where to buy suit for interview?

maradona10

i am a male and need to buy a suit for an interview. Where is the best place to buy and what design is best?

any replies to this are greatly appreciated as i havent a clue about buying clothes in general never mind suits

The Bollox

I got a very nice suit in Burton's, good quality and not too expensive

Deedsie

I had the same trouble a few months ago, i got this info from a lad on a different site. Hope it helps.

Trousers wear faster than the jacket. If you get one jacket and trousers, you'll have to replace both at the same time. Get spare trousers and you'll get longer out of it overall.
This is true from M&S suits right up. Even on Saville Row they'll usually expect to produce 2 pairs of trousers for each jacket.
Without throwing a spanner in the works, it will depend what sort of job you;re going for as well. M&S and Debenhams are usually a good bet, but some places can have different expectations.
For instance, I wear chalk stripe a fair bit but it would look out of place in some companies.
Some basic rules though, if it helps:
Your choices are Black, Navy Blue and Grey (light or dark). That's it. Don't entertain any others, no matter how many times they try to tell you that brown is now acceptable for formal wear. Unless you're going to work in a fairly formal environment avoid pin stripes/chalk stripes. Don't buy chalk stripes/pin strips unless it's a fairly expensive suit. The printed stripes you get on cheaper suits are pretty horrible. And go for the plainest cloth you can - nothing shiny, or textured like they do in Top Man. You're not a soccer player (as far as I know).
Go single breasted. Unless you're tall and skinny, double breasted will make you look odd. And it's fairly old fashioned as well.
2 piece is safer than three (i.e. with a waistcoat) - there's only a few places where 3 pieces don't look odd.
In general, it's safer if you don't buy a pure wool suit. Unless you really want to spend on it, in which case you'll get good fabric. If you buy an entry level pure wool suit your arse will wear a hole in it in a few months if you're wearing it every day.
So Super 120's and 150's are fine for an expensive suit for occassional wear, but go for a wool/fibre blend for a work suit. Don't go for 100% man made fibres, or you'll electrocute yourself whenever you touch a door handle. A 60/40 blend is usually fine.
As a general recommendation (and a Debenhams should have them) have a look at the Ted Baker Endurance range. A good, reasonably priced suit selection designed to be worn day in day out. They'd be a good intro in terms of styling in general. If you can get a look at one of those, you can work from there.
Most importantly - don't buy anything you're uncomfortable in because you think it looks right. The most important thing about a suit is that you have to look at home in it. You could spend £2,500 at Gieves and Hawkes and if you look like you've been forced into it at gun point you might as well have gone to Matalan.
So when you go in, get them to measure your chest, sleeve and leg. Then get them to lead you to the stuff in your size. We're all oddly shaped, so you'll need to try a few. Stick to the basics in terms of styling and colour, find something comfortable and you won't go far wrong. Helps to wear a shirt when you're going to make sure you get the right fit.
Oh, and whatever you buy wear black lace up shoes it.

pwd

yeah M&S are very good for men's work clothes generally.

Beerlao

i wear a brown suit in a formal work environment and no one has any problem with it.
the only thing is, it's not a very versatile colour in terms of colours of shirts and ties you can wear with it.

i reckon grey, whether dark or light, is the best all rounder colour

but yes, M&S and Debenhams are v good, and their customer service is normally good in that they'll be able to give you advice in terms of fit etc