Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That?: Not Enough Do's and Too Many Don'ts

[pascal1976]

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1. Fit. It's got to fit. Not too baggy, not too tight.
2. No pleats. Flat-front trousers.
3. Invest in a good pair of shoes. If you're going to invest in nice clothes, don't forget the shoes.
4. Don't wear a 49mm sports chrono with a suit.
5. Cotton dress-shirts that breathe. Don't go with poly-cotton blends.
6. Your belt colour should match your shoes.
7. Don't dry-clean a suit too often - the chemicals will wear down the suit's fibres. Dry-clean once or twice a season, and have it pressed in between
8. Invest in a good quality overcoat if you live in an area that gets cold in the fall/winter
9. Don't get caught up with brand names. I wear clothes with the brand names, but I also have very well-made clothes that are less well known. Speaking of which...
10. Don't advertise a brand-name blatantly on the front of your shirt. You are not a walking billboard!
11. Dress your age. I've met a few guys in their late 40's trying to look like they were 18. C'mon!
12. Wear clothes that suit you - ie. colours that work well with your skin tone, clothes that suit your height/weight, etc.
13. Think of your socks as an extension of your pants when you are wearing dress pants.

These are really such good basic principles, it is a wonder people have so much trouble following them!

[Posh]

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1. Fit. It's got to fit. Not too baggy, not too tight.

You are absolutely right. Fit is something overlooked by both genders. People feel that if something isn't loose then it isn't comfortable. Comfort can be achieved with proper fit.

2. No pleats. Flat-front trousers.

You're right. But they can be useful if you have a mini gut.

3. Invest in a good pair of shoes. If you're going to invest in nice clothes, don't forget the shoes.

No argument from this corner!

4. Don't wear a 49mm sports chrono with a suit.

I saw this at a wedding. A man was wearing some huge diver/pilot/chronograph thing with what was a fairly nice suit. There's no way he put his shirt on second if that watch went on first. It was simply to large for the look and too large for his tiny wrist.

5. Cotton dress-shirts that breathe. Don't go with poly-cotton blends.

All-natural fibers or GTFO. Also,stain removal from a blend is terribly difficult!

6. Your belt colour should match your shoes.

This is not a hard and fast rule. There are exceptions but generally I agree.

7. Don't dry-clean a suit too often - the chemicals will wear down the suit's fibres.
Dry-clean once or twice a season, and have it pressed in between

This is true of any garment that goes to the dry chemical cleaners. LOL

8. Invest in a good quality overcoat if you live in an area that gets cold in the fall/winter

Sounds good to me!

9. Don't get caught up with brand names. I wear clothes with the brand names, but I also have very well-made clothes that are less well known. Speaking of which...

This should be a given. Name brands don't equal quality; often you're paying for the name.

10. Don't advertise a brand-name blatantly on the front of your shirt. You are not a walking billboard!

I am not such a stickler for this. I love logos and think there is nothing wrong with emblazoning any designer's name, logo or anything else on a garment. Sometimes you want to be conspicuous and other times you don't. But I love logos.

11. Dress your age. I've met a few guys in their late 40's trying to look like they were 18. C'mon!

OH, I WILL BE WRITING ABOUT THIS AT SOME POINT. I am sick of seeing very, very adult men in t-shirts that have some allegedly pithy saying (or something vulgar). And the ladies with spray tans and super short cut offs with cottage cheese thighs . . . I will not be saying any more about this.

12. Wear clothes that suit you - ie. colours that work well with your skin tone, clothes that suit your height/weight, etc.

Very much so. Sounds easy but we see what happens in reality.

13. Think of your socks as an extension of your pants when you are wearing dress pants.

Yes, please.

These are really such good basic principles, it is a wonder people have so much trouble following them!

Look in the quote.

[ruffmonkey]

Lol @ Op

[daytonadragon]

Posh,

Should men wear boxers or briefs or thong underwear when they dress for success.

[Posh]

Posh,

Should men wear boxers or briefs or thong underwear when they dress for success.

Gosh, I'm not sure. Lemme think about this . . .

If you're dressing for success for a job at some place conservative like Berkshire Hathaway, you'll probably want to wear briefs.

If you're trying to get to the corner office at Charles Schwab, you probably want to wear boxers.

If you're trying to impress the reprobates at Goldman Sachs and want to feel like they act (dirty whores), then you're better off wearing the thongs.

But if you're offered an "interview" at Lehman Brothers with the address given being at the Mexican border, you may as well show up naked because you're about to get human trafficked.

[daytonadragon]

Posh,

Thanks for the response.

Reminds of the joke for the Lehman Brothers investment banker.

When Lehman Brothers was going down the drain in October 2008, a Lehman Brothers investment banker was acting very strangely and would show up to work wearing a shirt, shoes, and socks, no pants and no underwear.

He was wrapped in saran wrap from his waist down to about 12 inches above his knees. The Lehman Brothers partner whom the gentleman worked for insisted that the investment banker see the Lehman Brothers company psychologist ASAP. The investment banker who was wrapped in the saran wrap was taken to the Lehman Brothers company psychologist to have his mental capabilities assessed. The Lehman Brothers partner told the psychologist that the investment banker is insane. The psychologist responded that until he runs some tests, he can not determine if the investment banker is insane or sane, however, he said based on his initial evaluation of the Lehman Brothers investment banker wearing saran wrap as pseudo under wear "he is clearly nuts".