What a Wedding Taught Me About Software Engineering
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Really the lesson here is people don't spend money on things they use twice a year. Also an important software engineering lesson!
(Though I'll bite on the ties...terribly uncomfortable)
(That's one advantage of having dress shirts custom-made: You can have the collar made to an exact fit — and also have the sleeves made to the exact length needed to peek from the sleeves of your suit jacket without your having to "shoot your cuffs" à la Daniel Craig's James Bond.)
It's because you haven't purchased fancy clothes that fit. There are probably some other constraints that produced this outcome (e.g., cost, availability), but I'm skeptical that optimizing for fanciness did it.
It puzzles me that people are willing to go lengths to get tailored shirt and suit, but then wear off the shelf shoes that are not even feet shaped when you think about it.