• Maggoty@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Speak for yourself. Casual clothes killed most ironing but ain’t nobody showing up in a wrinkled suit.

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      5 months ago

      Casual clothes killed most ironing but ain’t nobody showing up in a wrinkled suit.

      Unless you’re upper management or going to a wedding/funeral/formal event, why would you even wear a suit? In the last decade I’ve worn my suit 3 or 4 times in the last decade, and they were all weddings or funerals.

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        5 months ago

        Yeah I should have put an edit in. I didn’t know this was going to blow up like this. I don’t wear a suit or formal clothes more than about once a year, for the events of friends and families. I’m not trying to say it’s an every day thing.

      • nickwitha_k (he/him)@lemmy.sdf.org
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        Give it a try. Hit up a thrift store and get some great tacky suits from the 70s and 80s, if you can find em. It’s a bit of fun to wear them when it’s not necessary or expected. I probably wouldn’t wear a really nice wedding/funeral suit in such cases because I spill fucking everything and would become destitute from the dry cleaning bills.

        Now, if it were a social expectation/requirement, it would suck and not be fun. But, as a choice that one can make, it’s great sometimes.

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          I have a tailored suit in my closet, but there’s no way in fuck I’m showing up to work in that suit or any other suit.

          For one, I work from home and I want to actually be comfortable. For two, if I was going into the office, I would ruin it at some point crawling under desks and behind racks and shit.

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            5 months ago

            Absolutely there with you. Hence my suggestion of thrift store.

            And for wearing one to the office? I also work from home so, would only likely do so to confuse my wife.

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        5 months ago

        Where I work the staff still wear full suits for the most part. I think it’s a more traditional workplace though.

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      5 months ago

      How often do you wear a suit? Dry clean as necessary, hang it up between uses. I’ve never ironed a suit.

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      On the rare occasion I have to wear a dress shirt for work, I’m making sure it’s as wrinkled as possible. I wouldn’t want to be mistaken for one of the execs, it gives the impression that you don’t work hard. I think it’ll continue bubbling up in the same way not wearing a tie and not having curtails did.