Class war

marantz1300

I need a suit for my daughter's wedding next year.

Lots of good advice on here.

Thanks gentlemen.

Evilmags

marantz1300 said:

I need a suit for my daughter's wedding next year.

Lots of good advice on here.

Thanks gentlemen.

marantz1300 said:

I need a suit for my daughter's wedding next year.

Lots of good advice on here.

Thanks gentlemen.

The gap between your neck and the suit is key. Marks is to cheap for a wedding suit and people actually notice shoes tie and shirt more if the suit fits. 

Axe_meister

I work in technical pre-sales. I actually use a slightly untidy look to my advantage. The sales exec will wear the 3k suit and give his PowerPoint slick presentation, I come in no tie, hair not perfectly brushed, two day stubble and white board what I want to get across. It works really well, bull shit sales + guy who is a bit of a geek and actual knows what he is talking about.

littlegreenman

Axe_meister said:

I work in technical pre-sales. I actually use a slightly untidy look to my advantage. The sales exec will wear the 3k suit and give his PowerPoint slick presentation, I come in no tie, hair not perfectly brushed, two day stubble and white board what I want to get across. It works really well, bull shit sales + guy who is a bit of a geek and actual knows what he is talking about.

Ah, the classic pincer movement!

But, how did you turn up for the interview for said current position? 2 day stubble and no tie?...

Axe_meister

Yes i did however I was head hunted!

LoFi

Axe_meister said:

I work in technical pre-sales. I actually use a slightly untidy look to my advantage. The sales exec will wear the 3k suit and give his PowerPoint slick presentation, I come in no tie, hair not perfectly brushed, two day stubble and white board what I want to get across. It works really well, bull shit sales + guy who is a bit of a geek and actual knows what he is talking about.

Heh, so do I, and that's the dynamic I've used for years. However, I currently have Public Sector as a patch, and my salesguy has been doing the patch for years and tends to dress down, so (in combination with my penchant for nice shirts, cufflinks and shoes), I often wind up looking smarter than him. 

Re the other conversation here - my suits are all off-the-peg and then altered, but if I were getting M2M or bespoke, I'd probably go for belt-loop-less.

leejayd

Personally I've learnt to ignore image when judging people (I work in IT).  I've worked with some world class developers that don't care about dress sense.  Although I can understand how image is important in business environments.

Sporky

It definitely depends on where you're applying. I've not worn a tie for an interview in over a decade. I don't think I've worn a suit either, just business casual - it'd look suspicious if I was in a suit the rest of the day.