Do you own a suit?

We give all of our old work clothes to a similar organization. It’s a great idea.

 

Best thing about a suit jacket/blazer? Pockets for phone and wallet.

 

If you work in any professional sphere, and you’re a male, you should have at the very least one black suit and one blue suit.

As a sports journalist, you should dress to impress at the high levels of whatever your beat is. If it’s high school sports, wear a suit to state championships or the biggest rivalry in your area, for example. You don’t have to do it all the time, but toss it in every once in a while. You’d be surprised how much professional respect it can engender.

 

I used to.

 

I do own a suit and I've had to break it out 3 times in 4 years for federal jury duty, a sports banquet and a funeral.

 

Jury duty?
Federal or otherwise, they're lucky if them get me in anything less comfortable than boxers and an old t shirt.
Maybe some basketball shorts or cut-off sweatpants with no underwear.
And zoris.

F#ck jury duty.

 

I got a suit at Goodwill for $8 once. And it fit.

I work three jobs. I come from a family of hillbillies and skinflints. Raised among people who didn't wear jewelry or make-up or drive cars. We all figured out a way to get a suit. Don't make me sound like I'm trying to outclass people with your Jed Bartlett-storming-into-a-room routine.

 

exactly

and if you know what you're doing - pour one out for Frank Ridgeway - you can get a vintage Hickey Freeman or Oxxford or Kilgour or Brooks Brothers suit on eBay for not much more.

 

I have six blazers and sports jackets, three summer weight, three winter, including one old tweed herringbone I love dearly, slacks to go with them, and a variety of dress shirts, non white. But no suit.