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Two of my colleagues (both developers) had a phase where they unironically showed up in a tailored suit to work. I still don't know why, I mean I guess the one guy had more of a CTO role but the other one was just a regular developer like me, and the suits didn't make them come off as more important - just more uncomfortable.

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A tailored suit with a well made dress shirt is literally one of the most comfortable things you can wear. Plus you look really good.

Ugh, I disagree. I‘m an investment banker, I wear tailored suits to work every day. Suits are uncomfortable and high maintenance. Give me jeans and a comfortable hoodie any day of the week!

I don't know what to tell you, you're doing something horribly wrong then.

High maintenance I'll give you (and expensive), but I non of the jeans I own are as comfortable as a nice pair of suit pants and despite the fact that no one would care if I wore a hoodie to work I still wear a dress shirt basically every day because it's just so much nicer.

TBH I don't find jeans terribly comfortable and don't wear them very much. In my opinion--and maybe it's just because I'm used to it--the traditional Friday casual Khaki/Button-down shirt hits a sweet spot for office wear.

I would agree that a well-made dress shirt that fits well is super comfortable. They are just very hard to come by.

I doubt they're very hard to come by but they'll be expensive. I've had shirts tailored in Asia but I admittedly don't bother with tailored clothing on a day to day basis.

If you had your suit tailored and it's uncomfortable then it's defective - take it back to the tailor and explain where it's not comfortable and they'll adjust it for you.

The most comfortable suit is still more uncomfortable than a t-shirt and shorts.

If suits and dress shirts were comfortable, people would go to bed wearing them. The fact that people wear t-shirts to bed instead should tell you which one is actually more comfortable.

What about tailored jeans and sweatshirt. That may be the ultimate in comfort

Anecdotally, the comfort of tailored/fitted apparel can vary based on your body composition.

This is as someone who used to weigh around 255 and now weighs around 170.

The more fit you are, the more comfy fitted/tailored apparel tends to be.

If you are atypically shaped due to various fat deposits, tailored clothing becomes more difficult to get just right in order to not pinch/restrict you in all the wrong places.

If you're uncomfortable in a suit then you've just got a badly tailored suit.

Any time I've seen this, the person was interviewing elsewhere and just didn't want to bother bringing an extra set of clothes and changing.

Some fellas at work started Formal Fridays. They like the excuse to dress up.

> I still don't know why

Have you considered that they may enjoy dressing nicely?

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