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.
Though the packaging is understated, you still receive those little extra touches, like a cloth bag for your shoes (yes, that’s right, the men’s subscription often ventures beyond just shirts and pants). No shoes or large outwear in this Fix, though.
Every box includes styling cards showing a couple looks for each item in the fix. There’s usually a dressed up (right) and more casual (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 opt for clothing on the casual side of things. My stylist has done a good job of picking clothes that aren’t overly dressy and have a casual feel, yet I wouldn’t feel odd wearing them to a teacher’s conference or other events at which I don’t want to look like a derelict.
Everything arrives neatly stacked in brown paper – It always makes me think of a big sandwich wrapped in deli paper.
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.
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!). Your stylist takes not of what you kept (and why) and what you didn’t, along with any addition feedback you provide, so your clothes selections become better “tailored” to you over time.
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 $199.75 (plus the applied $20 sunk cost) – about $40 per item (after the styling fee I already paid). Because of the discount, it’s often cheaper to just keep everything than to send back one or two items.
Everything in my fix for March.
Threads 4 Thought Triblend Jersey Zip Hoodie ($50): This hooded is very soft and relatively thin. It is a great weight for wearing under a jacket or around the house, and it will get a lot of use as a jacket once the weather warms up a bit. The gray is very dark, with a slight chambray effect.
The zipper bisects the hand warmer style front pockets. This hoodie clings a bit to the body, and the fabric is not at all rigid, so it has a very tailored look, for better or worse.
Threads 4 Thought Baseline Triblend V-Neck Tee ($28): V-necks are a great way to say, “Yes, I am wearing a T-shirt, but I didn’t sleep in it last night.” They are an elevated version of the T, casual, but not out of place with a sport jacket. This one is a versatile gray, with a heavy chambray and weathered look. Very comfy. I’m not a huge fan of T-shirts or socks in a styling box, but the keep all discount means that the first two items in this review cost all of $3. When viewed from that perspective, this shirt is definitely a keeper.
Threads 4 Thought Whistler Triblend Fleece Pant ($59): Great pants! These are super-comfy, with a very soft and smooth texture. I love the shade of blue – they call it Navy, but it is much closer to a cornflower blue.
It has a single back pocket and two side pockets.
The tailoring makes these very much like pants, not just sweats. Though they have an elastic waist and drawstring, the front has a faux zipper-panel sewn in. The draw is secured near the top of the side pockets, so it won’t pull all the way through.
Warp + Weft TXL Berlin Jean ($98): The makers of these jeans picked a great name for a clothing company (it denotes the vertical and horizontal threads in a woven fabric)! I was very happy with these jeans. They are black, first of all, and didn’t have any extreme wash or odd styling.
They have a very classic layout, with two back pockets, two full-size front pockets, and the mini key pocket. The thread used for all the seams is also black, and the metal fasteners have a gunmetal tint.
The fit was what impressed me most. Many jeans look very dumpy at a size where the waist is comfortable. These have a bit of stretch in the fabric. That means that they accommodate a little plumpness well — but it also means that they will continue to have shape and fit properly if you slim down a bit.
The only color accent was a little red W on one of the side seams.
Hawker Rye Vintage Oxford Long Sleeve Shirt ($58): I love the color of this shirt – it is red and black interwoven, and it gives the shirt an almost purplish look from afar, but you can see both colors clearly when viewing closely. It reminds me of some shirts I had in the 90’s, but not as bloused, and with a more modern collar proportion. The sleeves have a pleat, and there is a small gray accent on either side at the waist.
The back has the signature H&R vertical tab.
I kept this whole fix — I liked everything well enough, and the discount made it worth it to keep the articles I was on the fence about. My stylist was responsive to my early comments, so my selections now match my preferences very well. While this Fix was a total win, there is always at least one item from every fix that is definitely worth keeping. That item is always a great price, too, since my styling fee gets applied to the purchase!
What do you think of Stitch Fix Men?
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