Rochester Mills Beer Co. occupies a restored mill in downtown Rochester, and an evening there is the kind most men in this county are worst dressed for. It isn’t work. It isn’t a wedding. It’s the middle, and the middle is the part of a wardrobe that gets skipped, so a man arrives either in the navy suit he wears to the office with the tie taken off, which fools nobody, or in whatever he mows the lawn in.
The gap has a name
Separates. Select suits on our floor sell as separates, a jacket in one size and trousers in another, and a jacket bought that way is the single most useful thing a man can own for evenings like this one. It goes over a shirt with no tie and it goes over the trousers he already has.
How it should fit differently
A jacket worn open is judged on its collar and its length, not its button. The collar has to sit flat on the neck with nothing holding it there, and the length has to end where his hand does. Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, sets both, and small jobs he can often do while you wait.
The money
Signature Wool, $259 to $299, is the sensible tier here, because this is a garment that gets worn far more often than the wedding suit and asked to do far less.
Also for Rochester Hills: A Wayne State Resident at Providence Rochester. More on style consulting, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
