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May 10, 2005
When In Doubt, Buy the Suit
Here's an article from the LA Times (requires free registration) about buying custom made clothing in Southeast Asia. We were pleased to see they mention Hoi An, Vietnam, even though our experience there was much better than the writer's.
It's a beautiful town in its own right, but the clothing is inexpensive (we didn't compare city prices, btw), almost always perfectly tailored, and stylish. Also, we never heard of the piece-of-fabric on the receipt technique. Maybe we're naive, but it was always easy enough to tell if the fabric we chose matched the fabric our clothes was made of--it always did. We enjoyed the article overall, but wonder if the writer came off a bit boorish in these shops she was in.
Josh, the publisher, was on the verge of buying a custom made suit in Hoi An once for $30. He ultimately backed out, saying that he hoped to never have a job that needed a suit again.
Well, the thought may be admirable but wasn't very realistic--people started getting married in droves when he came back to the States and economic hard times forced job hunting of the wear-a-suit-to-the-interview variety. So, when in doubt, buy the suit!
Posted by insideoutmag at May 10, 2005 03:54 PM