In the would-be popular book How to Act Like an Adult (For Dummies) there is an entire chapter dedicated to Banana Republic (located in between the chapters on “Keep Scented Candles in Your Apartment” and “Hide your Pornography.”)  It’s a short chapter with the following tips:

• Don't bother shopping at the Gap anymore.  Adults don't shop at the Gap.  Adults, like you, need to shop at grown-up stores, like Banana Republic.  So now go be a big boy (or girl) and do what you are supposed to do.  Use the graduation money from your grandparents.
• You can use the same striped shirt:  Tuck in for work, leave out for the bar!  Especially convenient for happy-hours!
• Don’t wear pleats!  Even if you are a nerd, flat-front pants will make you the hip, young guy in the office.  Get pointy, shiny black shoes to complete your declaration to your consulting firm that you can be fashion savvy even as a piss-on, turd-eating, entry-level bitch.
• Don’t be discouraged when several other people in the bar are wearing the exact same outfit as you, you look better in it anyway!
• Sometimes you have to sacrifice quality for the sake of fitting in.  Remember, you’re a grown-up now.
• If you over 30 years old and still wearing Banana Republic to work you shouldn’t be reading this book, but instead should purchase How to Advance Your Career and Make Real Money so You Can Dress Like a Real Adult and People Won't Assume That You Are Still in College (For Dummies).

-Vincent Face