Cost/benefit

In reference to the previous post, specifically the duds, here’s a cost breakdown in euros (you know, since I work at a bank now):

(investment period: 1999-2006, piecemeal)

Blazer: 60
Shirt: 15
Pants: 25 (three-for-one day at expensive shop; two pairs of fancy trousers and one gorgeous long-sleeved shirt for 75 euros!)
Shoes: 29 (cheap-ass, but to quote Shawshank Redemption, how often do you really look at a guy’s shoes? specially when they’re doing filing or sitting at a desk)
Gilet: 20 (special offer two-for-one)
Longcoat: 25 (Waterloo Plein market; there’s a 50/50 chance that somebody died in it, it was stolen, or it’s a genuinely good deal)
Tie: free with other shirt
Haircut: free, courtesy of Mum
Earring: free, courtesy of some gutter in A’dam (was carefully washed before insertion)
Glasses (shaded): 60
Glasses (regular): 250 (and those were cheap ones)

Attitude: million fucking bucks.