PICTURES: COES

WITH over 80 years experience of dressing men and boys for special occasions, it is not difficult to understand why Coes has built up a reputation for being leaders in supplying formal attire.

Stylish dinner suits, exclusive wedding attire, a wide choice of fancy waistcoats and accessories, plus award-winning standards of customer service and quality, ensure Coes is the destination shop when it comes to formalwear.

As one of the longest established menswear hire businesses in East Anglia, they have built-up a reputation for delivering value for money, whilst maintaining high levels of investment in new styles, designs and stock replenishment.

Their flagship 36,000 sqft store at Norwich Road, Ipswich and has a floor devoted to wedding and evening suits.  They also have branches in Maldon, Dovercourt, Felixstowe,

Beccles and Lowestoft, plus formalwear departments at Golding of Newmarket and Goddards of Kings Lynn.

Coes’ fully trained staff are dedicated to the formalwear hire business.  That may sound an odd statement, but when explained by their representative makes sense:  “Unlike many hire businesses today, we actually hold our own stock and employ over a dozen people whose only function is to deal with formalwear hire and nothing else.

“The advantage to customer’s is that they are getting specialist service from focused assistants and often trying on the garments at the fitting stage that they will wear on the day.”

The representative went on to say: “I can best sum this up by saying, formalwear is not an add-on business to us, it is a major part of our retail mix and therefore we ensure we deliver the detail that our customers rightly expect.

“We a have a superb range of outfits, but the business of dressing for a special occasion is much more than this.  The garments need to be crisp in appearance and correctly fitted as well, and that is what our dedicated formalwear department staff delivers.”

With over 30 suit options on offer and a broad selection of fancy waistcoats and accessories Coes cannot fail to impress, especially as much of what they present is exclusive.

They even stock Highland Wear and Shervani Outfits to hire, or buy, plus there is a ‘Special Making Service’ for those who want something especially made-up, such as their own cloth into a tie, or a cravat.

Summing up, the Coes representative said: “Our aim is to offer our customer’s a niche market service and choice, but to pitch the prices at a mainstream value.  As a result we offer quality up-to-date garments, exclusive products and a service that is second to none.  We hope your readers will visit us and see for themselves what we have to offer.”

For further details call into one of Coes’ shops, Tel: 01473 256061 for a brochure, or visit www.coes.co.uk.  Coes Ipswich is open Tuesday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm and has a customer car park at the rear of the premises.