> a white guy in a custom suit will bring you respect and acceptance
Mostly it will get you questions like "Why are you wearing a suit?" Or else people silently wondering why you are "trying" so hard. I've rolled straight out from business wearing a suit plenty and this is all that happens. There is zero advantage in contemporary America.
If it makes you feel like James Bond in your head and good things flow, all power to you. But personal experience indicates a touch of delusion.
BTW, my suits are most likely better than yours. The simple fact is the suit as evening/weekend wear finally died in the 90s, as did the last of the "jacket required" codes.
> do you mean a Trailer Park?
No, I mean almost anywhere you find people under 35 congregating, even at spots where incomes are mostly over 90. Now that I think about it, the rare dude in the suit is usually some over-eager climber type (hill staffer, law associate) with not much to show. People pick up on this.
Actually, I think the custom suit would work wonders at the trailer park. It probably does the trick on the rubes who flock to Vegas and New Orleans. With people who actually have class and can pick up a thing or two about your class and education inside a couple minutes? Not so much. They'll just think it's cute you're trying so hard.
As I alluded to earlier, the rules are a bit different at hip-hop clubs and places with mid-easterners. But that's not where I am.
Mostly it will get you questions like "Why are you wearing a suit?" Or else people silently wondering why you are "trying" so hard. I've rolled straight out from business wearing a suit plenty and this is all that happens. There is zero advantage in contemporary America.
If it makes you feel like James Bond in your head and good things flow, all power to you. But personal experience indicates a touch of delusion.
BTW, my suits are most likely better than yours. The simple fact is the suit as evening/weekend wear finally died in the 90s, as did the last of the "jacket required" codes.
> do you mean a Trailer Park?
No, I mean almost anywhere you find people under 35 congregating, even at spots where incomes are mostly over 90. Now that I think about it, the rare dude in the suit is usually some over-eager climber type (hill staffer, law associate) with not much to show. People pick up on this.
Actually, I think the custom suit would work wonders at the trailer park. It probably does the trick on the rubes who flock to Vegas and New Orleans. With people who actually have class and can pick up a thing or two about your class and education inside a couple minutes? Not so much. They'll just think it's cute you're trying so hard.
As I alluded to earlier, the rules are a bit different at hip-hop clubs and places with mid-easterners. But that's not where I am.