Brooks Brothers outlet?

[Anonymous]

DS21 needs clothes for his internship at a top consulting firm this summer starting in 3 weeks.

There's a Brooks Brothers outlet about 30 minutes out of the way on the drive home from his university--would it be worth the detour to shop for dress shirts and pants?

He's over 6' and has a very athletic build so he will probably need alterations wherever we shop.

[Anonymous]

Does he know anyone at the firm he can chat with about this re norms? It’s pretty firm (and even specific office) and client dependent eg a Deloitte analyst on a fed project is going to have different work wear norms than McKinsey consulting for Goldman Sachs on site.

Broadly though I’d look at places like Bonobas - I also showed up at my top consulting job back in the 2010s in brooks brothers and was wayyy out of place in terms of style for my peer group + managers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Does he know anyone at the firm he can chat with about this re norms? It’s pretty firm (and even specific office) and client dependent eg a Deloitte analyst on a fed project is going to have different work wear norms than McKinsey consulting for Goldman Sachs on site.

Broadly though I’d look at places like Bonobas - I also showed up at my top consulting job back in the 2010s in brooks brothers and was wayyy out of place in terms of style for my peer group + managers.

Thanks--I think he needs to get a few basic dress shirts in any case and has had a hard time finding anything that fits at stores where he is. Will check out Bonobos, it looks like they have a couple of locations in his internship city.

[Anonymous]

We bought DS a nice suit from the BB outlet a couple of years ago. He still wears it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Does he know anyone at the firm he can chat with about this re norms? It’s pretty firm (and even specific office) and client dependent eg a Deloitte analyst on a fed project is going to have different work wear norms than McKinsey consulting for Goldman Sachs on site.

Broadly though I’d look at places like Bonobas - I also showed up at my top consulting job back in the 2010s in brooks brothers and was wayyy out of place in terms of style for my peer group + managers.

Thanks--I think he needs to get a few basic dress shirts in any case and has had a hard time finding anything that fits at stores where he is. Will check out Bonobos, it looks like they have a couple of locations in his internship city.

Another good one if he wants to go affordable custom for the right fit is Alton Lane. They have a location in DuPont right near the metro and do custom dress shirts for about the same price as Brooks Brothers (or did a couple of years ago when we went).