Men's Business Dress Accessories Men's Business Dressing Etiquette - Professional & University Etiquette Men's Business Dress

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People react to your accessories. They aid in the performance of displaying a well-dressed image. To some,
1. The ultimate accessory can be a thirty-four inch waist. You can be your own personal trainer or hire one.
2. Get a tailor. Either can do better for your image than any suit. Make sure he or she follows the rules.
3. Get a small Swiss Army Knife. Strings are to be cut off clothing used in a business life.
4. You can get a clothes brush.
5. Hair is to be scissors cut.
6. Eyeglasses are connected to social status, even when you wear them in your hair or breast pocket. In business, avoid wearing eyewear that looks like sunglasses, unless medically directed. Eyewear can be conservative and fashionable. Each piece may be in a signature or company color or frame. Eyeglasses are to be washed. Water and soap can be used to do this. Each is to be wiped using a fabric cloth. Glasses can be taken to an optician. He or she will usually clean and adjust them free.
7. A lapel pin is to be placed on the left lapel of a jacket. It is to be company or community related.
8. A Name Badge: A name badge is to be used to help others know you by your name. It may be used to facilitate an introduction. It can contain a first name only, (for non-executives, last name only for a person in uniform), a first and last name, (for an executive, or for purposes of security.) When the name of a person is used, it is to be listed without a social title such as Mr., or Mrs., or Miss. A prefix title Miss could be added. Nicknames (in parenthesis,) usually following a first name may be added to a name tag. They are to be excluded from a business work card. It might be marked with a full name and a professional title, such as M.D., placed after and next to it with or without a position title placed beneath and center it. This is always nice. Any academic title such as Ph.D. or LL.D. is to be avoided. (Very few observe this rule.) The name for an officer Company Grade or above is to be listed in signature block form: rank, and then name. The name for an officer below Company Grade is to be listed in nameplate form: Name, and then rank. When a name badge contains a name only, it is to be placed high on the right lapel, just below the shoulder bone, or attached to or just below the shirt collar. It is to be placed up high next to a left lapel, when it contains the name of a company and a person. It can be pinned to a jacket or a shirt. It may have a piece of cardboard, or a magnet, placed behind it. A business card holder, or a high quality "Stick on," badge can be worn to keep each person informed of each name. It can be worn at all times during working hours. It may be issued and provided at no cost. It could be replaced at a cost to the badge holder. It can be supplemented by a name plate on a desk, door, or a building.
9. A breast pocket wallet or a day planner is to be acquired. Hip wallets are to be avoided; or worn in a front pocket. Avoid being injured by your wallet, sitting on the picture of a loved one, or sitting on a business card of a friend.
10. Get platinum or a gold American Express card. You can get a green one, if you must. Master your accessories; these are 10 of 31. Be at Ease.