JEFF CARTER ON SUITS AND TIES. I have several nice Canali suits I got at a big half-price sale at Saks about 10 years ago, and like Jeff, I seldom wear them. I traditionally wear a suit and tie for the first day of classes (though not this year when an HVAC problem made it 85 or so in my classroom; they’re lucky I didn’t come in shorts and a tank top). Also for some speaking events, and for funerals, which sadly happen more often than when I was younger. It’s too bad, as I like a nice suit. But I wear sport coats a lot.