/fa/ - Fashion

[Anonymous No.10401014]

I'm starting a job that requires me to wear suits all the time. I never had a suit before, should I just go out and buy a cheap one for the time being then get a tailor made one when I have enough money or should I just buy an expensive one from a store?

Also I'm not sure if I'll look good with a suit or not, I feel like my shoulders aren't broad enough.

shit, I'm fucking fucked. What's your experiences with suits?

[Anonymous No.10401063]

If you have the money, get a half decent suit (nothing too expensive though). Either navy or grey - both more versatile than black. Whatever you do, make sure it fits properly. Focus on the shoulders, because they're the hardest to tailor.

If you're worried about looking good or not, don't worry. As long as it fits properly it will look good. Do some pushups or start lifting if you're concerned about your shoulders.

Also, where are you? Posting shitty infographics to help you out

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[Anonymous No.10401081]

>>10401063
Backing up this anon. Most of what he said is on point, but where you're located is important. I can't speak with authority out of the US, but the quality of your suit will mean much more in the northeast and certain parts of the west coast than the South, for example.

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[Anonymous No.10401085]

I'm not joking when I say this go to hm if you're skinny and try on their suits they are stupidly inexpensive the quality is not bad like everyone here will tell you, they're fantastic for the price just take them to a tailor to get hemmed and the sleeves if you need it. Nobody gets a fucking tailor made suit it's a waste of fucking money and autistic, just get some hm suits in different colors because you obviously aren't rich so don't try and pretend you are it's worse than showing up in a suit from hm which like I've said already are not bad at all. People on here like to justify their expensive purchases by noting the exceptional quality but in reality if it's something you will wear everyday like a suit and it isn't a "harder" type good like a jacked or pair of shoes it's going to wear out regardless of its price or "quality"

You can get 5 suits at hm relatively cheap, less than what it would cost for 2 normal prices suits and they will fit you better and are fine for younger people to wear, which is what I presume you are. At least go try them on, you'll like them.

[Anonymous No.10401093]

>>10401085

Going on this, Topman suits aren't bad either apparently

[Anonymous No.10401107]

>>10401093
Also going off this picture and the advice given in this thread I want to make it completely clear to you that under no circumstance should you ever wear a bow tie. Don't fucking do it, ever. Ever. Repeat after me, "I will never wear a fucking bow tie no matter how many pictures I see of Models, people who look so good that they are paid to have their picture taken, wearing them I understand that as an average looking person, no matter how man times my mom and family members tell me I look handsome, I will never ever wear a fucking bow tie"

[Anonymous No.10401117]

>>10401107

Add a vest to that "never should I ever wear a..." list. And this especially includes without a jacket

I really don't like 3 pce suits

[Anonymous No.10401317]

I just started a job recently that also requires me to dress like that with only difference that I don't need a suit.
Any pics about shirts and shoes?

[Anonymous No.10401321]

>>10401317
>Shirts
Just go to Brooks Brothers and get measured.
>Shoes
That's a bit more complicated. What's your budget? Do you wear leather shoes outside of the office? Would you want to?

[Anonymous No.10401338]

>>10401321
I don't have alot of money, but I would spend a bit more for like 2 pairs which would fit with most other stuff. And I guess I don't have anything against wearing leather shoes outside, but I don't do that already.
Also I'm not working in a office i'm working as optician in germany. I don't really know anything about 'classy' clothing.

Any advise on how to wear that stuff if you are slightly chubby? All the clothes I find are either too wide or too tight.

[None !ZxCHLOeFEI No.10401345]

>>10401093
>>10401085

eh....the suits at these places are "fast fashion suits", and if you wear one of these at the office you'll be scoffed at by the other professionals.


Sure H&M and Topman have good looking suits, but the way they are designed is kind of like the fuccboi of suits.

Also OP I don't know what your budget is, so I don't know what you consider an expensive suit.

IMO I'd either get a suit from Brooks Brothers, or for the cheaper alternative Banana Republic.

BR surprisingly has some nice cut suits, but the jacket alone is still going to cost you $400 (unless sale).


Oh also I heard someone saying they went to Jos A Bank and being surprised that they found some modern, well cut suits at a decent price. I personally don't know this though.

Don't go to big department stores like Macy or Dillard's. Nordstrom is OK though.

[Anonymous No.10401368]

>>10401338
>2 pairs which would fit with most other stuff
A brown pair and a black pair then. Look for quality local cobblers for a good deal. Might seem expensive at first, but quality shoes can be resoled and will last a lot longer than cheap factory made shoes with rubber soles.

>working as an optician
Does that mean you'll be wearing a lab coat? If so, then avoid white shirts. Go for blue (classic) and/or pink (risky).

>how to wear that stuff if you are slightly chubby?
You can get it altered to fit, or you could lose the weight.

[Anonymous No.10401373]

>>10401014
try looking for a g2000 one,price isn't bad and wouldn't warrant a laugh in a professional setting

[Anonymous No.10401382]

>>10401345
Macy's are okay enough since sometime they stock up on higher end ones,and italian made if you lucky
bought me nephew a nice navy ralph lauren one for his interview for 230$,which is a steal

[Anonymous No.10401383]

>>10401014
Just a heads up, try to get a suit that has a spill resistant surface. If you're wearing it every day, and going to conferences and the like, people inevitably spill their drinks on you etc. It's especially useful if you need to give presentations at a conference - I've had people intentionally spill drinks on me to try to discredit my appearance before I speak, being able to quickly wipe it off is a godsend.

[None !ZxCHLOeFEI No.10401388]

>>10401368
>black pair then

I do not recommend this. You'll look and feel like you're either a G-man, a blues brother, or on the way to their fueral.

Black suits these days are very jarring for certain things.

An optician does not need a black suit.

I recommend something on the grey-scale, or close to black.

[Anonymous No.10401393]

>>10401388
He was talking about the shoes.

[Anonymous No.10401397]

>>10401368
Losing weight is in progress but till then I have no other possibilities.

I'm not sure on how opticians look in other places but my coworkers all wear suits looking classy. Mainly selling glasses to people and always like one person actually making the glasses in a workshop with machines but still everyone has to look fine.

Overall a pretty /fa/ job.

>>10401388
It was about the shoes not the suit. I'm not wearing a suit right now anyways because I just started out

Another thing about shoes, is there any way to make them more comfortable? Standing whole day makes me feel like I had no flesh on my feet while wearing such shoes.

[None !ZxCHLOeFEI No.10401408]

>>10401393

my bad! too early in the morning but my point still stands

[None !ZxCHLOeFEI No.10401419]

>>10401397

well you could get insoles that have gel/pads to make it more comfortable, but sometimes that will make the shoe too tight.

You could wear socks with better padding

[Anonymous No.10401424]

>>10401083
>navy
>no black
Someone needs to finally fix that.

[Anonymous No.10401426]

>>10401388
that's dependent on cultural views though
here people don't have the disposition to associate black suit with those and is quite accepted

[Anonymous No.10401432]

>>10401397
Shoes should be comfortable when you buy them, but they do break in a bit more over time.

In the states, opticians wear lab coats.Pretty sharp if opticians wear suits in Germany though.

A word of warning: if all your other co-workers are wearing suits, then you should probably look the part as well.

Also, a good thing about losing weight is that if you get something fitted to you before losing weight, a lot of the time it can be re-altered to fit again after the weight is lost.

[Anonymous No.10401433]

>>10401388
Definitely a no to black suits. If you want to be on that end of the colour spectrum you can go for navy blue, but that also projects a fairly rigid image.

[Anonymous No.10401448]

>>10401383
>I've had people intentionally spill drinks on me to try to discredit my appearance before I speak

what the fuck, what kind of a person does that?

[Anonymous No.10401449]

>>10401432
Well when I bought my current shoes they told me it's normal if they are uncomfortable while wearing them first time but it will get better over time. Can't say that was true. Oh well.

I'm just 18 my male co-workers all are about 30-40, I wouldn't want to look as professional if I just started out.

[Anonymous No.10401465]

>>10401448
I've only just read that the guy is an optician, so I guess it doesn't apply to him.

I started as a scientist, then went into finance, both areas are fairly competitive. When I was starting out (especially when I was doing my doctorate) there were a few occasions where similarly positions people from other groups blatantly poured juice/coffee on me about 5 minutes before I'd have to talk.

Back then all the spill resistant suits I saw looked terrible, but I still took them over having something stained and wet.

Also had someone flip a plate of buffet lunch (primarily sauces) at me, when I was the first person speaking in the afternoon session. People can be shits.

[Anonymous No.10401466]

>>10401449
>they told me it's normal if they are uncomfortable while wearing them first time but it will get better over time
Biggest scam shoe salesmen pull. They should fit when you buy them 100% of the time.

[sieg No.10401468]

>>10401014
thom browne in this months details magazine states the significance of a well tailored suit pretty damn perfectly

[Anonymous No.10401469]

>>10401448
that's nothing in a competitive business environment
blackmail,corruption,nepotism are just par for the course in any field

[Anonymous No.10401475]

>>10401469
Really true, compared to all of the shit I get now, I think I preferred people trying to stain my suit.

The real fuckers are the guys that go straight for your girlfriend, either to seduce her or to make her think you're cheating. Destroy the home life, destroy the work life.

[Anonymous No.10401476]

>>10401449
>>10401466
Forgot to respond to the second part. I guess if it's that big of a difference then it's alright. But I would err on the side of overdressed rather than underdressed.

[Anonymous No.10401488]

OP here, thanks for the advices guys. The reason I mentioned tailor made suits is because I have very long arms so it's hard for me to find a jacket that fits me. They either fit perfectly but the sleeves are too short or the sleeves are okay but the jacket is too big. I guess I need to look harder

[Anonymous No.10401517]

>>10401475
i have my own anecdote to share
i was sent by my company for a large conference,standard MICE stuff.It's prominent to attract some Fortune 500 names there,on the eve of our scheduled forum i was rehearsing for my presentation when a womyn entered the room,i thought nothing of it when suddenly she turned off the light and screamed rape,security came down on me and our presentation was postponed,thank god all the room have surveillance camera and many people came out to testify her walking on the room,it turns out that she did that to get revenge on of my team members,who screwed her over when he broke off from his old company
and the best of all,our conference was held in Sweden during that time

[Anonymous No.10401539]

>>10401517
Women in the workplace were the bane of my existence during several periods, now I try very hard to make sure I don't work with women if I can avoid it. Of course, in a conference setting, there's nothing you can do.

I have a non-business but similar anecdote. At one stage in my life I had a house with a lot of outbuildings, and went away for a month. I returned to find a group of women squatting in my outbuildings. Being fairly reasonable, I told them to take a few days to get their stuff together then move off my land. A couple of nights later, they knocked on my door, offering their 'services' in order to continue squatting - I refused, told them to leave. A few hours later the police arrive - one of them called the police saying I was keeping them there and 'using' them.

I wonder if any man, in today's world, can get through a career without being accused of rape.

[Anonymous No.10401612]

>>10401107
Not even on my wedding day..?

[Anonymous No.10401699]

>>10401117
>>10401107

[sieg No.10401727]

>>10401539
thats why you need to volunteer to lead the project/ be the project manager

nobody wants that shit because it takes all the blame for the failures

but seriously, if you pick your own team and pick the MEN in the office who fucking put their head down and work

there is no bullshit that you will be on the hook for

but when you don't chose your team and you got 3 chicks and 1 dude you're overseeing you know that shit is going to bite you

[Anonymous No.10403427]

>>10401539

>refused

riiiiiiiiiiiight.

[Anonymous No.10403512]

>>10401345
Dillard's has some fantastic suits and during their two sales can be the best deals in men's suiting

[Anonymous No.10403639]

>>10401014
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[Anonymous No.10405006]

>>10401699
low test beta autist confirmed if you're going to try to take away from the legitimate advice we are trying to convey to this person so they don't make a fool of themselves you should follow up with a picture of yourself wearing a bow-tie and or a vest (pref 2 pictures wearing one in each and third wearing both at the same time) so you can PROVE to us how these are garments that should be worn.

I await your reply. To clarify again, no pictures of models, just a picture of yourself.

[Anonymous No.10405083]

>>10405006
>Implying scaring a guy into giving up on an item just because you are insecure can be considered a ''legitimate advice''
I ain't got shit to prove, you are the one making the original statement so the burden of proof is on you Gianni Versace

[Anonymous No.10406172]

>>10401014
you never need to wear a suit unless you are in high class business or engineering.