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The minimum number of shirts I can get away with is 10, so I can't be happy with the idea of paying £1000 just to enable me to go to work. Plus you wouldn't wear a £40 suit with a £100 shirt, so there's another grand getting a few nice suits, plus shoes.
I don't mind my job but I'm not paying £2500 per year just to clothe myself for it!
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Though I think it's a total non-sequitur that you'd need to change your suits and shoes every year just because you've got shirts that fit. All of this stuff will last several/many years, and you can get a made-to-measure suit for £400 and decent shoes for under a ton. If your suits fit and look fine then why change them at all?
There's a "30% off your first order offer" at the mo, so you could try one for not much cash.
https://www.tailorstore.co.uk/getstarted
I certainly didn't spend two grand in one hit; I replaced my tent-with-a-collar Tyrwhitt shirts one or two at a time, mostly when there were offers.
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You might find your access to Wetherspoons limited tho
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I've been very happy with Tailorstore, subject to the comment about cuff size and watches. They're not generous on the trousers though so add a little to your measurements if you order any.
I always wear a white v-neck T-shirt under my work shirts. Which I suppose is only one step away from a string vest, but it does stop those underarn stains ever appearing on shirts.
Re the suits I'm not really sure I've done very well on that front so have had to throw out and replace fairly frequently. The "nice" suits seem too fancy for the office so never seem to get worn, but im guilty of buying cheap (ie M&S level) on the majority of the ones I wear on a daily basis so I hold my hands up on that. I do find the jackets get quite "unfresh" rather regularly though which also gets annoying enough for dry cleaning bills on the cheap ones, but I suppose buying better/expensive ones may not necessarily require the same expense if the material is better. Also I've never come to terms with not being able to machine wash trousers, it would get expensive exhortative dry cleaning trousers after a week of wear
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Worth having them altered to fit really well though.
I've never seen the point of getting things perfectly tailored to fit my less-than-Adonis-like contours. Loads of the (mostly younger) blokes in work wear slim/tailored-fit shirts and all they're really doing is showcasing their love handles. I don't get it.
I found that Tyrwhitt were like tents with a collar on me; the made-to-measure ones aren't at all tight, they just follow the shape of me so they don't bag anywhere and they stay tucked in. They're comfier, there's more choice, and they're not much more money. To me they're worth it.
Some people clearly disagree (the sort of chaps that spend half an hour with a hairdryer and hairspray in the mirror every morning and whose dream in life is to end up on The Apprentice) - but I'd rather spend my money and time on something else.
Edit - unless you somehow think I'm describing you? I don't know you. If you by chance fit the description, feel free to coiffe away!
Edit 2 - when I said "some people" I meant "some specific people I have come across in real life" who plough a large amount of their salary back into posh work clothes and are constantly doing their hair. I do not mean anyone in this thread, who to the best of my knowledge I've never met or even seen their hair. The power of the internet for misunderstandings, eh?
Here's a clue; you stereotyped everyone who doesn't share your view.