Conservative Business Dress

T4phage · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by Manton

I don't take sartorial advice from decadent, childless Europeans who take eighteen weeks of vacation every month. Get your birthrates up, your economic output above Zimbabwe's, grow a sack, then we'll talk.

Oh yeah.. this from a guy who's stockmarket is looking rather listless lately.. That 'pseudo' conservative suit better be warm cause your housing market is melting down!

Originally Posted by Manton

I said, clear as day, if the tie clip was too much for you scared little kittens, ditch it and go the ultraconservative route.
Reading problems Mike? Remember... you were the one who wore that rather, ehem, flashy accessory in your first outfit.. claiming it 'conservative'.... maybe in an art gallery owner sort of way..

Originally Posted by Manton

Once again, a reading comprehension failure. Pay attention, Little Dutch Boy:
Again, I think you need to sit down with our dear Dr. Bresch... You are telling us how to dress conservatively, and you came from CAL? Who was your mentor? The 'naked' guy? Ahhh, that explains your tie choice!

ABALO · Mar 30, 2007

This thread is really great... and so funny. That makes me want a piece of advice from Manton on a daily basis

aportnoy · Mar 30, 2007

Does this qulaify as conservative?

Teacher · Mar 30, 2007

Rick Ocasek and Pee Wee Herman had a love child? Which one was the girl?

marc237 · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by aportnoy

Does this qulaify as conservative?

Well, it is black, so it would be appropriate for work.

Lucky Strike · Mar 30, 2007

This is what European reallyreallyreally conservative business attire looks like. Good for torching villages and riding roughshod. Pity all the peasants emigrated to the US. Oh well.

Teacher · Mar 30, 2007

Too many pleats.

marc237 · Mar 30, 2007

Too much waist suppression.

According to some clothing book I read, so much waist suppression is not appropriate in a business setting. If the author posted here, he might be able to confirm.

odoreater · Mar 30, 2007

I agree with his choice not to wear a pocket square. Pocket squares have no place in conservative business environments or environments where pillaging, plundering or riding roughshod may be necessary.

summej2 · Mar 30, 2007

But he has forgotten the most important rule: a jacket should cover one's rear. His is far too short and effeminate.

well-kept · Mar 30, 2007

The shades however are right on time.

Con Biz Dresser · Mar 30, 2007

Maybe it's just me or my less advanced sense of humor but it seems like the only purpose of this thread is to ridicule a certain style of dress even if Manton's original post was done in a serious manner as I assume he owns that suit. While I actually like the ensemble on the whole I cannot help but to comment that the jacket might be more presentable if it were stored stuffed with paper as I have previously discussed and have been doing so since, as this jacket's shoulders look a bit rumpled to my eye which sort of defeats the purpose of dressing conservatively in a professional business environment.

Manton · Mar 30, 2007

Anyone who comes near my closet with even one shred of newsprint is going to get his @$$ kicked.

odoreater · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by Con Biz Dresser

...as this jacket’s shoulders look a bit rumpled to my eye which sort of defeats the purpose of dressing conservatively in a professional business environment.

I think you're wrong here bub. See, in a conservative business environment you're supposed to look like you're so busy that you don't give a **** what you're wearing and the rumpled shoulders help advance that look. If your suit is not rumpled anywhere it makes you look like some dandy pantywaste who spends more time crumpling newspaper and putting it in his jacket sleeves than he does wheeling and dealing. Got it?

lawyerdad · Mar 30, 2007

Originally Posted by odoreater

I think you're wrong here bub. See, in a conservative business environment you're supposed to look like you're so busy that you don't give a **** what you're wearing and the rumpled shoulders help advance that look.

If you're the bootlicking junior associate, sure. You probably drive yourself to work, too.

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