Business Attire

[whiteslashasian]

Oh man. If it's an engineering firm all you have to do is wear a decent fitting OCBD, some nice chinos or wool slacks, and some quality shoes to be miles ahead of your coworkers

I did 3 years of engineering in college before I decided that it wasn't for me... A lot of my friends are engineers right now; chem, mech, EE, etc. Apparently they just wear polos, jeans, and sneakers.

 

[Neil41487]

Glad you have some perspective on this. Yes I am an enginerd, but I like to look good (maybe thats why I'm going for my MBA...).

I'm trying to dress for the job I want I guess

 

[petr]

The advice so far is good.

My advice would be to go classic all the way. For example, find an oxxford suit dealer and review book of swatch materials. On the first page is a selection called "basic business" materials for pants, suits and blazers: tan, grey, navy blue, olive. Buy a navy blazer, and these combinations for pants. The basic suit colors are great also.

If you do not want to spend the price for oxxford, which is true for many of us, then take note of the colors, material colors and how they work together. This small book gave me more ideas of how to begin a conservative wardrobe than anything else. It seems to me that Oxxford has done the work already.

Start here. These combinations may seem boring, but are just the ticket when they fit you well.

 

[whiteslashasian]

Originally Posted by Neil41487

Glad you have some perspective on this. Yes I am an enginerd, but I like to look good (maybe thats why I'm going for my MBA...).

I'm trying to dress for the job I want I guess

I want to add that you should definitely check out the What Are You Wearing Right Now pinned thread. Start from a year ago and start flipping through, either noting down styles, elements, color and texture combinations you like, or even saving the pictures to your "SF" folder*.

There are a wide range of posters, old, young, traditional, modern etc that post. Hone your likes and dislikes and go from there.


****Don't ever let anyone find this folder or else you will have a fun time explaining why you have pictures of anonymous men on your computer...