Are you the best dressed person at your job?

[lpast]

Humbly speaking, are you the best person at your job? Do you stand out? Or others lack of attention/care to their dress make you look like you are "trying too hard"? Do you have a dress code?

 

[Despos]

By a mile!

No one comes close.

By the way, I'm speaking humbly.

 

[Viral]

ALWAYS

#freshtodef

 

[comrade]

I am retired. But when I worked I usually was, especially when I
worked in Tech. I began in Tech when it was usual for management/
marketing types to wear suits or coat and tie in any case. By wearing
Norman Hilton and Chipp and the like, I was better dressed than the
average Nordstrom shopper, which was the norm.

 

[ter1413]

At my current employer? Yup.
The one before this.....I was up there.

 

[Eset]

Sure. I'm working in tech which means shorts and t-shirt, jeans and sweatshirts. Anyone who puts just a little effort into clothes will be better dressed.

 

[fwedo]

Always. From far

 

[Encathol Epistemia]

I always am; hardly anybody else even tries. A colleague sometimes refers to me as, "the best dressed man in transit." Said colleague is having John Di Pietro make a suit for him and I recently gave him a navy grenadine Sam Hober necktie that I bought when there was 75 % more of me and thus is now too long, so he could put in a good showing on occasion if he gets some better shoes.

Dressing 'well' as a I actually often makes me ridiculous, but dressing otherwise would make me feel like a stranger in my own skin, which is an unpleasant enough place for me to be as it is.

 

[bicycleradical]

The dress code at my office is essentially business casual, aka, no shorts, jeans and such. Being that my employer is a somewhat conservative institution, it is perfectly acceptable to wear jackets and ties in the office and I take advantage. There are a few people who genuinely make the effort to dress well around my office so I would say that I am in the upper echelons of well dressed men at work.

 

[SmoothLefty]

Yes, though I'm in IT so it's not saying much. A well-fitting OCBD and chinos + loafers would put anyone near the top.

The nearest competition is a polo shirt that's two sizes too big and unironic dad jeans and dad sneakers.

 

[pasadena man]

Yes, though I'm in IT so it's not saying much. A well-fitting OCBD and chinos + loafers would put anyone near the top.

Precisely. The answer to your question is probably: "Yes, on a good day" for a lot of members of this board. Its like asking if you would beat a frog on an IQ test.

 

[Nobilis Animus]

Precisely. The answer to your question is probably: "Yes, on a good day" for a lot of members of this board. Its like asking if you would beat a frog on an IQ test.

+1 It's actually harder to be the best-dressed person in my neighbourhood rather than work, since where I live there are people who care about their appearance. Women especially.

 

[Leiker]

Certainly among the top 5 out of hundreds. Most wear what I call "the uniform" - baggy khakis and ill fitting polo shirts. Oh, and terrible shoes.

 

[lpast]

For those in tech, are you wearing sport coats? Do you think that you stand out in an off-putting way?

 

[mhip]

Not always a good thing...
We had an open house champagne party for investors, and the owner of the company informed me that I "wasn't supposed to out-dress the owner".