a jacket thought or two

[Panache]

Why is is that I can (and did ...once) go down to Express and pick up a fine dress jacket for a little over one hundred bucks but a Prince Charlie or Argyle jacket is twice or three times that much ?
Another thought is to take me Dad's old KofC tux jacket and see if it can be altered. That's all for today.


CT - curiouser and curiouser

CT,

Ask the questionn "How many of you men are likely to go down to Express and purchase a nice looking jacket for $100?" Likely a whole lot of "Ayes" will be heard from sea to shining sea.

Now ask "How many men are going to head down to Express looking for a kilt jacket? (sound of crickets)

If you are going to sell a million of a type of jacket you can afford to invest in more streamlined production, get better volume deals on materials, etc. etc. The price of the jacket can go down because material costs go down and you make up for a higher markup by selling such volume.

Now if you are going to sell a fraction of this you obviously aren't getting the deals on materials. Your costs go up and to make it worth your while to produce the thing in the first place you need a higher markup.

There are options out there. You are exploring one of them. You saw the formal jacket I wore to the Burns' Night Supper. That was an old tux jacket.
I saved money by converting it (and love that I have something that is unique).

Cheers