how much was your suit?
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no i mean the one you've paid for out of your taxes...
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I need to wear suits for work.
It has irked me for years that I have to buy them out of my hard-earned.
At £200 a pop or more, I spend at least £600 per annum on suits.
The female staff, however, can pretty much wear what they like, so don't have this kind of cost as they can wear their clothes outside of work.
I only wear my suits at work.
Very unfair in my opinion.
It has irked me for years that I have to buy them out of my hard-earned.
At £200 a pop or more, I spend at least £600 per annum on suits.
The female staff, however, can pretty much wear what they like, so don't have this kind of cost as they can wear their clothes outside of work.
I only wear my suits at work.
Very unfair in my opinion.
anonymous said:
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Same here but my job requires me to visit building sites so added to the cost of the suit is a ridiculous amount for dry cleaning if you consider how dirty the environment I work in gets (especially at this time of year!).
Added to that my shoes get wrecked and parking on site means my car needs washing and hoovering at least once a week.
I wonder how much of this I could stick through expenses
I needed some new shoes for work recently, so I popped into town, found a half decent shop and started trying on various shoes. None of the shoes had prices marked and I was only interested in how comfy they were. I finally fund a pair that so comfy that I just had to have them. (As I right this, my shoes are lovingly protecting my feet.) Anyway, imagine my surprise when the salesman said they cost £250. I normally pay £50 tops. However, I had to have them - so I paid up. The best bit, though, was when the wife, over dinner that night, asked me how much they cost. I told her and she laughed, thinking I was joking. You should have seen her face when I showed her the receipt. Priceless!
Those of you that I talked to at BT&P will remember the Dinner Jacket Hell. Well I had another jacket made as the first one was just wrong and I just took delivery of the new one last week. 500quid for the suit and I will not be returning to that taylor again. Pissed me off at that price to be messed around. I'm off to the little Italian family taylor for my next one.
I have stared having my shirts made too. About 80quid a pop and they are fantastic.
I have stared having my shirts made too. About 80quid a pop and they are fantastic.
Sorry couldn't resist. 
I don't have to wear suits for work, but when I have (e.g. major tender presentation) I have hired and charged the company. I also thought the tax man would wear (excuse the pun) buying one suit a year as a cost of business for the self employed, and definitely pay dry cleaning for suits gotten dirty as a part of the job? The job centre buys a suit for the unemployed seeking a job after all. They don't take that out of his dole money or make him pay tax on it as a benefit in kind when he gets a job.
I taught a load of courses around the UK last year when I needed to be smart and at the end of it had all my suits and trousers drycleaned on the company. Had I not been travelling like a nomad they would have hung quietly and cleanly in the wardrobe. I also did some work that required me to be neat and tidy from 8am until late at night so I bought some wrinkle free (non Iron) shirts in company colours and trousers with Lycra which the company paid for as they are not the clothes I would normally wear.
I worked with one public sector quango that bought an employee a very nice Tux after he complained about going to black tie dinners and not having the suit.
If it is good enough for the public sector it's god enough for me. I will now buy a £9000 Armani wardrobe as it is obviously tax deductable.
I taught a load of courses around the UK last year when I needed to be smart and at the end of it had all my suits and trousers drycleaned on the company. Had I not been travelling like a nomad they would have hung quietly and cleanly in the wardrobe. I also did some work that required me to be neat and tidy from 8am until late at night so I bought some wrinkle free (non Iron) shirts in company colours and trousers with Lycra which the company paid for as they are not the clothes I would normally wear.
I worked with one public sector quango that bought an employee a very nice Tux after he complained about going to black tie dinners and not having the suit.
If it is good enough for the public sector it's god enough for me. I will now buy a £9000 Armani wardrobe as it is obviously tax deductable.
love machine said:
My suit was £280. What a rip off? It's made out of nice stretchy neoprene. Got boots and gloves and a "t t cap" made out of the same stuff. little slits for the eyes and a red ball in the mouth
2 hand finished suits in Slovakia, change from £100!!! and IMHO far better than the usual £300ish fare from UK mens outfitters.
Looks like I'll have to dust them down, have 'em cleaned as I may be taking a new job on!
Is it worth getting hand made suits from the bloke who comes over from HK?
For those who don't know, they usually hire a west end hotel suite one day a month, the tailor measures you and takes piccies of your stature etc and a month later you get a MTM suit for £200-300.
Anyone have 1st hand experience?
TIA
For those who don't know, they usually hire a west end hotel suite one day a month, the tailor measures you and takes piccies of your stature etc and a month later you get a MTM suit for £200-300.
Anyone have 1st hand experience?
TIA
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