Monogrammed Shirts

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IF you are going to where a monogrammed shirt as an analyst (and we don't recommend it), it better be tiny and the same color as the shirt so it is barely noticeable.

you don't want to stand out for your clothes as a summer analyst.

I've only seen it done once and that was at director level.

If an SA did it, likely there would be snickering at the water cooler.

The snickering would be indicative of shallow minds, but that's what offices are like.

Don't do it as a summer analyst or really even a FT analyst. Maybe it's slightly different now but I didn't do French cuffs and cuff links until I was slightly older. A good friend from college was a year older and went into IB when I was a senior. I said now you're big time you have to pull out the links. His answer was that analysts don't wear cuff links and he'd have been laughed at by the guys who can wear them. It sounds boring and too much conformity but it's best to not stick out for something like that early in your career.

Go Italian, do it to one side on the stomach.

Unless your parents are already rich as shit and you don't give a fuck, you will be given a lot of shit.

I personally don't think they look good. I've seen it it done from Analyst to Partner and no one can really pull it off that well.

Looks dumb and is a totally waste of money.

Usually you get these as a gift, but save them for out of office events. Where them at wedding, dinners with your girlfriend, family events so people think you are a baller & it makes up for why you are always busy and can't see or spend any time with them. They think "wow monogrammed shirt, he must be good at his finance job. Maybe he knows if I should buy AAPL"

On the job a monogrammed shirt just acts as fuel for people to form opinions about you.

What size font are you using? I'd suggest 24 or 26, Comic Sans

Half the MDs in my group wore Jos A Bank suits...I can't imagine that having monogrammed cuffs is a huge deal. If the question was whether or not to get them I would advise against them, but I really don't think you should stop wearing an already monogrammed shirt you already have.

Although I suppose if you also wear a Patek or something you may be seen as a spoiled kid.

There is no reason to get a monogrammed shirt. It gets more acceptable the more senior you get, but I think it's pretty tacky all the way around.

French cuffs and cuff link are fine if you like that, but I'd avoid the monogram.

some may disagree with this, but i believe that monograms are fine no matter your rank. however, i notice that the occasional distaste for people that have monogrammed shirts tends to stem from the fact that the monograms are located in a very prominent area so that it actually looks tacky or ostentatious (when in fact, dress shirts had long been considered underwear until the pre-world war II era, so the thought of a monogram as an apparent means to "show off" seems rather ridiculous if you think about it).

in my view, if you're going to have a monogram, keep it simple and discreet. usually people will have it centered on the welt of the pocket assuming there is one; otherwise, have it just a few inches from the shirt's placket or above the waistline. i guess the poinit of it all is that a monogram is a nice touch, but i don't think it is something that should be used to deliberately draw a viewer's attention. subtlety is the key