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Old 08-11-2010, 12:32 PM   #28
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Originally Posted by peter12 View Post
I am very skeptical about the big designer "off the rack" suits. I have a made-to-measure Varvatos suit that I got for very cheap at a sidewalk sale in NYC. Full price it would have been about $1800.

Looking at it now, I am so happy I only paid a fraction of that amount. The designers get away with having a big name, charging big prices for fashionable cuts and take all the short cuts that they can get away with.
When I was in New York I was so tempted by some of those sidewalk sales.

At the end of the day though I didn't trust the whole 2 designer suits for 499.
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