Jobs you can dress up to

[Huntsman]

I'm an engineer. I wear a suit a couple of times a week just because I like to and want to.

Best,
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[floors to go]

I run a retail floorcovering store and we have always worn shirt and tie.

Unfortunately many people assume that by wearing a tie our prices much be much higher.

 

[deadly7]

floors to go? and just where exactly do you take these floors, and more importantly: what do i do when it's gone?!

 

[floors to go]

Originally Posted by deadly7

floors to go? and just where exactly do you take these floors, and more importantly: what do i do when it's gone?!

Thats definitely not the first time I've heard that. I didnt make the name its a national franchise.

 

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by bjornb17

I know I am digging up an old thread here, but this is something I've been putting some thought into lately. Even in jobs that people would historically dress up, people are now going towards business casual... usually wearing khakis and a polo shirt or maybe regular dress shirt (not even ironed half of the time). I work in engineering consulting, so I can pull off the dress shirt and tie from time to time but usually get a some flack from my bosses who don't wear a tie. Seems like just a few years ago everyone wore a tie in this job, and i would get lectured if i didn't wear one. Now things seem backwards. The way i figure it, I'm only 26, so I would like to dress nice during the best years of my life.
Well, depending on what you do in consulting (and who your clients are), suits are not uncommon. In management consulting, the general guideline is that you always dress a notch above your client. That is, if the client wears sport coats and blazers, you wear suits. If the client wears business casual, you wear business casual with a jacket (only slacks/dress shirts, though). If the client wears jeans and a t-shirt, you wear khakis and a cotton dress shirt. Since most of exec management tends to wear at least jackets, you get more opportunities to dress well. Of course, you're screwed if the client wears jorts and a spandex tshirt with beach sandals to work (not kidding).

 

[Captain Winky]

Talent agents. Last part of the entertainment industry regularly dressing up. My last agency was pretty casual, but many are very much business formal.

 

[Harold falcon]

"Dressing up" for lawyers is dying quickly. Outside of court a lot of other attorneys don't wear a tie or even a sport jacket. They look like schlubs.

Interestingly the local newspaper reporter who covers the courthouse dresses better than a lot of attorneys. That's certainly a job where dressing well is acceptable.

 

[KObalto]

Originally Posted by harvey_birdman

Interestingly the local newspaper reporter who covers the courthouse dresses better than a lot of attorneys. That's certainly a job where dressing well is acceptable.

Really? That's nice to hear. It certainly isn't the case in Baltimore.

 

[bjornb17]

Originally Posted by Metlin

Well, depending on what you do in consulting (and who your clients are), suits are not uncommon.

In management consulting, the general guideline is that you always dress a notch above your client. That is, if the client wears sport coats and blazers, you wear suits. If the client wears business casual, you wear business casual with a jacket (only slacks/dress shirts, though). If the client wears jeans and a t-shirt, you wear khakis and a cotton dress shirt.

Since most of exec management tends to wear at least jackets, you get more opportunities to dress well. Of course, you're screwed if the client wears jorts and a spandex tshirt with beach sandals to work (not kidding).

I am a project engineer (not manager) and will have my engineering license in a few months. I do not meet with clients as much as the project managers do, but I dress up if I'm going to meet anybody important outside of the office.

Is it bad to dress better than the vice president, even when I'm not wearing a tie?

 

[Metlin]

Originally Posted by bjornb17

I am a project engineer (not manager) and will have my engineering license in a few months. I do not meet with clients as much as the project managers do, but I dress up if I'm going to meet anybody important outside of the office.

Is it bad to dress better than the vice president, even when I'm not wearing a tie?

Depends. Is the vice president a woman?

 

[bjornb17]

Originally Posted by Metlin

Depends. Is the vice president a woman?

No. But the CEO is.

 

[Ace_Face]

I'm an attorney at a small firm in the Rust Belt that consists of me, my father, a female partner and a secretary. Most of my clients are older folks and I have always felt that they appreciate that their lawyer looks like a lawyer, so I wear a suit and tie (and jacket on) whenever I meet with a client. It is hard enough to get people to pay us to "answer a few questions" and I think the suit communicates the difference between me and a guy working at Best Buy in that this is what I do for a living and expect to be paid for the time I spend on their matters. Plus, the truth is that I love clothes.

 

[bjornb17]

Originally Posted by Ace_Face

I'm an attorney at a small firm in the Rust Belt that consists of me, my father, a female partner and a secretary. Most of my clients are older folks and I have always felt that they appreciate that their lawyer looks like a lawyer, so I wear a suit and tie (and jacket on) whenever I meet with a client. It is hard enough to get people to pay us to "answer a few questions" and I think the suit communicates the difference between me and a guy working at Best Buy in that this is what I do for a living and expect to be paid for the time I spend on their matters. Plus, the truth is that I love clothes.

That follows my mindset completely.

I'm a professional, so I will dress like one. Dressing like anything less will be selling myself short, and I have more self-respect than that.

 

[mathyoubacon]

I am an architect and love having a strong personal style and take pride in that. I am around interior, industrial, and graphic designers almost everyday and it amazes me the lack of style they have; These people are making aesthetic decisions for people everyday, but they cant do the same for themselves.

 

[inq89]

I plan on dressing up everyday for work when I graduate pharmacy school. Assuming I choose to work in retail, a nice repp tie or bow tie paired with a blue ocbd matches very well with a clean lab coat....if hospital then I'll probably resort to scrubs haha.