Thanks stoph, I had a look but I think they're gone.

I found a non aran but really heavy knit dark grey hoodie on amazon so I'll settle for that while the hunt continues.

Tons of them for women it seems though!

Ah, they might out him at the T&G.

This sort of thing (never a child!), but in a higher quality? Funny detailing, but there's a hood. Potential for looking like Ronan Keating: high.

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Nexx wrote:

Lord_Griff wrote:

Picked up a nice suit from Hackett. Maybe my new go to.

I need to find a new go to Suit brand. I was getting De Fursac suits when I was going to Paris with work but the exchange rate has made them a bit pricier. A Hackett store has just opened near work so may give one a try.

Feels robust, and a nice fit.

Aside from off-the-peg generally not working for my slight dimensions, I care little as long as there's no poly in the material.

My perception of Moss Bros is that its a cheap suit place.  The kind of place a student goes to get their first suit from, lower than TM Lewin etc.  Granted I haven't actually been in one for a while, didn't even know that they sold premium suits.

M&S are the best place to get a decent suit from on the high street.  I'd be alright with wearing one with a bit of tailoring.

That was my initial thinking as well Nexx, which was why I wondered whether that was what put people off. It seems strange that I can buy a poly piece of crap in the same place I can get a lovely full canvas, pure wool tailored item

I hate wearing a suit but had to buy one last month.
I went into probably ten different stores. I did find some of the suits in Moss to be surprisingly better than the marketing would have you believe.
If I am honest I only went in there because I decided to rent a kilt rather than buy a suit. Moss has always been the rental place in my mind.

One thing about Moss that puts them above Next etc is that their staff seem to know what they are on about. I would put them on a par with John Lewis in terms of range from low end to high (JL probably go a bit higher), having an experienced member of staff and offering tailoring.

I think perhaps Moss could benefit from dedicated marketing for those higher end suits. A "Moss Premium Collection" type label with its own branding tool kit and dedicated space in store.

Massively different, but unlike a car dealership, where despite Mercedes selling stuff from 20k to 250k, it all has a certain minimum standard of finish, this stuff doesn't. The £100 suits are quite obviously £100 suits, yet they're next to some lovely pieces, hell the own brand shirt I'm wearing right now is one of the comfiest shirts I've owned, soft heavy cotton, split yoke, split dart, yet it stands next to another own brand label which will have so much poly that the static would make me look like Yahoo Serious

That's pretty much what I expected to hear. I was the same way, until I got here the last time I'd heard the name was renting a tux for a summer ball back in the mid nineties

Just amazes me that in our current economic state the target is to double profit in three years, and overtake M&S and Next as the largest formalwear retailers. This seems at odds with the other stated aims of bringing a couple more labels on board to give presence, and adding perceived quality to the own brand stuff under the same roof

Sorry you got a car salesman though Griff, I know the manager of that store and he's a lovely bloke, was about to call him knowledgable and remembered he was the bloke who said the thing about buttons being different sides

Can only tolerate logos on kicks.

It is now winter, I also finally used my staff discount, under £40

Damn I could do with a good winter coat right now.

Moss?

cockbeard wrote:

I didn't know else I'd have mentioned it on here, but it seems it's sample sale day. Prices are mental

Just got two three piece suits (DKNY and Zegna), a jacket, 6 formal shirts, two casual, 4 ties, £70 the lot

Flipping hell that's cheap.