Much as I bitch and moan about my new job, I have to say that in spite of the extra work involved and the constant worrying about stains, I love the look and feel of a good dress shirt, especially those Joseph and Feiss no-iron ones. Dress pants I’m not so enamoured of, mostly because they feel tight around my thighs when I’m sitting down. And dress shoes should vanish off the face of the earth. Immediately.
I remember when I was at Gandalf I dressed up most of the time, except when I was either feeling pissed off about something, in which case I couldn’t be bothered to make the effort, or when I was anticipating spending time in the lab rewiring networks or upgrading computers. And that was with riding my bike to work in the morning, showering and changing there, and going for a long ride after work. My shirt and pants for the day were folded into a MountainSmiths backpack that I’d bought for doing the Silver Courier du Bois in the Canadian Ski Marathon, so they probably weren’t as unwrinkled as they should have been. Or as uncontaminated by ski wax.
You look very nice in them too.
For dress shoes, look into Rockport Walkers. They have some very comfortable shoes in rather dressy styles; I wore them a lot when I was a consulting engineer, visiting customers all the time.
Oh, by the way, that “extra work?”
You’re very welcome, Dear.
I second Berry (on behalf of my husband) on the recommendation for Rockport shoes.
You may need to go to a Rockport outlet to get them in wide. Husband didn’t realize he wears a wide until he tried them on.
Anyway, wide or not, they’re definitely worth it for some feet.
Rockports are good, Mephisto are the most comfortable I’ve worn (though quite expensive).
Well-tailored dress pants are quite comfortable.