# 100% Alpaca Men's Business Suit

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-alpaca-mens-business-suit/274146>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 11, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-alpaca-mens-business-suit/274146 "2004-11-11T04:02:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-alpaca-mens-business-suit/274146/1 "2004-11-11T04:02:37Z")

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Is it possible?? I can’t find it. There MUST be a reason.

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**Author:** ![phouka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c5a1d2/32.png) [@phouka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phouka)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-alpaca-mens-business-suit/274146/2 "2004-11-11T05:30:37Z")

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That would probably be because alpaca wool is obscenely expensive. I just knitted a baby alpaca wool scarf for my mom. Three skeins of wool cost me $36, and that was the cheap alpaca. Alpaca wool sweaters sell for at least $150 in the catalogs I’ve seen. I can’t imagine that a decent suit made of alpaca wool would run for anything less than $1000.

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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2004, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/100-alpaca-mens-business-suit/274146/3 "2004-11-11T05:50:05Z")

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Look here

[The most expensive suits -  
Expect to pay at least $3,500 for the highest-end outfits](http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6397866/)

Alpaca has it’s place, but is not the best material (by a long shot) for a top quality men’s suit.