Here's my advice: If possible, buy your missionary's suits in Utah or the Intermountain West. Typically a missionary needs 2 suits, each with 2 matching pairs of pants. I could not even find such a thing in the Midwest. I went and looked at my local mall, and either the suits were outraeguosly expensive for something that was going to get worn in the rain or while riding a bicycle or they were so poorly made that I didn't think that they would last four months, never mind two years.
We asked the missionaries that were serving in our area where they purchased their suits, and they gave us some recommendations where to shop in Utah. Since we were going to be there on vacation prior to our missionary entering the MTC, we decided to wait and do all our shopping there.
All the department stores were familiar with what we needed. At the time, Macys was running a special that included the suits, shirts, and the whole list of needed items for about $700-$800. Ultimately, we ended up at the Men's Warehouse on State Street in Murray. Their mission special included the 2 suits with 2 pairs of pants, 10 shirts, socks and 2 pairs of shoes. We paid about $660.
We bought the suits on Thursday, and they were able to alter and have them ready for us by the following Tuesday afternoon, but that was a rush for them.
The first time I got teary-eyed that week was when our son walked out of the dressing room in his suit, and the salesman called him, "Elder,"
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