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WHAT AN APPAREL REP ACTUALLY WEARS: Trade Show Floors, Buyer Dinners and Airports
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items I sell apparel wholesale for a living, which means my working life is standing on a trade show floor, sitting across from a buyer at dinner, or getting off a plane with an hour to change. Three dress codes, one suitcase. This is what I've settled on ...
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Shoes: Twelve Hours on Concrete
What Packs Without a Steamer
The Bag That Goes Everywhere
Shoes: Twelve Hours on Concrete
Two pairs, two jobs. One you can stand on all day, one you can sit across a table in. Nothing else earns the space in the bag.
A show day is ten to twelve hours standing on concrete, and concrete is what ends most shoes and most backs. Full-grain leather so it still reads like a shoe rather than a gym trainer, on a sole that's actually built for standing. This is the comprom...
ECCO Soft 7 Leather Sneaker
The dinner shoe. A buyer dinner is a different job than a show floor and it deserves a real leather shoe, but you are not packing two pairs plus the sneakers. A loafer solves it - no laces to deal with at security, dresses a chino up, and it takes a ...
Cole Haan Lewiston Loafer
What Packs Without a Steamer
Everything here goes in a bag creased and comes out ready to wear. Merino does the heavy lifting - it doesn't hold smell, so you pack for ten days in a carry-on instead of seven.
I sell cotton for a living and I still travel in merino. It doesn't hold smell, so a shirt goes two days on the road without anybody knowing, and it comes out of a bag without the creases cotton takes. Wash it in a hotel sink at night and it's dry by...
Smartwool Merino T-Shirt
The cheapest thing on this list and the one that changes a show day the most. Cotton socks hold sweat and that is where the blisters come from by hour eight. Merino moves it out, and light cushion is the sweet spot - enough under the ball of your foo...
Smartwool Everyday Light Cushion Crew Socks
The Bag That Goes Everywhere
One bag, bought once. If you fly enough that a broken wheel is a real problem rather than an annoyance, this is where the money goes.
I've broken cheap luggage in airports enough times to know a wheel or a handle is what fails, always, and always on the day you can least afford it. This one has a lifetime repair guarantee that covers airline damage - that is the whole argument. The...
Briggs & Riley Baseline 22" Expandable Spinner Carry-On