re: Question for OT Ballers - Suit Shopping *UPDATED*

While value is relative, I believe that there is "value" in each price point.

In the low-end range, Spier & Mackay and Suit Supply offer excellent value. Conversely, most of what you might find at Dillards or Jos. A. Bank is of considerably less value. In the mid-range, Samuelsohn offers great value. As does Kent Wang (for online MTM), Eidos, and some others.

You start to see diminishing returns pretty quickly after this point, especially in RTW. Although Kiton or Isaia or Attolini etc. may be of high quality, and use exclusive fabrics, their patterns are pretty uninspiring, drab, and meant to fit as many people off the rack as possible.

If you are going to spend in excess of $3, $3.5k on a suit, I guess you should go bespoke. However, there is a lot of bad bespoke out there, so if you are spending that much, you really need to know your stuff. Nonetheless, if you find a good tailor (which again, is more and more difficult to find, I have seen some pretty awful garments from A&S, Poole (who comes to NOLA), Huntsman, and the like), there is a lot of value there. Typically, you can send it back for cleaning / sponge and press when you need, have alterations for life, and buy extra fabric in order to make a new pair of trousers down the line, if needed.