Quote Originally Posted by Alan H View Post
I dunno, Colin. monkey@arms ... who doesn't post here much any more, had one of these Eton jackets and from 6 feet away I sure couldn't tell. I thought he looked great. He did say that it was only partially lined... but hey, that's why it's $39.

I have to say though, if the Spencer Jacket that usonian gave us the link to is A.) wool and B.) only $20 more than the Uniformalwearhouse jacket, I'd be hard pressed to justify the polyester jacket.
I'm sure monkey@arms looked smashing and I'm not saying that polyester is categorically wrong or bad. My point is merely that one can get a short-waisted formal jacket, in wool, for LESS money than the Uniformalwearhouse jacket. Friday's link showed just one example, for $35. I'd agree that even for an extra $20 at the link usonian provided, it would still be worth it.

I've also seen Spencer/Eton jackets on eBay and my local thrift shops for $25-$40, assuming a typical bargain hunter doesn't have a problem with used clothing...