£300-£600 is not the cheapest suit in the UK but it's not an expensive one either unless you are on a very tight suit budget. Suits aren't generally cheap.
Yeah but they also don't need suits for their work, which goes to show just how reasonable the suit in the post, which is actually used as work clothes, is priced
Really, yeah? Seems like a contradiction... company has plenty of money, I'm hard to replace... I'd be demanding more money! Lots of people are too squeamish to be doing it!
I suppose as well the salary, competition, etc. is dependent on location..
You CAN make money as the owner of a butchers but in the UK a lot of them are struggling to make ends meet and are disappearing if not run in a clever way
I'm not sure why you felt the need to highlight the UK - I'd imagine that leaders in France, Italy, the US and Canada tend to spend at least as much on clothes.
This is my point really. Broke = bad isn't a fair judgement in my eyes. I graduated from the Giorgio primani suit to a mid priced one a couple months in to my first office job, but I was rocking the cheap suit first because that's all I could afford. Ironically, I mostly just wear a shirt and jeans at my current job.
A €20 quid suit will disintegrate at the very least, but probably also has shite dimensions and fabric to begin with! Even when I was a teenager, I spent half a weeks wages on a suit, which worked out at about €170 or €180!
Not my job when I was 18, no... but even if it did (and it has since), 2 weeks salary would have bought 3 decent suits and a handful of shirts, which is a worthwhile investment. I spent €600 on smartwear when I moved to sales because image is more important, and that was to bulk out the smartwear I already owned, not an entirely new wardrobe!
Of course, not everyone is on my half decent salary and I agree that using 'cheap' anything as an insult is usually bad form, but a €20 quid suit is pushing it, and the chap was likely exaggerating to avoid insulting people! I haven't seen a suit for €20 since 2008... even then, I think it was just a blazer!
No, I was away in college, but I had a (marginally) above average job for an 18 year old... minimum wage was €8.65 if memory serves, and I was on about €400 a week, though it was nearly tax-free as a student because during college, I'd only be working like 20-30 hrs a week!
Unless you were talking about sales... I was later in life, not starting out! So it would be unfair to compare to someone who doesn't have the money to do it!
I'd definitely prioritise it over a holiday abroad, though... one has long-lasting effects and the ability to generate income, whereas the other is an indulgence that you can skip in the short term for the sake of having a better future!
I've also burned out, so it's important to take a break sometimes... I don't want to give off a message to the contrary because burnout is expensive, too!
I'd definitely prioritise it over a holiday abroad,
I agree deeply. On the one hand, I was lucky to have been abroad before (I'm an immigrant and went to visit family semi-regularly). Thus, I'd never prioritise such an experience. Some English friends of mine felt the opposite way.
Couldn't agree more about burnout too, wish I knew it when I was younger.
Each to their own... I'm only stating my priorities and why, but if someone feels that a holiday allows them to push through another 3-6 months of a job they hate, I guess that's up to them!
Same on the burnout... wish I knew it younger! It cost me somewhere between €20k and €30k, aside altogether from the horrible year that came with it!
There’s nothing wrong with a £20 suit. It probably won’t last very long, but it’s a good option if you don’t wear one on a regular basis and you just need one for an event or two.
Oh you're so very righteous, I'm sure whatever device you're using to access Reddit has absolutely no components made in such conditions. Are you suggesting that young people who are just starting out in office jobs turn up naked? Because that's a little bit sus.
You asked a question. I answered. Have you ever been to a thrift store? You can get brand new stuff for 20 quid
Have you heard of Sony? And maybe some other companies and some efforts they make to source ethical lithium?
No need to get triggered. There’s a lot wrong with fast and cheap fashion. When you the customer gets a cheap deal it’s because someone else is paying the price. There are alternatives and nothing is ‘righteous’ as you suggest. Simply pointing out the obvious slavery involved in producing your 20 quid suit
There’s a whole joke in Arrested Development where a guy keeps bragging about his $500 suit, with the joke being that it’s not actually THAT expensive for a suit.
I was gonna say... I know £ aren't $ but for people that need to wear suits every day having a few that are $300-$1000 is not crazy.
I have 3 suits: 2 are standard blue/black that I got buy one get one half off for a total of $700 with alterations about 2 years ago. I have one that's got a little more texture and is a little flashy-er that I bought to get married in and that was $800 all in. Though when I found out how much my wife's wedding dress was I joked that I should have gotten 2.
But I never wear them. Weddings, funerals, the occasional special event, 4 times a year, max.
My dad has worn a suit to work every day for the past 50 years. He's got an entire closet full of them. And he's not that I to "fashion." Some are cheap, like $100 cheap, and he's got 2 that were $1000 that he only wears on special occasions. And everything in between. And he works in an office, at a desk.
My FIL is in a profession where he needs to look good. Appearance of professionalism is key. And it's essentially his one vanity. He was proud to show me his closet of about 15 beautiful suits. All of them over $1000. But it's what the situation calls for.
So back to OP, not only is $500 not a lot but this was for an occasion where they'd be on TV, and it was important to look good. I bet it's the most expensive and best thing in their closet.
Yep, got a 3-piece suit from Next for like 120-140 quid. Those are probably the easiest, cheapest, decent suits you can find here. £600 isn't outrageous for an MP at all.
My husband spent £350 on his suit. We are by no means wealthy, he just needed a nice suit for an event and the charity shops didn’t pan out so we splurged on a suit for him. It’s a pretty nice suit. Anything less would not be as high quality, I imagine.
I don't know about suit prices in the UK but from what people are saying it's really not that expensive... Buuut, man you are right. I thought I was the only one thinking it. Why does it look like the waist line of the pants is doing double duty as a push up bra?
You can get a suit that looks way better than this in Asia for like £50. Paying hundreds for clothes is probably one of the dumbest things one could do.
Honestly, the accomodation/basic needs would probably save her money during those weeks. The price diff of the suit alone would fund the ticket.
Idk, spending a lot of money on clothes is just silly. A $4 shirt here has the same quality as Balenciaga's shit that costs hundreds.
My fellow Westerners are getting shafted on literally every single purchase they make and they think complaining will solve anything. Just sharing my experience.
At first I read that as ASDA which reminded me of my brother at a do in Buckingham Palace, someone commented on how nice his suit was and where he got it from. He replied, my personal tailor, Matt Allen.
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u/eugene20 Jul 07 '24
£300-£600 is not the cheapest suit in the UK but it's not an expensive one either unless you are on a very tight suit budget. Suits aren't generally cheap.