Gentlemen, today, let's poke fun at Antonio.
I'm going to have a little bit of fun with myself.
Ten style mistakes, I'm a little bit embarrassed to admit, but I've made them.
So, I wanted to create this video because I wanted to share with you guys that I am
far from perfect.
Oftentimes on these videos, you see what I put out there, but you don't see all the mistakes
I make and I can tell you I make a lot of them.
So, we're going to have a little bit of fun, I'm going to give you guys a little bit of
insight and share some embarrassing stories, but hopefully you enjoy it so let me know
in the comments if you'd like to see more videos like this.
Without further ado, gents, let's get to them.
Mistake number one.
Wearing athletic clothing all day and not being prepared for the day.
So, I have to admit there's about two to three-week period in which I pretty much wore nothing
but athletic clothes and I didn't get much done.
So, I kind of gotten to a funk and this was after I shot down my office.
I was ahead on content doing pretty well in my business and instead of using that to get
even farther ahead, I kind of fell into this trap of, you know I'm just going to go down
into the basement which is where my temporary office was at.
But, instead of cleaning the basement get everything lined up getting things organized
and then working to get ahead, I just fell into that trap of not being really motivated
and it wasn't until I realized, wow, I I've fallen behind here and that's when I sought
out an accountability partner.
I actually hired people to come in and help me clean up my home and little things like
that.
And the reason I hired them I kind of set up that system because I had lost it by not
having an office to go into.
So, yes, guys, I even fall into a funk and luckily I got out of it.
Mistake number two.
Not adjusting my suits to fit better.
Now, I have to admit I've got some excuses for this.
My tailor here locally retired, I don't own my custom clothier anymore, so I don't have
access to my foreign tailors that I used to work with.
And, my wife who does a lot of my alterations, I she just got really busy with home schooling
and stuff.
So, I have suits that I have worn in many videos, yes, that could have the sleeves shortened
just a bit, could actually maybe have maybe I could have paid more attention to the shoulders
and got them to see you.
But, when it comes down to it, I have to admit I am happy with the overall fit.
I do get them hemmed and when I travel, oftentimes I'll take things you know I was just down
in Austin, Texas and I literally had some of my clothing adjusted with more access to
tailors there.
But, yes, I can probably better adjust some of my clothing.
Mistake number three.
I don't shine my shoes regularly and I can get away with that because I'm not whenever
I do go to events I make sure I have shined good looking shoes, but I don't always I never
spit shine anymore.
I put out a video on it because I know many of you guys wanted to know this, but I have
been spit shined out since leaving the United States Marine Corps.
Now, I hear these guys don't even have to shine their shoes.
Lucky them, good on them because I spent many nights up all night before inspections getting
those shoes so you can see yourself in them.
And to be honest guys, I I'm happy with a good shine, I don't need a spit shine.
Mistake number four.
I bought way too much clothing way too quickly.
So, I put a video out on this and I talked about buying twenty custom suits in ten days.
This is when I first started my custom clothier, but I can tell you I probably should have
done a better job with actually just going with fabrics that would have all been classic
going with cut.
I should have been more specific because what ended up happening, I don't own any of those
suits anymore because none of them really fit me the way I wanted to.
And that's the issue when you buy too much too fast is that you end up buying a lot of
things which your style is going to change, your taste are going to change, your fit and
the way you like to wear the clothing will change and all of a sudden you're stuck with
all of these big a lot of clothing that you can't do anything with, but donate.
So, mistake number five is I did not properly store my wools.
One of the first years I'm living here in Wisconsin, I remember I travel I was over
in London, I bought this really nice $200 to $300 sweaters.
I remember opening -- I had multiple ones, I remember opening them up after the summer
and looking and there are holes all in the sweaters and I was just it was so frustrating
and I could have if I actually would have prepare now, how to do this guys?
I got a free eBook, go check it out right here on how to take care of your clothing.
But, little things like actually putting in moth balls or using lavender scents or sealing
it properly so that there weren't eggs and cleaning it before I put it away, but things
like that would have save me a lot of money.
Mistake number six.
Not dealing with water damage in shoes quickly.
So, I had one of my favorite pair of Chelsea boots.
I picked them up over in London and they went through one Wisconsin winter.
And I wore them out into the snow multiple times, they got wet they got soaked, I stepped
in slush, and I just kind of put them out to dry.
I didn't treat them, I didn't actually add conditioner, I didn't actually probably not
wear them in those weather conditions I shouldn't have.
And what happened within a year I started getting cracks all over that leather and I
had to throw them out.
Mistake number seven.
I have worn dirty clothing on camera.
Yeah, you can go back find the videos, but there are some videos in which on my lapel
I literally have syrup.
So, I think the story goes, I was actually hanging and I've got kids and I'm hanging
out with them, I have no problem letting my kids jump all over me.
I think it was one of those mornings and we were having pancakes and somebody got syrup.
I'm not going to because how could I get syrup right over here on my lapel, I'm going to
blame it on my kids.
But, the point being I should have probably looked in the mirror and now I try to have
a mirror here in the studio that I look at before I come in and film.
Mistake number eight.
On my wedding day, I wore an ill-fitted suit and ill-fitted overcoat and I never wore them
again.
Wasted I think I spent like $700 to $800 on that clothing.
It never really fit me, I never felt confident in it.
And because I didn't plan ahead, I didn't take the time to go out there and probably
better search for something that I would actually enjoy wearing, I never wore those things and
I got rid of them within a year and I really wasted a lot of money.
Luckily for me, the pictures turned out pretty good.
They don't look too bad.
But, guys make sure if you've got a big event coming to plan ahead and that's why I always
advocate that you've got a suit ready to go because then it gives you time to go out there
and find some great deals to find something and have it adjusted to fit you and you're
ready for when you need to wear it.
So, the next mistake I think a lot of you guys can connect with, but I bought a name
brand product because it was on sale and it was the wrong size.
It was like two sizes too big.
I don't know what I was thinking.
I was a lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps, I remember particularly it was a Nautica
vest.
Now, I didn't normally wear vests, but I love Nautica.
Something about that brand.
I just love the ocean and it was something I was drawn to.
I'm like, oh, I'm going to make this work, I'm going to layer up til I can literally
get this thing on.
I have one picture of me wearing this vest on a motorcycle and it actually doesn't look
too bad, but I can tell you that was the only time I ever wore that vest.
It was this bright orange, there was a reason, it was on sale for 90% off.
So, guys if something doesn't fit you, it doesn't matter what name brand is on there,
don't buy it.
All right, gents, so on this last one, I'm going to have some fun.
I'm going to give you guys a slide show of some of my worst looks.
I want to motivate you because honestly, I didn't start caring about style 'til I was
30 years old 'til after I graduated business school and I knew I was going I wanted to
get into this industry.
I wanted to start my own company and I realized, wow, I need to actually dress well if I'm
going to sell custom clothing and then, eventually that morphed into Real Men Real Style and
what we do here.
But, the point being is only 25% of my life have I actually dressed or paid attention
to how I clothe my body.
A lot of you guys are starting off a lot younger or many of you guys maybe you're on your 50's
your 40's, you're having to reinvent yourself and I want you to know that it is never too
late to start dressing with style to own your image.
And, guys, go check out my courses.
The reason I put these courses together is to save you time to save you money to save
you the number three right there from making the mistakes I made.
That's it guys.
Hopefully you enjoy this video.
I'm going to have a little bit of fun with it.
I'll see you in the next video.
Take care.