Help Picking a Suit
About to start a FT role in IBD in NY. Curious abt everyone's opinions on which of the two suits they prefer. :)
About to start a FT role in IBD in NY. Curious abt everyone's opinions on which of the two suits they prefer. :)
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Congrats on the role -- few thoughts as someone who has sat through a large range of NYC banker meetings over the last ~10 years:
I wouldn't get the 2nd one as the color is a bit too loud for the most formal meetings you might be brought into. Also with the 1st, would advise against suits with stripes (despite how subtle these are), stripes are generally out of style but this feels like more of a older person's suit than a starting banker.
This is presumably your first proper work suit and should be the foundation of your wardrobe -- I would suggest getting the safest color, i.e., dark navy no patterns (then from there you can stray with lighter colors / patterns if you choose). Stripes become problematic when the stripe suit's pants rips eventually and now you have a jacket that won't ever match with anything (due to the stripes) vs. dark navy you can get away with other similar dark navy replacement pants.
Suitsupply has a special fabric program (forget actual naming but believe it's something called NOOS or something "never out of season"??) these fabrics they will hold in stock forever and thus when your pants eventually rip before your jacket you can have the pants replaced (as your jacket will always outlast your pants and you don't want them to tell you they don't carry the fabric anymore / can't replace it).
This one looks good: https://suitsupply.com/en-us/men/suits/navy-lazio-suit/C3778I-S.html << note the description for the suit praises the versatility for any occasion this is what you want vs. the pinstripe one you'll see the description just says it's a pinstripe suit (some will say pinstripes are coming back -- no one at my office would -- but again you want the safest suit you can get if it's your first).
My thoughts though I'm sure some may disagree.