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Win it: Any Indochino 2-Piece Essential Suit

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In Person:  Indochino’s Essential Collection – $379.00

Consider this week of giveaways a thanks.  Without your readership, your emails, your terrific comments, and your willingness to spread the word, Dappered wouldn’t exist.  The collection of good guys who frequent this corner of the internet is by far the greatest achievement of this website.  Good luck, and once again, thanks a million.

There’s a hidden cost in just about every suit purchase.  That cost is the extra tailoring that’s needed after you get it off the rack/out of the box and on your body.  It’s almost impossible to find a suit that’ll fit perfectly off the rack.  And if you’ve got some odd measurements, or you need to hack up a suit with major alterations, you’re going to be shelling out a ton of cash to look your best.

Indochino eliminates that extra cost with a two pronged attack.  The first step is they try and get you a perfect fitting suit, right out of the box, made just for you off measurements you’ve provided them.

Indochino’s Essential Solids.  More on the gray here, and you can see more of the navy here.

And if that out of the box fit happens to not be perfect?  They’ll provide you with a $75 re-tailoring credit.  Have the alterations done, send them a scanned copy of the receipt, and they’ll credit your credit/debit card account up to $75.  That closes the cost gap between department store suits greatly.  Spend $250 on a hard shouldered with lower than you’d like arm holes department store brand, then drop another $40 – $75 on tailoring, and you’re just about even with what an Indochino costs when you take their re-tailoring credit into consideration.  And their shoulder pads are pretty minimal, with arm holes that offer really good movement.

Not fully canvased, but not a standard fused job either, according to Indochino the lining is “sewn to the interlining, then the interlining is fused to the interfacing.”  That combination keeps costs down, the price down, and makes for an awfully comfortable, upgraded feel in the jacket for the majority of us who don’t have a problem with fused suit.

And then there’s the not so basics.  Still fully customizable, still $379, still up for winning.  Tuxes too.

Since it’s custom, you’re not limited to a certain type of lapel, or whether or not the sleeve buttons will be functional.  Pick your lining color, have it monogrammed, and options like side tabs instead of belt loops, a ticket pocket, and a ton of others are in play at no extra cost.  Want a midnight blue, shawl collar tux with suspender buttons?  Sure thing.  You can have it for $379.  You can also try to win it, or any of the other 2-piece essentials (see below)…

Win it: To enter to win any of Indochino’s $379 2-piece essential suits, send your first and last name in an email to contests@dappered.com w/ the subject: “Essential”.  One entry per person.  Deadline: 11:59pm E.T. 8/1/12.  Good luck, and thanks to Indochino for providing one of their suits  for Reader Appreciation Week.

UPDATE:  Congrats to Andrew M. who won the random drawing for any of Indochino’s Essential 2-Piece suits.

Comments

  1. Wow, you’re really going all out this week with the contests.

    (And BTW – subject in the mailto link is showing as “Rutledge” and not “Essential”.)

  5. Jeez, you’re kidding me – right? Way cool. Even if I don’t win anything – it’s a class move, Joe. Totally unnecessary and absolutely awesome.

  13. Hey Joe, FYI, the email link still includes the subject ‘Rutledge’. Awesome contest!

  14. I’ve debating on buying the Essential Gray Suit for awhile now. If I don’t win, I will still probably buy the suit anyway. Not going to lie, I’m going to look good in that suit.

  18. Incredible. This has me really excited for the rest of the week because now that we have a killer suit and pair of shoes, will Joe complete the rest of the outfit, or is he going to go with something out of left field tomorrow?

  20. Joe

    I feel like you are building up to something awesome for the last giveaway. I feel like you are the Oprah of fashion sites right now. Like you will be like, “Everyone gets an Omega Speedmaster!” on the last day.

  21. I’ve been considering picking up the Midnight Blue Tuxedo for my wedding coming up in March. Great giveaway.

  23. @dapperedsite:disqus – You should announce the winners in a post at the end of the week/beginning of next week. It always feels a little strange when you have these contests and only announce the winners in the old thread, which no one really looks at.

  24. Incredible opportunity, can’t wait to see who wins! Amazing suits, keep it up guys!

  27. Deadlines are rolling throughout the week, so, I’ll announce them at the bottom of the post per usual (not in the comments thread, but in the post) and I’ll maybe gather em’ all up at once at the end of this week / early next.

    Friday’s giveaway will launch obviously on Friday, but I’ll leave entries open for the duration for the weekend. So we won’t have all five winners until Monday. Assuming everyone responds to the “hey you won!” email right away.

  30. I assume you send emails to the winner saying they won? I haven’t bothered to check old threads as I pretty much read the new threads each morning..

  32. this is one of the best giveaways I’ve seen anywhere online and in person. beats my company’s usb flash drives and raffles for sporting tickets!

  35. Just picked up a Ludlow 3 piece in mid-gray yesterday, so I’m thinking brown. As much as I love blue suits in theory, they look bad on me. They always wash me out. If only I could hold a tan…

  38. This would be awesome. My only suit fits about as well as Ron Paul’s do, so one tailored would be sweet!

  39. Two days in and I’m obsessed with both giveaway prizes already. Can’t wait for the rest of the week.
    Joe, so cool of you to do this. Thanks man.

  42. So which day will be a Saddleback? with the first two days in that price range gotta figure its coming.

  44. I would like to see the Oprah-esque talk show. Guys will talk about their unstylish days and the audience will be in tears.

  47. @dapperedsite:disqus This is a silly question… but yesterday, I left the quotation marks out of my subject line… so Rutledge instead of “Rutledge.” Do I need to send again, or will it work without?

  48. @dapperedsite:disqus
    So this is a silly question… but the email I sent yesterday didn’t have quotations in the subject line, so Rutledge instead of “Rutledge”…

    Do I need to resubmit?

  51. Joe, you handsome stud and writer extraordinaire. Your articles are a divine gift, sent from the muses of old to grace our plebeian eyes. Your wit, humor, and use of pronouns are without equal.

    Incidentally, does flattery elevate our prospects in this contest?

  54. Reader appreciation week has been a hell of a week so far, and it’s only day 2…

  55. winning a Dappered giveaway is better than winning the lottery. thanks for the chance, Joe!

  59. Whoa. I thought this was me for a sec. but nothing in my inbox or spam about it. Must be some other lucky Andrew M.!