I’ve been very lucky for the last 9 years to work in a school that quite happily lets me very away with being pretty damn scruffy by teacher standards (I put a tie on when I have meetings with the Head).
After half term I have an interview in a different school and I’m going to have to look SMART and wear a proper SUIT like a grown up.
Where should I start looking ( @aggpass recommends m+sand John Lewis)?
How much should I expect to have to pay for a decent suit?
Is there a style or something I should go for or avoid?
If it’s just a stock suit then get a standard colour (black, grey, blue) regular cut so you can use it for multiple engagements (interviews and weddings basically). Can get decent stuff for under £300 all in
I would also consider pseudo-suits. Separate jackets and trousers that look like a suit. I have a few black jackets that go well with black work trousers. Gives you the flexibility of replacing trousers on their own or buying machine washable trousers from M&S or Uniqlo.
I would go to john lewis
got my last suit there & whilst I wanted to get a paul smith or something your man in the shop pointed me in the direction of a british designer who cut suits that would better fit my shape
I’ve got a nice range of separates, including some properly tragic teacher jackets, but I think now is the time to commit to something smarter for the interview.
Haven’t seen that at weddings in a couple of years, tbh, but you do get quite a lot of people wearing them on the tube coming into the City from Essex.
I’ve always thought that it makes someone look like an estate agent spiv.
Yeah my daughter has told me to “get a red one”. Bearing in mind the fact that I’m a pasty white man with a scrubby ginger beard, I’m not convinced this is the way to go.