Is wearing a £2,000 suit too much for an analyst/associate grade interview
I just stupidly bought another Saville Row suit in preparation for upcoming recruitment in Asset Management at the associate level. I am just thinking from previous experience that I was maybe too dressed up when wearing similar suits and applying for analysts positions.
I get the impression that the MDs I was meeting to network, took me for an idiot/flashy git only interested in money and the trappings of being an IBD banker.
So I am annoyed with myself because, I had wanted to buy a reasonably priced suit for circa £450 but impulsively bought a more expensive £2,000 one instead (it was just such a beautiful suit).
How nice for you to have endured the drudgery of another Saville Row suit ;-)
Trying to decipher your comments about "the MDs I was meeting." Unless the MD was a convert to Peter Thiel's "never invest in a guy who wears a suit" philosophy, wearing a suit shouldn't have been an issue.
For your latest addition, did you chose an outrageous fabric or cut? If so, hopefully you have something more conservative from your prior purchases. If you show up in a well-tailored navy, charcoal, etc suit, https://www.adamsmith.org/the-theory-of-moral-sentiments</a">Adam Smith's Impartial Spectator will subconsciously register that you're dressed for the occasion and have your act together.
They will then wonder whether you will reveal that you're an idiot/flashy git once you open your mouth. That's beyond the skills of the world's most accomplished tailor...
Yeah, cause you're just that "spontaneous" and crazy that you'll see a tailor, walk in, get measured, pick out all the fabrics and wait a couple of weeks for them to finish the suit. You literally put the price of the suit in the title, in your post and in your comment, and you call it your "New toy" - but hey, it's nothing to brag about.
It's a nice suit, but it's not a "look how much this cost me"-nice suit. It's like buying a Rolex OP - sure, it's your first Rolex and a nice watch, but it's not so nice that you should go around telling people about the price tag. The people who know won't be impressed and the people who don't will think you're an idiot.
Yeah, I am very conscious of my image and how I present myself. That's why I made a thread about what people might think about my brand new 1,995 pounds (2600$), Savile Row (tailor street in London), tailored (went in multiple times to get measured) suit that I just stupidly and "spontaneously" bought...
You sound like the kind of guy who'll get bottle service at a club, but ask for Prosecco.