Glen Plaid Suit Appropriate for Law Office?

[citizenshame]

Assuming it's a muted grey glen plaid, would this be appropriate wear for a law office where a suit is required every day?

The exact fabric I'm considering is this:

Does anyone have any pictures of conservative glen plaid suiting for inspiration?

 

[SpooPoker]

Unless you are doing it ala Tommy Nutter, I cant see why it wouldnt be...

 

[perpetua]

Cravath'd.

(It's fine.)

 

[Korki Bucheck]

I commonly wear glen plaid to a law office. If you want more conservative, go with a darker base color.

http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:y...290qz7.jpg&t=1

 

[Michael Ay329]

Its fine for Fridays...only

 

[w.o.e.is.me.]

I'm getting a double-breasted made in a similar fabric.
and i'll be a 1st year associate too.
they can't tell me nothin!

 

[bowtielover]

I wouldn't wear it to any interview really law or otherwise. It is a great suit but just a bit too bold and distracting for an interview.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by Michael Ay329

Its fine for Fridays...only

Wrong.

 

[CYstyle]

Many of the lawyers I know actually go quite bold. the ones i meet who are strictly charcoal and navy, seem to all be stuck on the lower rungs of their firm. The ones working themselves upward, do a nice arrange of glen plaids, some darker and lighter, w/ a light blue or purple even green deco, some pretty bold pinstripes etc.

 

[citizenshame]

Originally Posted by CYstyle

Many of the lawyers I know actually go quite bold. the ones i meet who are strictly charcoal and navy, seem to all be stuck on the lower rungs of their firm. The ones working themselves upward, do a nice arrange of glen plaids, some darker and lighter, w/ a light blue or purple even green deco, some pretty bold pinstripes etc.


Plaintiffs' attorneys, I assume? (Not that that's bad)

 

[teddieriley]

Originally Posted by lawyerdad

Wrong.

+ 1. Glen plaid is such a basic pattern, I don't see it being objectionable except for the most conservative of circumstances (and even then, I'm not sure about that either).

 

[Leverandon]

In a similar position as the OP, I'm a law student who will (hopefully) be a summer associate at a firm next summer. Snapped up this J. Press olive glen plaid off of eBay:

http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/.../JPGrnPld1.JPG

What are your guys thoughts on its appropriateness for law firm wear? I feel like its pretty understated, but I'm new to glen plaid.

 

[Svenn]

I had a cheap $300 suit made up in Asia with Huddersfield's glen plaid (bad pic below) just to try it out, and from my perspective, I think the problem with glen plaid's formality question is in the trousers, while in a jacket it will almost always look fine. The thing is, when we SF-ers think of glen plaid, I think we imagine British country suits or something, but to the average person, especially when it's present in trousers, it looks like a 70's used car salesman fabric. People are not accustomed to trousers with loud patterns. I've noticed too that in pics of Huntsman's plaid jackets, the trousers are almost always a plain straight color. I'd still wear the full suit in court, just not for more serious or contested hearings.

 

[butterflystyle]

Originally Posted by Leverandon

In a similar position as the OP, I'm a law student who will (hopefully) be a summer associate at a firm next summer. Snapped up this J. Press olive glen plaid off of eBay:

http://imagehost.vendio.com/preview/.../JPGrnPld1.JPG

What are your guys thoughts on its appropriateness for law firm wear? I feel like its pretty understated, but I'm new to glen plaid.

Hope you're at a T10. Chicago Biglaw didn't go outside of the T10 this year.

 

[MBreinin]

Originally Posted by citizenshame

Plaintiffs' attorneys, I assume? (Not that that's bad)

I am a defense attorney and I wear louder stuff than that.

Mike