Investment bankers of WSO what clothing brands do you favour?

What are the most common brands for gillets, quarter zippers, shoes and watches in your office? Is it true that people splurge a lot on fancy clothing in investment banking? What brands are favoured the most?

Also, what region are you located in?

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Lululemon trousers apparently don't wrinkle, apparently tons of people wear them at the office in some groups

 

Dress Shirts: State & Liberty (white and blue);
Pants: Bonobos Weekday Warriors (navy blue, charcoal grey), Lululemon ABC pants (navy blue, black, light tan);
Wool Overcoat: Charles Tyrwhitt (charcoal grey)
Shoes: Meermin (black loafers), Beckett Simonon (brown loafers), Thursday Boots (Sandston Chelsea boots), Cole Haan (black rain boots);
Vests: Patagonia of course; 
Watch: Longines (Hydroconquest)
Jeans: Mott and Bow
Suits: Suitsupply (navy blue), Charles Tyrwhitt (charcoal grey)
Polo shirts: Peter Millar, Collars & Co. 
T shirts: Cuts

 
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Dress Shirts: State & Liberty (white and blue);
Pants: Bonobos Weekday Warriors (navy blue, charcoal grey), Lululemon ABC pants (navy blue, black, light tan);
Wool Overcoat: Charles Tyrwhitt (charcoal grey)
Shoes: Meermin (black loafers), Beckett Simonon (brown loafers), Thursday Boots (Sandston Chelsea boots), Cole Haan (black rain boots);
Vests: Patagonia of course; 
Watch: Longines (Hydroconquest)
Jeans: Mott and Bow
Suits: Suitsupply (navy blue), Charles Tyrwhitt (charcoal grey)
Polo shirts: Peter Millar, Collars & Co. 
T shirts: Cuts

And location? 

 

Brands that I favour but not necessarily own

Suits

Kiton, Attolini, Oxxford, Huntsman, Luciano Barbera

Outerwear 

Cucinelli, Loro Piana, Kiton, Moorer, 

Sweaters

Loro Piana, Fedeli, Cucinelli, Malo, Colombo, Cruciani, Lockie

Shoes

Vass, St Crispin, Meccariello, Gaziano, Crockett & Jones, Stefano Bemer, Edward Green, Aubercy, Scarfora, Lattanzi

 

Brands that I favour but not necessarily own

Suits

Kiton, Attolini, Oxxford, Huntsman, Luciano Barbera

Outerwear 

Cucinelli, Loro Piana, Kiton, Moorer, 

Sweaters

Loro Piana, Fedeli, Cucinelli, Malo, Colombo, Cruciani, Lockie

Shoes

Vass, St Crispin, Meccariello, Gaziano, Crockett & Jones, Stefano Bemer, Edward Green, Aubercy, Scarfora, Lattanzi

Nice list. William lockie is a bit overlooked in sweaters but I find them to be great. I also would add George cleverley for shoes. What’s your location? What watch do you wear? 

 

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Brands that I favour but not necessarily own

Suits

Kiton, Attolini, Oxxford, Huntsman, Luciano Barbera

Outerwear 

Cucinelli, Loro Piana, Kiton, Moorer, 

Sweaters

Loro Piana, Fedeli, Cucinelli, Malo, Colombo, Cruciani, Lockie

Shoes

Vass, St Crispin, Meccariello, Gaziano, Crockett & Jones, Stefano Bemer, Edward Green, Aubercy, Scarfora, Lattanzi

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Nice list. William lockie is a bit overlooked in sweaters but I find them to be great. I also would add George cleverley for shoes. What’s your location? What watch do you wear? 

Thanks - I live and work in NYC.  My work watch is a grand seiko.....I have a couple others but have largely stopped wearing/buying them as I have a couple bigger life expenses coming up and I'm not sure it's safe anymore to rock a Lange (I don't have one, just for an example) on the subway.

Also, I never pay list price for most of the brands I listed, usually shop around online to get a great deal.

 

Rubinacci, Brunello Cucinelli, Loro Piana and Brioni for the best tailored trousers.

 

A3 but still got the intern level fit 

Uniqlo non iron shirts  

tm lewin jacket pants 

shoes rm William 

Anyone who actually wears Patagonia at work I cannot take seriously

 

Shirts: Charles Thywhitt

Pants: Lulu Commission / Spier & Mackay

Suits / Sportcoats: Spier & Mackay

Sweaters: J Crew

Shoes: Beckett Simonon / AE / Allbirds

Vests: Spier & Mackay / Patagonia / J Crew

Watch: Christopher Ward / Longines

Polos: too many to name

 

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