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Men's Suits: Professional suit for an interview, looking for advice (1 Viewer)

I once took a class offered by the tailor who outfits lots of federal employees. Agencies pay her to give classes at federal offices on how to dress. Instead of targeting one employee who dresses oddly, they'll give a class to a large group.

The biggest takeaway from the class was "fit." A $300 off-the-rack suit that is tailored to fit you well will look better than a $1,000 designer suit that doesn't fit right.

She pointed out a guy in the group and notes his suit was "obviously custom-made for him."

"No," he said. "I actually won this suit in a poker game in college, but we were the same size.
 
Go with a decent navy blazer and some semi dressed pants? New white shirt. Brown shoes.
Can’t really go wrong. BOSS has some nice blazers that should be within your budget. Get them to help you a bit with the fit.
 
Hi, I think the most important thing is to have your suit professionally altered to fit you. I would recommend a conservative tie, brown lace up shoes and a brown belt. Also, if you have an athletic build I would not expect Calvin Klein to fit you, unless it is athletic cut for a suit. I would think any retailer’s, like Macy’s, suit would work, unless this one of the highest end firms you are interviewing with. Would also recommend checking the internet for common interview questions to help you prep. Good luck!
 
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Only suits I ever wore were rented for the occasions.

A few years ago Kohls had a bunch of suits on super low clearance.
I ended up finding a cool grey suit coat and pants that appeared to fit me well in the mirror for under $30 for the set.

I'd love to get it "taylored" but have no idea where I would even go to do that.
Is that the same as dress altering?
There's a local lady that did that for my daughter's dresses a few times.

My very first job at 15 required dress shirt and tie. I loved dressing up and wearing cool ties but rarely used any of those ties again after quitting that job to become an industrial electrician.

Hopefully some day besides my own funeral I'll be able to wear my grey suit.
 
They can probably alter a suit just fine; most towns have at least one tailor or seamstress who can do the work. The basic tailoring moves are things most of these folks can handle. A higher level person can basically take a suit apart and put it back together again, but the cases where you'll need something like that are rare. Some higher end tailors can also do custom work. Pricey, but often really impressive and deeply personal.
 
as someone who wears suits regularly and someone who has dressed a lot of my friends for dates weddings etc....i will say it all depends on your build. height and weight can determine what kind of suit would fit you best. i've been to men's warehouse, indochino, brooksbrothers and a bunch of other "MTM" type places, but their style and the way their suits drape doesnt work for me. But i have refered others to those places and they go great looking suits.

I personally buy the Zegna suits off the rack, not because of the name, but he off the rack suit is actually made really well and fits me perfectly. They go for around $500/suit and i usually play a tailor like $15-20 to measure hem and sometimes let the pants out a little.


If you give height and weight it would help with what kind of suit you should wear
 
joeyshin said:
as someone who wears suits regularly and someone who has dressed a lot of my friends for dates weddings etc....i will say it all depends on your build. height and weight can determine what kind of suit would fit you best. i've been to men's warehouse, indochino, brooksbrothers and a bunch of other "MTM" type places, but their style and the way their suits drape doesnt work for me. But i have refered others to those places and they go great looking suits.

I personally buy the Zegna suits off the rack, not because of the name, but he off the rack suit is actually made really well and fits me perfectly. They go for around $500/suit and i usually play a tailor like $15-20 to measure hem and sometimes let the pants out a little.


If you give height and weight it would help with what kind of suit you should wear
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I guess the main thing is. I don't know what I don't know.
I started hosting some new locals to grow our game.
They all had no idea how many chip makes models, textures, variations there are and how different they felt or sounded until paying attention and handling them with intent.

I'm where they are but with suits.
No idea what and where to start in the get chip samples phase.

I'm 5'11" tall and have varied between 160-170lb with the seasons over last 20 years.
I have a small gut sometimes but only during lazy stretches of winter typically.

I think the clearance suit looks amazing on me but then again maybe someone that actually knows suits would think otherwise or have some advice on what or where to alter it.
Would I get advice to stop playing with dice chips (Clearance department store suits) and get a set of Paulsons or custom CPC?

Maybe it would be like my taste for chips? I kept the dice chips and got a few sets of pretty much everything available to fit my mood or event application.

For the sake of my wallet tho I sure hope not.
 
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BKisback said:
A mentor once told me that guys need to work really hard to get dressed up for an interview so that when they land the job, they can throw on khakis and a white shirt.
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I once went to an interview at a job fair that offered warehouse jobs on the spot. I was in a dress shirt, tie, nice pants, etc. Another gentleman chose full Polo pajamas, tiny horse logos over the entire outfit.

We both got job offers. The same job. It made me stop and wonder what exactly I was doing with my life in that moment.
 
Alright, huge appreciation to all those that gave advice. Suit was perfect. Full day interview was exhausting but hoping for the best. Definitely some pain points when it came to complex model validation but hope I fielded the questions and scrutiny well enough. Suit was perfect, a tailored Mantoni with a navy tie.

Offer stands, If I get the job I'll be reaching out with the Venmo offers for those that commented, I like to limit variance.
 
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NotRealNameNoSir said:
Alright, huge appreciation to all those that gave advice. Suit was perfect. Full day interview was exhausting but hoping for the best. Definitely some pain points when it came to complex model validation but hope I fielded the questions and scrutiny well enough. Suit was perfect, a tailored Mantoni with a navy tie.

Offer stands, If I get the job I'll be reaching out with the Venmo offers for those that commented, I like to limit variance.
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Alright! Offer came in while on vacation and the suit was perfect. I appreciate you all, huge weight off.


All those that commented their well wishes and advice, send me your Venmo for your $2 rakeback. Any unclaimed, I'll make it $5 each and donate it to the Breakthrough T1D diabetes research fund as a lump sum.
 
As far as colors go, the starting point I recommend to people are:

Charcoal gray suit
Dark navy blue or navy blue blazer with light gray slacks
Two white shirts, two blue shirts

Black / brown shoes and belt

You’re good to go for a long time. If you want the navy blue suit, add them along with the blazer.
 
davesilver88 said:
As far as colors go, the starting point I recommend to people are:

Charcoal gray suit
Dark navy blue or navy blue blazer with light gray slacks
Two white shirts, two blue shirts

Black / brown shoes and belt

You’re good to go for a long time. If you want the navy blue suit, add them along with the blazer.
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This is actually really good advice.
 

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