The only times I've worn a tie to work in recent years (since my escape from IT back to the relatively arson-free halls of academia) have been graduation ceremonies, on which occasions I've also worn a suit, gown, hood and hat.
A few years ago, one of our pro-vice-chancellors made the latest of a number of unenforceable pronouncements seemingly designed to get on everybody's nerves, and called for academics to dress more smartly, suggesting that some sort of dress code should be introduced. The response was almost universally derisory. The student newspaper did a little article about this, which included a photograph and some quotes from my PhD supervisor (who is notoriously scruffy but whose teaching is quite well-regarded) as well as supporting comments from students.
[x] If I wear a suit + tie to work, people get worried. (Because it signifies interview for other job)
Although, I think we're at the point where we understand that the people who turn up in combats and t-shirts are the competent unix hackers with nothing to prove, and anyone turning up in suit or 'business casual' is probably covering up some massive cluelessness. Obviously, this is as wrong as the suit-assumption to the contrary, but it's an interesting development in a kind of applied Geek Social Fallacies way.
"It's a bow tie. I wear a bow tie now. Bow ties are cool."
I've got two bow ties, one black and one white. Do you happen to know where I could relatively easily get some other ones? Proper ones, that is, not one of those ready-tied abominations.
Indeed! And I was wearing them long before Matt Smith, which makes me extremely cool indeed. Although that little voice in my head is pointing out that in all likelihood I will be wearing them long after Matt Smith is remembered only by diehard Doctor Who fans, and that a stopped clock tells the correct time twice a day.
Proper ones, that is, not one of those ready-tied abominations.
But of course! Although it must be said that the Doctor Who affair - red and blue - looks very suspiciously like a readymade job to my eye. Either that or the continuity people are bloody good at tying it *just* so. Which is not impossible.
Do you happen to know where I could relatively easily get some other ones?It used to be fairly hard to get hold of them in physical shops; these days it's very hard. Most of mine came from an old-school suits-you-sir Gentleman's Outfitters in Haverfordwest that has now closed. A couple were hand-made artist pieces. Tie Rack has them rarely; John Lewis has them occasionally. You can find them
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I've considered adding ties to my outfits and getting kind of a natty butch thing going on, but professors attire is a strange thing. You can tell I've started to get comfortable with a group of students' respecting my authority when I start to wear jeans to class.
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A few years ago, one of our pro-vice-chancellors made the latest of a number of unenforceable pronouncements seemingly designed to get on everybody's nerves, and called for academics to dress more smartly, suggesting that some sort of dress code should be introduced. The response was almost universally derisory. The student newspaper did a little article about this, which included a photograph and some quotes from my PhD supervisor (who is notoriously scruffy but whose teaching is quite well-regarded) as well as supporting comments from students.
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Although, I think we're at the point where we understand that the people who turn up in combats and t-shirts are the competent unix hackers with nothing to prove, and anyone turning up in suit or 'business casual' is probably covering up some massive cluelessness. Obviously, this is as wrong as the suit-assumption to the contrary, but it's an interesting development in a kind of applied Geek Social Fallacies way.
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Bowties GOOD!
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I've got two bow ties, one black and one white. Do you happen to know where I could relatively easily get some other ones? Proper ones, that is, not one of those ready-tied abominations.
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Indeed! And I was wearing them long before Matt Smith, which makes me extremely cool indeed. Although that little voice in my head is pointing out that in all likelihood I will be wearing them long after Matt Smith is remembered only by diehard Doctor Who fans, and that a stopped clock tells the correct time twice a day.
Proper ones, that is, not one of those ready-tied abominations.
But of course! Although it must be said that the Doctor Who affair - red and blue - looks very suspiciously like a readymade job to my eye. Either that or the continuity people are bloody good at tying it *just* so. Which is not impossible.
Do you happen to know where I could relatively easily get some other ones?It used to be fairly hard to get hold of them in physical shops; these days it's very hard. Most of mine came from an old-school suits-you-sir Gentleman's Outfitters in Haverfordwest that has now closed. A couple were hand-made artist pieces. Tie Rack has them rarely; John Lewis has them occasionally. You can find them ( ... )
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