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Kiton - Update in the US
Average age is probably Eyetalian arithmetic...could be lower than years past if have lots of kleptocrat kids from Chindia buying the brand (at stores in NYC or at their US college's bookstore) Don't know of any VCs or tech kings in SiliconValley who ever wear a suit and/or tie to office or...- sw20
- Post #25
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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ExperienceWith Prep Schools?? (Part 2)
Relevance of any boarding school has decreased dramatically; suspect they are largely refugee camps for kids from ThirdWorld or the kids of the affluent surgeon/cardiologist from Podunk US Maybe 15+yrs ago in investment banking (not trading) at Goldman, MS, etc would see lots of kids from elite...- sw20
- Post #13
- Forum: Business, Careers & Education
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Banker shirt too cliche when workin @ IB?
Don't know of any <60yo IBers or PE guys who wear contrasting collar/cuffs...an ancient '80s look Traders at GS NYC tend to dress like crap, often in cheapest OTR suit/shirt (albeit w/Hermes tie) available at some clearance sale...just look at attire of the highest-paid guys there Most <40yo...- sw20
- Post #32
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Restaurants with Dress Codes: Take Back The Night!
Who are the world's wealthiest guys and what's their daily office attire? Neither tech kings in SiliconValley (even elderly guys like Jobs or Ellison) nor most <50yo hedge fund kings in MidtownManhattan or Greenwich or SF (or London) ever wear ties to office, let alone to dinner...ties are for...- sw20
- Post #58
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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I think I hate San Francisco.
Far more civilized than Manhattan, let alone commie towns in Germany/Lond Anyone with some money drives a new AMG around town and down to PaloAlto/Woodside (to do business w/people with real IQ/money); has garages at home/office and valet pkg at any restaurant that matters...cabs/trains are for...- sw20
- Post #231
- Forum: Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel
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Places to live in Chicago
Know of 2 or 3 now-34yo guys (Wharton undergrads) who chose to go to Chicago as first-yr IB M&A analysts back in '95, rather than Manhattan, precisely because of Chic's cheap costs/taxes, new apt towers and undgd garages at home/office and valet pkg at restaurants, allowing even a mere IB...- sw20
- Post #48
- Forum: Fine Living, Home, Design & Auto
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Edward Green in the SFBA ?
None in SF region; closest is BH But given no. of models, lasts, sizes, leather colors, etc, physically visiting any retailer is a waste of time anyway Leffot simply mailed me an EG in last/size I was considering; fit great; sent it back and then spec'd my MTO shoes which arrived some 4 mos...- sw20
- Post #3
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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lobb recraft
More efficient to relegate worn-down shoes to beater fleet and spend any money on new, MTO/bespoke copies for fair weather daily fleet...and periodically repeat cycle of consumption...- sw20
- Post #11
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Moving to Palo Alto for work. What should I know?
Ambitious young engineers tend to live in PA itself...work Manhattan investment banking/hedge fund hrs of 80+hrs/wk and want to be near major founders/VCs/bosses/other kid engineers for career networking, to eventually make enough money to retire at a young age to LA's Westside, until get bored...- sw20
- Post #30
- Forum: Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel
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Wilkes Bashford, Zegna and Bontoni
Almost no high-income workers (incl tech M&A bankers or VCs or PE or hedgies or software engineers or entrepreneurs) in SF or SiliconValley have worn suits/ties in decades...suits/ties in SF or PaloAlto usually signify visiting Luddites from Manhattan or other backward towns The few who care...- sw20
- Post #2
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Palo Alto is the Nicest Town in America
PA itself is kinda commie, run-down w/potholes, smelly w/homeless, too close to crime of 101 corridor (similar to E Atherton).....lots of wealthy Prius-driving, G550-flying eco-commies like the google founders But PA region arguably has more IQ and money than any region on planet, on an...- sw20
- Post #33
- Forum: Social Life, Food & Drink, Travel
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Slim fit suit in SF
Agree, SF region has no competent clothes (or shoe) shops Would get MTM suits/shirts at Ascot Chang in Beverly Hills or Manhattan; arguably far better value than any OTR branded stuff- sw20
- Post #25
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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NYTimes article: The Triumphant Decline of the WASP
Article that may have been more interesting in '70s For past 25+yrs the dominant group in the global finance industry, epicentered in Manhattan, has been Jews...w/a smattering of Indians in quant parts of hedge funds or trading desks....very few WASPs w/serious money left, even in Greenwich...- sw20
- Post #19
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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Smalltown, USA
Suspect can observe similar "natural selection" amongst kids from any elite HS or college, too...let alone economically weak places where kids are stuck with weak DNA and inspiration of underachieving parents Perhaps majority of kids from even the most elite colleges never make any real money...- sw20
- Post #24
- Forum: General Discussions
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For those of you who get bespoke shoes, do you still buy RTW?
Depends upon one's fit issues and opportunity costs Am an easy fit and have too much ADD for multiple visits (esp to other cities) to obtain bespoke anything But prefer to choose own detailing, swatches, buttons, linings, etc...and obtain a new garment or shoes not tried on by others, so have...- sw20
- Post #7
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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I should never have entered Esquire's BDRM contest.
Thought all the smartest young M&A lawyers had become M&A bankers back in '70s-'80s; didn't that elder pioneer Wasserstein die recently? Back in late '90s, smartest young tech M&A bankers (who stopped wearing Luddite ties to fit into culture of their wealthier tech clients) fled to hedge funds...- sw20
- Post #368
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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BP Execs: Dressing For Disaster
Poor correlation between money and consumption patterns or taste despite popular stereotypes or myths perpetuated by marketers of luxury stuff Some of most shoddily dressed guys in Manhattan are amongst highest-paid guys on planet: hedge fund or GS prop traders...and the less well-paid M&A...- sw20
- Post #11
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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A matter of taste: Rolls-Royce vs Maybach vs Bentley
Needing a driver or a sedan means one is likely stuck in a ThirdWorld town like Manhattan, where most hedge fund kings are driven around in a scuffed-up blk/blk S550 by some inept, sometimes dangerous driver in a cheap suit w/a nasty NYC/AlQaeda accent and odor In SiliconValley, many of the...- sw20
- Post #46
- Forum: Fine Living, Home, Design & Auto
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Re: Ascot Chang in Los Angeles - Recommendations?
Been using AC for MTM shirts/suits for ~15yrs; originally measured at Manhattan store (where I lived at time before moving to SF), where tailors (esp ?Tom) are a bit more experienced than in BH BH store seems very competent though; and the setting is far more pleasing (and convenient) than...- sw20
- Post #4
- Forum: Classic Menswear
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French cuffs with no jacket?
Common daily attire amongst both hedgies in Manhattan and hedgies/techies in SiliconValley Almost no one in either group ever wears ties but universally wear metal links...and no one who matters ever wears a jacket while in any office/trading floor...or while driving...jackets are kind of...- sw20
- Post #34
- Forum: Classic Menswear