Men's Fashion

I bought a suit from jos a bank and it was the worst suit ever. This was before I knew about quality suits.

Also the tailor botched it but that's a separate completely fucked up story

He make the pants too narrow to fit over your reeboks pumps?

I brought it to a highly rated local tailor, gave them plenty of time because I needed it for a special event. They said I could pick it up on such and such a date. Called before leaving work and she bitched me out on the phone for not reminding her and she closed in 30 minutes. Since it was my first suit and I needed it she did it for me anyways.

Crotch felt all fucked up, the pants were very weirdly done all around and the shirt she tailored didn't fit.

I guess I was mostly mad that she went off on me for "not reminding " her to do my suit.

Yup. I have two pairs of good dress shoes that I rotate and they last way way longer and stay nicer.

Maybe slightly off topic, but what do you guys use as a bag to carry stuff around on a day to day basis? I've been using a leather messenger bag basically since Uni, and while I'm happy with how it looks it's starting to really wear on my shoulders. I can't see myself going back to a backpack, and I suspect that wouldn't be any better for the shoulders anyway - thoughts?

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When I was in Boston I just used a company backpack.

I did the one-arm messenger thing for years and it started really bothering my shoulders. The backpack felt great.

Think it depends a lot on company industry and culture. I work at a bank and backpacks wouldn't really fly.

You can get really durable over the shoulder bags from Coach for a few hundred, any other higher end ones will be 2-3x as much.

That's a lot of money for a bag. I buy a $35 backpack from Target once every four years or so. Then again, as mentioned, industry differences and all that. Bay Area tech has basement-dwelling neckbeard standards. Even at the sales conferences you see people who give no shits.

My last place was like that. It was one of those places where you were considered working for 24/7 so people came in all different types of neck beard outfits.

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Cad said:

If it's not on your shoulder it'll be in your hand and basically be a briefcase. Depending on how far you walk and how heavy your bag is that might be impractical. You might consider lightening your load or using one of those wide load-dispersing pads on the shoulder strap if it's hurting your shoulder/neck.

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Load dispersing shoulder strap sounds like a good idea, I didn't think of that.

I've made an effort to remove any excess crap from the bag, but even the minimum of a water bottle (which isn't really negotiable for most of the year in Aus) and the bag itself is enough to create some strain after 30 or 40 minutes.

Yeah I tried it for a while, but it's a pain and just feels like it's pulling my neck out of alignment instead of my shoulder. Also I have a bit of a manboob situation left over from my fatty days, and a strap running across my chest kinda draws attention to it :/