threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
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- ...on the slake
Do you still wear a suit to work?
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mcshroom
Bionic Subsonic
- Location
- Egremont, Cumbria
I wear a suit occasionally, but usually only for meeting contractors and regulators.
Usually it's tailored trousers and an open neck shirt or a company polo in the office although I could sit there in cycle gear all day if I wanted to
Usually it's tailored trousers and an open neck shirt or a company polo in the office although I could sit there in cycle gear all day if I wanted to
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Company polo in the office for me too - sometimes a chewing gum or a pastel coloured pastille.
snorri
Legendary Member
- Location
- East coast, up a bit.
Wearing a suit at an event often bring back memories for me, sometimes happy, sometimes sad.
At some quiet stage in the proceedings I find myself going through all the pockets and invariably find a card or receipt which reminds me of a past wedding, funeral or expensive night out.
At some quiet stage in the proceedings I find myself going through all the pockets and invariably find a card or receipt which reminds me of a past wedding, funeral or expensive night out.
Bayerd
Über Member
- Location
- Marsden, Huddersfield
I'm expected to wear a suit at work, ties are optional, so I don't wear one unless it's too cold not to......
GM
Legendary Member
- Location
- North of the river
I'd love to wear a suit for work. In fact I'd love a job that I had to wear a suit, but being a Carpenter it's not very practical. I'd get a load of sawdust in my turn-ups.
cookiemonster
Squire
- Location
- Hong Kong
I've never worn or owned a suit. 
Never needed to wear a shackle of repression.
Never needed to wear a shackle of repression.
Hacienda71
Mancunian in self imposed exile in leafy Cheshire
- Location
- Wilmslow, Cheshire
I am expected to. I am a director at my company and although not told to, meeting clients mean that it may be frowned upon if I did not present myself well. Mind you I turn up when I cycle in full kit, proper mamil stylee. Spare suit always kept at work though.
Fab Foodie
hanging-on in quiet desperation ...
- Location
- Kirton, Devon.
Not worn a suit or even a tie for a couple of years now for work. Chino-stylee trews, shirt, unfashionably short-sleeved, but occasionally cuff-linked (I like French Cuffs), never a Polo because there is no pocket for the Mont-Blanc! Jacket and either smartish DM shoes or hand-stiched penny loafers.
Dull, but serviceable.
Same worn to customers sites and meetings.
My work clothes need to be flexible, travel well and be machine washable where possible. Food factories can be messy places!
Dull, but serviceable.
Same worn to customers sites and meetings.
My work clothes need to be flexible, travel well and be machine washable where possible. Food factories can be messy places!
Flying_Monkey
Recyclist
- Location
- Odawa
It almost seems to be a more radical thing to do these days, to be smartly dressed. And you know what? I love it. I enjoy good clothes, and I like the performance of wearing them.
I've just taken delivery of my 1920s-style lined Harris Tweed 3-piece, which is both fantastically warm, has nothing to do with 'fashion' and everything to do with style - rather like the gorgeous tan brogue boots I got for Christmas, which get worn with the new suit.
Sometimes, I will 'dress up' just for particular things - I have an original late Victorian frock coat and top hat, brocade waistcoat and silver-topped cane, that I will wear when I teach my class about Paris in the Nineteeth Century, and I'll get my fedora out (with the tweed suit) when I do New York in the 20s and 30s.
I've just taken delivery of my 1920s-style lined Harris Tweed 3-piece, which is both fantastically warm, has nothing to do with 'fashion' and everything to do with style - rather like the gorgeous tan brogue boots I got for Christmas, which get worn with the new suit.
Sometimes, I will 'dress up' just for particular things - I have an original late Victorian frock coat and top hat, brocade waistcoat and silver-topped cane, that I will wear when I teach my class about Paris in the Nineteeth Century, and I'll get my fedora out (with the tweed suit) when I do New York in the 20s and 30s.
MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
I like to go to work in my birthday suit.................I'd fetch my coat but I don't seem to have one
I'm a bit random at the moment. S'posed to wear a uniform (vaguely practical combat-ish trousers and a polo shirt) but I refused to even order it when it was introduced a couple of years back as they didn't make one that was Crinkly-sized/Crinkly-shaped, and nobody objected so I continued with the 'vaguely smart-ish trousers and a smart-ish top/blouse' which more or less complies with the original dress code. I always just cycled in my work gear, and took a spare set of clothes if torrential rain looked likely. As I've added more distant sites to my cycle to site list I have started not wearing my work stuff to ride in - and a couple of times have not bothered getting changed for one reason or another so have ended up working/going to meetings in a t-shirt and either rolled up jeans or 3/4s. Nobody seems to mind.
