<p>CCers often have wonderful shopping tips. I wonder if anybody can help me. I have a short, skinny son who wants a navy sport coat for Christmas. He wears a 39 short. I’m having trouble finding any. I looked at stores nearby, but no one had anything that small. I’m trying to look on the internet, but not having too much luck. (I’m not interested in the $685 - or something - one from Nordstroms.) Any ideas?</p>
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<p>There has got to be a department store in the Atlanta suburbs that sells sportscoats for boys. Or try Brooks Brothers or Jos. Banks, maybe online. They shouldn’t cost $685, though Brooks could come close.</p>
<p>There’s a great men’s store in Philadelphia called Boyd’s where I got my son his Bar Mitzvah year sportcoat. It cost about $350 then (five years ago), but was so great it was almost worth it.</p>
<p>see if Land’s end online has that size. H has been pleased with their sizing (use their measurement chart) and quality.</p>
<p>Burlington Coat Factory has an excellent selection and great prices.</p>
<p>Try LLBean. I can’t remember the item # or name but it’s machine washable and reasonably priced.</p>
<p>I would suggest J.Press. It is a store in NYC that has a web site. Similar in quality to Brooks Bros.</p>
<p>They have a classic navy worsted wool blazer, with gold buttons, on sale right now in a 39 short.
<a href=“http://www.jpressonline.com/blazers_navy.php[/url]”>http://www.jpressonline.com/blazers_navy.php</a></p>
<p>I have been in the store and purchased items, very good quality.</p>
<p>Syms carries shorts and smaller sizes at great prices. There are two stores in metra Atlanta.
<a href=“http://www.syms.com/[/url]”>http://www.syms.com/</a></p>
<p>Men’s Wearhouse also carries 39 shorts online and there are several stores in Atlanta:
<a href=“http://www.menswearhouse.com/menswear/browse_all.jsp?bmForm=product_filter&bmFormID=1165805378000&bmUID=1165805378000&bmIsForm=true&bmPrevTemplate=%2Fmenswear%2Fbrowse_all.jsp&bmEditable=bmAction&bmArch=bmAction&bmAction=submit&bmSingle=FILTER<>chest&FILTER<>chest=39&bmSingle=FILTER<>coatLength&FILTER<>coatLength=Short&bmSingle=FILTER<>sportCoatColor&FILTER<>sportCoatColor=Blue&bmDynamic=FILTER<>sportCoatColor%3ABlack%3ABlue%3AEarth+Tones%3AGray%3APattern%3A&bmSingle=FILTER<>sportCoatPrice&FILTER<>sportCoatPrice=&bmHidden=FOLDER<>folder_id&FOLDER<>folder_id=2534374302400591&bmFields=bmForm%2CbmFormID%2CbmUID%2CbmIsForm%2CbmPrevTemplate%2CbmEditable%2CbmArch%2CbmSingle%2CbmDynamic%2CbmHidden&bmHash=62f2e7554064dba593d5d1a40d149fde67c8afda[/url]”>http://www.menswearhouse.com/menswear/browse_all.jsp?bmForm=product_filter&bmFormID=1165805378000&bmUID=1165805378000&bmIsForm=true&bmPrevTemplate=%2Fmenswear%2Fbrowse_all.jsp&bmEditable=bmAction&bmArch=bmAction&bmAction=submit&bmSingle=FILTER<>chest&FILTER<>chest=39&bmSingle=FILTER<>coatLength&FILTER<>coatLength=Short&bmSingle=FILTER<>sportCoatColor&FILTER<>sportCoatColor=Blue&bmDynamic=FILTER<>sportCoatColor%3ABlack%3ABlue%3AEarth+Tones%3AGray%3APattern%3A&bmSingle=FILTER<>sportCoatPrice&FILTER<>sportCoatPrice=&bmHidden=FOLDER<>folder_id&FOLDER<>folder_id=2534374302400591&bmFields=bmForm%2CbmFormID%2CbmUID%2CbmIsForm%2CbmPrevTemplate%2CbmEditable%2CbmArch%2CbmSingle%2CbmDynamic%2CbmHidden&bmHash=62f2e7554064dba593d5d1a40d149fde67c8afda</a></p>
<p>I’ve had excellent luck ordering for my H from Jos. A. Banks online. I bought several sport coats for him last summer and they are nice quality and excellent, fast service. I just ordered more this weekend and my order shipped the next day.</p>
<p><a href=“http://www.josbank.com/HomePage.process[/url]”>http://www.josbank.com/HomePage.process</a></p>
<p>They have navy wool sportcoats on sale right now for $149. They seem to have short sizes in only 38 or 40, but maybe the 40 would do, with a little room to grow?</p>
<p>Thanks - these are great options. I never heard of Syms but there is apparently one not too far away (by Atlanta standards - 30 or 40 minutes.) I didn’t think of looking at Burlington, and there is one at a local outlet mall. I did go to Men’s Wearhouse already, and they didn’t have anything. And the salesman I ended up with was a bit too pushy for my tastes. Kept suggesting bigger sizes, different colors, etc. There’s another Mens Wearhouse in the vicinity, but I hate shopping with a “personal shopper” like that. They arrange stuff in their stores so you can’t find anything without help, so there’s no such thing as “just looking.” I think his last blazer did come from there - the one that is “lost” and needs to be replaced.</p>
<p>My S is 21. Once before we got directed toward the boy’s department (Sears, I think - or Penneys.) He was a bit offended, but I made him look anyway. There is quite a difference between a 39 Short and an “18” boys. </p>
<p>Some of these links look great. I had previously looked at Lands End, and couldn’t find anything quite right, but will browse some of the others. Thanks for all the suggestions.</p>
<p>[edit: crossed with Bookiemom - S has been this size for many years now. Don’t know if/when he’ll grow. He’d like to! But we need to “dress the kid we’ve got” - to paraphrase one of our CC sages.]</p>
<p>Another vote for Syms…in NY…best assortment of sizes at the best prices. Hopefully, their selection in Atlanta is similar.</p>
<p>Lands End for a basic navy blazer is also a good choice.</p>
<p>Neither are quite the quality of JPress…maybe your son can “graduate” to that level of quality in a few years!</p>
<p>Husband goes to Menswearhouse, so we took the son when he needed something. Too bad about the pushy guy. I do recommend that wherever you go, get it altered to fit. Just a tiny little stich can do so much to make the clothes hang just right. When husband took the son in HS, I thought he should have just picked off the rack at a dept store. I was wrong, when the clothes hang properly they look so much better.</p>
<p>binx, navy blue sportcoats are priced all over the board and not always in relation to quality. If they’re in your price range, Brooks Brothers and Jos. Banks are always dependable. Lands’ End offers good quality and great value but is sized toward the larger, more mature person. </p>
<p>For college kids I’d look at J.Crew. Good fabrics with a “younger” cut. For unknown reasons their three button blazer is promotionally priced but their two button is not. They only offer 38S and 40S but tend to be sized toward the smaller, thinner, person.</p>
<p>If kids sizing is a possibilty, Talbots Boys goes up to 20 and is also an excellent value.</p>
<p>It’s even harder to find 35 short sports coats, my H will never grow any taller or fatter. Boys sizes are cut differently. Size XS, S and 14 1/2 are very hard to come by without spending a lot of money. Most men’s 14 1/2 dress shirts are not “athletic” fit and are too wide. My H doesn’t usually understand why I buy things for him when I find them, not just when he needed them yesterday- he’s not a shopper. It is much easier to find clothes for big men and small women. Even the catalogs (eg Penneys) don’t offer most styles in small sizes for men. Good luck.</p>
<p>Addenda- my M-in-law is so small the petites are huge for her and the girl’s sizes are proportioned for never-had-children shapes while I sometimes get the length/footwear I need in the men’s dept…</p>
<p>I’d suggest Syms too. Our’s just closed - but they even carried XX Long sportcoats (which is what my son wears ouch).</p>
<p>Bought my son a 39 last year at Parisian at North Point Mall. Granted, they didn’t have alot in his size, but we got a great Lauren jacket in Navy on sale.
And used a coupon. So I think was not much over $100,</p>
<p>Anyway, I normally don’t shop there but another mom suggested it. Understand your pain of finding clothes for the skinny son…</p>
<p>I second Burlington. We got the hard-to-find size navy coat there for my son a few months ago. He is also small but they had all sizes at a reasonable price. He has worn the heck out of it. It’s crazy how hard it is to find clothes for him even though he doesn’t look that small in public.</p>
<p>A quick google reveals Macy’s in Atlanta. That’s where we bought my son’s suit after looking at many suits. We went in the post Christmas sales, which had more and better selection, strangely enough. We started with Nordstrom, where said son had a long conversation with the salesman about how to judge fit and quality, then went to Brooks Bros, where he had the same conversation. Then we went to Macy’s and he selected a suit for less than half the price of the first two (less than $200) and had it altered to fit (another $50), per the expensive salesmen’s instructions. It looks amazingly good.</p>
<p>Grandpa got S very nice suit for College at Nordstom’s Rack. (He lost it in his 2nd year, move/stay for summer job/internship at CMU. The next year, Grandpa again took him to the Rack and got him a nice sports coat, tie, shirt. So kid goes to awards and graduation ceremonies in jeans, sandals, and jersey. Son is about your son’s size. Selection is limited. Nice pricing after XMas.</p>
<p>I’d be fairly cheap in his apparel.</p>