A little different this week. Don’t worry about the rest of the outfit. Just focus on his bag/case. Let me know what you do or don’t like about it and why.
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One of the key ways to staying warm without overdressing in the fall is by wearing thicker material. You swap out your linen pants for a pair of jeans and are better off upgrading your button-up shirts to a thicker material as well. For casual wear this means going to an option that’s based in the blue-collar world – the work shirt.
These were originally made of a thicker material to be able to stand up to more wear and tear in outdoor and shop-like situations. Even if you’re just wearing one on a Saturday while out running errands, it gives you additional warmth without going overboard.
There are a few other marks of a good work shirt you should keep an eye out for as well.
Remember that these should fit you well just like any other shirt. If they’re too big you run the risk of looking like you were stuck in Seattle in the 90’s. Too small and you’ll come across as some lumberjack-wannabe hipster.
Work shirts are great in that they are a subtle indicator of your ability to physically dominate the world around you. These are worn by men who work with their hands and put in long days. Even if you’re not such a man (and you should be, at least for a hobby), you can ride on the coat-tails of those who are.
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If you go through my archives you’ll see a lot of pictures of men wearing unique clothing that makes them stand out. Typically I operate on the assumption that this is the goal of most my readers in dressing well. Of course, even choosing to dress well without adding in loud colors or other items designed to draw the eye will make the average man stand out. It can’t be avoided in the sea of mediocrity you find yourself swimming in whenever you’re in public. However, the risk the budding sartorialist will run by choosing to dress like he stepped off the pages off Tommy Ton is that he will be worn by his clothing, instead of being the one to wear his clothes.
The ultimate goal of dressing well is to help people see you as a man. I recommend undoing two buttons on your button-up shirts because the extra skin shown and the resulting V-shape of the collar will draw the viewer’s eye upwards toward your face. Same goes for recommending peak lapels and two-button suits on a shorter man. The general rules of men’s style all point toward that one end, and sometimes we lose sight of that by trying to out peacock each other.
Flattering cuts, simple patterns, the right colors, and activity-appropriate materials may not land you on the front page of the Sartorialist, but they will make it so your boss, your wife, your client, or your date will see you – not just your wardrobe.
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