Do you like to wear a suit?

[coronet68mx]

since we're playing dress up........ here is one of the three times...... it's just sooooo not me........lol, I wonder what I was thinking?

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Ahh ...sex maybe???

 

[coronet68mx]

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That was you in the gray suit?

 

[polywideblock]

never have. jeans and a t-shirt all my life .
the only time I got "dressed up "was my wedding, and even that was a new shirt and a pair of brand new jeans .outdoors of course.
" me and my best man " a long time ago

 

[Budnicks]

I can clean up relatively well

I get irritated by the tie & buttoned-up collar
more than anything

I use to have to wear one daily, it was brown or grey
(by the company std.) & I did it for about 2 years
when I worked as an engineer's aide for a power co.
right after school

I did in a few meetings with new prospective clients
dealership owners, were usually very well dressed
I wanted to look professional
or even for prospective racing sponsors even a couple of times too

(I was told; "don't look/dress like you need it" (like you're broke)
"look like you are worth investing in", it seemed to work well)

I looked good in it,
but I like shorts & tee shirt with sandals
especially when it's 105* mid-summer here
or even Carhartt denim & a pocketed tee or Polo
or Dockers & a Golf/Polo Shirt, way better

I've been in many weddings in Tux's too
(I've gone to Operas with an old aunt too, I wasn't really enjoying it but she did,
making her happy was well worth it)
I can rock a Tux (I own a 3 pc. tux), makes you feel like
"you can pick up the most beautiful babe in the room"
even if it's not very comfortable for long periods

 

[coronet68mx]

As I said Bud I always read your post, I usually don't wear a suit but I really like it, a tuxedo have two, one is a Boss tuxedo, i like it.

 

[Hey-O]

Great looking couple!!

 

[YY1]

I own ONE suit, but it is a nice one- Chaps brand right after they split form Ralph Lauren.
I think I have worn it a dozen times, including once just because I wanted to.
I've had former men's wear professionals tell me it a "nice suit" a few times.

I've NEVER liked to wear anything that even resembles dress clothes.
Can't stand the fit of even docker's type pants.
HATE anything around my neck.

I was forced to wear a tie when I was a grocery store overnight stocker, but only as long as the store was open.
I was forced to wear a tie for my brief stint with IBM (and got chewed out the first week because the stripes on my dress shirt were "too close together").
I was forced to wear dockers when I worked on food service technology equipment.
That was a TERRIBLE policy, as we constantly had to kneel below counters or sit on greasy *** floors.

In my younger years I was fond of wearing the most offensive concert shirt I could find under a jacket if I was expected to wear one.
Iron Maiden, Metallica, Judas Priest, Motorhead, Anthrax, Ministry, etc, along with black denim jeans and brand new bleach white high top shoes.

Since I turned 50, the dressiest I get is "newer" jeans and a polo, although I do have a favorite black and gray striped long sleeve button down, if it's funeral or I feel like it.

 

[Richard Cranium]

 

[Duckmanreno]

No I don’t like to wear a suit, haven’t worn one 8 times in my lifetime.
I do clean up well, just don’t like suits .
And not for job interviews either.
I’m a facility maintenance guy, took care of a large newspaper building for many years. On my last interview, I went to it with h my work uniform and boots. I looked like a working man and I got the job right away.

 

[Kern Dog]

I know that I do get more positive attention when I am cleaned up as opposed to how I look after working construction or all day working on greasy cars.

 

[Sahara]

It’s kind of funny how people treat you, just based on how you are dressed.
I’m a painter, work all sort of bizarre hours, so I usually look like an industrial painter. My wife and I are reasonably successful and frugal, so along with being old we have a fair bit of money in the bank. The north is a very expensive place. Big money in the south just buys groceries here. We pay cash for everything, no loans or financing including buying all of our new vehicles and two houses with cash on hand.
I get a great deal of pleasure walking into a bank with my work clothes on, and either cashing, depositing, or getting certified a six figure cheque. The reaction is always the same.
I wait in line, and the teller sees me in my work clothes. I present them with my paperwork. They glance at it, and their eyes narrow. The immediately scurry to the back, and a cluster of tellers and managers examine my paperwork, and keep glancing from it to me. There is frantic keyboard typing as they bring up our accounts. More whispering, examining, glancing. Finally they walk over to me, with a broad smile. Their demeanour and attitude towards me has changed completely.
Happens every time.

 

[YY1]

That happens a lot with us, too.

 

[Duckmanreno]

It’s kind of funny how people treat you, just based on how you are dressed.
I’m a painter, work all sort of bizarre hours, so I usually look like an industrial painter. My wife and I are reasonably successful and frugal, so along with being old we have a fair bit of money in the bank. The north is a very expensive place. Big money in the south just buys groceries here. We pay cash for everything, no loans or financing including buying all of our new vehicles and two houses with cash on hand.
I get a great deal of pleasure walking into a bank with my work clothes on, and either cashing, depositing, or getting certified a six figure cheque. The reaction is always the same.
I wait in line, and the teller sees me in my work clothes. I present them with my paperwork. They glance at it, and their eyes narrow. The immediately scurry to the back, and a cluster of tellers and managers examine my paperwork, and keep glancing from it to me. There is frantic keyboard typing as they bring up our accounts. More whispering, examining, glancing. Finally they walk over to me, with a broad smile. Their demeanour and attitude towards me has changed completely.
Happens every time.

I think you need a new bank, unless this is happening at different branches?
My wife is a manger at a small credit union branch, with 6 employees. They know most of the members by name or there face. You should be treated the same regardless of how much money you have.
I do agree that how your dressed makes a difference in people’s reaction to you. I’m now a government worker and sometimes I get an odd reaction when some one sees the county logo on my work shirts or jacket

 

[Sahara]

The problem (one of many) with the north is that we are a ‘stepping stone” for jobs and citizenship. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m pro immigration. Virtually all of our friends are from somewhere else. We are second generation. But because of the way Canada’s policy works you can come here easier then you can the more urban parts of Canada. So jobs are obtained in banks and government especially, and used as a stepping stone to transfer to somewhere south. The turnover is appalling. Very, very seldom are these positions held for more then a year. As soon as there is a vacancy in Toronto, Montreal, or Vancouver they are gone. Some stay, but I would guess the percentage of those that stay here would be less then twenty five percent.

 

[Ron H]

I used to wear suits. Required for Court. I liked getting dressed up for Church. Nowadays, even pastors wear jeans and an untucked shirt.

Anyone else rent a tuxedo with bell bottoms to go with the platform shoes for a wedding back in the day?

Yeah - got married in '77. Dark green tux's huge lapels, flared trousers...damn shirt collar was huge too. In just about every photo one collar was sticking out over the jacket despite having had it tucked in by every relative and my wife.

 

[SteveSS]

Under the category of rules for my son.

21. A sport coat is worth 1000 words.