The Best Places to Suit Up This Season
Need a Fitted Suit in 2023? These Are Our Favorite Options
Whether you’re getting back into the office a few times a week, looking to suit up for a friend’s wedding, or just trying to channel John Wick in your day-to-day, there’s always a good reason to pick up a new suit.
The suiting world has experienced a post-quarantine boom as of late, with guys looking to dress up more frequently after a couple of years spent in sweatpants. Brands have taken note, expanding their options and offerings to keep up with demand and stay ahead of the times. As a result, there’s never been a better time to invest in a new suit.
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If anything, the biggest question now is where you should go to do it. With so many brands making customizable suiting available at your fingertips through the internet, it’s hard to know where to start or what it is you’re paying for. Consider this your one-stop guide to the biggest and best names in the suiting world this year. Whether you’re looking for a simple black number or a wavier, wider cut, your guide to suiting up in 2023 has you covered.
Indochino
If you’re familiar with made-to-measure suiting in 2023 there’s a good chance it’s due to years and years of this brand’s podcast advertisements. Indochino made made-to-measure accessible to a generation and introduced them to the joys of a suit cut just for them. Today they offer a fully customizable online service. Simply plug your measurements into their website and build your suit from there. Indochino has a wide swath of fabrics and makes the finer details of the suit totally your call, from button count to stitching.
Adjustments are fairly simple and can be done through their mail-in service or at one of their showrooms across the country (you can also go here to have your measurements taken and build your suit on-site). All you need to keep in mind before ordering is that while the price isn’t too good to be true by any means, you’re getting what you pay for — don’t expect Savile Row quality for $400.
Find Out More at Indochino.com
Suit Supply
If you like Indochino’s services but don’t mind paying for higher quality, Suit Supply is the place for you. Their business model is similar — showrooms across the country plus a fully customizable made-to-measure service available online — but the quality is substantially higher. This is reflected in the cost but also in the finished product and the process that gets you to it. Speaking from personal experience, Suit Supply’s in-person services are top-notch and the people who will take your measurements and provide guidance in selecting cut and fabrics know their stuff.
Find Out More at SuitSupply.com
Proper Cloth
Proper Cloth is a newer name in the made-to-measure space but one making waves already. They take a quality-over-quantity approach in their offerings, with a few dozen swatches and cuts available on their site and New York showroom. They stick largely with year-round basics and a select few seasonal options when appropriate (corduroys in the fall, linens in the summer).
In addition to suiting, Proper Cloth’s other main hustle is made-to-measure shirting, which they make with the same breadth of options Indochino and Suit Supply do suiting. Everything from exotic patterns to pretty much any collar you can imagine is on the table. The result is the ability to pair a truly singular shirt with a classic suit if you’re looking to go all-out. And the quality of both products skews extremely high. Proper Cloth isn’t necessarily going to be the best fit if you’re looking to put together a crazy, eye-catching peacock suit. But if you’re looking for the classics done well, you’ll leave satisfied.
Find Out More at ProperCloth.com
Kashiyama
Kashiyama is another newer name making waves in the space. They draw heavily from Japanese tailoring and produce all of their products in a facility they have direct access to rather than outsourcing to third parties, which grants them far greater quality control. Kashiyama excels in more modern proportions, allowing for wider pant legs, thicker lapels, and heavy pleating that totally alters the drape of your suit.
If there’s a downside to Kashiyama it’s that there’s some disparity between what you can do with their online portal and what you can do in person — and right now they only have a limited few flagship stores in the states. Anybody else looking for the in-person experience needs to hope one of their trunk shows comes through town (I stopped by one when they were in my neighborhood and had a lovely experience but again, it inherently limits the availability to some).
Find Out More at Kashiyama1927.com
Spier and MacKay
If off-the-rack is your jam more than made-to-measure you’ve got to check out Spier and MacKay. The brand specializes in suiting that draws inspiration from classic British tailoring at an affordable price point. This means wide peak lapels, three-piece options, and a whole lot of Prince of Wales checks. Their price range is comparable to what you’re going to pay at Indochino and the quality far exceeds the price. They’re also a great option for anyone who needs a suit in short order. Because their suits are all off-the-rack you can get it shipped directly to you rather than having to go through the lengthy made-to-measure fitting process.
Find Out More at SpierAndMacKay.com
Mason and Sons
If you’re looking to go all-out, Mason & Sons is the move. The brand, founded by David Mason and, you guessed it, his sons, serves as an archive of British tailoring, having acquired a number of longtime Saville Row standards like Mr. Fish and Anthony Sinclair. They’ve revived the brands, often using the same archival patterns, fabrics, and cuts the originals were utilizing back in the heyday of British tailoring. Their most notable offering is through the Anthony Sinclair brand, which stocks a number of the suits worn by Sean Connery in the original James Bond films (who doesn’t want to channel Bond when they’re suiting up?). These are pieces that will set you back significantly more than any of the prior brands, but it’s worth every penny. You’re paying for quality and history — and a great story the next time someone asks you who made your suit.
Find Out More at MasonAndSons.com
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