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Suits are often worn to be manipulative. People wear them on dates to look more handsome or richer. Salesmen wear them to get more sales. Mobsters wear them so
by muzani 3y ago
Suits are often worn to be manipulative. People wear them on dates to look more handsome or richer. Salesmen wear them to get more sales. Mobsters wear them so they don't look like thugs.
You might just wear it to look good, but there might also be this unconscious bias that you're using money to compensate for something.
To neutralise the look, one of my friends wears a Simpsons tie, which suggests he's wearing the suit because he wants to, not for any other purpose.
- bruce511 3y agoTo be fair, on a date anything that makes me look handsomer is fair game. If it makes me look richer that's a bonus. If it signals to my date that I think she's worth some effort to look nice for, then that's probably a good thing. If wearing a suit gets me more sales, then I'm fine with that too. I like getting paid. Conversely I don't need a fancy car, or clothes, to signal success. I don't drive far. A little sporty hatchback works for me. I wear shorts and sandals to work most days (long pants and shoes if a client is coming to visit.) I've never penalised a candidate for overdressing. If you under-dress though you better have lots of substance underneath. So sure, dressing well compensates for something. But new grads etc NEED to compensate for experience. You may as well show -some- effort.