patriots owner bob kraft ONLY wears those sorts of shirts. they are hideous.
What's considered a "Power Tie"
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With two Super Bowl victories though, he can wear whatever the hell he wants.narlus said:
what color suit do you have?Dog Welder said:
here are some ideas...if it's dark blue you can go with a dark blue shirt and a one shade lighter solid color blue tie with black shoes. its a very clean crisp monochromatic look.
if you have a dark grey suit you can go with a white shirt or a lighter grey shirt with a darker grey solid color tie.
a black suit will look good with a white shirt and a solid red tie like i had said earlier or you can go with a solid silver or gold colored tie and it still looks serious.
avoid the stripes or pastel colors and no loony toon ties!!!
it's pretty clear that many of the folks on here don't wear a suit and tie on a regular basis and if you only need to get a GOOD suit for a job interview i would suggest saving your $$$ for bike stuff and steer clear of the big stores.
I've bought two suits from the http://www.menswearhouse.com and i would put them up with almost any other suit i got that costs 3 times as much.
anyway good luck
Just another point to make. If your going to an interview at a company that is Business Casual, and your wearing a suit. It could look like you didn't make any effort to find out what the company is about, how they dress, etc. On the flip side of that coin, I'd still be some what leaning towards a suit because of the nature of the meeting. I wouldn't go with the Regis look though. I would stick to traditional. What's kind of company are you interviewing with?
i think that regardless of what normally is worn at a company, you should dress more formally for an interview.
most def. wasn't the trend a few years back to really dress down? whatever it was, i've been hearing (like right now) that it's best dress up for interviews and such.narlus said:
i'm sorry i can't be of much help, i'm really anti-power suits. i've always been a fan of grey suits for some reason. best of luck on the interview.
I Are Baboon said:
Hey hey hey... That is a Mafioso look not an accountant's!
I am an accountant btw and I do not own ANY colored shirts with white collars and cuffs. I however own at least 5 plain white button down shirts. (thank you 3 years at Enterprise Rent-A-Car)
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Men's warehouse is very reasonable, it isn't top shelf stuff, but just like Hello Kitty said you can do yourself very well.
If you are going on an interview do yourself a favor and go with a dark suit and a WHITE shirt and a coordinated tie (red, maroon, very little pattern etc). Dont forget a plain white undershirt! Your favorite biking T underneath will NOT DO! If wherever you are going is a professional place you are NOT going to turn anyone off by being traditionally conservative. The last thing you want to do is try to be trendy and set off any kind of red flag by your interviewer. IE... "that guy was a good candidate but what the heck was he trying to do with the Regis Philbin look/that crazy tie etc."
Suck it up and be conservative for the day.
narlus said:
HAHAHAHAHAHA!
I agree to an extent in most cases. That's why I said what I did. I went on an interview once with a smaller IT/dot com company. I was wearing a suit, and I felt a little awkward because everyone else was not, and they pointed it out. Just sharing possibilities.narlus said:
ORVEN...Orven said:
Of course, if you took your goggles off for once, you'd get even MORE respect.
But that would be so un-orven of you.
SWWEEEET...Dog Welder said:
I have one of those jobs. We're a fortune 500 company and the CEO wears knit polo shirts and kaki's every day.
Gawd I love it.
I go into Starbucks and get the "look" from the guys in their shirts and ties, yet I could probably OWN3D them.
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and then the sink ended up broken.If this was golgi writing this said:
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My last job you couldn't wear a polo shirt because of the knit collar. Of course, 99.03849% of the world is smarter than those people, so it was mostly an ego thing there. The CEO at that place fired some execs one time, supposedly because they wore pink or pastel shirts and ties. He was a real tool.-BB- said:
I went on a job interview a few years ago at an ISP in town and was interviewed by a friggin' *WIZARD*!JSB said:
He had a cloak on and was carrying a staff! WTF?
Weirdest interview *ever*. I'm pretty sure they didn't hire me because I told 'em I didn't play Dungeons and Dragons anymore..........
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Man, the noose.....who invented that thing.......be your own boss if only for the fact that only marriage will ever force you to ever strangle yourself again. Hideous garments.
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BwahahahahahahaSkaredShtles said:Weirdest interview *ever*. I'm pretty sure they didn't hire me because I told 'em I didn't play Dungeons and Dragons anymore..........
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ahahahaha! i was waiting for someone to say that and i just KNEW it would be you!!biggins said:
cornflower blue...
oh and BTW, ties made by Brooks Brothers are overpriced and cheaply made. go to belks.
Apart from seasoning the lobster bisque, he farted on the meringue, sneezed on braised endive, and as for the cream of mushroom soup, well...
agreed. i've gone through the grand total of two job/internship interviews in my life now and both times i was more dressed up than the people working there and interviewing me. once you get the job you can relax -- at palm i'd wear a t-shirt, baggy biking shorts, and sidis at least half of the weeknarlus said:
. at the other job i still had to wear a suit, but at least i could do pretty much whatever i wanted to when not at the "main office" (which was all of 10 people, heh).oh, and since i'm lazy, inexperienced, somewhat cheap, and not very discerning i just bought all my junk at the men's wearhouse, like hello kitty. seemed to work out fine.
I used to work for a small software startup company and although I could wear my pj's into to work if I wanted, I always thought it nice when people dressed up/in a suit for an interview. Granted that wouldn't make me want to hire them over the person in the jeans and nice shirt, but still makes a good impression (one person looked as if they hadn't showered in about a week and that did put me off...hehe).JSB said:
I'd say go to Mens Warehouse. Most guys I know have had good luck there and they have reasonable prices, especially if it's not something you'll most likely wear again. Solid or understated patterns are probably best if it's a slightly more conservative company....if they aren't as conservative and you want to wear a suit then I say you could go for a slightly louder pattern so long as it's not Mickey Mouse or dancing elves or something crazy like that!
Good luck on the interview!
one that represents a giant phallic
Something from the Derelicte collection might be more appropriate in this instance.Megan Black said:
Paul, if I'm not mistaken, this will be for an emergency response type job, yes? In which case, I wouldn't sweat the dress code too much. I doubt spending a lot of money will help your chances, although if you look like a tool somehow, it might count against you. Always helps to look good and it's always nice to have a good suit in the closet, so just take your jacket and shirt to Nordstrom or someplace and have them pick out a tie for you in the $30-50 range.