mgood wrote:I'm a one-suit guy. I wear a suit about twice a year for weddings and funerals and stuff like that. Very rarely need one for work, but it has happened.
Texas Size 11 wrote: . . . mine is kind of old and, well, it has "shrunk" a bit. . . .
Yeah, I hate when that happens. I need a new one too, for the same reason.
I was in Men's Warehouse in Lubbock one day, not to buy, but just looking to get an idea of what I wanted.
I was talking to a sales lady there and had a little difficulty bringing up the subject. "I'll need . . . I carry . . . I might need room for a concealed handgun."
Well, it wasn't the first time she'd heard that. "You carry inside the waistband and need the pants cut a little larger for that?"
"Uh, yeah."
She told me that was no problem.
Just the other day I was in there browsing. I was looking at their shirts (which I actually do wear much more often than the suits) and ties (which I tend to buy and never wear, lol).
The store was packed with kids picking up and dropping off formal wear for proms and stuff. No one came over to wait on me and since I was just looking and not planning to buy, I didn't really try to corner a salesperson to question.
I noticed on the wall a list of tailoring services that included moving, adding, and removing belt loops. I thought that might be handy in getting that holster in just the right spot. Also, right along with elbow patches for jackets, I saw gun patches or some such. (I don't remember exactly what they called it, but it
said "gun" and was listed with jacket options.) Not having a salesperson there handy to ask, I guessed this must be reinforcement on the inside of the jacket to keep your grip from digging a hole in the lining.
) Really, he also had a spare ammo pocket put in the jackets.