Brand names on shirts?
Are brands like Ralph Lauren and Vineyard vines fine for an IB job or does one need to have shirts without logos?
Are brands like Ralph Lauren and Vineyard vines fine for an IB job or does one need to have shirts without logos?
Career Resources
Career Advancement Opportunities
September 2026 Investment Banking
Overall Employee Satisfaction
September 2026 Investment Banking
Professional Growth Opportunities
September 2026 Investment Banking
Total Avg Compensation
September 2026 Investment Banking
“... there’s no excuse to not take advantage of the resources out there available to you. Best value for your $ are the...”
Leaderboard
| 1 | 99.2 | |
| 2 | 99.0 | |
| 3 | 99.0 | |
| 4 | 99.0 | |
| 5 | 98.9 | |
| 6 | 98.9 | |
| 7 | 98.9 | |
| 8 | 98.9 | |
| 9 | 98.9 | |
| 10 | 98.8 |
“... I believe it was the single biggest reason why I ended up with an offer...”
Get instant access to lessons taught by experienced private equity pros and bulge bracket investment bankers including financial statement modeling, DCF, M&A, LBO, Comps and Excel Modeling.
No logos my man. Especially monday-thursday.
The brand on your watch matters a ton, but not on your shirt. If you're new to dress shirts, pay attention to fit and fabric quality: the stakes are higher than on campus.
https://www.wardrobeessentialist.com/post/moving-up-from-small-medium-l…
huh thats interesting thanks
Thanks for sharing..
Can an SA wear a vintage IWC dress watch? Old 40s watch from my grandpa
Get Tommy Hilfiger everything. The biggest logos you can find, and go baggy, over-sized and wrinkled. Bonus points if the interviewer can hear 'Real Slim Shady' blasting from the headphones on your Diskman.
Supreme?
The big 12"X 18" Standard Tommy logo is fine.
I say a shirt with a small logo or just buy a shirt without a logo
shirt with small logos
True flexers forgo the logo
No logos. You don't want to draw unnecessary attention to your shirt.
Dress shirt with a giant SUPREME fuckboy logo is the way to go.
No logos is indeed the rule, but I wear Allen Edmonds polos to work. They have a logo but it's so subdued as to be effectively invisible.
I will say no logos on the shirt, but a nice watch is a must
Generally speaking, try and refrain from logos or at least try and keep the logo to a minimum.
For me a good rule of thumb for dress shirts is:
1) If you're wearing a suit (or a jacket with chinos outside of the office) - No logos 2) If you're wearing a tie (even without a jacket) - No logos 3) If you don't have to wear a jacket or a tie - Small logo (VV, polo, etc.) is allowable
I understand that the brands want to turn everyone into walking billboards, but even with no jacket or tie, is there any positive social signaling benefit from shirt logos?
That's a fair point, I guess there will always be someone walking around with a better label on than you at work, so trying to out brand someone always eventually earns you a nice ego check at some point.
I was speaking more along the lines of if you're already in a no jacket/no tie environment you can probably get away with a small logo here and there.
For me personally I like polo RL oxford shirts bc that's what my dad would wear to church on Sunday's as a kid growing up, so for some reason that just has always stuck with me.
Also, no shirt pockets when you're in the office.
No pockets, unless your name is Lloyd.
Itaque vero iusto magnam. Vel quaerat excepturi consequuntur dicta ut debitis accusantium. Provident laudantium est cumque aut.
Qui cumque blanditiis nihil atque. Nihil et dolor voluptates et iste.
Maxime voluptatem facilis iure reiciendis unde quos. Labore deleniti quasi est iste et.
Dolor quia earum eum cum magnam facilis. Nisi reiciendis cum quas dolorem. Consequatur voluptatem molestiae accusantium voluptas neque in repellat et. Sed officiis qui cupiditate impedit quis.
See All Comments - 100% Free
WSO depends on everyone being able to pitch in when they know something. Unlock with your email and get bonus: 6 financial modeling lessons free ($199 value)
or Unlock with your social account...
Maxime omnis odio neque. Et sit ut minima. Voluptas aspernatur omnis eveniet necessitatibus tenetur. Quia sequi provident omnis nemo minus. Earum eos non est rerum rerum voluptates. Facilis suscipit quas ad sunt quas voluptatem. Quas magnam cum doloribus.