- With that in mind, you should have some sort of direction. Is there an actor, musician, or other past/present public figure who you think looks good? Try to work backwards from there. Even if it's something extreme. You can't go to work in full punk/goth regalia, but you can take inspiration from it and dress it up.
- There's nothing wrong with wearing nice shoes, outerwear, or pants over and over again. If they're versatile, nobody will care, so I'd focus on quality over quantity. Shirts you'd have to change up more of course.
- Take items to the tailor.
- Things are generally trending to a looser fit now. Avoid anything skin tight or overly tapered.
- As a 32 year old man, you'd do better avoiding hoodies, activewear, baseball caps, and sneakers. Not a hard rule, but none of these things should be a staple of your work wardrobe even if your colleagues are wearing them. Favor button up shirts, sweaters, jeans, trousers, leather shoes/boots, and proper coats. You will not look tryhard or overly formal in NYC of all places.
- Blue, green, white, brown, gray, and black are the easiest colors to work with.
- Shave.
- https://www.mrporter.com is probably still a good overview of normy fashion for professional men. You gotta sift through some overpriced garbage though. Deals can be found on Outnet, Markkt, The Real Real, and Grailed, though the latter is a bit dodgy.