Meet the 'Suitsy' — the Adult Onesie That Could Transform Business Travel

This could someday become your go-to travel suit. (Photo: Betabrand)

Suppose you have an out-of-town meeting scheduled almost immediately after your plane lands. That would give you zero time to change out of your comfortable flying attire to the business suit you plan to wear at the meeting. Your only solution: You have to wear your business suit on the flight, which you may not find the most comfortable thing in the world.

Now, San Francisco real estate developer Jesse Herzog is trying to revolutionize the suit game by designing a supercomfy suit in which the jacket, the shirt, and the pants are all one piece. He calls it the “Suitsy.”

Meet Jesse Herzog and his invention: a one-piece suit called “The Suitsy.” (Photo: Betabrand)

“The idea came from sitting at my desk at work and just thinking, ‘Wouldn’t it be nice to look professional but feel as comfortable as I am on my couch at home?’” Herzog tells Yahoo Travel. Herzog then came up with a prototype Suitsy, which he’s shown off to various media outlets, including Good Morning America.

Last week, the Suitsy came one step closer to becoming a reality after wrapping a successful initial run on the fashion crowd-funding site Betabrand.

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“We hit our initial target: 2,400 people voted for it,” Herzog says. Now, the Suitsy moves to the next round; if enough people order it online in the next 30 days, Betabrand will produce and deliver Suitsies. Pretty soon, you could be seeing Suitsies on sharply dressed men all over (sorry, ladies — as of now, there isn’t a Suitsy for women).

For a lot of people, the traditional business suit isn’t very comfortable to wear while flying. (Photo: Thinkstock)

I will say straight up: I love suits. We’re talking Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother-love. I don’t see wearing a traditional suit as either a hardship or an inconvenience; to me, wearing it is one of the perks of manhood. And flying in a suit is no problem for me; even on a cross-country flight, I’m just as comfy in my attire as the girl sitting next to me in the slippers and “Juicy” sweatpants is in hers. So why should I, or any other business traveler, consider getting a Suitsy?

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Herzog lists the reasons why business travelers should consider Suitsying up.

It’s comfy

Sad fact is, regardless of what I think, many guys don’t feel comfortable in a suit, especially while flying. But Herzog says that wearing a Suitsy is like “being welcomed into living a life of leisure.” The Suitsy’s zipper is hidden behind the shirt placket; the garment is easy on/easy off. “It’s like stepping into and out of a jumpsuit like you would see a mechanic wear,” Herzog says. “Except that it’s a business suit.”

It’s easy to care for

“It’s washer and dryer safe,” Herzog says, noting that it doesn’t even need to be pressed and that it’s made of wrinkle-resistant fabric.

It’s easy to pack

The worst thing about traveling with a suit is packing it. Unless you’re a skilled packer, your suit, as well as your button-down shirts, will likely come out wrinkled — especially if you pack it in one of those rolling suitcases.

This is what a traditional suit looks like after four hours scrunched up in your suitcase. Herzog says his Suitsy travels better. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Not the Suitsy. “It’s easy to pack,” Herzog says. Just fold the one item in four corners, put it in your suitcase, and you’re done. “It’s more rough and tumble than a regular suit but still looks professional,” Herzog says. “It’s great for travel.”

No one knows the difference…

Herzog insists that if you’re wearing this suit, no one at that out-of-town business meeting will guess you’re wearing what is essentially a fancy jumpsuit. “No one has noticed me wearing the Suitsy at work until they’ve been told either by me or one of my colleagues blowing up my spot,” he says.

…including the TSA

Occasionally when I go through an airport security line, I’m asked to take off my suit jacket and have it x-rayed along with my carry-on, shoes, belt, computer, etc. So when I first heard of the Suitsy, I thought of the awkward conversations that could ensue if I were to wear one in an airport security line, especially with a TSA agent who wasn’t familiar with the product:

“Sir, could you take off your jacket, please?”

“I can’t."

"Why, sir?”

“Well, the jacket’s attached to my shirt, which is attached to my pants. If I take anything off, I’ll have to take it all off, and I’ll be standing here in my underwear.”

“Sir, could you come with me, please?”

But Herzog insists that the airport security people he’s run into are cool with the Suitsy. “The TSA didn’t mind,” he tells me. “They didn’t have an issue [with the Suitsy] once I explained it to them.” That’s a relief. Because I’d hate for a one-piece suit to cause me to miss my flight, even if it would make me extremely comfortable while sitting in the airport holding cell.

It’s cheaper

“If you go to J. Crew and buy a suit and shirt, it’ll cost from $600 to $900,” Herzog says. Right now, you can order a Suitsy for $283.50. That’s for a shirt, jacket, and pants (and it almost came with more than that; Herzog says he considered, and rejected, adding a belt, a tie, and shoes to the Suitsy combo).

It can help you class up your travel wear

Whether you’re skeptical about the Suitsy or not, there’s one thing we can all agree on: Wearing a Suitsy on a flight is better than wearing no suit at all. And with airline attire in desperate need of classing up, maybe the Suitsy can help bridge the gap between the happy traditional-suit wearers (me) and those who’d wear pajamas on the plane if they could.

“As we mature, we can’t wear sweats on planes,” Herzog says. “So it helps to look professional — especially if you’re traveling for work. And this suits that purpose very well, pun intended.”

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