Straight Up Corporate by WorkWardrobe featuring Balenciaga

My recent incursion into the workforce has rendered me confused as to what exactly constitutes business attire in architecture. With no enforced dress code, the firm I have been working for in the past months continues to surprise me each week, with its similarity to the casualness of a Silicon Valley start-up (though, with the… Read more…

Who would have thought that people need to have a class on how to dress for work? Contrary to what some may think, some do, even some people who think that they already know how to dress for work. Read what Barbara Soderlin of The Rapid City Journal wrote on students learning the business of… Read more…

The 2009 Travelodge discarded clothing catalogue released today, has revealed that British workers are taking their fashion advice from Quentin Tarantino and are power-dressing in black and white; like the sharp suited stars from ‘Reservoir Dogs’ – in order to be seen as leaders in the workplace. The hotel chain’s annual clothing inventory report has… Read more…

On the police scanners (now on Gothamist Newsmap), there have been multiple reports of an “escaped prisoner” from 100 Centre Street in lower Manhattan, which is the Criminal Court Building. Now it turns out that the prisoner escaped because he was dressed so well that he looked like a lawyer! Click here to read the… Read more…

Men’s business wear for fall is turning lean and mean, all the while putting power back into the sartorial vocabulary. See it as a sign of men sobering up their wardrobe in response to the recession or, more optimistically, an indicator they are gearing up for the economic recovery. Either way, the deadly sharp suit… Read more…

America’s foremost capitalist may not have much in common with China’s top Communist, but Warren Buffett and Hu Jintao do appear to share the same clothier. Move over Brioni, the truly rich and powerful are wearing Trands. The obscure menswear label is produced by Dayang Group, a clothing company founded by Li Guilian, 63 years… Read more…