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Agreed, you'd probably find that a lot of tech guys in a hoodie and jeans spent more on their clothes than DC staffers in "suits".

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I wear t-shirts and shorts. Always. Mostly from King Size Direct. Add in underwear and socks and the total cost of whatever I'm wearing at any given moment is <$100. Add in shoes and it's probably about $160.

I'm always comfortable, which is difficult for me with any other off-the-shelf clothing.

So tell me, how much more am I spending than DC staffers in what would have to be custom-tailored suits to match the comfort level?

Really my last suit was $750 and I was looking at a nice Vivien Westwood one the other day which was $1200.

It is hard to beat suits on the upper high end range in terms of price, but easy on the low to average range.

My suit cost me around 150$ though. I have several outfits which are comparable in cost and designed specifically to be informal.

jeez some people here have thin skins and would not survive long working in the city in hft/quant's where the end customers will think nothing of spending 2k on a pair of hand made shoes.

It's quite possible to be a hacker and appreciate fashion and good quality tailoring

Unless you're a DC staffer (and more specifically, a "typical DC staffer"), your showing off about your expensive suit didn't actually contradict anything in the comment you replied to, which is why I think your comment got grayed out.

Oh yeah? Well I got on sneakers that cost more than your suit. (yeezys) ZING.

I think what he's saying is even though they look dressed down the price of the clothing is typically high. I have no idea if that's true. I just love sneakers.

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