Which Professions Absolutely Require a Suit and Tie?

[Frrrank]

Which professions absolutely require a suit and tie? Any profession I'M in, suit and BOW tie, more specifically.

 

[Always Suited]

Originally Posted by Frrrank

Which professions absolutely require a suit and tie? Any profession I'M in, suit and BOW tie, more specifically.
You hit the nail on the head. More offices should mandate formal dress codes.

 

[Frrrank]

Yep, even back to my school days. We were required to wear dress shirts, dress pants, dress shoes, and ties. I went a step further and wore BOW ties daily, and suits any time I could come up with even a fraction of an excuse. Just looks and feels nice to be buttoned up and a bit mo' formal than the rest.

 

[LabelKing]

Ambassador.

 

[J'aimelescravates]

How about: Uomini D'onore in the Chicago Outfit

Or whatever Soph does for a living....are these two related??

 

[FidelCashflow]

Originally Posted by Dewey

wedding photographer

-1.

I've worked with lots of wedding photographers, never seen one wear a suit and tie. Dress pants, dress shirt, sometimes a tie or sport coat, but never full-on suit or tie. You're running around the whole day, and never in the photos anyways. I saw on photographer who wore a tux... he felt like a jackass because people thought he was part of the wedding party.

 

[dirtrider123]

mergers and acqusitions attorney lol

 

[Harry Haller]

All jokes aside, I've been working with a legislator and pretty much everyone wears suits, although must of them have terrible fits. Though, there are a few legislators that arrive in a very rural-looking way....

 

[Coho]

Limo Driver

 

[edwin]

secret service

 

[antirabbit]

Hospital CEO (have met a few that are pretty casual, generally they are very formal)

lately I have been working with a large group of Neurosurgeons, most of them will wear suits or at least a coat and tie when in the office. The exception is one of them, I have never seen him wear anything but black jeans.
He is pretty much the top neuroendovascular surgeon in the U.S. so really who cares?

 

[clothinglagoon]

Become a model for a suit company

 

[HomerJ]

Gigolo.

 

[Parker]

Late night talk show host
Security guard

 

[Financier]

Originally Posted by Mark from Plano

-1 on the banker. I suppose that it depends on your local market and your particular job. I work in commercial lending for the Dallas office of a major bank. Our group is business casual unless meeting with a customer that is suit and tie (rare these days). It's probably different in NYC and London, or in certain segments like I-banking. But for your standard garden-variety commercial banker suits are nearly an oddity these days.

Dallas, huh? I work in commercial banking as well, and have worked in several Southeast markets for a very large bank. A banker not wearing a suit and tie in any of our offices can expect to be asked about it. Golf outings, construction site visits, etc. are the only reasons for dressing down. The credit folks might skip the tie on days that have no customer appointments or serious meetings, but that's about it.

What do you do in commercial banking that you're not meeting with clients regularly? If it is more of back office role I can see the dreaded "business casual" being the norm.