Well it's true that clothing choice is a matter of fashion but it's also a matter of time, place and manner and also tribe. Not tribe in the sense of tradition (Real traditional clothes leave very little choice to the individual) but rather tribe in the sense of group one wants to be identified with. Then you can add standard practice of the tribe and infuse it with care, taste, style, hygiene, money (and willingness to spend the money), upkeep etc... The problem with tribal clothes based on fashion is that it's really not as much about the clothes as it is about identifying with a group and, unfortunately, looking down on a different group who also wear a tribal outfit as if they're wearing a uniform and the sneerer is not. For men the difference between these uniforms can be trivial in the grand scheme of fashion. I remember a while back visiting a Hedgefund where all six of the men present were wearing a white, tie-less shirt and dark plain wool trousers. I got the sense they all thought they looked very hip. I thought they looked like crap. In return a couple of them were put off by my tie as "unusual".

Recently another man told me I looked very corporate. Whatever that means I think it meant to him that I looked like his fantasy of successful professional. I was wearing a blue price of wales shirt with a thin yellow windowpane (This seasons "it" shirt in NYC) a pale yellow tie with a few small navy dots on it and a solid navy suit. Thats pretty tame for me. He was wearing a poorly fitted suit in a taupe-ish grey and a grey button down shirt that looked like it was once white. It was clear that his remark was one of ironic contrast; that I looked professional today but at other times, I looked...flamboyant? A few of the women professionals laughed at him as being clueless about clothes but it was clear he felt he had the right to comment. Im sure the reverse would not have been taken as well. I have to say that in many meetings, visitors will gravitate towards me as if I am the man in charge, even when Im quite junior.

All this demonstrates that clothing triggers a lot of things in the minds of people and depending on who you are dealing with you can go from being considered a clown to an unimaginative fuddy duddy to "Mr. Big".

It's also evident that clothing is very important to everyone but very few people know what they're actually doing nor have they the slightest interest in spending a moment figuring it out.

Now me, I will dress like a chameleon sometimes to get along. The other day I knew I was going to meet with a company where the execs were a little bit on the goodfellas side. I am glad I wore a white shirt and a plain tie. Other times, Im just as happy to drop a boldly patterned Van Buck tie on a multicolored striped shirt and a striped suit because I know Im meeting with mostly female CPAs or the head of a fund or some millennials with a start up.

"blue price of wales shirt with a thin yellow windowpane (This seasons "it" shirt in NYC) "

Really? These have been around for ages, H&K did them and a few other, too. What made them so popular in NYC?

Well at least it wouldnt be a work of fiction

I think a fabrication concerning fabrication would be an excellent piece of creative writing from you Jim...I look forward to it.

Best.

Yes but yours is the equivalent of getting your nan to knit you a jumper. Cant see the Wardrobe guys going weak at the knees for a jacket made by the UK Asian Wedding/Women's Institute tailoring scene. You're living in a dream world Jim, and its not even an entertaining one.

The fact you honestly think this is edgy stuff and you're pushing the envelope with this shit is hilarious, and the fact its all bollocks as well makes it even more tragic.

Hopefully what ever spell of boredom is hanging over you at the moment will pass and you'll leave us in peace, although the shit you come out with really is comic relief of the highest order, it's just the fact you're the joke though.

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My point was, it's not far out. He likes to portray it is, whilst simultaneously suggesting its pedestrian. As is the paradox that is Jim's fractured mind. But really the underlying point we should all take is Jim is doing something, and although we can hear all about it, we probably wont see it

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