Professional Attire Exchange
SolutionsWear
Have your clients rock their interviews with our extensive selection of professional attire! Get 5 clean outfits for each person at a heavily reduced price.
Solutions Wear
Every year, we provide new and gently-used professional attire for men and women to outfit 650 people annually.
If you are a social service agency looking to outfit your members, reach out to us using the contact info below!
How to participate
- You must have an upcoming legal appearance or be actively seeking employment
- Get a referral from a sponsor (see below)
- Your advocate sets up an appointment
- Bring a completed Appointment Form to the appointment
What we offer
We stock professional clothes, shoes, hygiene products, and accessories for both men and women. For the full list, see our PDF.
Need a sponsor?
If you are looking for interview clothing, but do not have a sponsor, we can provide a list of organizations on request. We accept referrals from most nonprofit organizations, employment agencies, and more.
Want to donate?
Please bring to our office a clearly written itemized list of the items you are donating and include your name and address.
Where to find us
SolutionsWear is by referral and appointment only. We offer appointments to social service agencies, but not directly to individuals.
Set up appointment
contact@solutionsatwork.org
(617) 576-0039 (extension 1)
Price
- $25.00 minimum per client for 5 outfits
Frequently Asked Questions
We do our best to provide each SolutionsWear program participant with professional ensembles. In many cases, we are able to provide items such as belts, shoes, ties, scarves, jewelry, and handbags to enhance and complete their outfits. We assist participants in selecting garments that can be mixed and matched to create much more than five outfits.
If your organization pays for multiple participants at one time, in what is known as a spend down account you can pay as little as $25.00 per visit.
Your clients will be encouraged to and feel comfortable browsing for clothing much as they would in a traditional retail store. Our friendly, knowledgeable staff will be on hand to help your clients select flattering items that can be mixed and matched to create numerous outfits. Our staff will even show your clients how to tie a tie, if need be!
Unlike some other local programs that provide professional attire, SolutionsWear offers:
- Flexible, year-round appointments. In most cases, we can accommodate urgent, last-minute requests for clothing.
- Clothing for both men and women.
- Five complete outfits for each program participant.
- Clothing to active job seekers who do not yet have an interview scheduled.
- Program access to people living anywhere. If your clients can get to our site in Cambridge, we will gladly serve them!
In an effort to serve as many people as possible, people are only permitted to receive professional attire through SolutionsWear once.
Yes. We will provide you with a letter acknowledging your donation that may be used for tax purposes.
We do not provide casual clothing.
You must bring or mail a check made out to Solutions at Work prior to an appointment. You can also use cash.