This is how I do it.
Belt Storage
7 April, 2012
Your Turn
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6 April, 2012
Tell me what you do and don’t like about this man’s style.
One of Three
6 April, 2012
One aspect of style is taking an article of clothing and wearing it a bit differently. Example.
He’s popped his jacket collar. His belt is askew. His pants are rolled.
All of these are good ways to make a dressed-up look come across more casually. It demonstrates attitude and a tongue-in-cheek disregard for rules and norms. Since this guy is a model and is being photographed for a catalog, he can get away with all three. My suggestion is to start off with one and then work your way up from there.
I rolled my khakis all summer last year and it not only looked different but was actually more comfortable. Imagine that – form and function in one happy place.
Also, lavender is a good shirt color.
Matching Color
5 April, 2012
In the past I’ve talked about the dangers of matching colors in what you’re wearing. The biggest offenders are when your pocket square matches your tie and when your socks match either your tie or pocket square. It ends up looking too contrived and gives off an amateur impression.
However, it’s important to know that you can get away with matching colors, it just has to be done in the smaller and more subtle details. Here’s an example of what I wore to a meeting my dad and I went to last week.
If you notice the outfit as a whole, there’s nothing that really seems to match. I have on greyish pants, brown shoes and a belt (yes these should match), a white shirt, navy blazer, blue pocket square and a green tie. All of these are all relatively complementary and nothing is an eye sore.
Once you get in closer on the details though you can see the pocket square matches with my cufflinks. They’re not exact, but close enough that you can tell it was intentional.
Same goes with my tie and the shoelaces I have on. They’re not exactly the same but they’re close enough and the laces are small enough that you can get away with it.
These kinds of details are what draw people in. They will make someone do a double take and then be more intrigued by the man focuses on the small things. They will encourage people to come up to you and start conversations or even just complement your style. And even if no one else notices or cares about how it looks, you’ll stand differently knowing that you know exactly how to put an outfit together. Believe it or not, you get the same sense of self-respect from learning to dress well as you do from learning to do anything else well.
Times Have Changed
5 April, 2012
Look at the audience in this picture. Golf by nature is going to (at least it used to) attract a better-dressed crowd. Also, golf is a man’s game. I see one woman in this picture. Men should participate in activities that are male-centric.
Notice the one “fat” man in the whole audience. He’s pretty tame by today’s standards. All the men are dressed well and even the ones who are casual still have a clean presentation. In a way, we’re really lucky to live in a time where it’s so easy to stand out from all the slobs and fatties who refuse to present themselves decently.