More colleges help cash-strapped students with job-ready clothes...*

[DGUtley]

More colleges help cash-strapped students with job-ready clothes...


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When Renee Perez has any extra money, she sets it aside for her five children. For the 38-year-old business information technology major at Texas Christian University, anything that isn'tessential, like professional clothing, is a difficult purchase to justify.

She's noticed others in the Fort Worth business school’s orbit don’t seem to have the same concerns. At networking events, Perez sees professionals dressed in well-fitting, and expensive-looking, clothing. In her worn-out shoes and lacking a blazer, Perez said she feels it's better to blend into the crowd rather than approach people without the same polished look.

A growing number of colleges, including TCU, are addressing those concerns by providing professional clothing to their students. Some rely on donations from a local community or alums, but TCU provides custom-tailored clothing for its students. The college’s program, called Suit Up, is limited to students with financial need, and those who participate in the initiative also take professional development classes.


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[Peter1469]

Sounds like a good idea for a college to do for its at need students.

[LescoBrandon]

Wow, five kids! Good for her for going back to school on top of that full time job.

[donttread]

Sounds like a good idea for a college to do for its at need students.

Agree but custom tailored seems over the top

[Peter1469]

Agree but custom tailored seems over the top

I imagine it is like a regular business clothing store. You have your pre-set sizes and the pants legs will get measured and hemmed and the jacket and pants get taken in (or let out for fatties).

I can't even buy a suit. I have to get separates, because my chest is 46" and waist 33". With that chest size the smallest pant size in a suit would be like 38" and you can't take that much in and still look right.

It isn't like going to a real tailor who measures you, let's you pick from a roll of cloth and the suit is made from scratch.