This is the primary reason I plan on buying a suit (not a super nice one; I plan on spending a few hundred bucks, maybe $400 total, including tailoring, which

This is the primary reason I plan on buying a suit (not a super nice one; I plan on spending a few hundred bucks, maybe $400 total, including tailoring, which means I'm well into 'cheap suit' territory, but meh, amateurs, which is to say, almost everyone I will encounter? will not be able to tell the difference. I know I can't. I /can/ tell the difference between a suit that fits and a suit that doesn't fit, however; thus the tailoring.) But yeah, I feel /weird/ dressed formally, and I see that as the primary problem I am doing this to overcome. I will probably keep my standard dress informal[1] after I get used to the suit, but being able to switch contexts is a good thing, and will likely be pretty interesting. I mean, the point here is mostly to get over me feeling weird about formal dress, and I think for me, it's mostly the suit that feels weird. Also, I think leather soles are hazardous, and I have no actual respect for people who judge other people on shoe quality. [1]current uniform is black cargo pants (moderate expense, "tactical 5.11" brand; reasonable expense and quality, lots of pockets. very convenient for datacenter work; one pocket is for garbage, the rest for tools. Kinda shapeless and baggy, though.) and a black 'prgmr.com' logo T shirt, with very old "Cove Matterhorn" brand boots that have seen years and years of abuse, and several motorcycle accidents. I also have a thin, unkempt 'homeless man' beard and generally only cut my hair when it starts presenting a hazard by blocking my vision.