60,000 two piece suits available, for £15 each, at Asda from Weds 16 Jan - Go quick!

telruns

I got a suit yesterday for £15 but am taking it back today-the colour of the jacket is slightly different to the trousers !As the song goes 'Black is black' but as the difference in colour is noticeable I dont think I could wear it- pity as its a good bargain.

steveymp

Jakejakejake wrote: »

I read the title as 60000 2 Piece Suites (ie sofas) for £15 - i was going to say "thats fxxking amazing" but then i realised it was a suit oops!

Had the exact same experience, was in Asda too yesterday and they do look like £15 suits:o

At 37 years of age my mother still buys my clothes for me:eek: :eek: and I am married with 2 kids :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:

My mum is like a personal shopper and loves shopping and sniffing out a bargain, she get everything in M&S for a fiver or less;) My present suit cost £15 and thats top bottom and shirt and tie, and its a lot better quality than the Asda 1;)

isofa

Sorry to put a downer on this, but honestly what do people expect? Like you are going to get a decent suit for £15. It's made of polyester and it's from Asda, need I say more.:rolleyes: I'll pity the wearers on a sunny day, you'll shine like a mirror and then it'll melt!

No doubt the Wal-Mart group are making a fortune out of this, even though it's cheap, imagine what it actually cost to produce. "Only 60,000 available" will encourage stupid people to rush and fight over them, just like a Next sale!

Are there a lot of people who visit court regularly on here, even in Martin's e-mail "Weddings, Church, Work, Court?" Mix in very different circles :rotfl:

freakybacon

Bought one myself last night- gonna go back later and buy an extra pair of trousers as spares. Perfectly adequate for the money. Recomended as a back up for your good suit/one for someone who rarely wears a suit, or even for someone who works in a "suit hostile" environment eeg engineering workshop, building site.

cozzie

Asda's christmas line of Tuxedo's are currently reduced to £5 per jacket and £5 per trousers. With coupons used to the full 10% it's now possible to get a suit (of sorts) for £9.

Be quick though, they're dashing off the rails !!

Not seen one yet, so, can't comment on quality and colour etc. My partner told me as he works at the store in Trafford Park.

pdoff

well i got one for OH last night, agreed it doesn't look expensive, but as he has no decent clothes - just black jeans, the rest is mucky work stuff that looks mucky even when washed properly as is covered in paint/filler etc - & we have a christening & an evening wedding reception to go, to it would have been ok. we don't really have 15 quid to spare & have been looking in charity shops for months and found nothing to fit him. he'll probably never wear it again after these 2 dos. the problem now is that he's read all these comments & refuses to wear it. so it will be going back & i will have to keep trawling or he'll be off to my God daughter's christening in black jeans.

so thanks very much.

rdwarr

I had an Asda suit earlie in the year. It was great while it lasted but never really survived its first machine wash, even with the lining tacked.
I was lucky enough to get a quality £200 suit from an outled store for £70 which may be a route to take if you need something a little better but don't want to spend hundreds.

parkender

Article on these in the Telegraph on Wednesday - took one to Savile Row!

A suit for £15? What would they say in Savile Row?



Last Updated: 12:01am GMT 16/01/2008





Robert Colvile ventures into the most stylish part of London in possibly the cheapest item of clothing he has ever owned
I am wearing a tie that costs more than my suit. No, scratch that - I'm wearing a tie that costs a lot more than my suit. As do my shirt, my shoes, and my cufflinks. In fact, it's fair to say that most of my T-shirts cost more than this little number.
Whistle blower: Robert Colvile test drives the new £15 suit by AsdaTo explain: I am sporting the latest sensation, a designer suit from the George range at Asda that costs just £15. Admittedly, after Sunday, when the discount ends, it will set you back a whopping £25 (£19 for the jacket, and £6 for the trousers). But that's still an impressive feat of logistics, possible only due to bulk-buying on a titanic scale (fabric by the mile rather than the yard) and the diligent labour of garment workers in China and Bangladesh - all treated just as ethically as any free-range chicken.
The trend in suit pricing has, admittedly, been downhill for a while. A couple of years ago, Sainsbury's was offering a suit, shirt and tie for £71. Primark had a pinstripe suit for £35, and Asda also caused a sensation last January with a £19 special offer. But still - £15? For a two-piece that, according to the company, "has more than a passing resemblance to one featured in Dolce and Gabbana ads"? There has to be a catch.
And there is: the material. Once the "machine washable" tag has been cut off the cuff, my colleagues are quite impressed with the line and cut - until they get close. Close up, 100 per cent polyester material is slightly sticky to the touch, and glistens oddly. Five individuals warn me to steer clear of open flames.
Then again, what matters is not what the amateurs think, but how the professionals react. If this is, as Asda boasts, "Savile Row inspired tailoring", what will Savile Row make of it?
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To fortify myself, and test the suit in polite company, I stop in at the Goring Hotel in Victoria. My outfit passes the doorman's scrutiny with impressive ease - indeed, inside the bar, I draw more glances for my lurid celebratory cocktail than my respectable outfit. Blending in on the Tube is equally simple - but then, no one ever makes eye contact there anyway.
However, as I approach Savile Row, I am more than a little apprehensive: I am, after all, about to commit the sartorial equivalent of bringing a bucket of KFC Popcorn Chicken to Restaurant Gordon Ramsay. Yet, to my surprise, the George suit goes down a storm. At Dege & Skinner, where a bespoke suit will set you back £2,500, it draws praise for the way it hangs, and for getting the number of buttons on the sleeve correct (four, not three).
Of course, the polyester draws comments (apparently, it's very in these days - for golf shirts). But as one gentleman concludes, to general approval: "You can't knock it, can you?"
So you'd wear it yourself, then?
"Oh, I wouldn't polish my car with it. But for what it is…"
It is, they suggest, a suit for those who don't wear suits. With repeated use, it would wear quickly, and in hot weather it would roast you alive. But for a university interview - or, echoing comments made in 2001 by Topman's David Shepherd, "first court case" - it would do fine. In fact, the feeling is that it would be a good deal at twice the £25 price.
I seek a second opinion at Harvie & Hudson, in nearby Jermyn Street, but they, too, are approving - and suggest that a high-street outfit of similar quality could set you back up to £130. "Nothing wrong with this at all," says the gentleman behind the counter, as he examines the jacket. "Of course, it's polyester…"
In short, despite my suspicions, the £15 suit turns out to be a triumph of good value and canny design. As the expert from Dege & Skinner admits, "I've seen worse than that at 10 times the price." And you can't say fairer than that, can you?

sheahoney

Fine for a funeral suit too, i saw them on Friday at the Trafford Centre Asda, all lined up, they looked abit scary actually, but well worth the money.

vmaxjude

Asda fining punters for parking in the wrong place? Good for them! I am fed up with seeing able bodied people parking in disabled bays to buy a pint of milk, or seeing some wide-boy waiting in a parent and child space in his M3 while his trophy blonde pops in for some rocket and parmesan, when I have got 3 kids in the estate trying to find a space that isn't half a mile from the store. I think most stores do have too many disabled bays, but that's not the point. All supermarkets should follow Asda's lead on this.