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Why we’re hanging up the power suit

Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour Jan 10, 2018
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Why we’re hanging up the power suit

Kai Ryssdal and Shaheen Ainpour Jan 10, 2018
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Power suits are out. That may not come as a shock in the era of hoodie-wearing billionaires, but it doesn’t mean suits are gone for good. Millennial men are still buying suits, just not for work. Marketplace host Kai Ryssdal spoke with Robin Givhan, fashion critic for The Washington Post, who wrote about the demise of the once-corner-office staple. 

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