Today Is International Suit Up Day 2010

In honor of Barney Stinson, Neil Patrick Harris‘ dashing, suit-clad womanizer on the CBS comedy How I Met Your Mother, it has been decreed that today, like October 13th of every year, is International Suit Up Day. More than 700,000 people worldwide have already committed to wear suits today on Facebook; have you?

The rules of the day explained: (h/t The Daily What; words via suitupday.com)

SUIT UP in honor of Barney Stinson, the suit-wearing womanizer we all love. If you don’t know who Barney is … ask your friends, they will tell you.

SUIT UP because suits are AWESOME, even if you don’t like Barney.

Things to do on International Suit Up Day
• Wear a suit to work
• Wear a suit to university
• Wear a suit in hospital
• Wear a suit to school
• Buy a suit
• If you see someone without a suit, tell them to go home and suit up, or convince them to watch How I Met Your Mother
• Drink in a suit – if you can find a bar called McLaren’s, drink there
• Party in a suit
• Play laser tag in a suit…. What up?

Or if you prefer to have the merits of suits explained to you in musical form, allow Neil Patrick Harris to explain them to you in musical form: “Nothing Suits Me Like a Suit.”

(International Suit Up Day 2010 on Facebook | h/t TDW)