T shits are for exercising. A gentleman wears a collar when he leaves the house. And not a polo shirt either, those usually look stupid.
I am as well, pink with the brown horse. I look fantastic. I started casual friday here, I was wearing shirt and tie every day of the week.
The purple and gold has become a tradition before any big home game. At my old office, I started it and had pretty much everyone wearing LSU gear on Fridays.
Profressionals who don't wear at a minimum a button down shirt and dress slacks should be mocked and ridiculed. I wear a suit every day. The dudes who wear polos and khakis are slackers, in my mind. If they are on one of my projects they will dress as a professional. As far as jackets, a classic men's jacket never goes out of style or looks dated. You just have to stay away from the fads (double breasted, wide lapel, skinny lapel, exterior lined lapel, different number of buttons). A classic fitted jacket always looks better than the current fad anyway. Men's dress shoes are the same. A pair of classic style dress shoes will never look dated or go out of style. If you go to the Allen Edmond store you won't see any square toe shoes are enlongated uppers. They make shoes that should last a life time. Here are some men's style maxims we should all live by: A nice pair of dress shoes between 75 and 100 dollars are made to last a year. A pair of dress shoes between 100 and 300 dollars are made to last 2 years. A pair of dress shoes over 300 dollars are made to last for life. If you are spending under $2,000 on a suit, buy the cheapest one you can get. There is no difference in construction techniques between a 99 off the rack suit from Steinmart and an 800 off the rack suit from Brooks Brothers. A well constructed suit never goes on sale and costs at a minimum $2,000, largely due to the hand tailoring.
id come in shorts and corona t-shirt and a trucker hat everyday and still be on your project, cause Im just that good. lol
In your industry you may be right. In my business, I wear suits some days, and blue jeans other days depending on the folks I'm dealing with. Small town blue collar folks are more leary of a slick out of towner wearing a $2,000 suit and $300 shoes. But if you are in the financial/insurance/lawyerin field, I agree with you.
This is also true. You have to know your audience, and make them feel comofortable. My audience is often rich Jewish guys who want to see someone who is dressed like a rich Jewish guy. And I don't wear $2000 suits. Most of my suits are off the rack, and I have one tailor made suit that is slightly better than the off the rack suits. My $300 shoes came from a garage sale, but they still look immaculate. When I bought brand new $300 shoes I was too stupid to keep them on shoe trees and ruined them in a period of about 3 years.
