Suit for Young Professional

Tiddlywinks

NEVER fasten all three buttons:

http://lifehacker.com/remember-the-sometimes-always-never-rule-when-weari-507726398

As to where to buy, initially find an M&S outlet shop which has end of lines with good reductions.

In the longer term, find a good tailor and stick with them... You can have off the pegs altered and then buy a couple of made to measures when you've the funds.

As others have said, always buy at least two trousers to one jacket.

googler

Tiddlywinks wrote: »

NEVER fasten all three buttons:

Just don't wear a three-button single-breasted jacket, full stop.

Two-button single-breasted or single-button double breasted for me...

pablakeman

CruisingSaver wrote: »

Another vote for Slaters here, my OH swears by them.


As someone who started in Audit over 25 years ago, good luck in your new career :-)


CS

Thanks, I shall definitely try Slaters out as there is one in Nottingham where I study and one in Edinburgh where I shall be moving to.

I am looking forward to starting in Audit! Seems like a really interesting area to work in, and a bit of a change from my French degree! Thanks again

BillJones

googler wrote: »

Just don't wear a three-button single-breasted jacket, full stop.

Two-button single-breasted or single-button double breasted for me...

Also never wear a single-vented jacket, and never, ever wear trousers in one colour, and a "sport jacket" in another.

We are not in the USA.

saker75

I'd suggest looking at http://www.brooktaverner.co.uk/ because they often have a BOGOF and their quality is good. Their end of season sales can be fantastic - although of course some suits will have been over-priced to start with. I have used them many times.

Also http://www.suitsmen.co.uk/- I like SKOPES and The Label. I'm fat and, like others above, suit trousers can wear out so with both of the above, buy the spare trousers now because they probably won't keep the fabric for longer than one season.

I work in business education and wear a combination of suits as above with some M&S £150 range.
Completely echo the comments about shoes. I ended up buying from Hotter for the comfort factor - London streets etc.
I can never make Squares look good so if you can't do them, don't.

There is also that chap from India that rents space in hotels and offers a fully tailored service (he takes your measurements, you choose the cloth etc and he gets it made up in India, returning several weeks later). Advertises a lot in inflight magazines. Name escapes me.

Finally, it's easy to over-think this. I used to work in an environment where there was a Keeping up with the Jones's culture and some colleagues on low (£19-£23k) salaries were buying suits at the £800 or so mark.

Best wishes for your new career.

InsideInsurance

BillJones wrote: »

Also never wear a single-vented jacket, and never, ever wear trousers in one colour, and a "sport jacket" in another.

We are not in the USA.

Jacket and trousers rather than suits, is informal wear. Whilst not many consider wearing a tie as casual wear these days certainly there are formal and informal variants. Just as these days we think of black tie as the ultra formal where as white tie traditionally is and black was the dress down version.

The US are typically more informal in work than in the UK, or the rest of Europe, which is why they do wear these sorts of things at work.

I agree you certainly dont wear it to work outside of a dress down day but outside of work then its cetainly fine

BillJones

InsideInsurance wrote: »

Jacket and trousers rather than suits, is informal wear.

When I was working in mainland Europe, or the US, it was pretty frequent as "formal" work attire too.

It gives me nightmares still.

lazer

When I started in the audit in one of the big 4, the guys came in the first day in full suit and after that if they were in the office instead of out at clients it was just trousers and shirt & tie, so buy a few good pairs of trousers, as well as a suit.

In the first few weeks you will probably be training so no need to stress to much about it yet.

FYI - the KPMG Ireland site mentions dress code
http://www.kpmgcareers.ie/joining-kpmg/

googler

Not a clear photo here, there's a clearer one on the relevant page of the Radio Times - this look should be avoided at all costs

http://www.channel4.com/programmes/posh-pawn

InsideInsurance

BillJones wrote: »

When I was working in mainland Europe, or the US, it was pretty frequent as "formal" work attire too.

It gives me nightmares still.

As I say, the US generally are more informal so certainly many wearing slacks and sports jackets with button down collar shirts and no tie

Cant say my experience of continental europe is the same. Perhaps in some countries but worked a fair amount in Germany, northern France and northern Italy and cannot recall off hand any cases of it let alone it being common or the norm.

Our US colleagues always say the two things they have about coming to the UK office is firstly that they feel a slob in comparison to how we dress and secondly why they need to turn a plug on, isnt the fact they've just plugged it in enough to say they want power.