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| - Take this review with a grain of salt. This was my first venture of this kind, so I haven't really got a frame of reference. But read it for yourself and see if you can gleen any useful information.
I'll admit: I love wearing suits. I've gone out of my way to keep a miserably low paying job because it allowed me to wear a suit every night. That being said, up until just recently I've only ever owned 'just okay' fitting, plain black, generic, off the shelf with very minor alterations suits from Sears or one I put together by buying matching pants and blazer at Walmart... in short, nothing that cost me more than $200 at full retail price... so my trip into Moores might as well have been dropping a native Hawaiin into the south pole. There were so many different colors, shades, materials, patterns, terms I didn't understand, organizations that made no sense to me... hell, the salesman who saw me stumbling around like a chicken with it's head cut off asked me what size I wore and my best response was the waist size of jeans I wore and the fact that most of my t-shirts are mediums. Boy was I out of my depth.
The salesman in question, Rod, took one look at me and madea guess... then with a couple quick wraps of a measuring tape had confirmed his suspicions, and pulled a jacket off the rack and fit better than any garment I've ever worn in my life. Unfortunately it was hideous, but the point is the man knew his sizing. He then took me over to a corner where all the suits in my size were and said to try some on and he'd be back in a few minutes. I knew roughly the color I was looking for, and narrowed it down to about half a dozen and tried each on... most left a lot to be desired in the look department, but then I found "the one". The second I put it on, I felt like it had been made for me. It took my short, stalky, depressing frame and made me seem not only more stylish, but taller AND slimmer at the same time. I felt like I could have done stand in work for Brad Pitt and had him sent home for coming up short (Okay, probably not, but you catch my drift). I knew I had to have this thing. The downside? $650. Here's where my lack of experience comes back into play: I have no idea if that's really outrageous, just moderately pricey, or totally par for the course. All I know is that pretty much every suit on the rack was $450 and up, and the ones that weren't looked very similar to my Walmart throw together special, so I imagined that this suit was worth the adding the extra percentage over it's relatively unimpressive counterparts.
Rod was a bit pushy with the added expenses - didn't even ASK if I'd like to have it tailored there, rather just assuming and starting to mark where things needed to be shortened with a piece of chalk, but since I was planning to anyway I didn't say anything. He would then talk about added services in their tailoring department like the "super creasing" (which apparently keeps the crease in the pants in better shape and lets it last longer) as if he had already made the decision that I was going to have these done - something that rubbed me the wrong way, but he seemed very knowledgable so I took his word that they were a good idea and didn't say anything. He then tried to upsell me on everything from shirts and ties to shoes and belts, but that was expected.
All in all, I wish I'd had someone more experienced in the world of formal wear there to help guide me, so I would advise newbies like me bring such a person if you can, BUT I hit one major jackpot I can't recommend enough. Once a year, Moores does what they call a "suit drive" collecting used formal wear items to give to the less fortunate for use at job interviews, etc. and for trading in whatever you have - be it a full suit or an old blazer - they give you a coupon for 50% off your next purchase, no matter how much it may be.... so, by trading in an old Walmart blazer that cost me $50 brand new, I saved over $330. If you're not in any rush to buy, I'd keep an eye out for this event or something else similar, as it's a total life saver.
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