# How would you help someone acquire a new work wardrobe?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 20, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941 "2014-10-20T18:42:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941/41 "2014-10-24T18:42:07Z")

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You would think that really good clothing could not be “shrunken out of.”

Alas, I know that it’s true!

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**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941/42 "2014-10-24T19:03:56Z")

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> [@Bridget\_Burke](#):
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> You would think that really good clothing could not be “shrunken out of.”
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> Alas, I know that it’s true!

I mean that I’VE lost too much weight for those suits to work anymore.

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**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2014, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-you-help-someone-acquire-a-new-work-wardrobe/701941/43 "2014-10-24T19:39:49Z")

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> [@silenus](#):
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> Yes, but Mike needs to know about the deals on high-quality men’s wear that can be found at Salvation Army/Goodwill. Especially on conservative ties and shirts. Taking him shopping clothes him for a day. Teaching him where the deals can be found clothes him for a lifetime.

The thrift shop is good for finding individual pieces. The man needs a _wardrobe_, and as **Lasciel** and others have said, he has to learn about what to look for before he can effectively shop a thrift shop.

Also, for a guy who doesn’t like clothes shopping, the trips to buy the essential wardrobe will be long and painful enough without dealing with thrift shops. Why torture the guy.

Once the wardrobe is established, then thrift shopping can be introduced if desired.

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