> Even a with scratch built tailored suit, the trousers would wear through though.
And this is the ultimate downfall of a suit. When jeans and t-shirts start to show wear then they transition from street clothes to work clothes and continue to live a useful life. As for suits, well, having a tie dangling around machinery isn't the best combo. Not even during peak suit did people wear them in the field.
I’ll absolutely reuse a worn out tailored pair of pants made from good fabric for working or hanging around. I don’t wear business-powersuits, though and that makes a difference for that kind of re-use, I think.
Depending on what you mean by “suit” exactly, people have absolutely worn them in the field for a long time and some still do. British farmers in some thick, hard-wearing tweed or felted fabric trousers, Wellington/work boots, a work shirt and depending on the temperature a more or less suit-like jacket are sort of a cliché, for example. I’m not really arguing against your point, though - just saying that it’s a bit of a continuum and there are many things between the completely impractical tie-dangling machine and jeans+t-shirt.
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Eventually, can't remember why, I stopped
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And this is the ultimate downfall of a suit. When jeans and t-shirts start to show wear then they transition from street clothes to work clothes and continue to live a useful life. As for suits, well, having a tie dangling around machinery isn't the best combo. Not even during peak suit did people wear them in the field.
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Depending on what you mean by “suit” exactly, people have absolutely worn them in the field for a long time and some still do. British farmers in some thick, hard-wearing tweed or felted fabric trousers, Wellington/work boots, a work shirt and depending on the temperature a more or less suit-like jacket are sort of a cliché, for example. I’m not really arguing against your point, though - just saying that it’s a bit of a continuum and there are many things between the completely impractical tie-dangling machine and jeans+t-shirt.