美国法学院学生如何穿西装? 美国律师如何穿西装？ 我又穿什么西装?
在美国的社交场合又该穿什么？我想借由这个系列分享我对这些问题的ㄧ些看法。
首先，简单的介绍自己，我目前就读于美国中西部(Midwest)的一所法学院，
现为法律博士(Juris Doctor)一年级生(1L)。读法学院前，我就读于美国东岸一所
大约有6000人的大学。从我开始穿西装到现在已有快十年了。我在读高中时开始对
西装很有兴趣也开始在某些场合穿西装，到几年前在大学时每天上课穿西装而有了
“西装男”的外号。很正常的，这个外号也跟我到了法学院。
台湾人常说在台湾没有什么机会穿西装。就连因为工作而较常穿西装的上班族，
在越来越多公司不再规定员工穿着下，能够不穿西装就不穿。对此，西装爱好者则说:
“什么场合都有其适合的西装—穿西装是个lifestyle。”无可否认的，近年来越来越少
人在当需要穿到西装时知道该如何穿西装。
美国法律业是众所公认型态转变非常慢的职业之一。从好几个方面来看，不管是大型律师
事务所(Big Law Firm)资深合伙人(Senior Partner)的年纪、种族、性别分布还是对
科技辅助的接受度，律师业似乎总是跟在时代后面。但是相反的，就本系列文而言，
律师业却是当今美国少数对服装较有高度要求的职业。以我的经验，除非人在ㄧ些特殊的
经济枢纽(如华尔街)，当我穿着西装在美国街上走，人们往往认为我是位律师。
我法学院的一位“法律研究与写作”(Legal Research and Writing)教授就曾经说过:
“律师自今上法院还会穿西装打领带是一个多年既定的习俗也是尊敬法院的表现。”
借由这个系列文，我想分享我对同学、教授、执业律师穿西装的ㄧ些观察以及我自己
穿西装的习惯。希望各位会觉得这个主题有趣以及吸引人。如果各位有什么特别想知道
的问题或是主题，还请各位不吝啬的跟我建议。
以下为我目前想讨论的几个主题，皆为从一位法学院学生的观点出发：
1. 法学院学生如何穿西装
2. 教授及执业律师如何穿西装
3. 我如何穿西装
4. 面试穿什么
5. 社交场合穿什么
6. 如何应付负三十度的冬天
7. 配件搭配
8. 展望未来
因为学期还没结束，我目前没有打算固定更新这个系列文，但是我会尽量找时间努力的写
文章的。
最后，因我长期待在国外，国文不免生疏，如词不达意还请见谅。
以下附上先写好的英文原版。
How do law students wear suits? How do lawyers wear suits? How do I wear
suits? What is the appropriate attire in different American social settings?
In this series, I attempt to give some perspectives on these questions as a law
student studying in the United States.
To briefly discuss a few relevant aspects of my life, I am a first year (1L)
JD student at a US Midwest law school, previously at a small East Coast college
for my undergrad. I have been regularly wearing classic menswear - suits - for
several years now. In college, I garnered a reputation of being the "suit guy"
among my peers and professors. Now several months into law school, it is safe
to say that moniker has followed me here.
So often, people in Taiwan lament on the lack of opportunity to wear a suit
regularly. Even those who work in a corporate setting, under the influence of
increasingly casual workplace, avoid wearing suits whenever possible. Menswear
aficionados - in response - would say one does not need an opportunity to wear
a suit, that menswear is a lifestyle. I find that the menswear circle has grown
increasingly concentric and centripetal these last few years, while the
non-believers are getting more excluded, whether by volition or by compulsion.
It is undeniable that universally few people are still fluent in the rules of
formalwear.
In many respects, the legal profession is slow to change - for better
or worse. One only needs to take a look at how many senior partners at Big Law
Firms are still white, male, and very senior and how unreceptive the industry
is to technological change to deduce this. However, for our purposes, men in
the legal profession are still expected to wear suits and ties both at work
and in court. A Legal Research and Writing professor at my law school once
said, "People still wear ties in court, out of respect for the court and as
a ritual." In this series, I offer some observations on the people in the legal
profession wearing suits.
It is my sincere hope that this series will be interesting and insightful
to you. The following is a list of topics I plan to cover. If there is
anything in particular you would like me to discuss, please do suggest it to me.
1. How do law students wear suits?
2. How do professors and practicing lawyers wear suits?
3. How do I wear suits?
4. What to wear to a job interview?
5. What to wear to a networking event?
6. How to wear formalwear in the winter?
7. Accessories
8. A look to the future