As A Man, Finding A Personal Style Should Be Simple
When getting ready for work in the morning or prepping for a date, one of the most innocuous but important choices is what to wear. The right outfit can make the difference between making a great first impression and camouflaging what you really have to offer.
The largest slice of the fashion industry pie is devoted to women and creating a rainbow of flavors and designs to fulfill the every whim in a woman’s mind. What about men?
As teenagers, boys have their choice of costume to use to declare what they are into. From aligning with bands like Death Cab for Cutie with jean skinny styles or blasting Jay-Z with oversized jeans strapped underneath their buts with belts. Extreme? Sure, but also part of the teenage experience. Outside of being a performer, it becomes more difficult for adult men to carve out their identities in an understated way.
Using the past to influence the present is the best way for men to carve out their sartorial identity in a fashionable way without the calculation inherent in many outfits. There are timeless pieces to include in any mans closet from crisp dress shirts and slacks to jeans. Across time periods, the underlying component to making clothes timeless is their fit. Tailoring and knowing the proportions of your own body is the most important part of finding the right clothing.
Using classic pieces as dogma in outfit construction isn’t the way to go about solidifying a sense of style. Looking at men’s style icons for inspiration can act as a template to discovering your own self. The leather brown boots of actor Steve McQueen, the black turtlenecks of musician Bob Dylan, even the iconic eyeglass frames of film maker Woody Allen identify them.
Trying to keep up with the times is anathema to being truly stylish- attitude coupled with clothing that is so neat as to be almost invisible is what separates men from boys and is incredibly seductive to women.
Keeping the lines of your clothing simple and tailored will act like a blank canvas that needs barely any accessory aside from the banal like a men’s sport watch, scarf, or ring. Men should settle into their adulthood without dealing with the cacophony of fashion trends dictating how they represent themselves to the world.
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