Should I ask HR where I can buy company's fleece vest?

I just accepted a summer analyst role at a BB.  It is a huge accomplishment for me, especially because I have a condition that has been very limiting in the past.  I always see wall street bankers wearing those fleece vests and I want one as well.  Would it be a bad idea to ask HR where to purchase one?  I have looked everywhere and cannot find one under $150 online.  I know it's cringe but the jacket has a huge symbolic meaning to me.

Update: I am going to try ironing on the company logo to a plain cotton vest until I get company merch.  

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Dude I did this you 100% should do it. I was a fund management intern at Carlyle and once I got my fleece it changed everything. I ended up securing a real estate analyst gig and even those it’s not the most prestigious it’s still front office. The vest helped me harness the energy to land a fo role. Send the email now or forever be a back office cuck.

 

A WSO fleece vest is the ultimate monkey item to have.

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Highly recommend waiting until you secure a FT offer. There were some people I know who were thinking about buying merch but didn't get a FT return, and the internship ended up being a really awkward and embarrassing memory for them. They definitely wouldn't have wanted an expensive vest sitting around the house to remind them what happened. Hopefully, you'll get a return though!

 

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