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When I’m at work - in person or remote - the work uniform is plain and unremarkable. If at a trade show, or big internal presentation, then some degree of ‘flair’ is helpful.
This puts me off. If I Google how much the corporation is paying the workers on average and then see flashy office, expensive suits and workers make average sums... I mean why not pay that money to the worker? I don't understand.
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I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Uniqlo
Old Navy / Gap have similar offerings as well. I haven't seen a Uniqlo store in the US, although their website seems to imply they exist. Edit: ok, they seem to be in larger cities. I'm in the Wisconsin, I was able to find that there are stores in Chicago, for instance.
I worked with a gentleman once. He was a tall, handsome, intelligent manhattanite. Very pleasant to communicate with. He told me a story of how he was wearing some very simple clothing after running in Central Park at lunch - sweat pants and a vest. Someone later mistook him for a delivery boy. And on the opposite end, when he wears a suit, he is treated like a total VIP.
Do not underestimate the power of presentation and projection of success.
I was having this talk the other day: I hate "high end" logo clothes and don't want to compete with people that showcase their logo clothes. The average clothing store is decent enough for me. I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Just plain material and colors.
Except for sneakers, I can't think of a single category of clothing where it is common to have visible logos?
All of the sports people do it. Nike swoosh. Adidas symbol. Kappa's posed back-to-back figures, etc. Abecrombie & Fitch's giant A&F on every thing. Ball caps with logos. None of this sounds vaguely familiar?
They wear expensive clothes, but it's not noticeable, unless you really look. I suppose they "put on the ritz," when they go to industry events, but I don't attend those.
Some of the humblest, most down-to-earth folks I've ever known.
I was having this talk the other day: I hate "high end" logo clothes and don't want to compete with people that showcase their logo clothes. The average clothing store is decent enough for me. I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Just plain material and colors.
I would buy clothes with no distinctive marks if I could find them. Uniqlo
The article's title is "Showing off your status and wealth makes you seem less co-operative", and the title here on HN is absolutely wrong. I like wearing flashy clothes myself, and I would even say it has proven advantageous to cooperation in my line of work, so I was curious about this article. However, nowhere is it stated that flashy clothes make people less likely to cooperate with you. They say wearing clothes…
Where I live Gucci, Louis Vuitton or Burberry are not high status brands, but cheap knockoffs.