i'm not fan of Gap shirt as well.....i usually find myself only buying there jeans, which are awesome! and outerwear like sweatshirts and jackets

 

I shop at ROSS.

 

Express, Bannana, Nordstoms, and an occasional find can be had at Men's Warehouse.

Once I passed 35 I ruled out all sports related jersey's and shirts. That would probably apply to hip hop clothing if I were into that kind of thing but I aint P Diddy.

 

They way you dress is the way you sell yourself. Dress well if you aim high in life.

BUT, it's all relative, there's plenty of 'big people' out there who dress like slobs, so it's not easy to always judge a book by its cover.

I've had jobs (I work in the IT industry) where baggy pants and t-shirt was ok to go to work in. Now that I work in the banking industry, I need to dress my part. Dress to kill as they say.

But that's just half your life... I take it easy and wear comfy, sometimes cheap stuff when I'm just loafing around town, going clubbing, etc...

 

Working in tech in Silicon Valley, I still pretty much wear what I want. . . no trucker hats though. I wear a lot of polos and jeans. Sometimes I'll wear rugby shirts or a loose buttoned shirt.

I buy my stuff at Kohl's and Target. The clothing is of reasonable quality, lasts way longer than it should (given the price I paid), and spending a few hundred here and there every year, I stay reasonably "put together."

I just don't see the logic in dropping a lot of money on clothes if I'm in an industry that practically demands that I underdress. Even then, I've got a Silicon Valley mortgage.

 

work clothes, yeah i'd say dress to the next level...or at least dress for the position you want. but where, no idea. i'm not working right now.

everyday clothes...i've never liked shopping at malls. nothing fits me, and the styles aren't anything that i like. so what have i resorted to? clothes from asia. haha...yeah so i don't shop very often, but when i'm overseas i get some pretty cool shirts...good quality, cool design/artwork, inexpensive, and fit near-perfectly. i guess for jeans however, i buy in the $50-80 range from malls. whether that is banana, express, whatever.

oh yeah, can't forget about the S2000 event shirts! haha

 

Brooks Brothers (shirts). Not only will these shirts last you for years, it'll save you hundreds of dollars on dry cleaning bills since these shirts really don't need to be dry cleaned. Just wash them as instructed and it's crisp out of the dryer. I'm wearing BB shirts from 2 ~ 3 years ago and it still looks like new, and their conservative style won't go away.

I wish I can show you the difference between the Van Heusen/Bass/Geoffrey Beene shirts I got at the outlets for $14.99 ~ $19.99 (non-iron/wrinkle free) vs. the BB shirts I got at the same outlet: after a year of wear, I donated all my non-BB shirts (except some RL Polo ones that I like but wrinkles like crazy).

By the way, in the working world no one can ever fault you for dressing too conservatively or over-dress for an occasion, and not all of us work for Google or some casual Internet startup (not anymore anyways).

I vouch for BB because I've been wearing their shirts now for 3 years and the ROI is incredible. Also, keep your receipts. If your BB shirt ever shrink/fade, bring it in and they'll give you store credit to get another shirt of the same price/class.

 

I'll second the Brooks Brothers no-iron shirts. They are rock solid, I have some I've been wearing for 5+ years. The only thing about Brooks Brothers is that they make their clothes for large, round men and women. All of their clothes are massive on me, thankfully their slim fit products are more realistic.

Their online selection of slim fit no-iron shirts is very good. The selection in the store is usually very small.

 

Ecko Polos and Ecko Jeans.

 

Google is far from "loose." There's an implicit dress code there, and it'll cost you $$$ if you wanna keep up.