Lookin' spiffy at work

True. It is fashionable to knock the store as not being what it was -- the traditional American men's store is now owned by an Italian company -- but it is my default clothing choice. I wait for the sales, though.

 

The last place I worked, I showed up for my interview in shirt and tie and the SE was wearing shorts and a T-shirt (it was July). So I wore shorts pretty much every day I was in the office, but threw on some jeans and a button up for games.

New job, I again wore shirt-tie to interview, SE was wearing the same thing. There is a very loose dress code here wear no jeans are allowed (except Friday). Don't really like it, but thems the brakes.

 

Shirt and tie were legislated at work a while ago, necessitating a wardrobe upgrade. I didn't think whether I did an interview in jeans, a golf shirt and sneakers made a difference.
It probably doesn't. But I don't mind wearing a shirt and tie, don't mind the compliments from co-workers who are surprised I own a wardrobe and dress shoes, and don't mind looking professional. Feel better too, and, though it doesn't matter to my kids, I don't mind being in a profession where you have to dress up to go to work. They always know I can use another shirt or tie on Father's Day too ;D. Don't mind ditching the tie after the brass goes home though, I'll tell you that.

 

I blame Esquire for my recent spate of wanting to dress up. I just started subscribing and it makes me want to buy $3,000 suits.

 

Dido. I would love to do the khaki's and a tucked in shirt thing (my father would like that, too. I get comments from him every time I'm home about my untucked shirt), but it doesn't work for me. I just feel uncomfortable. So I dress in jeans and a nice button down or knit shirt, untucked, of course. If I'm "dressing up," I tuck my shirt in and throw a sport coat on. I wouldn't mind dressing up all the time in nice pants and all, but, eh. The players don't dress up for me....kidding. but they don't.

 

You can get lotsa sharp clothing -- and a perfect fit -- for not much money by hitting up Asian tailors who tour the U.S. on a regular basis. Or, by stopping by their stores if you ever find yourself in Bangkok or Hong Kong.

I ordered a custom-made suit from one of them and it's the best suit I've ever owned. Fits like a glove. Paid $350 for it. Stateside, would have cost close to $2,000, probably. They took a zillion measurements, did two fittings and took about two days to get it done.

I also have a number of shirts from them that can be worn with the suit or with jeans/khakis/cotton slacks at work. $40 each, and again, the fit is perfect.

Of course, I'm a hard size, so over-the-counter dress stuff never fits me well.

 

a. What is the quality of materials?
b. How do you hook up with these road shows?

 

I wear jeans just about every day, to just about every event I cover. Nice jeans. Not ripped. Not saggy. Team with nice shoes, nice shirt and a jacket, and it can be a versatile wardrobe.

Jeans, t-shirt and running shoes? Only if my sole thing at work that day is to go to the office and take calls.

You can wear jeans without dressing like a slob.

 

Ditto on Moddy's BB fetish, as I have raided their sorta-nearby outlet a time or two for some SWANK shirts! Still can't pull the trigger on a blazer, though. That kind of coin outlay needs Mrs. Rockbottom's preapproval, alas.

Express seems to churn out a quality dress shirt in enough interesting styles/colors to keep me in their credit card-holding good graces. If I scrimp anywhere, it is the trousers. My $180 britches look and feel almost identical to my $30 ones.

And no matter what I wear (which ranges anywhere from a dress shirt/nice jeans/dress shoes combo to really dressy shirt/cufflinks/tie/suit), I consistently rock the casbah WAY BETTER than The Rules Of Golf. That, ladies and gentlemen, is fact.

rb

 

I STRONGLY disagree. When in common press boxes, my sartorial splendor, purchased from high-end haberdashers, is vastly superior to Rockbottom's Stafford attire.

 

So sayeth the man who has cashed paycheques from an organization that published a story about a certain unnamed SEC roundball coach who dons a garish blazer while trodding the sideline -- simply because said blazer was obtained by a carny/retailer in his former hometown.

Also, this claim from a person who believes bow ties are the zenith of fashion cool? Puh-leeze.

We vigorously stand by our reporting on the matter.

rb