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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jacob Miller" data-source="post: 80079" data-attributes="member: 5063">Great question!I'd say it depends on a few factors but there are lots of ways of approaching it.For starting a job, I'd say you could get away with 2 suits (would recommend one charcoal and one navy) so long as each suit had 2 pairs of trousers as you mention. You'd also want to have several options for shirts and a few ties to change outfits up if you were a bit worried about this. Definitely thinking about weight for seasonal use is worthwhile - if you're starting in the summer, you'll want to buy lighter weight suits and then as winter rolls round you'll have had the chance to tuck a little more money away and can maybe look towards buying a couple of slightly heavier options.In an ideal world, three or even four suits is probably the best possible starting point but definitely not necessary. It also depends on cashflow: for example, if your cashflow makes it hard to buy X number of suits in one hit, you might gradually build up a wardrobe over time. For others, it may actually be easier to take the hit once but then conserve money when your cashflow from employment is more regular. One isn't necessarily better or worse, just depends on the person.Edit: it also depends on how many days you're likely to be in the office: if you're working from home 3-5 days a week and there's no pressure to even wear a shirt unless you've got a client meeting, one or two suits will be absolutely fine. If you're in the office with a formal dress code every day, you'll obviously need some more formalwear to meet the demand.</blockquote>

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