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Things men wear/carry to look successful?

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WelshBloke said:
I can't tell if you're wearing a nice watch there or not, we'll need a model number.

The 'tach doesn't suit you though. 🙁
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Take your time.
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RearAdmiral said:
There is definitely a difference between dressing very well and being blinged out. Shiny black shoes, an elegant watch, and a suit are not bling. Bling is wearing an 80mm diamond watch, and any other silly accessories.

You might as well wear yoga pants every day.
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Shiny black shoes, an elegant watch, and a suit are not bling, but they are also not requirements for being well dressed.
 
nothing you cannot tell. Mot rich people I know you could never tell. The richer you get the less you want to spend.
 
nehalem256 said:
I'm glad I don't have a job where I have to worry about whether my shoes are shiny and my watch is elegant.

And I say this as probably the most professionally dressed person in my office.
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I don't have to worry about those either, but it is still nice to do. People are allowed to wear jeans and such here. I am happy to be in a job where I am able to dress up or down. It's a 60 dollar pair of shoes and a 200 dollar watch from never having to worry about it again. It's not exactly stressful.

I could have figured that there are no peers dressing up though.
 
KeypoX said:
nothing you cannot tell. Mot rich people I know you could never tell. The richer you get the less you want to spend.
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I agree honestly.
I make more now than I did a few years ago, and I could not care less about buying shit I don't need, and I can't justify spending more on fuel on a car I want to drive, just because I like it. This is apparently what happens. I've seen it happen with friends as well.
 
Working in Silicon Valley has taught me the ones trying hard are broke and have massive amounts of credit card debt.

My old boss who was prolly worth well over $100M -

Hugely successful - wore jeans, a t-shirt and a sweater daily with a pair of loafers, usually without sox.

He wore a Patek Phillipe watch with a leather band and carried an iPhone. You would never know he had vast amount's of wealth.
 
What I noticed is the richer they are, the less they show. It's hard to tell sometimes just from appearance. Some of the really expensive clothes and items look like something you would buy/find at a thrift store.
 
A couple years back I was at some Italian resturaunt with my wife and I over hear some guy sitting behind me talking with his wife.
He said that he needs to spend down a million dollars a year :-O and he looked like an average farmer/rancher with some jeans and a flannel shirt.
 
RearAdmiral said:
You feel better. People regard you better.
The elite look like bums now too just like everyone else, I think that's tragic.
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Still dress the way I did since being a freshman in college - dress shirt, pleated pants, matching socks and shined shoes, no tie (can't stand it). It definitely made a difference in how I was perceived, and since perception is reality, how I was treated in school and at work.
 
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