We will be highly fortunate if the second Great Depression turns out to be as stylish as the first, in which even the bums sleeping in the park benches looked better than the average workers and even CEOs today. The idea behind shabby vogue was to give the impression that you don’t really care what others think. Now all of this has come into question. FULL ARTICLE
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Dress Like the Great Depression
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Interesting article. There is definitely a strong move back to professional dress. I’m seeing it on a regular basis with business clients.
The idea that comfort is the only thing that matters is gone and may never come back. A deep recession is producing an unexpected transformation.
So many of these comments are about how “restricting” a suit is. Get past it. When pink slips are being handed out, no one with any sense is going to whine and gripe about having to be “free”. Just grow up and put a suit on, if you’re lucky enough to have a job.
This is really a terrible idea. I mean, it IS something we HAVE to do, but we shouldn’t be so forced. Suits are completely wasteful; they are hot, uncomfortable, difficult to care for, difficult to size, and involve entirely too much material. A professional shirt tucked into slacks with a pair of nice shoes looks good and, most importantly, is functional. Adding a hat, vest, undershirt, and sport coat, while upgrading the shoes from WORK shoes to shoes for SHOW, is a waste of everyone’s time, money, and effort. We stopped all that nonsense because the boom years required us to care about PERFORMANCE; as long as you looked neat and clean, your work was all we cared about. It had nothing to do with being me-centric. Suits also hurt our work; cut it however you like, most people perform worse when they are hot and uncomfortable, period. Shedding layers can allow us to cut back on the A/C and still work better. Suits are really just a way for us, nowadays, to make tough decisions without actually putting in effort; instead of a head-by-head evaluation, let’s just fire the slacker who dresses in khakis, even if he so happens to be an amazing employee.
And yes, it WAS the culture back then; both before and after, everyone dressed nice. Especially during the roaring twenties. And the hats are gone for good; if for no other reason, what do you do with a hat? No one has a hat rack anymore, so walking into a job interview finds you with a hat nesting in your lap with nowhere to go.
Four-button suits are not classic, and the best approach to a three-button is generally middle button only. I resent the shirt advice, but for the beginner, I suppose it’s right. Finally, Great Depression men loved a well-tailored suit; the sack has its place, but healthy waist suppression is a good thing.
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Suits are best worn on special occasions,pleasing and elegant to look at.
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