The common perception seems to be that men pay no attention to their clothes, they might as well dress in the dark as they just throw on a pair of pants and a shirt. Nothing could be more incorrect. Men take as much trouble over their clothes as women.
Below are 4 Rules to Men’s Style:
Men’s Style – Wear in Your Jeans Until They are Yours
The all-time most useful cut of the world’s most popular garment, is ‘slim-tapered’. It’s wider in the thigh, so it’s comfortable, but narrows, so it works with either smart shoes or sneakers.
It’s the best year-round, wear with anything, dress up or down style. The wise will wear dark, raw denim too and give the pre-distressed a wide berth. The whole pleasure of denim is that it ages with the way you wear it.
Men’s Style – Look After Your Appearance
It’s the kind of advice your mother might offer, but if you’ve invested money and thought in your clothing look after it. Use wooden hangers for shirts and shoe trees for your best shoes; have your suit dry-cleaned and pressed; wash your clothes regularly and, ideally, don’t tumble dry them and polish your shoes.
Equally, it’s not just the skin of your leather jacket that you need to care for, the same goes for the one you wear every day. Establish a simple, but no less solid, grooming regime, brush your hair and cut your nails. After all, the devil resides in the details.
Men’s Style – Choose Versatile Outerwear
The temptation may be to wear a classic style, but modern technical fabrics in darker shades and easy cuts are making coats what they should be lightweight and breathable but also properly protective.
Changes in seasonality, the climate and buying habits are making heavy wool coats seem out of keeping now. Think of a coat instead as being your final layer – one you can wear as much or as little under as required. A field or bomber jacket jacket is a good all-rounder but if you need to dress up, go for a short mac.
Men’s Style – Know When to Break the Rules
Know when to adhere to dress codes such as black tie and know when to break them. Some are there for a good reason, typically because the occasion demands it or some higher authority – your boss, perhaps – expects it. But, likewise, you can get too hung up about rules as well and there’s always a case for ripping them up.
