Stitch Fix Men December 2016 Review

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Stitch Fix Men is a personal styling service customized to your fit, lifestyle & spending preferences. Just like Stitch Fix for women, your stylist will send you 5 pieces based on your profile for you to try on at home. You only keep what you love, and you never have to set foot in a mall! There are no coupons for Stitch Fix, but if you love everything in your fix, you save 25% when you keep the whole fix (read below for details)!

I love the look of the packaging – it’s clean and masculine. They did a good job of styling the subscription to make it appealing to men.

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The dark green printing and pattern of the logo make it feel a little festive!

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Every box includes a set of styling cards with suggestions on how to wear the particular items. There’s usually a dressed up (right) and dressed down (left) version for each piece of clothing. The cards are not currently accessible in your Stitch Fix profile, but you can request a PDF via email.

Apart from Hello Subscription stuff, I’m primarily a stay-at-home dad, so I wanted items more tailored to the playroom than the boardroom. My stylist has done a good job of picking clothes that aren’t overly dressy and have a casual feel.

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Everything arrives neatly stacked in brown paper – I think it’s even a bit sharper looking than the tissue used in the women’s subscription.

Here’s how Stitch Fix Men works: First, you fill out your style profile. This includes style, budget, and what you’re looking for – you can get as detailed as you want with the notes to your stylist. Your stylist is very responsive to your requests and will work hard to find pieces that fit your declared style, so the more info you provide, the better your selections will be.

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The box comes with a smart envelope with all the details on the clothes, plus a prepaid return envelope.

You get instructions, a style guide, and the price sheet. The instructions couldn’t be simpler: try on the stuff, let Stitch Fix know what you thought, and return the pieces you don’t want in the prepaid mailer (free shipping!).

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If you keep everything you get a 25% discount. This is why it is so important to be detailed and accurate in your profile, as it increases the chances that your stylist will run the table and score you great clothes and a discount (without having to keep anything you don’t really want. You will check-out and get charged through your Stitch Fix Men account. You’ll be charged a $20 styling fee and shipped five items to try on at home. If you keep anything your styling fee will be applied to your order, but if you don’t, you will pay the $20 fee. If I kept everything in the box, this fix would be $288.25 (plus the applied $20 sunk cost) – about $58 per item (after the styling fee I already paid for).

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Everything in my fix for December.

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Threads 4 Thoughts Marnoco Textured Sweatshirt ($78): This sweatshirt is designed to be worn as a heavy shirt, but it can also be layered like a sweater. The blue is really pretty, with a chambray effect. The solid color on the cuffs, waist, and epaulets really makes the blue pop. The fabric is nice and smooth to the touch, and the texturing is more visual than tactile.

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Hawker Rye Essential Wash Long Sleeve Shirt ($58): The enzyme wash gives this shirt a very soft feel, with fading the colors. The pattern incorporates gray and pink, but their juxtaposition gives the pink a cranberry appearance when viewed from more than a foot away.

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The tailoring and details are very traditional, with a button collar and cuff, and a breast pocket. The fit is slim, avoiding the bagginess of a tucked dress shirt.

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Original Penguin Lakeview Chambray Shirt ($89):  Penguin shirts all have similar proportions that don’t work well with my build – the shoulders and upper arms tend to be constricting, even when the trunk is sized very large. Perhaps that is the origin of the name, as the shirts would work well for someone with a penguin-like build, narrow at the top.

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The odd fit  is unfortunate for me because I like the look of shirts. This one has a vintage looking fabric lining on the interior of the yoke and a cute penguin on the breast pocket.

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A back collar button and tag round out the details. I like the look created by the angle of the fabric on the shoulders.

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Hawker Rye Essential Wash Garment Dye Straight Fit Chino ($68): The enzymatic wash has a much greater effect on the pants than it does on the shirts. The fabric has an almost velveteen softness and a beautiful luster. These chinos are flat fronted, but the angle of the pocket and the crease combine to create a hint of pleat.

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A blue checkered fabric is used for pocket linings and to reinforce interior seams.

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The essential wash process creates a gentle aging without any harsh bleaching effect. It creates the illusion of a brushed surface, like combed velour.

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7 Diamonds Essen Quilted Bomber Jacket ($118): This jacket has a sharp look that is both modern and a bit retro. The dip in the front were the quilted area cuts down through the waist band gives the wearer’s torso an extra bit of length.

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The three exterior pockets have a zip closure, and the pattern of the lining is a nice touch.

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The interior has two breast pockets, one zippered and one buttoned.

This was a good set of clothes. The selections certainly took into account the cold weather, including a jacket and sweatshirt (instead of a fun, but very thin, Winter-in-California type hoodie). Unfortunately, the Penguin fit doesn’t work for me, even when I upsize, and I already have a couple quilted-style jackets, so I didn’t keep the whole set.  I did really like the chinos and kept those to get the benefit of my styling fee. The styling fee is a good bargain and well worth the price – I expect there will be at least one piece I like in each order, so I will recoup it as a credit on my buy, plus I really do not miss department store shopping!

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