I think this is a balance. Well fitting clothes (suits or not) do enhance a person's appearance and speaks to their attention to detail in that area --they may or may not apply to other areas. On the other hand, dressing without dedicating much thought can come from, among other things, being too busy with 'important' things, the person is kind of lazy, at least in terms of dress, or perhaps they think they're being anti-pattern --but they're not, as many other people do the same.
That said, most people who wear suits, to address that area, don't really wear well fitting (bespoke) suits. Ill fitting suits are worse than down dressing or dressing like a slob --it says you're being rote and don't really pay attention to detail. I see this symptomatically in salespeople, and others you mention, yes indeed, it looks horrible.
A well fitting suit and matching clothes do enhance people's aesthetic look and that bleeds into their professional appearance, rightly or wrongly, in my opinion.
By the way, if your stay-at-home clothes fit well and they match in color, pattern and mood, they don't have to be special or expensive. They need to match you in some way, however. It can't be a mishmash of incoherence. It becomes a visual cacophony and can be hard to get past.
It's like looking at the person preparing your food and seeing them sweaty, clearing their throats, wheezing and uncomfortable, yet, they're washing their hands and at no point sneezed or coughed and never touched their face before finishing the preparation, but it still seems gross.
That said, most people who wear suits, to address that area, don't really wear well fitting (bespoke) suits. Ill fitting suits are worse than down dressing or dressing like a slob --it says you're being rote and don't really pay attention to detail. I see this symptomatically in salespeople, and others you mention, yes indeed, it looks horrible.
A well fitting suit and matching clothes do enhance people's aesthetic look and that bleeds into their professional appearance, rightly or wrongly, in my opinion.
By the way, if your stay-at-home clothes fit well and they match in color, pattern and mood, they don't have to be special or expensive. They need to match you in some way, however. It can't be a mishmash of incoherence. It becomes a visual cacophony and can be hard to get past.
It's like looking at the person preparing your food and seeing them sweaty, clearing their throats, wheezing and uncomfortable, yet, they're washing their hands and at no point sneezed or coughed and never touched their face before finishing the preparation, but it still seems gross.