[thegmanifesto]

(01-10-2012 02:44 PM)WestIndianArchie Wrote:  

This is a good work look, ideal for swooping on your lunch break.



These are the kinds of shirts you want - 1) Italian, 2) Spread Collar 3) Finamore if you can afford it - the spread collar allows you to get really interesting with the ties.



This is how you tie a tie, this is what you want it to look like when you're done



This dude is killing it.



You don't want to wear a suit? you want to wear khakis? You don't have to look like a dork.



You wanted some layering?


Hey this is a photo of a woman, but do you see something in it that you can use? that you can get your tailor to do?


How about these 2? Do you see what i'm getting at?




Oh you want to use my style?


I can do this all day.

The easiest thing you can do in 2012 is wear a sports coat.

Buy one at a thrift store, get it taken in, put some elbow patches on it, and throw in a pocket square (silk puff or a white one with the presidential fold). Put on some 100 dollar jeans, and some nice shoes that you didn't buy @ a big mall store, a bit of cologne, and you're gonna out style most of the dudes @ any venue.

But eventually, you're going to understand that style is really about knowing your body's dimensions, knowing your body's movement, knowing how to layer, knowing how to add accessories, knowing when your big pieces have enough detail that you don't need to go overboard.

The other thing you guys should also consider is FASHION, which is separate and apart from style. Style is how you dress, it's your take on clothing.

Fashion is what the cool popular people are wearing.

IMO, a man should be stylish and a woman should be fashionable, but often times to catch a fashionable woman, you gotta cater to the mass and wear something hip, something designer, something expensive. So at least once a season you gotta spend too much money on something that's not going to last. Just keep that in mind.

And the biggest thing, your diet and work outs are crucial. Good clothes make bad bodies passible, but they make great bodies killer.

Damn.

Great post.

A lot of those aren't my steez, but I can see how they would work.

And they would work in almost all venues.