DS has a suit problem, and I’m hoping the collective here can help.

Office requirement is suit jackets on at all times. And he has now worn a hole in the elbow of one blazer and is close on another.

In speaking with a tailor in DC, they gave him the option of reweaving the hole for $140, or patching for about $20. The patch appeals as he is on a new grad budget, but the concern is that could look end up looking more like an English professor’s blazer than something you would wear in govt.

Any suggestions on how to fix, or would he be better off replacing the blazer or the full suit? Ideas on how to prevent this on his next jacket?