Bosch runs its North American headquarters from 38000 Hills Tech Drive. Somewhere on that corridor is a man who spent ten years in a badge and a polo, got promoted, and has been told the next meeting is a suit. He goes and buys one the way he bought the polo. That’s the danger: not owning no suit, owning one that looks like a costume.
Fit is the whole thing
An engineer notices tolerances. So does a room full of executives, on him. A sleeve a half inch long, a collar that gaps, trousers that pool on the shoe: each one says he doesn’t wear this often. The fix is a fitting where every one of those is set to him, and it takes a consultant who isn’t on commission to tell him the cheaper suit that fits beats the more expensive one that doesn’t.
Which suit
Navy, plain, Signature Wool at $259 to $299. Charcoal is the second suit. And no pattern, because the first suit a man wears to present should let the slides do the talking.
The shirt and the shoes
A white shirt that fits the neck, and a dress shoe with a leather sole. Buy both first, because the suit is fitted to them: Roman, master tailor at Lincoln Tailor, on site in our store, sets the hem to the shoe and the sleeve to the cuff.
Also for Farmington Hills: Orchard Ridge: The Degree at Forty, the Suit for the Job. More on style consulting, or plan your visit to our Oak Park showroom.
