5 Brands I've Been Using For OVER 5 Years (And STILL Love)
[0:00:00] All right, gentlemen, I went through my closet
and I found five brands that over the last five years I’ve owned, I’ve loved, and
in some cases I have worn holes in some of these clothing I have for you right here.
And that’s actually key because you want to own clothing that you love, you want to
have a wardrobe you want to have set of outfits that every time you put it on, you feel like
a million bucks because then you’re going to wear it again and again, you’re going
to get your hard earned money’s value out of that clothing and that’s what’s today’s
video is all about.
[Music] So, the first brand I’m going to talk about
that’s been in my wardrobe for over five years is Sharp & Dapper.
Johan over at Sharp & Dapper introduced himself to me back in early 2012 when I was first
starting Real Men Real Style.
He’s like, “Antonio, let me send you some samples of this product I’m working on and
you can give me your feedback.”
Sure enough, he sent me these shirt garters.
And what’s funny is I remember seeing these in the Marine Corps.
I used these in the Marine Corps, but the ones he sent me were so much better quality.
I didn’t have the issue with them snapping back.
If you’re not familiar, this connects right here to the bottom of your shirt.
This connects to the top of your sock.
Through the elastic stretch it keeps your shirt tucked in, keeps your socks up all day.
And that’s what I love about this, very functional very simple.
This was his entire business for the first few years, then Johan started getting into
basically he got into the suspenders, braces.
Then, he got into different variations he got into accessories, beautiful neckties.
He started getting into variations of this.
This one right here if you check it out, it actually has three connections to the shirt,
one connection to the sock.
I actually – this works out really cool.
He’s always stayed true to his European roots, very formal very much about, you know,
keeping it classic style.
Go check out their website.
Great company.
I love what he’s doing.
And Johan came out to my last couple of conferences when it was called StyleCon, now it’s called
Menfluential which I’ll link to that by the way.
That’s coming up here in February of 2018.
Point being, this is a great company.
I watched him just grow and expand.
Highly recommended, you go check it out.
Brand number two that’s been in my wardrobe for over five years, gentlemen, Paul Evans.
And if you’ve been following Real Men Real Style since the beginning, you probably heard
me talk about Paul Evans.
They are one of our first sponsors and Evan over at Paul Evans, he’s been a big supporter
of what I do here.
Initially, what he did is he just sent me shoes, he sent me a check, he’s like, “Antonio,
I trust you.
Create great content around our products.”
And that’s what I did for the first few years at Real Men Real Style.
Nowadays, I have enough affiliate relationship with him.
That means if you follow the link I’ll get a small payments if you buy their shoes.
Their shoes I stand by them.
They’ve been around – I’ve got eleven pairs.
I wear this pair right here.
If you would not – if you’ve ever met me in person, chances are I’m probably wearing
these shoes.
These things are just my go-to dress shoe, they’re basically double monk strap in oxblood
and I can tell you I have put a lot of – I mean I’m already wearing this one pretty
bad over here on this – see this other one, yes, I probably need to get these things re-sewed,
these are Blake stitch.
At the end of the day, this is a great Italian made shoe and I’m proud to support them.
Now, one thing over at Paul Evans, I wasn’t too happy about I saw this like they increased
the price and I talked to the CEO about.
I asked Evan what’s going on.
He’s like, hey, we’ve increased the quality of the leather of the upper.
We’ve increased the quality of the build.
Everything we’ve done, we’ve stepped it up.
Now, we did say that they’ve got an entry level shoe and I got an early sample of this.
I’m going to link to them down in the description.
These are 60% the normal price of all their other shoes.
The reason he did this he said, I’m going to keep this at the old construction level.
He also uses a rubber sole.
All of this enabled him to bring the price down a bit, again, 60% of what they normally
sell for and I’m like what – is there anything else you can do.
I’ve got a $100 discount code for you.
You can only use it once and it’s going to be down in the description RMRS100.
Go check it out.
You can use that code on anything over at Paul Evans, but this is a company I’ve been
with for years.
Again, I know the founders and I wanted to get you guys a great discount code, so go
use it.
Item number three that’s been in my wardrobe for over five years, Anson Belt and Buckle.
And, guys, they’re not the sponsor of this video, I just love this company.
I love what they represent, it’s a father-son company.
I watched them early on in their early days.
They sent me a sample.
They’re like, hey, Antonio we see you got a custom suiting company, this is when I had
a tailored suit, check out our belts, maybe you want to cross sell them to some of your
customers.
I just love them.
I did a review and I started talking about them, I sent them some traffic, created some
sales.
I love the fact that you’ve got Frank and David, this father-son just working together
to grow this idea.
They basically use a micro adjust system on the belt, every quarter inch it adjust.
Now, what I love about the strap is they send you I think it’s like 52 inches and you
can cut to adjust to your length.
The customer service, guys, I’ve heard of people actually cutting an inch too short
and all of a sudden it doesn’t work for them anymore.
It doesn’t fit and they just simply reach out the Anson Belt and Buckle, they replace
it, no problem.
[0:05:01] But for me, it’s the belt system and that’s
what I latched on to it.
If you’ve got three straps of, you know, various colors, you have something maybe with
a little bit of fun, a little bit of patriotic right there.
But, one buckle you’ve got three different belts, three buckles you’ve got nine different
belts which I talk about all the time about interchangeability.
So, for me to support this company and, you know, it’s quality made belt, I find that
these things stand up to the test of time, they’re well made and I’m proud to support
them.
Brand number four that’s been in my wardrobe over five years, gentlemen, RibbedTee.
I’ve known Mike over at RibbedTee since 2008.
He’s probably the first other business owner in the menswear space that he just reached
out to me, sent me a message saying, Antonio, I love what you’re doing, how can we work
together.
And that’s oftentimes what happens at business.
But, the other day, I am wearing this particular shirt and this what prompted this video.
I’m laying on my bed, one of my daughters reaches up and says, daddy, you have a hole
in your shirt.
I’m like, what?
How do I have a hole in – and, yes, I did.
I had a hole in the armpit of this RibbedTee shirt that I have had and I went back and
I looked at the date on it, I looked at everything here.
I’m like I’ve had this shirt for over five years, hence kind of prompted the video.
The point is RibbedTee is an awesome undershirt.
And I’ve got undershirts that cost a lot more than RibbedTee, but what I go back to
with this one is the fit is the stretch cotton is how also I love it on the V how it’s
a deep V. Right now, I’m wearing a RibbedTee because whenever I keep my shirt unbuttoned
like this, I don’t have to worry about showing my undershirt which you’ve probably seen
on some of my other videos.
Even though I love those undershirts, sometimes they’re a little bit higher in that V and
I want something that, you know, isn’t going to show, so I love that about RibbedTee.
And, guys, great company, I’m going to link to them down in the description.
Item number five that’s been on my wardrobe for over five years, Leather Honey Leather
Conditioner.
Guys, if you have leather seats in your car, if you have leather bags, if you have leather
portfolios, leather shoes, leather belts and I’ve got a lot of this leather stuff.
I was worried about how it’s going to stand up to the test of times, it’s going to start
to crack.
And I actually I had a bag that I wanted to get to look nicer, I’m trying to figure
out what to do, so I found Leather Honey ordered their product and that stuff was awesome.
I took an old pair of shoes that have been outside, these were old pair of leather shoes
that were starting to get cracks on them and, no, it didn’t heal the cracks, but it actually
did make the leather more supple.
So, I reached out to the founders, Ariel and Sean over there, it’s a family-owned business
and I just love what they’re about.
Now, I have also used their leather cleaner.
I’m talking about the conditioner, that’s something that you use to keep the leather
supple and for it to maintain, you know, it’s just it’s nice feeling not to crack when
it dries out or when it gets wet and then it loses the moisture.
The leather cleaner, this is separate and this is also something I recommend.
And this is – what I like it comes in a concentrated bottle, you mix it to a one part
to every eight parts of water and this allows you to basically clean dirty leather.
But, leather is one of those things that you invest a lot of money into it, so you might
as well take care of it.
Again, I know the founders of this company, I highly recommend them.
I’m going to link to them over at Amazon down on the description.
Okay.
So, an honorable mention to Pete and Pedro.
Sorry, Aaron, I have not been using your product for five years, but it was coming in, it was
like four-and-a-half years that I’ve been a big fan of Pete and Pedro.
My favorites are the paste, the putty, and the clay.
And you may be saying, okay, Antonio, I’d like to try multiple samples, how can I do
that?
Well, it just so happens I’ve got an affiliate relationship with Aaron where if you buy two,
you can get one free.
So, I’m going to link to that particular page down in the description.
But, guys this is the product that I use the vast majority of the time.
I’m experimenting with a few other different products, but I keep coming back to Pete and
Pedro because, hey, the founder is a great friend and I think it’s a superior product.
All right, gentlemen now it’s your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments what brands have you been using again and
again?
What are your go-to products, your go-to companies that never let you down?
I want to hear from you guys down in the description.
Let me know if you agree, disagree if you’ve had issues with any of the brands I’ve talked
about.
But, definitely go check them out, support them.
Again, non-sponsored video here, I do have some affiliate relationships, so please use
the links.
But, at the end of the day, I’m just proud to support these companies because I know
each and every one of the founders and they’re good guys and I really think that their products
are well worth the money.
All right, gentlemen that’s it.
Take care.
I’ll see you in the next video.
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