suits from them and a friend of mine has 4 or 6 suits from them and are happy with them. Fit very well, and if not the customer service is great regarding re-makes or tailoring credit. However you pretty much have to expect the first suit you order to fit pretty poorly, which will require you to send in adjustments to have it re-made to proper specs. However once you are satisfied with the re-make, the measurements are in and will fit well for all future orders.

All the 'fashion' brand suits (Hugo Boss, D&G, etc.) around $1000 are going to be equally shittily constructed anyway, fused with glue and such and made in the same factories as the $300 Zara or Men's Warehouse. At least Indochino is half-canvassed and made to measure.

A bit more regarding this: http://community.artofmanliness.com/...ss-suit-school

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Fashion brands like Kenneth Cole, Hugo Boss, Michael Kors, etc. are generally poorly constructed in 3d world countries and then sold to you at a ridiculously inflated price just because of their brand name. I used to think Hugo Boss was the top of the line (as I sure many others do). However, when I learned about the poor construction of their clothing, and when my navy Boss suit from them started to bubble, I was enlightened. Their clothing is NEVER worth full retail price, and hardly worth it on sale, even at 50% off. The employees generally work off commission and will generally tell you anything- wheeling and dealing- to get you to buy a suit. Although they stood behind their product when I took my suit back to them, and tried to correct the bubbling with my suit, you can save yourself the trouble by avoiding fashion-house brands.
Although I haven't tried them, there are other similar companies that do online MTM that are fairly well received. I'd recommend any of them before buying ANY suit off the rack (even aforementioned $1000 fashion brand suits from Holt Renfrew or Harry Rosen):
http://www.blacklapel.com/
http://www.thickasthievesla.com/
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