Would you wear Steve Jobs Outfit? - Page 3

He always dresses like that in public. It's a uniform for him.




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New Balance don't fit me very well.

You're right: he has one of the best marketing teams in the world, and he's probably a marketing genius in his own right. But his outfit is still shit.

Jony Ive, the guy who heads Apple design, wears pretty much t shirts and cotton pants, but he does have his moments:

According to that graphic, he's wearing almost $400 worth of clothing and looks like a broke college student with no interest in clothes.


Obviously he's gotten away with it and can wear whatever the hell he wants, but not a look I'd care to emulate.

I read about his dress code sometime back in the Wall Street Journal.

It basically is about this.

When Apple was a younger company, their 'motto' was to always be different. To be above the 'PC' market. To be upscale. To price things way above the norm. It was a luxury / upscale item in those days and it came with a huge premium. And guess what . . . he dressed that part.

Since opening up the Apple universe to the PC world (think Itunes on Windows PC) and using common Intel Chips, apple is moving mainstream. As such, Steve Jobs dresses in common clothes that the masses can relate too. When the masses can relate to you, there is a higher chance they will buy your products.

And finally, that is his uniform. I'm sure he has 30 pairs of the same thing. It is also a statement to his success and leadership in the industry. It says, "I've paid my dues to this industry and now I can dress however I want."

Steve looks like a hobo.

of course not... SHHHHH

Steve Jobs should be definitely be commended for selecting clothing items that using the Goldilocks "just right" standard appropriately fit (i.e., he is not in the grubby looking grossly oversized and prison inspired garments or trying to squeeze into skintight jeans) and worn in a neat manner (shirt tucked in, shoes tied, etc.) suitable for any causal encounter.

While you personally might not have worn all three items together, I find it hard to believe that guys here have not at sometime worn: a mock turtleneck, Levi's blue jeans, and New Balance sneakers. Sure, the fancy turtleneck give the outfit a little class, but it is basically what a lot of men wear when they take the dog out for a walk. So, in answer to question, yes I'd wear what Steve has on and have on many occasions had on an analogous outfit with different color turtleneck, slip-on loafers instead of sneakers, etc., but for me it is not a daily "uniform" with the same colors as he has made it.

god the WSJ is terrible.

I think he dresses dad like. In a way i think it'll start to hurt the company. People loved apple because it was different. Apple now is a luxury brand which means people still desire apple products much women love their designer handbags and shoes. But at the same time, I think maybe people will start to find apple stale, steve jobs wears the same thing, the iphone looks the same from 1st gen to current. etc.

Yes, he probably doesn't drink the right scotch or listen to the correct music either, thereby impeding his sales even more.

The growth of Apple from an also-ran in Microsoft's shadow to one of the biggest and most valuable companies in the world within the last decade would seem to suggest the impact of his clothes is either negligible or in fact positive.

Turtle neck, dad jeans and sneakers has become part of Jobs' persona. When a person think of Jobs they would imagine those clothes - just about became iconic. I think Jobs in anything else would just about raise eyebrows.

And being armed with a reality distortion field, why would he need to care about how he needs to dress.

1990?

And he wears it so people recognise him and talk about him and his products, he's a poor man's Michael O'Leary. Apart from the fact that he's very rich of course.