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Summer Time Cooling Clothing
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:28 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:28 pm
Does anyone have suggestions for clothing with a cooling effect to wear? Much less under a suit? Sweating is unavoidable, but lately its been pretty intense wearing business attire. I am looking for suggestions for cooling materials.
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Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:30 pm to RickAstley
OT Ballers don't sweat in this heat son.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:30 pm to RickAstley
just pour some freon down your collar
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:31 pm to RickAstley
The problem with most is if you replace your undershirt with something like the underarmour stuff, your sweat will get absorbed mainly by your dress shirt instead of an undershirt.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:31 pm to RickAstley
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:32 pm to RickAstley
Switch jobs to one that allows you to wear whateva.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:33 pm to RickAstley
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Does anyone have suggestions for clothing with a cooling effect to wear? Much less under a suit?
Seersucker suits
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Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:33 pm to RickAstley
PFG with a tie 
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:33 pm to LSUnation78
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The problem with most is if you replace your undershirt with something like the underarmour stuff, your sweat will get absorbed mainly by your dress shirt instead of an undershirt.
Yes, although I have switched to entirely synthetic for most things, especially underwear.
Suit wise, poplin, linen and other summer weight fabrics help some, but not that much IMO.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:34 pm to RickAstley
Do you not like linen or seersucker?
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:37 pm to goldenbadger08
If I worked at a job that required me to wear a suit in NOLA in June, July, or August- I'd quit.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:39 pm to goldenbadger08
Last night I was at this store with my wife, and they had some Van Heusen short sleeve dress shirts. That is all my Grandfather ever wears when he dresses up. They used to joke with him at church that it could be 20 degrees with a foot of snow on the ground and he'd show up with a short sleeve white shirt and a clip-on tie. So I tell my wife I'm going to fully embrace my inner old man and start wearing these to work, and look like an IT guy in the process. She just laughed and said she'd do it if she were a man. She doesn't understand the whole suit and tie thing in the deep south in the summer.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:40 pm to TU Rob
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She doesn't understand the whole suit and tie thing in the deep south in the summer.
It's pretty rare, even in more traditional professions. I used to do it at my previous firm, thankfully no longer.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:41 pm to LSUnation78
I am looking for something that offers the cooling effect of Underarmour, but as you said clothing that does not allow the sweat to go to the dress shirt.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:43 pm to RickAstley
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:43 pm to Pettifogger
I do not foresee wearing the suit in the summer time being a long term ordeal for me. I do need to improve my situation as is for the time being.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:44 pm to RickAstley
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I am looking for something that offers the cooling effect of Underarmour, but as you said clothing that does not allow the sweat to go to the dress shirt.
Good luck with that.
FWIW I've used Ex Officio undershirts, which are certainly cooler than cotton, but they do wick. I've never noticed that they really got to or through the dress shirt, however.
If it is really humid and hot and you're just soaking both shirts, at least synthetic will dry. I wouldn't want to stay in those clothes for too long, but if you sweat through a cotton undershirt and the dress shirt, you're going to be gross for the day.
This post was edited on 7/2/14 at 4:46 pm
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:46 pm to Pettifogger
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It's pretty rare, even in more traditional professions. I used to do it at my previous firm, thankfully no longer.
Bankers are a weird bunch. Everyone here that I'm in contact with in the Finance department sits at a desk all day, maybe has a meeting or two, and we never see any customers. But we all wear a tie except on fridays. Some of the older men wear suits every day, even on fridays, just no tie. I could understand if you were an RM who sees customers like CEO's/CFO's making deals, but for the average guy in the office it really doesn't matter, except that it is traditional business dress and they're all about being stuffy as frick.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:47 pm to TU Rob
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Bankers are a weird bunch. Everyone here that I'm in contact with in the Finance department sits at a desk all day, maybe has a meeting or two, and we never see any customers. But we all wear a tie except on fridays. Some of the older men wear suits every day, even on fridays, just no tie. I could understand if you were an RM who sees customers like CEO's/CFO's making deals, but for the average guy in the office it really doesn't matter, except that it is traditional business dress and they're all about being stuffy as frick.
My last firm was stuffy, unnecessarily so. Thankfully, even most big law firms in Atlanta are moving away from suit and tie unless you've got an appearance or client meeting.
Posted on 7/2/14 at 4:50 pm to Pettifogger
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My last firm was stuffy, unnecessarily so. Thankfully, even most big law firms in Atlanta are moving away from suit and tie unless you've got an appearance or client meeting.
Both of the CPA firms I worked for were business casual at the office. We only wore suits to clients that were business professional. We always dressed to the level of our clients. I had like a 6-8 week audit in the spring in downtown Birmingham and they wore jeans to work every day. We couldn't go lower than business casual, but it was nice wearing khakis and polos for two months straight. If I was in the office I would usually wear a dress shirt, and I kept a tie and jacket in there just in case a client came in for a meeting.
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