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I have bought some business-style suits over the time(not luxury brand, most are just some average suits from Macy's). Since it is not luxury, so I never dry wash, only machine wash trouser. For middle-class people, it is not worth to spend money on dry wash. If it looks worn out, just buy new suit.
If I go to work with suit (the jacket is always hang in the workplace cubicle), during winter, I dress the suit (bottom) with other winter coat. Over the time, trouser is used more than 10 times than jacket. When the trouser looks old, the jacket still looks in very good condition, feel like it is waste of money to get rid of both jacket and bottom. While this kind of suit (jacket) is too formal and it is weird to match other trouser. Something like this type of suit: https://www.macys.com/shop/product/d...tegoryID=17788
Maybe in the future, I should buy business casual suit (jacket only), so that I can buy different trousers to pair with jacket.
There was a time when a man's suit could be bought with two pairs of trousers.
I have converted plain navy suit coats to blazers by replacing the buttons with brass ones, but you can't do that with anything other than a plain navy coat.
If your dress code is suits (as opposed to sport coat and slacks) then you need to start buying two pairs of trousers with each suit. If you can get away with sport coat and slacks, then do that.
I have bought some business-style suits over the time(not luxury brand, most are just some average suits from Macy's). Since it is not luxury, so I never dry wash, only machine wash trouser. For middle-class people, it is not worth to spend money on dry wash. If it looks worn out, just buy new suit.
If I go to work with suit (the jacket is always hang in the workplace cubicle), during winter, I dress the suit (bottom) with other winter coat. Over the time, trouser is used more than 10 times than jacket. When the trouser looks old, the jacket still looks in very good condition, feel like it is waste of money to get rid of both jacket and bottom. While this kind of suit (jacket) is too formal and it is weird to match other trouser. Something like this type of suit: https://www.macys.com/shop/product/d...tegoryID=17788
Maybe in the future, I should buy business casual suit (jacket only), so that I can buy different trousers to pair with jacket.
Does your employer require you to wear full business suits? If not, buy "business casual" separates and donate the jackets to charity. There are needy folks who can't afford to care what the jacket is worth or where it came from as long as it's wearable.
Does your employer require you to wear full business suits? If not, buy "business casual" separates and donate the jackets to charity. There are needy folks who can't afford to care where the jacket came from as long as it's wearable.
No requirement, but it is common to dress professionally. Business casual works for most of time.
Believe or not, most donated clothes will not go to so-called needy folks. I even watched a youtube video last year, most German Red Cross donated clothes is sold to Africa directly. Charity organization operational cost is high too, they may need to sell donated stuff in order to pay employees. The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for 2011 was $951,957 plus expenses.
No requirement, but it is common to dress professionally. Business casual works for most of time.
Believe or not, most donated clothes will not go to so-called needy folks. I even watched a youtube video last year, most German Red Cross donated clothes is sold to Africa directly. Charity organization operational cost is high too, they may need to sell donated stuff in order to pay employees. The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for 2011 was $951,957 plus expenses.
I do some shopping at Goodwill. Believe me, the clothes hanging on their racks are donated second hand items, with some exceptions. The clothing not deemed saleable, or the items not sold after a certain length of time are, I assume, sold to third world countries.
I donate things frequently, and have seen some of my donations later in the store.
No requirement, but it is common to dress professionally. Business casual works for most of time.
Believe or not, most donated clothes will not go to so-called needy folks. I even watched a youtube video last year, most German Red Cross donated clothes is sold to Africa directly. Charity organization operational cost is high too, they may need to sell donated stuff in order to pay employees. The American Red Cross President and CEO Marsha J. Evans' salary for 2011 was $951,957 plus expenses.
Disabled American Veterans absolutely keeps the donated items in the store. I have donated hundreds of items there over the years.
Don't get me wrong, I do not oppose donating clothes. I donate regularly (almost annually) too.
For suit, I don't mind donating old trouser, but for business style jacket (suit), it is strange for people to wear that (that kind of clothes does not provide much warmth anyway)
I guess the intention of thread is how to avoid the situation in the future------still very good condition suit jacket paired with old trouser. To sum up, in the future, if possible, buying multiple trousers for one suit jacket (but it is unlikely for some online shopping).
I think I will buy sport coats more often. Sport coat is also okay to pair with shirt/tie.
I guess the intention of thread is how to avoid the situation in the future.
If you say that your workplace has no requirements to wear a suit and that business casual is acceptable, the best way to avoid your problem is not to buy a suit when you're rarely going to wear the jacket.
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