It doesn't matter what you wear, as long as you leave them with, "That guy looked great."
(Put another way, I don't want people to notice my clothes, I want them to notice me.)
Why anyone would go out of their way to look like crap in a business environment amazes me.
If you have the gig, then by all means show up on a skateboard with a backwards baseball cap and you'll wow them, but if you're selling, attention to your clothes shows respect for the buyer.
Oh yeah, polish your shoes and you'll get better tables at restaurants.
Momp... you just made me laugh out loud with your reponse to ST. That now puts you on par with Joseph Heller and Jerome K. Jerome.
My fashionably-raked-to-one-side hat off to you, Sir.
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"Say Violet, that's some dress."
"This old thing? Why I just wear this when I don't care how I look."
Hollywood culture is a great deal less formal than other business cultures. When I first started out, I tended to 'dress up' for meetings (although I never wore a tie). My agent and several fellow writers told me to stop dressing like a producer (thus my comment above about suits). Impressions are very important -- but -- you're a writer. You have a little more leeway than most. Your mind is supposed to be on the script, not on looking like you walked out of the pages of GQ (Details is another story). A great script, or a great take on a problem script is going to make a far greater impression than whatever it is you're wearing...as long as you don't smell funny. And no one...myself included...EVER suggested that you dress like a bum.
Comme des Garcons shirt from Maxfield - $350
Sneakers by Marc Jacobs from Barneys New York - $200
Diesel jeans at Fred Segal - $150
Getting the Assignment - Priceless.
It's beyond me how anyone could ever wear jeans that cost more than 50 bucks. It's like paying for a double wide trailer. It's still a friggin' trailer.
Well, they're going to have to take me as they find me. I wish I could afford new clothes, but I can't. So the options become- my hiking boots or my cowboy boots, the least worn pair of jeans, and umm... I'll wear a sweater. Yeah. No I won't, it's LA. Oh, hell.
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