THE U.S. MALE GOES FIRST CLASS
While women prefer “cheap chic” fashion so they can have more variety, men tend to pick better-quality items and trusted brands, one retail survey says.
By Joyce Smith, THE KANSAS CITY STAR

It’s Saturday morning, and Pete Walsh is agonizing over what to wear to his parents’ 50th anniversary dinner that night.

Three salesmen at Hudson & Jane on the Country Club Plaza huddle around a purple shirt and brown jacket as the tie possibilities pile up.

“The older I get, the more obligations I have to parties and events,” said Walsh, a producer at Lockton Benefit Co. “I have to make sure I look professional outside of the office just in case I meet someone I do business with or who I could potentially do business with.

“My mother taught me that if you look and dress nice, it’s hard to go wrong.”

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