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To tie, or not to tie:
There's been some discussion of late over the necessity of wearing a
tie, weather you need to wear one to look good enough for a job
interview or not and the like. The answer of course, is no. The point
is to look good for your interview. To prove that you care about how
you look and how you dress, so the standard is 'what would I wear to
work' and then make it extra spiffy. There is NO NEED to wear a
business uniform unless you're applying for a job in the white
collar/business arena. (For the record, Yes, I don't dress like much
now. This isn't because I don't give a fuck, or know better, it's
because I haven't had a job for the length of George W. Bush's term in
office. all the nice things I used to wear, are pretty much dead or
don't fit any more. As soon as I get some money, this will change...)
So if I don't feel like wearing a tie, and it's a pretty upscale
place, what do I wear? Well, first of all, I have a couple nifty
ties, but that's beyond the point I'm making here.
In any case, you don't want to wear a tie. Fine, we'll start at the
bottom since that's a good place to start... Wear nice shoes, leather
ones preferably and make sure they're polished within an inch of their
lives. Can you get away with boots? Weeelll.... maybe. if they're
nice ones polished prettily and you don't have your pants bloused into
the tops ^^ Still, wingtips or something like it are better. Next is
socks... wear nifty dark socks that don't blind a person when they
show between your shoes and your pant leg. (This brings up a point.
Tom has rather Conservative tastes in clothes, nice clothes anyway,
and he prefers dark solid colors with white shirts to just about
anything else. Just so you know ^^) Now we come to trousers, Again,
dark colors (black) IRONED CREASES and a nice dark leather belt or
suspenders. Your pants should come up to your waist, not rest under
your gaming muscle. Yes, this is a little uncomfortable if you've got
a gut. This is the price you pay for sitting at home drinking Dr
pepper and playing final fantasy. You want a nice narrow belt, not
one of those heavy two inch things you can get at hot topic for $20.
(a nice belt will probably run you the same or more, but doesn't look
at home at power exchange!)
Next comes the shirt. Again, nice, cotton or other NATURAL fiber Fuck
polyester. Fuck it in the ear; it feels like shit and looks worse.
Wear an undershirt with the shirt or your nipples will show, and
that's just.... not pretty. Even if you're a girl. Again, this can
be somewhat... warm, but we do suffer for our art. You can wear
shirts with buttons or not... for the longest time, I wore french
cuffs and cuff links quite a bit. Personally I prefer studs to
buttons, but I'm a freak like that. Now the tie question. Something
dark, something simple. Something creative if you can get away with
it. ALWAYS BUTTON YOUR TOP BUTTON UNDER A TIE! TO do anything else
looks crappy. Button down collars... button 'em. Unless you're
wearing a tie. Personally I avoid the things like the plague they
are, but if you button them around a tie, it pulls the whole thing out
of shape and makes it look ucky. If you prefer to go without a tie,
you have to do a little more work, however, a banded collar (that is a
dress shirt without a collar) looks way fly, especially if you put a
nifty looking stud at the top. Again, you must button your top button
and keep it there. The point is to look good, and so we have to
sacrifice for our art.
Jackets. (Am I scaring you yet? No? Good.) And yes, I mean a
"sports jacket" Kate could tell you why it's called that, but the
point is... if you're going to wear a jacket, WEAR THE JACKET. That
means you don't take it off when you sit down to dinner. You may
unbutton it though. Oh yes, Men never button the bottom button of the
jacket, don't ask me why, but it's the way things are. Maybe it has
something to do with riding horses, or general freedom of movement,
Donno, but that's how it goes. (This is something that has changed of
late apparently, personally I think men who button their bottom button
look weird) If your jacket has a loop for a flower, try to fill it,
that just looks snazzy. Wear a handkerchief in your top pocket, you
never know when you're gonna sneeze and wiping your nose on your cuff
looks... tacky. Do not put your hands or anything else heavier then a
ticket stub in your lower pockets I know it's convenient and feels
natural, but it pulls the jacket all out of shape and can damage it.
Gentlemen should also carry a pocketknife, but that's another rant I
think.
There's been some discussion of late over the necessity of wearing a
tie, weather you need to wear one to look good enough for a job
interview or not and the like. The answer of course, is no. The point
is to look good for your interview. To prove that you care about how
you look and how you dress, so the standard is 'what would I wear to
work' and then make it extra spiffy. There is NO NEED to wear a
business uniform unless you're applying for a job in the white
collar/business arena. (For the record, Yes, I don't dress like much
now. This isn't because I don't give a fuck, or know better, it's
because I haven't had a job for the length of George W. Bush's term in
office. all the nice things I used to wear, are pretty much dead or
don't fit any more. As soon as I get some money, this will change...)
So if I don't feel like wearing a tie, and it's a pretty upscale
place, what do I wear? Well, first of all, I have a couple nifty
ties, but that's beyond the point I'm making here.
In any case, you don't want to wear a tie. Fine, we'll start at the
bottom since that's a good place to start... Wear nice shoes, leather
ones preferably and make sure they're polished within an inch of their
lives. Can you get away with boots? Weeelll.... maybe. if they're
nice ones polished prettily and you don't have your pants bloused into
the tops ^^ Still, wingtips or something like it are better. Next is
socks... wear nifty dark socks that don't blind a person when they
show between your shoes and your pant leg. (This brings up a point.
Tom has rather Conservative tastes in clothes, nice clothes anyway,
and he prefers dark solid colors with white shirts to just about
anything else. Just so you know ^^) Now we come to trousers, Again,
dark colors (black) IRONED CREASES and a nice dark leather belt or
suspenders. Your pants should come up to your waist, not rest under
your gaming muscle. Yes, this is a little uncomfortable if you've got
a gut. This is the price you pay for sitting at home drinking Dr
pepper and playing final fantasy. You want a nice narrow belt, not
one of those heavy two inch things you can get at hot topic for $20.
(a nice belt will probably run you the same or more, but doesn't look
at home at power exchange!)
Next comes the shirt. Again, nice, cotton or other NATURAL fiber Fuck
polyester. Fuck it in the ear; it feels like shit and looks worse.
Wear an undershirt with the shirt or your nipples will show, and
that's just.... not pretty. Even if you're a girl. Again, this can
be somewhat... warm, but we do suffer for our art. You can wear
shirts with buttons or not... for the longest time, I wore french
cuffs and cuff links quite a bit. Personally I prefer studs to
buttons, but I'm a freak like that. Now the tie question. Something
dark, something simple. Something creative if you can get away with
it. ALWAYS BUTTON YOUR TOP BUTTON UNDER A TIE! TO do anything else
looks crappy. Button down collars... button 'em. Unless you're
wearing a tie. Personally I avoid the things like the plague they
are, but if you button them around a tie, it pulls the whole thing out
of shape and makes it look ucky. If you prefer to go without a tie,
you have to do a little more work, however, a banded collar (that is a
dress shirt without a collar) looks way fly, especially if you put a
nifty looking stud at the top. Again, you must button your top button
and keep it there. The point is to look good, and so we have to
sacrifice for our art.
Jackets. (Am I scaring you yet? No? Good.) And yes, I mean a
"sports jacket" Kate could tell you why it's called that, but the
point is... if you're going to wear a jacket, WEAR THE JACKET. That
means you don't take it off when you sit down to dinner. You may
unbutton it though. Oh yes, Men never button the bottom button of the
jacket, don't ask me why, but it's the way things are. Maybe it has
something to do with riding horses, or general freedom of movement,
Donno, but that's how it goes. (This is something that has changed of
late apparently, personally I think men who button their bottom button
look weird) If your jacket has a loop for a flower, try to fill it,
that just looks snazzy. Wear a handkerchief in your top pocket, you
never know when you're gonna sneeze and wiping your nose on your cuff
looks... tacky. Do not put your hands or anything else heavier then a
ticket stub in your lower pockets I know it's convenient and feels
natural, but it pulls the jacket all out of shape and can damage it.
Gentlemen should also carry a pocketknife, but that's another rant I
think.