Example of what you can find there:
ADDED: From the WSJ text:
The trend has become self-perpetuating: People wear the vest because it’s what people wear. “Now it’s the new thing: It’s not suspenders and a bengal-striped shirt,” said Mr. Crowley. “It’s a Patagonia vest and a button-down shirt.” He added that the “bro-culture” of finance has helped reinforce this look, with its scores of men following the same path from prep school to the Ivy League to a job in finance. Looking like your peers is part of the package. Said Mr. Crowley, “If you want to be successful, part of it is wanting to fit in.”
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Never seen it.
Must have got out in time.
That phinance bit made me chuckle. It is definitely true and people learn early. I remember talking to friends in college at 21, 22 who were going into Finance, and they quickly corrected me on Finance. I, and probably 90% of the population, had been pronouncing it incorrectly using the long i sound instead of the short i sound.
I, and probably 90% of the population, had been pronouncing it incorrectly using the long i sound instead of the short i sound.
I'll ask my Fiancée.
Air conditioning is a bitch.
Good luck changing how 90% of the population pronounces "finance". And does it even matter? The English pronounce "jaguar" wrong, right? And what about the financial term "tranche"? I bet 98% of the population would mispronounce that one and what difference would that make? Besides, after a couple of bottles of two buck chuck, you won't be able to correctly pronounce most anything. The fleece vests, at that point, would be great for mopping up spillage.
maybe there's a matching jacket and trousers-- a 3-fleece suit, if you will.
nah. everything is being dumbed down
Because that's what they'll wear on their "corporate retreats" or whatever they're off doing along with the trust falls and "team building exercises" in the forest so of course they'll wear that instead of the stupid and outdated 3-piece necktie garbage. If companies are going to be surrogate families to us then the retreat fleece is what they'll have to wear - same as those family reunion t-shirts.
Maybe I should get one to wear in the office. With temperatures outside hitting triple figures, it's frigid inside.
Not in San Francisco.
Yet.
I prefer shorts.
Steve Cohen/SAC Capital. He used to keep his trading room chilly, so his employees wore SAC branded fleeces, and it became a thing.
In Sacramento, anyone in a suit is either in sales or in politics.
Ties cut off circulation to the brain. Vests offer more flexibility in adapting to climate controlled buildings and outside temps.
Comfort wins. Performance counts.
I wore one of those, with the corporate logo on the left side, to work one day. It was a winter day, quite cool. A female co-worker burst into laughter when she saw me in it, made some comment about being a 'nerd' or a 'dork' or something derogatory, I don't remember it was about 10 years ago. Humiliated, I never wore one at work again.
-sw
Ours are blue.
That account is funny. What are you doing?
Never understood why these guys don't dress in a way that says: "My last annual bonus was $500K, but it was a down year". I guess they are either too dumb to have style or too scared to dress better than their boss. (This applies to males only.)
Never understood why these guys don't dress in a way that says: "My last annual bonus was $500K, but it was a down year". I guess they are either too dumb to have style or too scared to dress better than their boss. (This applies to males only.)
My theory is that their wives are the ones pushing that crap.
The outfit offers thermal control, accentuates shoulder width and covers all the male trouble spots.
not just midtown: the vests are all over lower Manhattan too, though it's been too warm and muggy this last week for a vest. these guys might not give up a seat on the subway to a woman, but they'd still stop to give directions to tourists turning maps over and over, even if they're late for a meeting.
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