Wall Street and Silicon Valley finally agree on something: this $88 shirt

Only five years ago, the East Coast Finance Bro and the West Coast Tech Bro had just about nothing in common. The classic Wall Street guy stuffed himself into a stiff, impeccably tailored suit as a badge of honor, while the Silicon Valley guy scootered around in a hoodie, virtue signaling to the world that he was too busy innovating to care about clothes.Today? You’d be forgiven if you can’t tell them apart. We’re in the era of the “Fin-Tech Bro,” a longevity-lauding professional who wants to “hack” his work, his health and, you guessed it, even his wardrobe. These days, the guy structuring debt in Midtown and the guy agentizing workflows in Palo Alto both track their sleep on a fitness wearable (probably more than one), down the same personalized nootropic stack and desperately need clothes that feel like gym wear but look sharp enough for a board meeting.Silicon Valley founders have finally grown up (Facebook is old enough to drink!) and realized they need a structured collar for their investor Zoom calls. Meanwhile, Wall Street has aggressively loosened up.Nearly half of the traders, portfolio managers and strategists in a recent Bloomberg poll even boldly claimed that shorts are fine at the office.

Uh, no.(I’m going to make it clear right here, right now: shorts are not OK at the office.No, no.

That wasn’t a question.) But whether they are dressing up or dressing down, they both need a middle ground.That middle ground looks a lot like a certain $88 polo with a real dress collar.Enter the Dress Collar Polo from Collars & Co.: a short-sleeved, four-way stretch polo with a firm dress shirt collar and built-in collar stays.

It retails for only $88 and comes in semi-spread, English spread and Oxford button-down collars.The semi-spread alone is available in 36 colors and patterns.

Sizes run from small to 4XL in original, relaxed and original tall fits.The remote work party is officially over, and they both got called back to the office f...