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Formal-wear for men is a pretty rare thing (and usually rented) outside of certain limited circles. Ties/jackets/suits are more common although there's been a b
by ghaff 2y ago
Formal-wear for men is a pretty rare thing (and usually rented) outside of certain limited circles. Ties/jackets/suits are more common although there's been a big transition over the past few decades from them being the norm at a lot of industry events or even day-to-day office wear in a lot of roles.
I still remember when the IBM booth staff showed up at one of the big shows wearing IBM logo polos. Every one else was sort of welp, if IBM can dump the suits I guess we can too.
- dhosek 2y agoWhen I first started working, I wore a necktie to work Monday through Thursday and would never think of showing up to an interview not wearing a suit, and since then wearing a suit to an interview has become somewhat frowned upon and other than a brief flirtation with “necktie Tuesday,” I can’t remember the last time I wore a tie to work. It’s a pity because I look damn good in a suit.
- ghaff 2y agoWhen I first started working, ties in the office but not working on-(work)-site. After grad school, suits were pretty common in product management/marketing/etc. and ties at least pretty common in general. When I came in to talk to some people I mostly knew for my last job ~15 years ago, I did wear a tie and jacket and a couple people joked a bit but I knew them and they had been around long enough to know I just wasn't taking anything for granted.
- dhosek 2y agoI remember once showing up to the office after taking the morning off and one of my co-workers asked why I was wearing a suit and I told him I had a job interview. He thought I was joking and later repeated this to someone else and then said that I had fooled him with that before. Except I did have a job interview and I was so glad to be out of that workplace.