


Then there’s style preferences: double- or single-breasted jacket peak or notch lapel two- or three-piece flat-front or pleated trousers? What are you trying to communicate with the suit, what image do you hope to create? What sort of climate conditions will it be worn in - does it need to warm you or keep you cool? That’s going to dictate the cloth: lighter (perhaps open-weave) wools, linen, cotton or even seersucker for summer or tropical climes, heavier worsted, flannel or maybe cashmere or vicuna (if you can afford it) for the colder months and highly air-conditioned environments. The suit purchased for work in a sober office environment will be very different to the one obtained to wear to a summer wedding in the countryside.
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Here’s how to buy a suit that will prove a blue chip investment in selling yourself.įirst, you need to ponder what purpose or occasion you’re buying a suit for. Select or bespeak a suit of sufficient quality and timeless style, and it should last you a lifetime - perhaps even be passed down to your offspring.

Sure, there have been fluctuations according to fashions of the day (proportions growing slimmer in the sixties, and more voluminous in the seventies, for instance), but the sort of classic suit you should aim to buy will be immune to those whims. And there’s no more persuasive outfit to do so in than a suit - a garment that, properly cut and styled, gives a man confidence, and gives others confidence in the man.Ĭomprising a jacket and trousers in a matching cloth (and sometimes a complementary waistcoat), the suit as we know it today has changed little over the last century. Every day we set about selling ourselves to employers, clients and potential partners (whether professional or romantic). No matter our occupation, we’re all in the business of self-salesmanship.
