Do you own a suit?

[BadgerBeer]

I was thinking about how bad Trump looks in his suits and it dawned on me that I am 56 years old and I have never owned a suit. I have a couple sports coats/blazers but never have I owned a suit. Am I an oddity or are there more of us than I think?

 

[Moderator1]

Three suits. Plus a tuxedo. Numerous sport coats.

 

[Slacker]

****in' suits.

I had one, but it got old, so I got rid of it rather than risk being out of style. Down to sport coats now.

 

[MTM]

I own two suits but I rarely wear them. Weddings, funerals and the occasional dress up event.

When they are only worn a couple times a year they tend to shrink in the closet. Especially around the waist

 

[MileHigh]

Three. Too many funerals the past year.

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

I owned a suit. For college graduation, my grandmother took me out and bought me a very nice suit for job interviews and special occasions. Fit well, comfortable, nice material — I thought I looked pretty sharp in it.

I have no idea what happened to it. Delta Air Lines said it had no idea what happened to it, either.

 

[Severian]

I own a suit, the same one I used for my job interview. I recently replaced the pants and wore that and the jacket to a wedding.

 

[Azrael]

Yes. Several.

Well, many.

Maybe 10 years ago, I got tired of trying to match pants and sports coats, so I started wearing suits. Much easier.

 

[Just the facts ma am]

When I was working, I rocked the sports coat, wool slacks, dress shirt, funky tie and nice loafers. I retired in 2011 and no longer have to try to impress anybody; sandals and jeans for me now.

 

[I Should Coco]

Used to have one suit ... a college graduation gift.

When we were packing up things to move about 10 years later, my wife noticed moths had chewed holes in the shoulders of the jacket. That shows how many times I wore it.

I still have two sportcoats for the occasional wedding or funeral.

 

[bumpy mcgee]

I own three. I bought one out of college for job interviews, one a few years later because everyone I knew was getting married and another one last year because as someone said, too many damn funerals.
I still own my post-college suit as motivation that it will again fit.

 

[PaperDoll]

I have a classic navy skirt suit I haven't worn in years, which was way too big when I bought it (but on great sale!) That replaced a burgundy skirt suit which was very well worn over many years. I prefer to wear a red blazer, white blouse and boring black skirt to job interviews, since I'm not exactly corporate. Thankfully, I don't need a suit for weddings... but I do own many colorful dresses, plus a couple of (sigh) funeral-appropriate black ones.

 

[playthrough]

Have never owned a suit. Wish I was closer in size to my dad, he had a lot of high-end ones. I like to think if I won the lottery that one of my first purchases would be on a few damned nice suits, just to have them.

I bought a second-hand tuxedo in my 20s to get me through a few friends' weddings and used it for years when I used to work a side gig as a dealer at casino parties.

 

[exmediahack]

You don’t want to know this number.

 

[Webster]

I think I have 12 plus a tux. My workplace is more formal, so I wear a suit at least 4 days a week and a suit or blazer/slacks Fridays.

 

[clintrichardson]

With no suit, what do you wear to weddings/funerals/job interviews?

 

[2muchcoffeeman]

With no suit, what do you wear to weddings/funerals/job interviews?

There are nice clothes beyond suits. As for job interviews, I’ll cross that bridge if I ever find it again.

 

[Buck]

Black
Charcoal
Light gray
Navy
British tan

In the year before I left the community college, I was interviewing a lot for other positions.
When I was at the university I wore one to work fairly often.

Now, maybe once or twice a year.

 

[BadgerBeer]

With no suit, what do you wear to weddings/funerals/job interviews?

I have not been in a job interview in 18 years and when I did it was a "who you know" kind of thing so I had the gig going in. Funerals and weddings are when a sport coat comes in handy. I have never had a suit type of job.

 

[Severian]

You don’t want to know this number.

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