Buying a Suit
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All the major (read: pricey, but good) brands have different cuts.
Worth finding "your" brand, and the cuts that suits you. Go, try them all on. It's an investment after all.Yes, different cuts sounds corny, but think of it as, say, a haircut. Just like there are some haircuts that just suits some heads there is suits that suits (eh eh) bodies. Find yours and stick to that brand.
Getting one tailored from scratch, sure, if you can afford it. But having it tailored doesn't necessarily mean "more stylish" or "right for you". But indeed, it would fit like a glove.
My advice for "upper middle", which have already been mention, is to alter a suit to your measures.Another advice is to get 2 pair of slack and have them both altered at the same time. You'll be wearing them out if you're in them every day. Put them on rotation and let them breath for a day at least.
Go easy on the dry cleaning, and especially the starch, but do go a couple of times every year.
I'd write more, and better, but I'm drunk and just realized I shouldn't be posting.