[coCoc]

My goal has over the past few years has been to wear a suit and tie every day as a personal dress code of my choosing, not just for work or as a uniform. After working up my wardrobe (and my nerve in the beginning) I am almost there and I am already known to many as a man who is never seen without a jacket and tie on. While I am not entirely insane (i.e. while I wear a suit TO the gym, I obviously don't wear a suit AT the gym or pool / beach), for the most part when I wake up I put on a suit and tie, keeping my tie snug and never loose until it comes off before bed. I've always liked the look and am more comfortable in a well tailored suit then I ever was in jeans.

I am wondering if there are any other gentleman that also predominately wear suits daily, as a choice? how many suits do you own? what has your experience been i.e. reactions from other people either positive or negative? I've seen a few other people on forums that have embraced a sartorial lifestyle, am interested in knowing if anyone else on here has achieved this goal or is attempting to reach it? Mutual encouragement is always helpful.

I am collared and tied 7 days a week and I never loosen my tie or undo my collar I wear clean cut casual smart clothes.. eg chinos, braces (suspenders) blazer or leather jacket with dress shoes and save the suit for special occasions. A nice tidy short back and sides looks smart. I had my barber razor shave my head clean high up the back and sides lately and I have been shaving my head every day and I intend keeping it this way with a smart side parting. I've a full mustache kept tidy. It's quite a drastically cruel looking haircut but at the same time with the shirt and tie it's a clean smart disaplined look. I am dressed differently from those around me in baggy jogging bottoms, tee shirts and trainers. I sometimes get an occasional negative comment but a lot of positive reactions and questions especially from younger men and teenagers. I like being shaven bald up to my crown at the back.. It's basically a very high severe Bowlcut with a side parting. I really like a nice firm close fitting collar and tie all day every day no matter what. I like wearing collar pins and how when wearing one my tight half or full Windsor tie knott jutts out forwards. (I'm apt to removing the interlining from my ties to achieve a symmetrical tidy smaller tie knott)
I have gotten rid of all my casual tops so now I have only formal shirts and ties to wear. I have recently started buying tunic shirts in various colours and stripes and wearing detachable starched stiff white collars in different styles and heights and enjoy wearing them. A great feelling to be wearing traditional ridgid detachable white collars. I'd like to eventually wear these high Edwardian collars just about every day

 

[smmrfld]

I am collared and tied 7 days a week and I never loosen my tie or undo my collar I wear clean cut casual smart clothes.. eg chinos, braces (suspenders) blazer or leather jacket with dress shoes and save the suit for special occasions. A nice tidy short back and sides looks smart. I had my barber razor shave my head clean high up the back and sides lately and I have been shaving my head every day and I intend keeping it this way with a smart side parting. I've a full mustache kept tidy. It's quite a drastically cruel looking haircut but at the same time with the shirt and tie it's a clean smart disaplined look. I am dressed differently from those around me in baggy jogging bottoms, tee shirts and trainers. I sometimes get an occasional negative comment but a lot of positive reactions and questions especially from younger men and teenagers. I like being shaven bald up to my crown at the back.. It's basically a very high severe Bowlcut with a side parting. I really like a nice firm close fitting collar and tie all day every day no matter what. I like wearing collar pins and how when wearing one my tight half or full Windsor tie knott jutts out forwards. (I'm apt to removing the interlining from my ties to achieve a symmetrical tidy smaller tie knott)
I have gotten rid of all my casual tops so now I have only formal shirts and ties to wear. I have recently started buying tunic shirts in various colours and stripes and wearing detachable starched stiff white collars in different styles and heights and enjoy wearing them. A great feelling to be wearing traditional ridgid detachable white collars. I'd like to eventually wear these high Edwardian collars just about every day

Welcome. Seems sorta drastic…bordering on cosplay…but whatever turns you on. I couldn’t imagine dressing that way. At all.

 

[brucegleason]

My goal has over the past few years has been to wear a suit and tie every day as a personal dress code of my choosing, not just for work or as a uniform. After working up my wardrobe (and my nerve in the beginning) I am almost there and I am already known to many as a man who is never seen without a jacket and tie on. While I am not entirely insane (i.e. while I wear a suit TO the gym, I obviously don't wear a suit AT the gym or pool / beach), for the most part when I wake up I put on a suit and tie, keeping my tie snug and never loose until it comes off before bed. I've always liked the look and am more comfortable in a well tailored suit then I ever was in jeans.

I am wondering if there are any other gentleman that also predominately wear suits daily, as a choice? how many suits do you own? what has your experience been i.e. reactions from other people either positive or negative? I've seen a few other people on forums that have embraced a sartorial lifestyle, am interested in knowing if anyone else on here has achieved this goal or is attempting to reach it? Mutual encouragement is always helpful.

Well done; I applaud. I am in my 24th year as a university professor--41st year in the classroom. I wear a coat and tie every day--somedays suits, other days sport coats, either navy blazer--single and double breasted--or Harris tweed. In the academic world I am in a minority. While most administrators at my institution dress well, the professors, especially the younger generation, don't. I have dressed like this in rural Minnesota, inner-city Chicago, suburban Boston, and in Iowa City since 1982. I applaud you for moving in this same direction.

 

[medhat]

I realized this thread started back in 2009, and back then I probably was wearing suit and tie most days, which is 4 out of 5 days a week. When I started in the professional workforce a decade before that I wanted to wear suit and tie 5 days a week, but my beloved office manager let me know clearly that Fridays were intended as "casual Fridays" so no suits (she was right). But that's a train I've deboarded almost 8-9 years ago when I shifted careers, and now on the verge of work travel next week. I'll pack a single tie, and that will only be as a backup. I love business and formal dress, but in the federal, and even military, environment where I work now ties are entirely absent outside of a military uniform, regardless of leadership level. So I basically just shrug my jacketed but tie-less shoulders and muster on. At least I still get to wear nice shoes.

 

[coCoc]

Dear Sir,
your employers want Casual Fridays so meaning no suit shirt and tie that day of the week but can't you wear a formal dress shirt and tie paired with say chinos a casual clean cut Harrington or zipper front leather Bomber jacket with your regular polished leather dress shoes? I oftentimes wear that sort of clothing combination. (A Winchester Contrasting white shirt collar or a Stiff Detachable white collar lifts the whole ensemble back to formality again) Most folks think I look great and you would be within the Friday dresscode still.. all the best and good luck!

 

[Archibald Leach]

Back in the 90s, I often skipped the casual look on "dress-down" Fridays, since I was working in Manhattan, and that was the night I would meet up with friends for drinks and then dinner. We were all into clothes, and this was our chance to show-off our newest purchases! I put more thought into my suit, shirt, and tie selections on Fridays more than on other days. In fact, both the bars and restaurants we went to often required a jacket and tie.

I never understood "dress-down" Fridays, TBH. If you could dress down one day, then what was the point of dressing up the other 4 days?

Most people seemed to think that wearing a suit, tie, and dress shoes was a chore and uncomfortable. I did not.

To each his own.

To put everything into perspective, starting in 2000 when I took a job where it was business casual every day, I did not wear a suit, nor a jacket and tie.

I've never been required to wear a suit on the job since.

 

[some_dude]

"Casual Fridays?" My aim is for "Formal Fridays" instead!

 

[Mute]

I say we go for full armor and broadswords. Medieval Fridays.

 

[William Kazak]

I have been retired for many years. As a wedding photographer I have been thru suits, blazers and an ivory dinner jacket with a shawl collar like Bogart in Casablanca. Now, I have different colored chinos to wear with crew neck sweater or dress shirts, without a tie. The Midwest can get wet and leather shoes don't come out as much as before but I still have them. I still have wool trousers. I have narrowed it down to three blazers one being tweed. Also, I am anxious to wear my two newest linen blazers; cream colored and med blue. I also have linen trousers for summer that I like. All of my trousers are in two different sizes because in winter my waist expands. I don't wear suits. I don't really need them and that is ok with me.

 

[medhat]

While no one can predict the future, I think the pivot away from traditional business wear is near complete, with probably the last holdout as a profession being law (welcome comments from lawyers that beg to differ). In other business environments, I think the pandemic-associated move to a more hybrid workplace has accelerated this transition, but not that suits will go away completely. While not a fan of current suiting that's crafted of stretchy technical fabrics (some, not all), I've seen the steady rise in less-constructed suits and blazers in softer wool or wool blends which I think strikes a great balance in current work settings, and find my wardrobe migrating that way, think a more fitted version of the Armani worn by Richard Gere in American Gigolo (was that the 80's?). I think formalwear will resist this trend, as much of it is anchored in history, but for the rest of workwear no trend lasts forever. I just need to accept it and adapt.

 

[Troones]

think a more fitted version of the Armani worn by Richard Gere in American Gigolo (was that the 80's?).

Released in 1980 and set the trend for the decade, even including the shorter collars. And I lean that way myself these days (banker.). I really like knitted sport coats and knitted ties. It’s a nod toward professionalism but more relaxed and less stuffy. I would like an occasion to put on a suit once in awhile but since wfh became the norm I’ve become a bit of a hermit.