Dr Martens w/ dress pants, shirt and tie?

[tec699]

Originally posted by: dadeef
ughh ... call that number for queer eye for the straight guy, my god i think your blind. did you just randomly pick those out or did you plan this?

The outfit was randomly picked I must confess. I'm going to go shopping tomorrow and I will pick out a outfit that will look much better and will be more conserative.

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: UglyCasanova

Originally posted by: Rudee
Docs are so 10 years ago.

Maybe so, but they are by far the best made shoes I have ever owned. I wore my pair for 5 years straight (wearing them daily). They lasted me through hs, 2 jobs (one as a bag boy, the other as a server so I was on my feet moving about getting sh!t on em), and a year of college. After all that with a little polishing they looked good as new. I'd still have them today except for the fact that I lost them. Needless to say I soon purchases another pair which I work in (as a server again ).

I love Docs as well. I still don't think they look bad and they are made exceptionally well.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

doesnt' this belong in the Dressing One's Self: Technical Assistance Forum?

 

[bootymac]

Pants :thumbsup:
Shirt :thumbsup:
Shoes :thumbsdown:x100

 

[dullard]

Those scream a few things that everyone knows:
(1) I will spend a lot of money to look slightly better than casual.
(2) I will not look formal under any circumstance.
(3) I am a lemming, unable to think for myself.

Those are just fine for a student teaching position (and possibly even desired). However, for many other jobs, those are not the impressions I'd want to give out.

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: dullard
Those scream a few things that everyone knows:
(1) I will spend a lot of money to look slightly better than casual.
(2) I will not look formal under any circumstance.
(3) I am a lemming, unable to think for myself.

Those are just fine for a student teaching position. However, for many other jobs, those are not the impressions I'd want to give out.

Please, explain how they scream, "I am a lemming?"

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: brigden
Please, explain how they scream, "I am a lemming?"

Gap, Gap, Dr Martens. Whatever is popular at the time, he will buy. People who do this, don't realize that the rest of the world notices.

 

[tec699]

I think I need to clarify this thread a bit. I'm not going on an interview. It's an actual visitation day and it entails me first meeting the school's principal. I'll then meet my cooperating teacher and she will then take me to her classroom so I can become familiar with the surroundings. From there I'll meet her students and I'll mostly observe her when she is teaching her class. I'll interact with the students as well. During the day, I'll meet the faculty and other "important" people.

I would like to make a good first impression when I go to the school this Thursday. That's about it. I wanted to get some ideas on what I might wear so that's why I asked you people.

I wish I were dating someone now, as women are always a good source to ask in regards to how I might dress.

 

[brigden]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: brigden
Please, explain how they scream, "I am a lemming?"

Gap, Gap, Dr Martens. Whatever is popular at the, he will buy.

So, an individual that shops at a retail clothes store is a "lemming?" I would like to draw to your attention that both of those brands you've mentioned have been popular for decades. Should the OP wait until they are unpopular to be safe, or should he simply shop at another, unheard of, retail store to avoid your scorn? Perhaps he should start making his own clothes?

 

[Mill]

Certainly not appropriate for a formal setting and really not appros for business casual. That's not a dress shirt, those aren't dress pants, and those aren't dress shoes.

 

[isasir]

I'm at work right now wearing my Doc Martens. No tie, semi-corporate setting.

 

[Zebo]

Bunch of metros. I havn't worn long pants in 3 years to work...My wife calls me a neanderthal though.:laugh::thumbsup:

I live out west so that may be the diff.. I noticed people back east are all uptight about dressing up.

 

[tec699]

Originally posted by: Zebo
Bunch of metros. I havn't worn long pants in 3 years to work...My wife calls me a neanderthal though.:laugh::thumbsup:

I live out west so that may be the diff.. I noticed people back east are all uptight about dressing up.

lol. Yep, and the women out here are very uptight as well.

 

[dullard]

Originally posted by: brigden
So, an individual that shops at a retail clothes store is a "lemming?" I would like to draw to your attention that both of those brands you've mentioned have been popular for decades. Should the OP wait until they are unpopular to be safe, or should he simply shop at another, unheard of, retail store to avoid your scorn? Perhaps he should start making his own clothes?

Variety is the spice of life. I bet 50+% of people in his exact same position (young, freshly out of college or still in college) are wearing the exact same brands with the exact same styles (frumpy slighly wrinkled non-dress khakis, casual buttoned striped shirt, and Dr Martens). If he wishes to shop at only the trendy popular stores, he could still try a different style. Still the Gap, but a classy looking, non-lemming choice that few people in his situation probably have.

There are millions of stores in the world with quality merchandise, yet he restricts his store choices to just a handful. There are millions of styles, yet he restricts his style choices to just the one style. There is a whole world of wonderful-looking quality clothing available. Try to be unique once is all I'm arguing.

There are those who lead in the wrong direction (a bad choice for a job). There are those who lead in a new exiting direction (a good choice for a job). And there are those who follow.

 

[HomeBrewerDude]

Originally posted by: dullard

Originally posted by: brigden
So, an individual that shops at a retail clothes store is a "lemming?" I would like to draw to your attention that both of those brands you've mentioned have been popular for decades. Should the OP wait until they are unpopular to be safe, or should he simply shop at another, unheard of, retail store to avoid your scorn? Perhaps he should start making his own clothes?

Variety is the spice of life. I bet 50+% of people in his exact same position (young, freshly out of college or still in college) are wearing the exact same brands with the exact same styles (frumpy slighly wrinkled non-dress khakis, casual buttoned striped shirt, and Dr Martens). If he wishes to shop at only the trendy popular stores, he could still try a different style. Still the Gap, but a classy looking, non-lemming choice that few people in his situation probably have.

There are millions of stores in the world with quality merchandise, yet he restricts his store choices to just a handful. There are millions of styles, yet he restricts his style choices to just the one style. There is a whole world of wonderful-looking quality clothing available. Try to be unique once is all I'm arguing.

There are those who lead in the wrong direction (a bad choice for a job). There are those who lead in a new exiting direction (a good choice for a job). And there are those who follow.

unique? whats unique in clothing? fact is, clothing doesn't make or break the person. Its probably more important to be comfortable than to be what ever it is you're suggesting... different just to be different = a different lemming.