Irish and German immigrants settled this area in the 1830s, a century before it incorporated as a city. Whatever they carried with them, it included whatever clothing they thought they would need to be taken seriously somewhere they had never been. That instinct hasn’t changed at all.
What a suit is actually for
Being read correctly by people who don’t know you. That is the entire function, and it explains why the occasions requiring one are the occasions where strangers make judgements: interviews, funerals, weddings full of the other family.
Which sets the specification
Nothing memorable. A suit that draws comment has failed, because the point is that the person is registered and the clothes are not. A plain navy or charcoal suit, correctly fitted, works in most formal and professional settings.
And it explains where the money should go
Into the fit, which is what strangers register, and not into the tier, which they cannot identify. An Everyday Classic at $139 to $159 properly altered outperforms an expensive suit worn as it came.
Also for Eastpointe: Sixty-Three Years Under One Name. More on style consulting, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
