Suit Up!

(Yes, that was a reference to HIMYM...)

It's Fashion Week, y'all (yeah, I know that New York Fashion Week was a couple of weeks ago...)!  I'm pretty backed up on blogging (meaning I have tons of posts I want to write, I just need to find the time to write them), but I have lots of posts to blog about attire choices this week!

I'll start off with Eddie's suit!  We knew pretty early on that we wanted Eddie to wear a suit, not a tux.  This is partly because we wanted to have a more informal feel, and partly because we wanted the groomsmen to wear suits.  We're doing the whole "everyone just wear your own black suit" thing (which is becoming more and more of a trend these days... many of our friends have done this and it always turned out quite well) to make life easier for them and save them some $$, but it turns out that only one out of four groomsmen own black suits!  :( Well, a black suit still might be something they'd like to have in their wardrobe anyway, or else it should be easy to borrow.  But anyway, Eddie wanted to stand out from the groomsmen, so we decided that it'd be nice for him to wear a grey suit (since grey is one of our colors)!

Our first stop was Nino Ferretti in the Fashion District of Downtown LA.  One of my friends is getting married in May and she let me know that she and her fiance got a great deal for black suits for the groomsmen there.  So we headed over there and asked to see some grey suits.  Here are some that Eddie tried.

Sorry, I don't know much about the suits pictured (price, designer, fabric, etc.)!  Anyway, we weren't really in love with any of these since (although you can't tell in the pictures) there was kind of a weird gap in the chest area for the jackets, and the salesman said that that couldn't be tailored.  But he advised to come back closer to our date, since their stock was always changing.

After Nino Ferretti, we headed over to Macy*s in downtown LA to kill some time.  I should mention that Eddie has been doing quite a lot of research about suits.  He has been watching this video:

...and reading this article about finding the right suit for your shape!

At Macy*s there really wasn't a ton of selection, although this Alfani Red suit was ok:

However, we resolved to keep looking...

Just a few days later, we were walking around The Grove when I suggested that we stop by J. Crew, since they have slim-cut suits.  I have to say that I LOVE J. Crew clothes.  I only have four pieces myself (all bought on sale or ebay), because the clothes are definitely a bit pricey, but I'd totally outfit myself in all J. Crew if I could!  You can always find me wearing a cardigan, skirt and tights with flats.  Basically, I was predetermined, on style alone, to be a librarian. Haha.


Sorry about the tangent. Moving on... anyway, we forgot to put the SD card into Eddie's camera when we went shopping this time, so there aren't any pictures of Eddie trying on the J. Crew suits, but he was definitely a lot happier trying these on.  Eventually, he found what he believes, is the one, the worsted-wool "Ludlow" suit in "charcoal sharkskin:"

( find it here)

I have to say that I was kind of dubious about the color of the suit, since I was wanting a darker grey and this was a bit lighter.  But in the photo the color is just what I had in mind! Just a note about J. Crew:  I really really recommend that you check out their colors in person because they are AWFUL about correctly photographing the colors of their pieces.  I ordered some potential bridesmaid dresses from them a couple months ago and they were not at all how they looked online.  More about that later.


This suit's a bit pricey, since it's a limited-production wool, but Eddie really loves it, so we'll wait for J. Crew to have one of their 30% off everything sales (they have 30% off final sale right now in case you're interested).  We'll probably check out Men's Wearhouse to see what they have first, although they seem to be appealing to an older customer base.  And a church friend who is getting married in April (yes, A LOT of people are getting married this year--I know of SEVEN other couples getting married between now and my wedding!) just purchased his suit from the Hugo Boss outlet at Cabazon, so we may go outlet shopping soon.  I do love Hugo Boss suits!


Which do you prefer: suits or tuxes?