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Originally Posted by blankall
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.
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I think a lot of these rules are for if you are actively in sales or visiting clients and need to make a good impression. The other scenario in which it matters is if you are in a firm where you see everyone else dressing up and you want to fit in. In my experience, the only people I regularly see with the whole bespoke look have been realtors but that's another discussion about overcompensation.
There are definitely ways around these rules, in the end I find what's important is ease of decision making on what to wear in the morning (that's why Steve Jobs had a uniform), convenience of putting it on and washing it, and combining things that fit your appearance.
I work in that upper management level and I find that the higher up you get, the more leeway people find in dressing down these days. I'll often wear super cheap shirt and shoes (talking Walmart George brand stuff) with a nicer european jacket and nobody knows the difference.