What About Eddie’s Men’s Wear?

Through every decade, phase, fad and season, our aim has always been true. Focus on quality. Focus on value. Focus on the customer. That has never changed. We think it’s a huge reason why our customers, and their descendants, stay loyal to our brand of suiting up. 

The ambiance here is second to none. When you’re updating your wardrobe at Eddie’s, it’s commonplace to be served homemade eats and premium-bean coffee as you discover your next bespoke haberdashery. But that’s Eddie’s for you. We’ve stood the test of time because we do things differently. 

That includes service. Our encyclopedic product knowledge would make Google cry. We know what works, what doesn’t, and we can guess your size just by looking (The person reading this has a size 34 waist. If we’re wrong come let us know.).

When you shop here, your experience is personalized. When you leave, your wardrobe is too.  

Eddie’s Story

The origin

Eddie’s story starts in the winter of 1957 with Barrett and Olsen, a clothing store a half-block south of Whyte Avenue on 103rd Street.

When sales were slow, Ted Olsen would nap in this huge armchair alongside the cash register. You’d find him there, sawing logs, except one morning they found him and he wasn’t sawing anything—he was dead. A few months later, Barrett put the store up for sale and, somehow, young Edward Klapstein scraped together enough for a down payment. He bought them out lock, stock and armchair.

It was the summer of 1958 and Eddie’s Men’s Wear was born.

The legend

Two years later, in the summer of 1960, Eddie’s Men’s Wear moved less than a block away. The store was so small, you could stand in the middle, stretch your arms out and touch both walls. Eddie stayed there for a couple years until he moved again, down the block next to Prudham’s Lumber on 104th Street.

The store grew. Prudham’s went Lumber store Valhalla. Skinny pants went in and out and in and out of style. Earl signed on. The world turned, as it does.

The sequel

In 2002, Eddie’s built a brand new store on the corner of 54th Avenue and 104th Street, just south of normal, and it was a huge deal. Suddenly there was this shiny, new facility with pristine racking and lighting, all the amenities and lots of free parking.

Eddie, Earl and family were in a good place, all moved in by Canada Day—40 years, to the day, from the opening of the Prudham’s store. Champagne was quaffed—canapés snarfed.

Time skipped by and, look, we’re still here. Eddie’s endures like common sense and good taste, and every day is like life as usual, with all its joys and sorrows, except in way nicer clothes.

As an independent clothing company in Edmonton, we are fortunate to still be in business. We wouldn’t be here without this community. That’s why we give back by generously supporting charities like the Mustard Seed Church and Youth Empowerment and Support Services.