Koda Slade

Just as an update to this, A&D Clothing's Quentin suit is also nice and more affordable than many, and Cold Ash has released a nice suit I'd say is more casual than the last two (open jacket and the option for a tie or open neck), but looks good.

Right now my go to men's dress shirt in SL is the Cold Ash Raphael. It looks good, and has enough options, but it has me longing for more. I am looking for a men's dress shirt (open collar, no tie if possible) that comes with a HUD with all sorts of colour possibilities (solids, stripes, dots, patterns, etc). I am hoping for the one dress shirt to rule them all. I don't want to buy a bunch of different shirts from different vendors to get different patterns. Does anyone have suggestions?

I had an Adam body I was using for the longest time, and recently have been surprised how much more I've found that works with the "big two" as well as Adam and SLink. I think the key is shopping at some of the bigger/more well known stores.Many of the ones I've been to over the last week support SLink, Adam, and even TMP in some cases.

Hoorenbeek has tried to come into modern times with their "Next Generation" line, but it all looks very much the same, and I find like you that some of the pants look very odd at least on my Gianni avatar. Their pricing isn't very competitive either. I think you can spend your L$ much better these days.

What did your critical look at your sleeves tell you? I have been exploring many men's wear shops over the last week, and I have the same conclusions as those in the thread. Lapointe & Bastchild (single breasted) and Deadwool (double breasted) seem to be the best, based on looks, fit and cost/value. I purchased both I bought them both and so far have been very happy with them both. The single breasted Lapointe & Bastchild suit has more of a classic look, the jacket has shoulder pads and the pants have a sharp crease at the front and back. The Deadwool suit looks a little more modern, so I would say try them both and pick the one you think fits your character best.

Thanks! The Hart suit looks great, I just wish it was single breasted. It looks like they have another called the Peak Suit which is single breasted, but sadly not optimized for Gianni shape. I also found the A&D Clothing 'Quinten' suit which looks promising. If anyone has that one or tries it, please share your feedback.

Thanks! I am at the Lapointe & Bastchild shop now, and they have some beautiful stuff. In case anyone in the future is also looking, they don't have many suits at the main store but they have a separate wedding store where more of their suits and tuxedos are. This looks like exactly what I needed. Thanks for the suggestions. If anyone else has other suggestions please post them - a guy can never have too many formal clothes.

I am upgrading my avatar, and moving from the Adam body to the Signature Gianni, which is also a chance to upgrade my clothing. For years, I've been using the FATEWear Edward suit system, which gave me a whole bunch of options for colours for the jacket, pants, shirt and tie. I also really like that it came with all the pieces, so I had the matching shirt if I wanted to take off the jacket, both a shirt with an open and closed collar, tie could come off, etc. One of the negatives was it was never built for my avatar and used the "standard sizing" system, so it never fit quite right. I am curious if anyone can recommend a similarly versatile suit system for Gianni? Something that would let me change colours (either different parts, or a HUD), has a closed collar and tie (I see a lot of nice suits with an open collar and loose tie), and preferably something that comes with (or the store sells the matches) for the shirt underneath for when I want to take my jacket off.