I need a cool suit, any suggestions

[Zebra]

Outdoors, afternoon, San Antonio and you have to wear BLACK?
You poor, poor man.

[Count_Blucher]

@Mr. Moto

The suit is just the beginning of what you should be doing here.

Bring the shirt you will be wearing to the cleaners, and ask for very heavy starch. That will keep you looking crisper longer, and also will keep you from sweating as much.

Old military trick. Works well.

Maybe this has been said, but if the OP can buy a light weight short-sleeve suit shirt, it might help. (He only has to wear it once if its too dorky)

Long sleeves in hot weather are a misery, and they make wearing any suit jacket worse. And I second the ‘heavy starch’ suggestion. I used that trick way back when I worked at the ‘bowler hat’ bank and a full suit and tie was required on your person 40 hours of every week (and woe to he who ever dared take off his suit jacket inside the office! :rolleyes: ).

[MrJackboots]

@msmith537

$200-300 is about the bare minimum one can pay for a suit. And not all suits are created equal.

Hmm, I knew this part, but not the rest. Somehow I got the impression that seersucker was a relatively inexpensive material and might bring the general cost down a bit.

Good to know!

[Mr.Moto]

[QUOTE=Count Blucher]
Maybe this has been said, but if the OP can buy a light weight short-sleeve suit shirt, it might help. (He only has to wear it once if its too dorky)

Sure. And he can get the matching pocket protector as well.

Don’t get me wrong, I wear lots of short sleeved sports shirts in the name of comfort. But I wouldn’t dream if wearing one with a tie, much less a suit.

A man should do what he has to do at times. This is one of the things he has to do.

[Rick]

@MrJackboots

Hmm, I knew this part, but not the rest. Somehow I got the impression that seersucker was a relatively inexpensive material and might bring the general cost down a bit.

Good to know!

I asked my wife about this (she is the queen of all things fabric and sewing) and neither of us has ever seen black seersucker fabric. Light brown, light gray, and light blue are the seersucker colors we can recall.

[gigi]

@Shirley Ujest

Is Merry Go Round still in business?

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Or Chess King?

::flees right behind Shirley

[msmith537]

@MrJackboots

Hmm, I knew this part, but not the rest. Somehow I got the impression that seersucker was a relatively inexpensive material and might bring the general cost down a bit.

Good to know!

The problem is that unless you own a tobacco plantation, a Fried Chicken chain or are attending the Kentucky Derby, you don’t see too many people wearing seersucker.
My GF gave me an article where they tested a bunch of suits for fabric qulity. For mid-range price, the Brooks Brothers and Mens Warehouse suits did very well. Others did not so well or were very expensive

[Ender_Will]

I don’t know much about suit buying (the one time I’ve done it, my GF was calling the shots. It came out quite nicely, BTW), but it seems to me that you’ll probably be wearing the thing on more than one occasion. If that’s the case, basing all your style/material decisions on one wearing probably isn’t the best idea.

I second Mr. Moto that, “A man should do what he has to do at times. This is one of the things he has to do.”