BP Execs: Dressing For Disaster

MrDaniels · Jun 16, 2010

So how does one dress when your irresponsibility has led to environmental crisis?

Is he purposefully wearing a cheap suit to be a "man of the people?" I have never seen a British guy dressed so poorly for a meeting at the White House.

CharlesAlexander · Jun 16, 2010

Definitely not the time to bust out the vicuna suit and fancy pocket squares.

demsteelers1 · Jun 16, 2010

This strikes me as petty

niidawg3 · Jun 16, 2010

Originally Posted by MrDaniels

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How can you tell it is a cheap suit? Just asking ...

swaggerisaliability · Jun 16, 2010

Originally Posted by niidawg3

How can you tell it is a cheap suit? Just asking ...

Word. For all we know, it could be a top of the line Savile suit. Yea, it doesn't fit very well, but then again, how many executives wear suits that fit well?

ter1413 · Jun 16, 2010

Originally Posted by swaggerisaliability

Word. For all we know, it could be a top of the line Savile suit. Yea, it doesn't fit very well, but then again, how many executives wear suits that fit well?

Tru dat!

CharlesAlexander · Jun 16, 2010

It may not be cheap, but it's also not a look you'd expect from a rich British businessman who is constantly in the public eye.

Then again, It's understandable that as a result of the current crisis that BP execs would want to "tone down" their look a bit.

suiturself · Jun 16, 2010

I'd rather the CEO of a company I'm invested in be poorly dressed and good at his job than the opposite.

CharlesAlexander · Jun 16, 2010

Actually, he really wasn't that great a dresser to begin with:

Check out those shoes:

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Not a cuff in sight!:

Originally Posted by suiturself

I'd rather the CEO of a company I'm invested in be poorly dressed and good at his job than the opposite.

Actually, right not he's poorly dressed and doing a ****** job.

Bull · Jun 16, 2010

The lapels have the roll of an expensive suit.

The fit is awful.

The square toe loafers on the Frankenstein lasts are deplorable.

So basically, I agree that he's a sloppy dresser, except to say that the suits are probably not cheap, just that his tailor sucks.

sw20 · Jun 16, 2010

Poor correlation between money and consumption patterns or taste despite popular stereotypes or myths perpetuated by marketers of luxury stuff

Some of most shoddily dressed guys in Manhattan are amongst highest-paid guys on planet: hedge fund or GS prop traders...and the less well-paid M&A bankers don't dress much better...

mack11211 · Jun 16, 2010

All Hayward needs today is an XL inside pocket for that $20B bankroll he'll have to leave behind.

MrDaniels · Jun 17, 2010

Originally Posted by suiturself

I'd rather the CEO of a company I'm invested in be poorly dressed and good at his job than the opposite.

Well, Tony is poorly dressed and HORRIBLE at his job.

Today he performs before Congress...this should be interesting.

nbmplano · Jun 17, 2010

It is understandable they would be asked by advisors to "tone down" their dress (if they typically wear high $$$ suits and accesories) for the public perception. They want to be percieved as a common man, not some high up exec out of touch with everyone else. The media breaks down and analyzes every single thing they do when they are on the Hill (think Big 3 auto execs taking private jets to Washington when they were asked to testify, and getting chastised left and right for it even though their board of directors mandate they fly private for security reasons.)

vincerich · Jun 17, 2010

How do you know that it's a "cheap suit" and not just a poorly fitting one? What's the group-think justification for that assumption?

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