[RGB_11]

I wonder how much of the pricing has to do with cost price though?

I doubt Hugo Boss is selling their merchandise to the Bay for $50.00. Factor in overheard and other things, that brings you closer to $100.00

Actually, I think Hugo Boss was renting space there.

 

[gabe]

Any way you spin it, the store itself was still charging way too much for their clothing. Once people started to realize that you can get the same clothing other places for less money, that makes a good nail in the coffin.

Now a days you don't need to spend big bucks on suits, ties dress shirts..etc This past decade or so, longstanding dress codes have been relaxed. They went from business formal to business casual. For those who work from home, they can wear what ever they want. You don't need to spend a lot of money on work clothing anymore. I walk around the financial district. Maybe 50 % of guys are wearing ties. Most guys are dressed like they are going golfing. When I started working in late 90s early 2000s. All men who worked in offices wore a suit and tie. My grandpa was a school custodian and even he wore a shirt and tie back in the day to work.

 

[Towered]

Now a days you don't need to spend big bucks on suits, ties dress shirts..etc This past decade or so, longstanding dress codes have been relaxed. They went from business formal to business casual. For those who work from home, they can wear what ever they want. You don't need to spend a lot of money on work clothing anymore. I walk around the financial district. Maybe 50 % of guys are wearing ties. Most guys are dressed like they are going golfing. When I started working in late 90s early 2000s. All men who worked in offices wore a suit and tie. My grandpa was a school custodian and even he wore a shirt and tie back in the day to work.

I'm all for it. The tie needs to die.

 

[matrix]

Now a days you don't need to spend big bucks on suits, ties dress shirts..etc This past decade or so, longstanding dress codes have been relaxed. They went from business formal to business casual. For those who work from home, they can wear what ever they want. You don't need to spend a lot of money on work clothing anymore. I walk around the financial district. Maybe 50 % of guys are wearing ties. Most guys are dressed like they are going golfing. When I started working in late 90s early 2000s. All men who worked in offices wore a suit and tie. My grandpa was a school custodian and even he wore a shirt and tie back in the day to work.

Can confirm most people at the office dress rather casually. There are a few people at the workplace who will wear a suit and tie, a few who will wear dress shirts, but most people dress casually. I even see people wear Acne or Supreme, and no one cares. My environment is more tech-oriented though so ymmv

 

[RGB_11]

Now a days you don't need to spend big bucks on suits, ties dress shirts..etc This past decade or so, longstanding dress codes have been relaxed. They went from business formal to business casual. For those who work from home, they can wear what ever they want. You don't need to spend a lot of money on work clothing anymore. I walk around the financial district. Maybe 50 % of guys are wearing ties. Most guys are dressed like they are going golfing. When I started working in late 90s early 2000s. All men who worked in offices wore a suit and tie. My grandpa was a school custodian and even he wore a shirt and tie back in the day to work.

Okay, but it's the Bay going under, not Moores.

 

[Towered]

Can confirm most people at the office dress rather casually. There are a few people at the workplace who will wear a suit and tie, a few who will wear dress shirts, but most people dress casually. I even see people wear Acne or Supreme, and no one cares. My environment is more tech-oriented though so ymmv

You guys should see what I wear to the office!

 

[Richard White]

You guys should see what I wear to the office!

I am hoping it is clothes.

 

[DSCToronto]

You guys should see what I wear to the office!

You COULD provide photos, maybe?

 

[Towered]

You COULD provide photos, maybe?

Strong hints can be found sprinkled throughout the Cozy Cafes thread

 

[Bayer]

I bought my last tie 14 years ago. Sometime in 2015, I switched belatedly to casual clothes because I'm self-employed, and not only do I practically never meet my clients, but I don't even know what some look like after working for them for 25 years. I have had a single Zoom call in the past two years and the client wanted the video off (fine with me!).

But I draw the line at wearing track pants in public.

 

[Richard White]

I have had a single Zoom call in the past two years and the client wanted the video off (fine with me!).

I distinctly recall doing a job interview via Zoom previously wearing nothing but a dress shirt. Nobody knew the difference and I was too lazy to put on more than that.

I got the job!

 

[LowPolygon]

I wonder if Hugo Boss seized all their merchandise?

I was on the menswear floor of Yonge Queen store yesterday and the person working at Diesel told me that Boss had done just that.

They are owed a lot of money and didn't want their goods to get caught up in the liquidation.

 

[nightstreak]

Just walked through the Queen St store. Everyone looks like they're at a funeral. One lady I spoke with who looked like a manager as she was directing other staff was very candid and said they're all preparing to lose their jobs but that there is some optimism from the store manager that they will find a buyer between now and mid April when things really start to become irreversible. I didn't want to say it but maybe the store manager is just trying to keep them from all quitting on the spot and leaving him/her without staff.

I bought a shirt, only 25% off and still too expensive. There's a disconnect from the Bay management and the retail landscape, so no wonder it's in this state. The big deals will probably happen in the real liquidation next month.

 

[gabe]

I'm all for it. The tie needs to die.

I do like a tie now and then. I'm overdressed 99% of the time. Last time i wore a tie, it was at a fancy restaurant, and one of the customers mistook me for a waiter or wine sommelier Poor young dude probably not used seeing people wearing ties in this day in age. You work in tech industry like my Gen Z nephews and cousins kids, they deal with very, very relaxed dress codes, and most of the work is done from home. So they could work in the nude if they wanted to.

 

[Admiral Beez]

You COULD provide photos, maybe?