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Originally Posted by Titan2
Does anyone have any thoughts on a new wardrobe? I got a new job that will be 5 days a week in a suit. I bought one from Tip Top for the interview process. It is fine for me but I am thinking I may need to step up from a durability perspective. No chance I am spending over $750 or so on suits. I probably need at least two more. Plan to get 10 shirts as well and have them laundered. Are there personal shoppers I could go with? Just go into the stores mentioned already? Other thoughts? Probably about $2500 budget.
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I buy all my shirts at Banana Republic. Could be just luck, but they have a shirt size that fits me perfectly. Fits better than any premium or even custom made shirt I've bought.
Banana Republic has crazy sales, and I get the shirts that are usually $100-120/each for about $30 each. I'll stock up on 7 or 8 during the sales. I buy the iron free ones and save a ton of cash on drycleaning too. Pressed shirts are great if you're attending a formal event of some kind. If you're working and sitting in them all day, they get wrinkled and pretty crappy looking quickly.
As far as suits go, it really depends on what you're position is. Anyone who knows anything about suits will spot the difference between an off the shelf department style suit (these are the Lulu and H&M suits people are referring to), a panel made suit (should cost $400-1,200.00, do not spend $1,200 on these), and a higher end wool suit immediately.
If you're in a sales, middle management, or customer service position of some kind, you may be better off with a slightly trendier panel made suit. If you are in a executive or professional position, there's no way around it, you need to buy a more expensive wool suit with either a half or full canvas lining. You'll probably need at least 3 of these. My best advice would be to find these on sale, you can find even high end suits for 40% off.
There is a such a thing as overdressing for your position too. You should be able to pick up on the culture of your workplace fairly quickly.