Farrellk08
Active Member
Like a few people I've seen post here on the RPF, I've desperately wanted a 10th Doctor suit, but the choices out there are either costume-y, or fantastic but expensive (i.e. Magnoli). So I resigned myself to just be vigilant on sites like Etsy or Ebay to find a suit that could be a "close enough" suit. I think today I may have "the one".
My first suit I got on Etsy in 2014. It's not great.
Its only connection to a 10th suit is that its brown. And a suit. It has two buttons, the pin striping is way off, and it was clearly made in the 70's. When I had the pants taken it, I also had the pocket flaps cut in half, they were massive. The tie is a Magnoli Shakespeare tie that was made with alternate colors. The glasses I picked up at Zenni optical, a website that I found in the Tennant glasses thread. They were also less that I had hoped for.
The next suit I picked up two weeks ago off Ebay.
Its a nicer suit than the previous one ( it's Banana Republic), and it had three buttons. However, its much too light, and the pin striping is tan. So I think I'll just put this suit in rotation with my regular suits.
While I was waiting for that suit to get back from the tailors, I happened across the same Banana Republic suit jacket on Ebay, except this one was a dark brown. And it had a blue pin striping. I was ecstatic. Except...there were no pants to go along with it, just the jacket. I looked and I looked, and almost a week later, I found it: Someone selling Banana Republic pants, brown with blue pin striping. I asked both sellers to sen me pictures of the labels, to try and match them up:
On the one hand, every word on the labels matched, country of origin, material makeup, the logos were from the same time period. But the colors were different. I said screw it, and ordered them both. They both arrived today.
They're a perfect match. The suit looks fantastic for an off the shelf look-a-like, the colors are pretty good, the pin striping is blue and doesn't look costume-y or too bold. The labels are the exact same color under normal lighting conditions, they were only made different colors by the sellers different camera flashes and lighting conditions. The only problem was the pants size. The seller listed it as a 32 x 36, which I took as 32 waist 36 length, and since I am a 32 waist, getting the pants shortened is no problem. However, the pants are a 36 waist, and a 32 length. They are massive. So, right after trying the suit on and snapping those pictures, I hauled butt over to my tailor/dry cleaning lady to have the pants taken in ASAP. So, in about a week, I'll be able to unveil my 10th Doctor suit in all its glory.
And, my version 2.0 Zenni optical glasses should arrive by then. They introduced a new pair of frames that look much closer than the ones I have. And this time around, I ordered lenses with their version of Transition lenses, so I'll be able to wear them indoors and outside.
My first suit I got on Etsy in 2014. It's not great.
Its only connection to a 10th suit is that its brown. And a suit. It has two buttons, the pin striping is way off, and it was clearly made in the 70's. When I had the pants taken it, I also had the pocket flaps cut in half, they were massive. The tie is a Magnoli Shakespeare tie that was made with alternate colors. The glasses I picked up at Zenni optical, a website that I found in the Tennant glasses thread. They were also less that I had hoped for.
The next suit I picked up two weeks ago off Ebay.
Its a nicer suit than the previous one ( it's Banana Republic), and it had three buttons. However, its much too light, and the pin striping is tan. So I think I'll just put this suit in rotation with my regular suits.
While I was waiting for that suit to get back from the tailors, I happened across the same Banana Republic suit jacket on Ebay, except this one was a dark brown. And it had a blue pin striping. I was ecstatic. Except...there were no pants to go along with it, just the jacket. I looked and I looked, and almost a week later, I found it: Someone selling Banana Republic pants, brown with blue pin striping. I asked both sellers to sen me pictures of the labels, to try and match them up:
On the one hand, every word on the labels matched, country of origin, material makeup, the logos were from the same time period. But the colors were different. I said screw it, and ordered them both. They both arrived today.
They're a perfect match. The suit looks fantastic for an off the shelf look-a-like, the colors are pretty good, the pin striping is blue and doesn't look costume-y or too bold. The labels are the exact same color under normal lighting conditions, they were only made different colors by the sellers different camera flashes and lighting conditions. The only problem was the pants size. The seller listed it as a 32 x 36, which I took as 32 waist 36 length, and since I am a 32 waist, getting the pants shortened is no problem. However, the pants are a 36 waist, and a 32 length. They are massive. So, right after trying the suit on and snapping those pictures, I hauled butt over to my tailor/dry cleaning lady to have the pants taken in ASAP. So, in about a week, I'll be able to unveil my 10th Doctor suit in all its glory.
And, my version 2.0 Zenni optical glasses should arrive by then. They introduced a new pair of frames that look much closer than the ones I have. And this time around, I ordered lenses with their version of Transition lenses, so I'll be able to wear them indoors and outside.
