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How can I wear a suit and NOT look like a banker?
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I don't want to dress like a banker when wearing a suit to a wedding, funeral, party, night-on-the-town, date or nice dinner. How can I acheive the best look?Originally Posted by joel_954
Don't wear a tie. Seriously, who f**king needs 'em. Wear a great suit with a nice high open collar.
(This doesn't apply to funerals. When you go to a funeral, it's OK to dress like somebody died.)
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Office pants.Originally Posted by polar-lemon
Essential and correct.
Can be washed or unwashed.
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I don't want to dress like a banker when wearing a suit to a wedding, funeral, party, night-on-the-town, date or nice dinner. How can I acheive the best look?Originally Posted by joel_954
Thanks!
You need to know one word: "Steve"
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I don't want to dress like a bankerOriginally Posted by joel_954
Is that rhyming slang?
Anyway, I would have thought patterns and brigher colours were key (of course, in moderation and with a sense of style). Bankers don't wear hacking jackets, boldly patterned shirts, pocket squares, dotted knit ties etc.
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my impression of a banker is someone who has a pot belly dressed in a very pronounced pin-striped suit and black captoe shoes.
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Is that rhyming slang?Originally Posted by larsrindsig
Anyway, I would have thought patterns and brigher colours were key (of course, in moderation and with a sense of style). Bankers don't wear hacking jackets, boldly patterned shirts, pocket squares, dotted knit ties etc.
They did on this day:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_G-...ummit_protests
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I don't want to dress like a banker when wearing a suit to a wedding, funeral, party, night-on-the-town, date or nice dinner. How can I acheive the best look?Originally Posted by joel_954
Thanks!
OK, serious reply.
1) do not wear a Ferragamo or Hermes whimsical print tie
2) do not wear Gucci or Ferragamo bit loafers
3) do not wear a massive, oversized watch
4) avoid pinstripe/chalkstripe
5) do not wear a french cuff shirt
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OK, serious reply.Originally Posted by gnatty8
1) do not wear a Ferragamo or Hermes whimsical print tie
2) do not wear Gucci or Ferragamo bit loafers
3) do not wear a massive, oversized watch
4) avoid pinstripe/chalkstripe
5) do not wear a french cuff shirt
i'm surrounded by these types everyday in korea
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I don't want to dress like a banker when wearing a suit to a wedding, funeral, party, night-on-the-town, date, nice dinner, or working at my bank. How can I acheive the best look? Thanks!Originally Posted by joel_954
I would recommend not looking like a goddamn banker.
i'm surrounded by these types everyday in koreaOriginally Posted by dizzhizz
The sad thing is you can get brilliantly cut suits, sometimes handmade, OTR in boutiques for a fraction of the price of all those ill-fitting high-gorge businessman suits.
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