Tuesday, 27 September 2011

How Shopping Online for Men’s Suit is Easy

Stylish Mens Suits
They say ‘Dress Makes Half Man’ and you would obviously want to look your best and wish to be noticed when attending a business meet or social gathering. Mens suits are deemed as a status symbol and the one wearing is much respected in social and business circles. Please understand that obtaining a good quality well-fitting suit need not necessarily mean you will have to spend a fortune.

Buying an excellent fit is possible even within reasonable budget especially if you know exactly where and how to shop for it. In the olden days you could opt for ready-made men’s suits or you could buy custom suits or tailored suits by visiting a few shops. Those were the only options available then but today with the Internet technology you have several online shops for mens suits. In fact many say that the great way of buying suits is looking for suits online as on web you can find lots of fashion updates.

The principal advantage of online shopping is that you can do it from the comfort of your home or from anywhere in the world by using your credit or debit card. Start purchasing from reliable online stores and wholesalers. The web provides a large variety of men’s clothing, and you can effortlessly find shops that sell top quality suits at reasonable price compared to off line retail outlets. When you shop online for mens suits, you can choose from various fabrics, textures, colors, qualities, patterns, styles, prices and a lot more.

Due to the stiff competition of today’s businesses, especially online, you are quite likely to find the right type of suit, color, style at an affordable price. While shopping on the Internet, bear in mind that even a non-branded suit can look a lot better on you compared to a branded designer suit that may be somewhat tight or marginally loose. It is therefore essential you take accurate measurements by consulting the dimension charts so you end up with a suit that fits you perfectly. Apart from the size, stitching and fitting, make it a point to consider the fabric and color. Although men’s suits have timeless design yet it is important to go with the prevailing trend.

You must be able to judge which cuts and designs appear fabulous on your body shape. Since the mens suit costs a lot more than other forms of dressing, you needs to spend time on the Internet and not make a purchase in haste.  You should also get the most worth for the money you are investing as mens suits are invariably a costly affair. Another good thing about shopping for suits online is that you can directly compare the prices of suits. Before finalizing purchase, please enquire on the Internet about discounts and also check if any sales promotions schemes are there.

When accepting delivery of your suit, check out to see if there are any damages. Whatever care you may take, there could still be situations that will compel you to return the purchased product. It is therefore important for you to know beforehand the company’s return policy.

Monday, 12 September 2011

JC Penney pulls 'I'm too pretty for homework' T-shirt

JCPenney Too Pretty Tshirt
JCPenney is feeling pretty stupid for selling a sexist shirt to young girls. The retailer came come under fire for selling a long-sleeved shirt with the words "I'm Too Pretty To Do Homework, So My Brother Has to Do it For Me."

The copy that accompanies the silly shirt continues to insult young girls as empty-headed little pop tartlets rather than serious students.

"Who has time to do homework when there's a new Justin Bieber album out," the ad copy for the silly shirt reads. "She'll love this shirt that's just as cute and sassy as she is."

Kate Coultas of JCPenney corporate communications told the Village Voice, "We are not happy about the shirt! We're looking into it right now, to find out how it happened. It was only online, not available in stores and we have removed it from the site."

Photos of the offensive shirt spread like wildfire on Twitter on Wednesday morning, with feminist voices like Nation essayist Katha Pollitt and television legal expert Lisa Bloom weighing in.

News that the department store took the shirt off its site and apologized won cheers. Coultas said that the department store is extremely upset about having sold the insulting garment online.

"One of the reasons we're so outraged is that this is not what we stand for," she said. "The most important thing was to pull it off the site. We want to make sure our customers know we are very, very sorry," she said.

Even before the online fury spread, the $16.99 garment wasn't too popular with shoppers. It had been slashed to $9.99 before it was yanked offline.