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Originally posted by leagleaze
I need to buy some new suits. I was in Lord and Taylors the other day and I tried several on, nice stuff, but I found that they fell kind of strangely on my body. I think it is cause I am short, despite the fact I tried on petites.
Do other short people have suggestions for a good place to buy some new suits?
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Get thee to a custom tailor. If you have some suits that fit you well, just take them to a tailor and tell em to make similar ones with different fabric patterns/weight, and change the style (e.g., number of buttons, type of lapel). Also, you can try buying a suit that you like but doesn't fit exactly, take it to a tailor, and tell em to produce a version of it with your body measurements -- after your tailor is done taking notes and measurements on the design, simply return the suit.
My tailor produces both men's and women's suits and offers the same catalog of fabrics for each and charges the same price-per-quantity of fabric used -- for some reason I found it difficult to find good wool suits for women, and when I did, the prices were outrageous (e.g., Paul Stuart).
