cogitoergo
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bit scarred, please be gentle!
So I've been poking around on here for a little while and while this is my first post I wanted to use it to ask for some help that I haven't been able to find anywhere else.
For starters I'm a heavier guy, I wouldn't say obese, but definitely fat. I stand 5'11 and I wear a size 56 regular suit. I have a 20 inch neck and 36 inch arms. I've seen folks on here complain about getting tents when they buy dress shirts, try buying a dress shirt with a 20 inch neck, they could cover a boat and I always have trouble with these and either fold them in the back or have them cut down. I have a 44 inch waist and a 30 inch inseam.
This is what I have:
Blue sports coat(I normally wear with charcoal pants)
Charcoal pin stripe suit
Olive suit
Collection of white/light blue and standard color men's dress shirts
Collection of khaki, brown, black standard men's slacks - pleated
Simple Brown dressier shoes
Simple Black dressier shoes
The pants are tailored to my leg length, slight break. The suits are tailored, but I wouldn't say well. Buying at my size off the rack is VERY difficult, my shoulder size necessitates a much bigger suit than the rest of my body and so I get a lot of excess fabric around my midsection that no tailor has been able to sufficiently remove. Additionally, I have quite big fore and upper arms which means most suits bind up in this area.
I always wear braces when I wear a coat as I feel it makes wearing slacks much more comfortable, they sit at the right height, they don't slide down a lot, and I feel more importantly I don't look like I've got this strap tied around my middle squeezing me. I like the idea of wearing vests but have heard they are over done.
So what's the advice I'm looking for? Well I'm starting a new job soon in a major US city. I'm not doing marketing or working in some swanky law firm, but I am doing IT work for a Govt agency. I need to wear a button down shirt, slacks and a tie to work daily but don't need to wear a coat and I believe wearing a suit would be over dressed.
I could of course go in every day in my white or light blue shirt and khaki/brown/grey pants, comfortable but dressy brown shoes, neutral colored tie, but I don't want to wear that. I want to look better than that and be more comfortable than that.
So can you all help me?
Where do I start?
So I've been poking around on here for a little while and while this is my first post I wanted to use it to ask for some help that I haven't been able to find anywhere else.
For starters I'm a heavier guy, I wouldn't say obese, but definitely fat. I stand 5'11 and I wear a size 56 regular suit. I have a 20 inch neck and 36 inch arms. I've seen folks on here complain about getting tents when they buy dress shirts, try buying a dress shirt with a 20 inch neck, they could cover a boat and I always have trouble with these and either fold them in the back or have them cut down. I have a 44 inch waist and a 30 inch inseam.
This is what I have:
Blue sports coat(I normally wear with charcoal pants)
Charcoal pin stripe suit
Olive suit
Collection of white/light blue and standard color men's dress shirts
Collection of khaki, brown, black standard men's slacks - pleated
Simple Brown dressier shoes
Simple Black dressier shoes
The pants are tailored to my leg length, slight break. The suits are tailored, but I wouldn't say well. Buying at my size off the rack is VERY difficult, my shoulder size necessitates a much bigger suit than the rest of my body and so I get a lot of excess fabric around my midsection that no tailor has been able to sufficiently remove. Additionally, I have quite big fore and upper arms which means most suits bind up in this area.
I always wear braces when I wear a coat as I feel it makes wearing slacks much more comfortable, they sit at the right height, they don't slide down a lot, and I feel more importantly I don't look like I've got this strap tied around my middle squeezing me. I like the idea of wearing vests but have heard they are over done.
So what's the advice I'm looking for? Well I'm starting a new job soon in a major US city. I'm not doing marketing or working in some swanky law firm, but I am doing IT work for a Govt agency. I need to wear a button down shirt, slacks and a tie to work daily but don't need to wear a coat and I believe wearing a suit would be over dressed.
I could of course go in every day in my white or light blue shirt and khaki/brown/grey pants, comfortable but dressy brown shoes, neutral colored tie, but I don't want to wear that. I want to look better than that and be more comfortable than that.
So can you all help me?
Where do I start?