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Cuff links FFS - when I dress up (about once a year) I always wear dress shirts with cufflinks. Sounds like the code was written by the sort of person that orde
by walshemj 9y ago
Cuff links FFS - when I dress up (about once a year) I always wear dress shirts with cufflinks. Sounds like the code was written by the sort of person that orders red wine with fish :-)
"James Bond: Red wine with fish. Well that should have told me something."
- JumpCrisscross 9y agoHaving grown up in Switzerland, I understand where the advice came from. There, bankers are more servile. It could be seen as inappropriate for a banker to be dressed as if about to enjoy something luxurious. As you observe, however, it translates stupidly across cultures.
- anigbrowl 9y agoThe point of the cuff links ban is not to let the lower tiers look as good as the executives. Protip for interested readers: if you must wear a suit and are on a budget or confined by a dress code, try to pick one off the rack with the best fabric you can find. Take it to a tailor, which is not that expensive. Have the jacket cut to fit, and have the buttons on the sleeves altered to have actual buttonholes. As you are able to afford it, spend the same amount of money as the total cost of the suit on shoes, 2 shirts, and 3 ties. Learn about tie stripe patterns (which often have coded military or school affiliations, a sort of secret handshake); otherwise, fine ties that work with your hair or eye color. If you're not experienced or confident in shopping for clothes, get a friend who is. Woman often understand men's clothes better than men. I'm not into suits and ties either, but when you have to wear them you might as well take comfort in knowing that you look good instead of feeling awkward.
- walshemj 9y agoFunny must be an American thing I bet in many of the clubs in London not wearing cufflinks would almost be as bad as wearing brown shoes in town.
- scott00 9y agoYeah, in the US cufflinks can come across as elitist or as a flaunting of wealth.
- walshemj 9y agoat a top tier investment bank isn't working their elitist enough all ready
- concede_pluto 9y ago> brown shoes in town What's the story here? All I know about dress shoes is that they're hideously uncomfortable and generally not blue suede.
- arethuza 9y agoAs the old saying goes "no brown in town".... It's an old UK social class signalling thing. Only really applies to particularly stuffy organisations these days - but the do exist in the finance/legal worlds.
- phd514 9y agoAs for dress shoes being hideously uncomfortable, that's really a matter of fit and quality. For years, I walked several miles per day in NYC in leather-soled dress shoes and they were perfectly comfortable. Now I kinda' regret that I wear a pair of running shoes to my tech job and all my nice dress shoes are gathering dust in my closet.