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>le suit up barney
>classy bateman face

ITT: op is 18

A suit is a business uniform. It will only look good if it's actually appropriate to wear. Otherwise you'll stand out like a fool trying to make a fashion statement where none is called for.

Suit thread?
Suit thread

I only have a plain black suit that looks like I'm going to a funeral, and do all of my presentations and interviews and such in this one suit. I won a $1000 scholarship so I think I'm going to use at least some of the money on a new suit, but I don't know what color to get?
Gray? Navy? Subtle Pinstripe?

>>570579

Navy blue, no pinstripe.

Also when you wear suits 5 days a week they lose their novelty, and you look forward to working from home in your pajama bottoms

>>570587
I'm just a student right now and I need a better one for my upcoming internship (hopefully), will navy blue be the best for that?

>>570084
>what is a tailored suit

>>570168

This. The combination of matching jacket and pants and tie is what turns it into a business uniform. If you want to dress well, keep it more casual. Don't wear a tie, and don't match your jacket and pants.

>>570579
> won a $1000 scholarship so I think I'm going to use at least some of the money on a new suit

DO NOT buy a suit for less than $1000 new. Save up for a while, get one really nice suit $1500-2000. If you're cheap, get a nice suit used and take it to a tailor.

The person you're trying to impress with your suit (be it potential employers or women) knows the difference.

If you need more suits for work down the line, chances are that kind of job will have the salary where you could afford nice suits. So for now just worry about one nice suit.

A cheap suit will just make you look like a wage slave slob trying to dress fancy.

>>570589

Navy blue, charcoal and light grey. Have at least three to vary things up.

>>570625
this is retarded, you can find nice suits for $300-$500 easily. There's no "magic number", as long as your suits are tailored correctly and fit properly you will look fine.

and don't fucking buy brown, a lot of people make that mistake and it looks awful you don't have a darker skin tone. likewise stay away from shit like corduroy or any other "special snowflake" shit like wool.

>>570063

Nobody wears suits anymore fgt.

follow business lately? Suits died in the late 90's,

you will only seem them at closings and presentations. otherwise its black slacks and a dress shirt.

>>570625

What a load of crap. You can easily find something decent for $300 and then spend $40 getting it altered.

>>570715
>>570735

Wearing a cheap-ass JC Penney suit defeats the whole purpose, which is to show you are important and have taste. This is literally the primary purpose of a suit.

Businessmen, potential employers, and women know the difference better than you do.

If you want to look like a poor wannabe mover and shaker than go ahead.. Management will laugh at you once you're out of earshot.

Because I want to lose another 25 lbs and get a tailored suit.

>>570063
It's hard to correctly pull off a suit because of things like these >>570084 >>570168

The suit has to fit absolutely perfectly, the colors need to go together and you need the haircut/hygiene to go with it. You'll look like a freak otherwise.

>>570751

Remember that this only applies in a corporate context. If you're independently rich you don't need to impress anyone, and you would demonstrate taste in different ways rather than wearing a relatively expensive suit.

>>570760
In that case, why even wear a suit? Its a corporate uniform, so besides extremely formal events, a business setting is where its almost exclusively appropriate.

And if someone independently wealthy wanted a suit, why would they get a $300 suit instead of a $1000 suit? The monetary difference is nothing to a wealthy person, and as an investment a designer suit that's lightly worn would appreciate in value while a cheap suit would be worthless.

>>570751
The majority of people here don't work at fucking Goldman, nor will they. You've watched American Psycho too many times and are a fucking autist.

I guarantee I can get a Brooks Brothers suit and put it against a cheaper Topman and nobody could tell the difference unless they're some kind of fashionista.

>>570763
I would like you to further explain how a suit can appreciate in value. I just starting reading "The Millionaire Next Door" and this book so far has lead me to believe that a suit is not an investment as it depreciates in value whether that be simple usage or other wear and tear such as ashes on it, stains, rips, etc. Why should I spend $1000 on a suit when I can get one for $300 if my job does not strictly entail impressing anyone as I am my own boss?

>>570764

I'm speaking from experience, and just giving real advice for people that want to get ahead in a corporate setting. "Dress to impress" is said for a reason.

But go ahead and wear your Topman, your mom still thinks you're handsome.

>>570063

Khakis and a polo are enough for most days, fair anon.

>>570766

Maybe I should explain, what I meant was a nice suit will depreciate alot less rapidly than a cheap suit.

You sell an expensive suit in a consignment shop and it would probably depreciate in value less than the cost of a cheap suit (depreciate less than $300-$400), while a cheap suit would depreciate to $0, and you could just drop it off at a thrift store.

>>570768
>>570776

Most people can't afford a fucking $2000 suit. That's almost as much as my first car cost and you won't get an ROI on that, I guarantee it

Because the hipster programmers would've laughed me out of the interview had I been in one.

>>570063
I agree that in some corporate settings a suit is required. I have worked for some of these and had to grin and bear it. As with anything you want to spend enough on quality and get it tailored so that it doesn't fall apart or look tacky. Above that, it really is all preference. If someone judges you on wearing an inexpensive suit, they are shallow and probably not worth the effort it would talk to appease them anyways. Same thing goes with expensive cars. To say that you need to spend thousands on suits to get ahead is inaccurate.