Suit Up

Adam needed a suit for our upcoming trip to Israel so we headed over to the Men's Wearhouse on Tuesday night to "suit up." Our salesperson was really nice and helpful, but he was up-selling and cross-selling us like crazy. My theory is they don't mark up their suits very much so they can sell them at an attractive price and then they make all of their margin on the extras like shirts, ties, suspenders, etc. I wanted to ask the sales guy about their margins, but didn't think we were good enough friends for such a question since he spent much of the evening referring to me as the "young lady." I did learn that the suits are sold in jacket/pant sets and usually have a 5-6 inch "drop," the difference between the jacket size and the pant size. A size 40 jacket comes with size 34 or 35 pants. He also spoke of the "executive" suits which have a 2 inch or even a 0 inch drop. In his words, these "executive suits" were for guys with "big bellies." Yikes!

Disclaimer: Adam did not buy an "executive suit."