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Originally Posted by tvp2003
That's true 'theoretically', but I guess it's a perspective thing... I won't argue that there's a difference between designers, materials, etc because I'm sure there is. But personally, I know that the only way I'm going to have a future with my employer is whether I can produce the goods. It won't matter if I'm rollin' in Armani if I can't do the job as well as (if not better than) my counterparts. Plain and simple.
Down the road I might be more conscious about this kind of thing, but for a guy just starting out (like the guy who started the thread), I'd say to look professional and feel comfortable, and you'll be in position to do your best work. If it takes a $1000+ suit for you to do that, then by all means. Just my $0.02.
Also, I'll repeat that it depends on your workplace... I've never worked for someone where I've felt I wasn't adequately dressed or that I wasn't reaching a certain standard. If I did, then perhaps that's not the kind of environment I want to be spending 8+ hours a day in. It's also a personal thing... I know that I'll never 'look the part' like some other people do, regardless of what I wear. Some people just grew up in nicer neighborhoods, with better schools, speak more eloquently than I do, and have more connections. But that's not how I got to where I am, and I'm not going to change because I'm afraid some stiff down the hall will scoff at what I wear (for the record, I got hired wearing a Moore's suit at the interview)  |
New Armani suits that are real are not anywhere close to $1000 - they cost FAR more.
I am talking about the step just above chain-store, entry market, suits. Where the quality and uniqueness and such goes up dramatically for only a couple of hundred extra dollars.
Above that is another step, like much of what Holt Renfrew, Harry Rosen, and Henry Singer have, but then you are paying additonal hundreds and even thousands but for better known brand names, advertising budgets, and prime retail rents instead of outright quality.
I bet a lot of people here who don't agree with spending a bit more on their wardrobe drive trucks or SUV's. Why do they? Why spend such a big premium? Because it makes you feel safer on the road? Status? That feeling you get driving a big beast of a car? Not wanting to look wimpy in an econo-car?
Well IMHO, having a wardrobe nicer and more varied then your peers is a lot more valuable then having a big truck/SUV because it is what carry's you through a first impression, seals a new deal, gets you noticed by bosses and co-workers and the hottie in the copy room, etc all for FAR less money then the gas and cost premium of that big truck or SUV. Probably for thousands and maybe tens of thousands of less dollars.
Lastly, yes it depends on the workplace but he already said it was a suit type corporate/legal place. It is not some logistics or construction company office in a suburban office park... if it was i would give different advice...
Claeren.