The standard man's suit is perhaps the most enduring and acceptable item of fashion ever devised. The suit seems to be enjoying a revival and has become noticeably more fashionable in recent years. With suits in fashion, are we regressing to a former stage of style?
There are plenty who would claim that the popularity and stylish acceptability of suits has never been in doubt. It isn't so much a case of men's suits being back in fashion, more a case of them having never gone away in the first place.
Most men have a suit. Some have several as there are many occasions that demand a suit. The obvious ones are when you are going for a job interview, or when attending a wedding. Funerals are also a time when suits are commonly worn as a mark of respect for the deceased. These are all formal occasions, but suits can be worn simply for those times when feeling good and looking smart is all you want.
With suits in fashion again you may be put off at the thought that getting one will be an expensive move. This need not be so. It's true that a hand made suit tailored by the world's best will set you back more than you'd like to know, but that's the top end of the scale. At the middle and lower ends of the scale there are suits to suit all tastes and all pockets.
If we divide suits into three ranges of, budget, middle range and top of the range, then you can probably expect to pay roughly the following for a man's suit. In the budget range a simple suit without frills will cost you as little as £15. Yes, that is the price that Tesco has plumped for on what must be the cheapest new suit ever. Don't expect too much at that price, but then again, it is cheaper than hiring one for a weekend.
In the middle priced range of suits you should expect to start at around £250. At this price you will get a perfectly serviceable suit for all occasions. The middle range runs from this starting price to around £750, at which price you are starting to get into the serious side of suits in fashion.
A top of the range suit will set you back anything from £750 to around - well, the sky's the limit. If you have the money to spend and you want to, you could spend six figures, maybe even seven figures on a suit.
Would it be worth it? That depends. If you are a top performer who wants to look great on stage, then it probably will be worth it. If you are just some ordinary guy who likes suits, it may be harder to justify it. However, even at the lower end of the top range at around £1,000, that will buy one heck of a suit and make an equally strong statement. With suits in fashion again, it's really your choice.
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