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). This particular Fix had four shirts and a pair of pants.
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. This box dialed back the warm weather theme of the last Fix, mixing in some cooler weather items for wearing in air conditioning, or on cooler days or evenings.
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 $181.37 (plus the applied $20 sunk cost) – about $36 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 June.
Liverpool Bolt Relaxed Straight Jean ($88): Though the fit is relaxed, the straight leg is wide enough to keep them from looking too blousy at the hips. The wash is slightly heavier on the thighs, and it has a very natural look and transitions evenly to the less-distressed legs.
The black is pleasantly clean in appearance, with a dark label and no pocket logos. The fit avoids being too baggy, and the triangular panels just below the waist are relatively narrow – this avoids that odd look in many baggy jeans that place the pockets somewhere between your butt and the back of your knee.
The styling is fairly mainstream, with a cross of stitching adding some detail near the right pocket. The color is a soft, foggy gray that is lighter than is common. Though the wash itself is gentle, the color resembles that resulting from the heavy acid washes of the 80’s more than the darker charcoal grays of recent years. It goes well with pastel or bright and light shirts, making it a good Summer choice.
Hawker Rye Apollo Garment Dyed Polo ($38): This soft polo has a gentle chambray and simple styling. The color is a lovely powdered malachite. The light tone makes it look very minty, but it is a shade of fairly true green, and doesn’t veer either blue or yellow.
It has a two-button front and soft collar.
Alesbury Atlas Garment Dye Henley ($34): A short sleeve henley in a very deep and vibrant blue that is a hair brighter than Navy.
The styling is classic, aside from the short sleeves, with a two-button collar and wide, visible stitching at the seams.
Alesbury Two Pocket Chambray Long Sleeve Shirt ($64): I like the red color of this shirt – it has a severe chambray, but the bricky red is intense enough that it still looks red from a distance and doesn’t morph into a pink from afar.
The styling on the front and sleeves has many pearly buttons, but the back is quite simple – it isn’t even gathered below the yoke.
Flag & Anthem Walpole Contrast Placket Poplin Shirt ($44.50): I loved the fit of this shirt – it feels tailored, neither baggy nor clingy. The lining at the collar, yoke, and front panel makes the shirt feel substantial, while it hangs light and comfy.
The interior has some fun details, with red and blue striping along the interior of the collar and very bright cerulean blue stitching on the interior of the button panel.
The back is ungathered, with the pattern intentionally offset from the back to the yoke.
This was a nice fix, and it seemed very forward-looking, including items beyond just warm weather clothes. I liked the soft, clean palette and simple tailoring of the selections. My stylist has done a good job of offering clothes that fit my needs – nice enough to wear out of the house, but casual enough to wear every day.
What do you think of Stitch Fix Men?
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