Hey all, first time posting on the Dappered Threads, even though I originally discovered Dappered a few months ago! I was following Midwestyle for quite awhile (still do), but it's a bit too hipster-trendy for my taste, so Dappered is right up my alley.
Anyway... I figured that I would post a little writeup of my Indochino experience. I'm an engineer by profession - hence the username - and don't have much need for suits at work, but a friend's wedding this past November necessitated a suit. I had heard good (and bad) things about Indochino, but I was feeling adventurous, so I decided to buy the Essential Charcoal suit.
The measurement process was simple on their site, and the videos that are attached to each measurement are helpful. I took some measurements off of shirts I had bought from ModernTailor.com, however, which led to problems because the shirt measurements had too small of shoulder dimensions.
Received the suit in the 4 weeks that Indochino quoted, and immediately tried it on. The suit came in a well-packed box, but had a few wrinkles. Fabric was 95% wool and 5% poly, which was perfectly acceptable to me for the purposes of a wedding, but i'll be looking strictly at 100% wool from now on. It fit alright, but I knew immediately that the measurements I took were wrong. The shoulders were too small by at least an inch, and the waist measurements were too generous for my body. I got compliments at the wedding for my appearance, but I wanted to get the suit remade with better measurements.
I had read that Indochino tailors would often add or subtract from provided numbers arbitrarily, but I knew that the measurements I had provided were the main culprit for the suit fitting how it did. I updated all of my dimensions, especially in the shoulders, and received the remade suit in another 4 weeks.
A note for remakes: when shipping the old suit back to Indochino's offices, make sure that you declare the value of the suit to be the same as when it came from their facilities in China. I shipped my suit back yesterday via FedEx, but forgot what the original declared value was, so I put the MSRP price... which resulted in some hefty shipping charges and duty taxes.
I feel much more comfortable in the remade suit, especially in the shoulders, and I don't feel like i'm swimming in the hips and waist. The pants improved somewhat between the original and the remake, but I still want to get them tailored to feel a bit better; I have bigger thighs but small calves which sometimes leads to an overly tapered pant leg, and made the original's hip measurements too small. I lengthened the sleeves on the jacket by an inch between the original and the remake per my observations and my tailor's recommendations, which also helps mature the look, but i'm still not completely happy with the end result.
I threw the pictures up on PhotoBucket, have a look if you want:
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...it/suitnew.jpg
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/suitnew6.jpg
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/suitnew2.jpg
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/suitnew5.jpg
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/z...t/suitnew3.jpg
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/cincyenginerd/Suit/suitnew4.jpg
Compare with the original try:
http://i814.photobucket.com/albums/zz66/cincyenginerd/Suit/suitold.jpg
The first suit had wayyyy too short of sleeves, and too narrow of shoulders, along with a tight thigh cut in the pants. The new suit improves on this drastically, but i'm not sure if i'm satisfied with the silhouette, especially in the torso. The back still suggests that the shoulders are a hint too small. On the original try, I had the 'regular' shoulder style, but on the remake, I elected for the full 'sloping' shoulder style, which I think helped a bit, but the shoulders still dimple between my arm and the padding.
Overall, i'm happy with the experience, but not completely sure if I want to go ahead and order another suit from Indochino. The remake is an improvement, but the shoulders still are a little scary. Do you all have any suggestions for measurement tweaks if I were to go ahead and get another? I'm thinking about taking it to my tailor this week to see what he has to say; he's worked wonders on my shirts, so I trust his opinion.
Thoughts?
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