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As a male with absolutely no fashion sense but an occasional need to look presentable, I’ve always appreciated that you can get a free appointment with a personal stylist to help select your wardrobe. The cost is of course baked into the price of the clothing, but it is going to be quality stuff that lasts for a long time and be comfortable.

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Saks used to have a men's store in San Francisco where you could just get a guy to dress you. Barney's men's department was good, too. Unfortunately these are long gone. There is an overall lack of places for a man to buy clothes in American cities. I've noticed when I am abroad there seem to be more.

Heimie's Haberdashery in Saint Paul still offers this sort of personal styling, and they offer tailoring as well. Definitely worth a stop if you're in the Twin Cities.

Likewise, John Helmer Haberdashery in Portland, OR

Bonobos has guide stores with stylists in them. If you need that kind of clothing it can work out pretty well. It's a completely different price range to Saks though.

I'm a bit skeptical that a department store was ever a great option for that, Maybe once upon a time. Aside from a one shop tailor, I'd look to small chains oriented around men's clothing like J Banks, J Press, and so forth at this point.

> I've noticed when I am abroad there seem to be more.

My experience in Europe has been that the men’s clothing department is, at most, 20% of the store space. Alongside multiple floors dedicated to women’s clothing.

This is some really solid advice, thanks Buildsjets. I'm gonna give this a try sometime.

Seconded, the stylists really take care of you.

An underappreciated upside of having a partner with fashion sense.

we need a Nordstrom rep with fashion sense to help us acquire a partner with fashion sense (also sometimes the partner with fashion sense thinks flashy branded things are handsome instead of marine layer clothes)

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