James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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If you wear a suit to work every day, how many suits do you own?
Suits never seem to last me very long, the trousers go shiny and they end up looking shit.
Do I need to just buy better suits? Mine are from M&S and cost about £200 each so they aren't super cheap, but not that expensive either.
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Tomnova16
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Registered: 21st Jan 06
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I have two suits.
A spray suit and a prepping suit.
http://www.lemass.co.uk/ for all your automotive/bodyshop needs
Located in Chalfont st Peter
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James
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Location: Surrey
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Ian
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Used to normally have about four on the go at any one time, would normally get a year out of one.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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I have a wedding one and a funeral one
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Ben G
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Registered: 12th Jan 07
Location: Essex
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my birthday suit seems fine.
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Russ
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Location: Armchair
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i have an interview suit
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Generation
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Registered: 7th Jul 09
Location: Essex
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I buy own trousers and Get blazer as uniform from work.
Lasted me about 18 months as starting to go abit shiny on sleeves now.
Own plenty of trousers though..
Not sure I helps, but gives you an idea how long an average blazer lasts.
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Doug
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As long as you are not shopping in a clearance place you can normally just buy two pairs of trousers and one jacket. Its the trousers that take the hammering!
M&S are not that bad tbh. I hear good things about the Ted Baker 'Endurance' suits but tbh I don't wear a suit every day. Just smart trousers and smart shirt.
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micra_pete
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Registered: 23rd Apr 03
Location: West Yorkshire
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Four suits, dry clean only and iron inside out to stop them going shiney.
£200 is a fine price, I have a £100 ish burton suit that is great and had expensive ones that are shite.
Last about a year and get heavy use as I like wearing a suit.
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Tom G
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Registered: 4th Aug 08
Location: Cheshire
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I have 1 suit, then 2 other blazers and 3 pants.
Wore a matching suit all of about once
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CORSA NUT
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Registered: 3rd Aug 01
Location: Wirral
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IF I got an office job etc and was going to wear a suit everyday I would spend about a grand on suits/shirts/ties and shoes and make sure I can mix and match.
Nowt worse than being the office tramp 
Oh and get a few nice fake watches and maybe some real ones so people think there all real 
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CORSA NUT
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Also Ben Sherman suits from there outlet stores are about £100 and perfect IMO
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MarkM
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Registered: 11th Apr 01
Location: Liverpool
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6 suits. Need to renew them actually.
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
Location: Ellesmere Port, Cheshire
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Iron the suits through a damp towel
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ryzer
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Registered: 18th Mar 03
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3 suits, 1 usually in the dry cleaners, mine usually last roughly a year.
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MatthewR
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Registered: 21st Oct 02
Location: Rickmansworth
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Ive got about 7 suits!! Its ridiculou, feel your pain James. Costs a fortune having to wear suits to work!!!
In the winter i tend to get a few nice v-neck jumpers (Lindeberg or RL or similar) and wear a shirt underneath
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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I don't actually have to wear suits very often, but I do anyway. I think I might just stop wearing them unless it's absolutely necessary, buy a couple of really nice ones and then just save them.
I need some jumpers for the winter actually. Going to look at Gant and maybe Banana Republic too.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
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The only time I wear suits to a workplace is when I've got an interview. Shirt and tie is soo outdated these days!
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willay
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Registered: 10th Nov 02
Location: Roydon, Essex
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I have one suit, I remember my boss taking me to buy it about 7 years ago. It was from the house of fraiser, it came to nearly £400 in total and I nearly had a fit.
Its been used for funerals, weddings, job interviews and need-to-look-smart-for-a-client situations.
Its nothing special but has wore well, I own one pair of trousers too which I wear every day for work, they might get replaced at some point
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Toby
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Registered: 29th Nov 05
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I have four suits but for three of them i purchased extra trousers to extend the life of them.
If they are going shiney are you machine washing them? Make sure you use a dry cleaner ever time to help prevent.
Out of the four the best two are from Jeff Banks, they were around £200/£225 plus extra trousers but seem to be wearing better than the others (Racing Green - about £250 and Saville Row about £350 iirc)
[Edited on 05-10-2012 by Toby]
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SetH
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Jesus wept, I am currently only running with two work suits that I have had since 2008.
They are still in really good condition, one still looks new.
One was £300 and the other £400 I think. Will probably replace them soon regardless but shocked that some of you only get a year out of them!
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willay
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worth noting I only get my suit jacket dry cleaned.
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James
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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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Not machine washing them - only ever having them dry cleaned.
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Jeans and a teeshit to work ftw!
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