OCI/callbacks/etc Men's Clothing Mega-thread Forum

[Pufer]

Not counting the 300-400 cheap ties I bought in bulk off from thrift stores and eBay to turn into a Halloween costume ("all tied up: a walking pun").

-Pufer

[GodSpeed]

wow. I have like 50. lol

[seespotrun]

wow. I have like 50. lol

Anything more than that just seems unnecessary.

[romothesavior]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

[seespotrun]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

C'mon. Anyone who wears the same tie twice within 2 1/2 years is just TTT.

[leobowski]

I stopped buying thrift stores ties when I realized that a used tie + dry cleaning costs= more than a tie @ TJ Maxx.

[romothesavior]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

C'mon. Anyone who wears the same tie twice within 2 1/2 years is just TTT.

I think most partners send people home if they wear the same tie in the same year. Or they humiliate them in public and ask restaurant waitstaff if they meet dress requirements. After all, few respectable restaurants would allow patrons to wear ties from the Brooks Brothers Fall 2009 catalogue in July of 2010.

[TCScrutinizer]

Damn I own three ties.

At this rate I'm going to have to buy about $30,000 worth of clothing before OCI.

[seespotrun]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

C'mon. Anyone who wears the same tie twice within 2 1/2 years is just TTT.

I think most partners send people home if they wear the same tie in the same year. Or they humiliate them in public and ask restaurant waitstaff if they meet dress requirements. After all, few respectable restaurants would allow patrons to wear ties from the Brooks Brothers Fall 2009 catalogue in July of 2010.

Brooks Brothers...ew.

[seespotrun]

Damn I own three ties.

At this rate I'm going to have to buy about $30,000 worth of clothing before OCI.

That will buy you half of a suit.

[Bosque]

Damn I own three ties.

At this rate I'm going to have to buy about $30,000 worth of clothing before OCI.

You need exactly one tie for OCI. Two if you get callbacks. Three so that you can wear a different one on your first day of work before you buy some more with your advance/bonus.

So you are good. Provided they are good ties of course.

[Pufer]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

Mostly I just collect them (tie hand woven by a Navajo guy, bunch of hand-painted ties from the 40s, tie with power symbols on it, etc.). My actual rotation is more like 120 ties; 200-250 including various situational ties.

Probably has something to do with spending a couple years of my childhood on the move, always on the verge of homelessness, having virtually nothing but whatever clothing I had on my back. When you spend a couple winters wearing a single, inadequate jacket that outgrew you a couple years back (that you found on the side of the road to begin with), as soon as you get some cash, you buy like thirty jackets so you never have to go through that shit again (you also put in some effort learning how to dress, so that you're never mistaken for "that homeless kid" again).

Yeah, maybe it is "fucking retarded," but I still just feel better if I have more than enough clothing (and blankets, and food in my pantry).

-Pufer

[seespotrun]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

Mostly I just collect them (tie hand woven by a Navajo guy, bunch of hand-painted ties from the 40s, tie with power symbols on it, etc.). My actual rotation is more like 120 ties; 200-250 including various situational ties.

Probably has something to do with spending a couple years of my childhood on the move, always on the verge of homelessness, having virtually nothing but whatever clothing I had on my back. When you spend a couple winters wearing a single, inadequate jacket that outgrew you a couple years back (that you found on the side of the road to begin with), as soon as you get some cash, you buy like thirty jackets so you never have to go through that shit again (you also put in some effort learning how to dress, so that you're never mistaken for "that homeless kid" again).

Yeah, maybe it is "fucking retarded," but I still just feel better if I have more than enough clothing (and blankets, and food in my pantry).

-Pufer

Sometimes I wonder whether or not you're an elaborate flame.

-seespotrun

[Waterman47]

Regardless of the reasoning, having 800 ties seems like an absolute nightmare.

Right now I'm wearing a tie daily and I don't see a need to have more than 10 or 15, if that. 50 seems excessive, 800 just seems... I don't even know the word.

Sometimes I wonder whether or not you're an elaborate flame.

+1

A decent enough reason to not wear the button-down to the office is that I would give you incessant shit about it as a fellow associate. Any time we go to the courthouse, asking you whether you'd like to get dressed first; asking waitstaff in restaurants whether you meet the dress code at lunch; bringing new paralegals into your office to show them what not to wear; and so on. I'd be doing it just to give you a hard time, but why would you want to give me that opportunity?

I don't know what's worse, this sort of attitude or the guy that was saying he'd wear loafers to an interview. It's admirable to be knowledgable about fashion, or anything else, but when you take it to this extreme you just seem like a douche. It's a freakin' button-down collar. Get over it.

[wolfpack-avvocato]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

Mostly I just collect them (tie hand woven by a Navajo guy, bunch of hand-painted ties from the 40s, tie with power symbols on it, etc.). My actual rotation is more like 120 ties; 200-250 including various situational ties.

Probably has something to do with spending a couple years of my childhood on the move, always on the verge of homelessness, having virtually nothing but whatever clothing I had on my back. When you spend a couple winters wearing a single, inadequate jacket that outgrew you a couple years back (that you found on the side of the road to begin with), as soon as you get some cash, you buy like thirty jackets so you never have to go through that shit again (you also put in some effort learning how to dress, so that you're never mistaken for "that homeless kid" again).

Yeah, maybe it is "fucking retarded," but I still just feel better if I have more than enough clothing (and blankets, and food in my pantry).

-Pufer

Sometimes I wonder whether or not you're an elaborate flame.

-seespotrun

Oh man you're going to catch soooooo much shit on these boards for being a dick to Pufer. How he's not a Legendary Poster yet, I have no idea.

[Stanford4Me]

Sometimes I wonder whether or not you're an elaborate flame.

-seespotrun

Shut up and suck it.

[romothesavior]

A decent enough reason to not wear the button-down to the office is that I would give you incessant shit about it as a fellow associate. Any time we go to the courthouse, asking you whether you'd like to get dressed first; asking waitstaff in restaurants whether you meet the dress code at lunch; bringing new paralegals into your office to show them what not to wear; and so on. I'd be doing it just to give you a hard time, but why would you want to give me that opportunity?

I don't know what's worse, this sort of attitude or the guy that was saying he'd wear loafers to an interview. It's admirable to be knowledgable about fashion, or anything else, but when you take it to this extreme you just seem like a douche. It's a freakin' button-down collar. Get over it.

Amen. That diatribe about giving people crap for wearing button-downs was one of the most absurd things I've read in a while. Absolutely douche-tastic in every way.

-romothesavior

[Duralex]

I don't know what's worse, this sort of attitude or the guy that was saying he'd wear loafers to an interview. It's admirable to be knowledgable about fashion, or anything else, but when you take it to this extreme you just seem like a douche. It's a freakin' button-down collar. Get over it.

FWIW, I didn't actually suggest wearing loafers to an interview, I said tasseled and kiltied loafers are acceptable with suits as office attire, and are in fact commonly identified with lawyers. I mentioned that I see older partners wearing them with regularity. The only thing I said about loafers re: interviews is that I'd be amazed it they lost you a position. Not that I want to have that argument again. Ever. Most people here clearly disagree, strongly. But if I'm to be hanged, let it be for what I actually said.

Also FWIW, button downs are perennial points of debate. Avoid them if you're worried about it, I guess.

While I might not agree with all of Pufer's views, the man is clearly knowledgeable. I absolutely agree when it comes to having more than you need. Also, lots of ties (or shirts of whatever does it for you in terms of the personal touch you prefer) is a noble vice. And ties go through fashion cycles, too, so you can throw 'em in a box and dig em out again much easier than you can with a suit collection. I'm not sure if anyone has 800 ties out on a rack (although that would be kinda cool. You'd need an organization system out of High Fidelity....)

[TCScrutinizer]

I don't know what's worse, this sort of attitude or the guy that was saying he'd wear loafers to an interview. It's admirable to be knowledgable about fashion, or anything else, but when you take it to this extreme you just seem like a douche. It's a freakin' button-down collar. Get over it.

FWIW, I didn't actually suggest wearing loafers to an interview, I said tasseled and kiltied loafers are acceptable with suits as office attire, and are in fact commonly identified with lawyers. I mentioned that I see older partners wearing them with regularity. The only thing I said about loafers re: interviews is that I'd be amazed it they lost you a position. Not that I want to have that argument again. Ever. Most people here clearly disagree, strongly. But if I'm to be hanged, let it be for what I actually said.

Also FWIW, button downs are perennial points of debate. Avoid them if you're worried about it, I guess.

While I might not agree with all of Pufer's views, the man is clearly knowledgeable. I absolutely agree when it comes to having more than you need. Also, lots of ties (or shirts of whatever does it for you in terms of the personal touch you prefer) is a noble vice.

Awesome. I feel so much better about my nipple ring collection now.

[Duralex]

But which nipple ring is interview appropriate? This is truly a subtle art.

[Waterman47]

If for no other reason, I would never wear a shoe that is called "tasseled and kiltied."

And I'm the complete opposite in terms of clothes hording; having too much makes me feel weighed down. Every 6 months or so I go through my closet and give anything I haven't worn in the previous half-year to Goodwill (other than seasonal stuff or situational clothing like a tux). I've never went back to my closet and felt that I was missing something I needed.

[TCScrutinizer]

But which nipple ring is interview appropriate? This is truly a subtle art.

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[seespotrun]

WTF is the point of having hundreds of ties? That's fucking retarded.

Mostly I just collect them (tie hand woven by a Navajo guy, bunch of hand-painted ties from the 40s, tie with power symbols on it, etc.). My actual rotation is more like 120 ties; 200-250 including various situational ties.

Probably has something to do with spending a couple years of my childhood on the move, always on the verge of homelessness, having virtually nothing but whatever clothing I had on my back. When you spend a couple winters wearing a single, inadequate jacket that outgrew you a couple years back (that you found on the side of the road to begin with), as soon as you get some cash, you buy like thirty jackets so you never have to go through that shit again (you also put in some effort learning how to dress, so that you're never mistaken for "that homeless kid" again).

Yeah, maybe it is "fucking retarded," but I still just feel better if I have more than enough clothing (and blankets, and food in my pantry).

-Pufer

Sometimes I wonder whether or not you're an elaborate flame.

-seespotrun

Oh man you're going to catch soooooo much shit on these boards for being a dick to Pufer. How he's not a Legendary Poster yet, I have no idea.

I don't think that my post rose to the level of "being a dick," but opinions may vary in that regard. I appreciate that Pufer only posts helpful information, but I have honestly wondered whether or not he was some more regular poster's alt. more than once.

[romothesavior]

If for no other reason, I would never wear a shoe that is called "tasseled and kiltied."

And I'm the complete opposite in terms of clothes hording; having too much makes me feel weighed down. Every 6 months or so I go through my closet and give anything I haven't worn in the previous half-year to Goodwill (other than seasonal stuff or situational clothing like a tux). I've never went back to my closet and felt that I was missing something I needed.

I'm with you on that. I own like 25 polos and I only wear about 12, so I think I'm going to drop off a bunch at the Goodwill before I move to STL. I can't remember the exact statistic, but I read some random article or survey (on Yahoo or something) that said people wear a pretty low percentage of their wardrobe each month, like under 50%.

A dozen shits and a dozen ties is plenty (maybe even overkill), and you can pair them all in different combinations to make it look like you have a pretty diverse wardrobe.

[GodSpeed]

If for no other reason, I would never wear a shoe that is called "tasseled and kiltied."

And I'm the complete opposite in terms of clothes hording; having too much makes me feel weighed down. Every 6 months or so I go through my closet and give anything I haven't worn in the previous half-year to Goodwill (other than seasonal stuff or situational clothing like a tux). I've never went back to my closet and felt that I was missing something I needed.

I'm with you on that. I own like 25 polos and I only wear about 12, so I think I'm going to drop off a bunch at the Goodwill before I move to STL. I can't remember the exact statistic, but I read some random article or survey (on Yahoo or something) that said people wear a pretty low percentage of their wardrobe each month, like under 50%.

A dozen shits and a dozen ties is plenty (maybe even overkill), and you can pair them all in different combinations to make it look like you have a pretty diverse wardrobe.

i prob have 12 shirts I wear rgularly and 25 tires. I wish I had 3 or 4 more shirts. I have 6 suits I wear regularly, wish I had 2 or 3 more.