﻿How To Easily Dress Up Your Jeans [0:00:00
The idea of framing is when you take an item and you... [Blooper][Music]
So, the first step to dressing up your jeans is to properly frame them. What do I mean by
that? Let me explain. The idea of framing is when you take an item and you surround it with pieces
that enhance it through their color and shape. You see this is in art all the time. Right here,
I’ve taken a print and I’ve had it professionally framed. Notice the white spacing? How the
frame itself compliments the image? And what you don’t see, glare on the glass,
is because I spent a little bit more money and got museum quality non-reflective glass.
And, one of the secrets of framing is it can take something that’s
average and make it look amazing. This picture right here, painted by my
sister-in-law, who is not a professional artist. Looks amazing, hung in our home
because of that beautiful custom-made frame. So, what does all this have to do with jeans? The
answer is simple. Take the right jeans, surround them with the right items that frame properly and
make them look dressier than they actually are. In today’s video, gents, I’m teaching you how to
easily dress up your jeans. [Music]
Now, before we lay out all the items that you can use to frame your jeans to dress them up,
to take them to the next level, let’s talk about what type of jeans you need
to have to be able to do this to start with. You see, inherently all jeans are casual and
certain washes certain fits are not going to be receptive to being dressed up. So, if you
want to have the option to dress up your jeans, these are the styles that you want to avoid.
Extreme fits, whether that’d be skinny or overly loose and baggy. Extreme wear, anything that looks
too warm, anything with holes. You want to be careful of extreme washes like a stone wash.
And understand that lighter colors, although, they can be dressed up especially in the summer,
you want to be careful because in general they’re much harder to dress up.
So, what does that leave us? Well-fitted dark-colored denim. So,
when I say well-fitted, that’s going to be slim cut, that’s going to be straight cut.
As long as it compliments your body and it looks good on your profile.
And by dark colors, I’m talking indigo, black, gray, dark blue, dark green,
maroon, colors like these I find are a lot easier than lighter colors to dress up.
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Let’s start with the foundation of your frame, upgrading your footwear. So,
if you’re wearing running shoes, drop those immediately, upgrade to some nicer sneakers.
A pair of leather sneakers right here, infinitely more stylish than, yeah, a pair of running shoes.
Sneakers and casual shoe though, they’re only going to take you so far. If you really want to
step it up, bring in a pair of dress shoes. And I’m not talking black Balmoral oxfords,
I’m talking something a little bit more stylish, something that maybe a brown color, you can go
for oxblood. But, you want to bring in a pair of dress shoes that are going to work with that dark
indigo. Maybe look at pair of double monks. Not a dress shoe guy, you want something a bit
more functional a bit more rugged especially maybe in inclement weather? Look for a pair of
classic boots. And, if those last boots were too boring, then upgrade your denim with a
pair of boots like these. You’ve got the broguing,
you’ve got a little bit of the polish design. Really, just a classic pair of boots. These
are going to upgrade your denim style. Not a big fan of the shine it sounds like
too much work? Then, look at suede. So many companies are making suede boots now that
are actually weather resistant, so it’s going to be easy to wear, easy to take care of.
This right here is going to work with black. This could even work with a gray.
It’s going to provide a bit of pop and it’s going to make that denim look good. Seriously, gents,
when it comes to boots, denim and upgrading your style, the options are endless.
[0:05:06] The next step to dressing up your denim,
wear the right shirt with your jeans. T-shirts are cool. I like Henley’s, v-necks are awesome,
but they really don’t do much to upgrade the look of your denim. Instead, go with the shirt
that has a collar. Dress shirts, casual button downs, polo shirts are all solid options.
Now, this next step seems obvious, but so few guys do it and that is
bringing in a lightweight stylish jacket. And if you guys that have followed my channel,
you guys know I love suede. Check out the jeans with this maroon jacket right here.
Doesn’t it make it pop? Look at this chocolate jacket right here, I mean, it really is a nice
contrast that indigo with the dark brown. And if I want a higher contrast, I can bring
in a jacket like this in a light gray. And check out this green and blue combination.
Maybe not for everybody, but I like it. And, of course, you don’t have to go for
suede, you can go for a classic brown leather jacket. Again, look at the contrast, overall,
this just elevates the whole outfit. Now, what about a sports jacket and jeans,
can you make this combination work? Of course you can. Here are some combinations I came up with.
First up, let’s look at the blue on blue combination. Some people say, “Oh, no,
don’t do that.” I think it’s great because you’ve got different materials with different properties,
a different feel to them. Notice how that blue flannel
jacket just really works I think with that blue denim. Solid combination there.
Now, if you want to spice things up a bit, bring in a pattern. Again,
sticking with the blue jacket, notice how it works again consistently with those blue jeans. Really,
a nice combination, easy to put together. Now, going with a little bit of a lighter
color going with a higher contrast and going with a little bit stronger of a pattern,
now notice how the sports jacket is working with that same colored denim.
I really like this combination. It is going to be more casual than those darker more solid
colors. At the same time, it just really the combination works, again, because of the brown
and even that lighter color, the contrast right there in the jacket works good with that denim.
And, what about gray? Well, gray jackets are great because they work with pretty much
anything. They’re a non-color, so with that blue there, actually it’s a relatively good look. I can
go with a little bit darker of a gray jacket if I wanted to and have a more formal look.
This one right here is pretty casual because of the contrast and the
lightness of the gray. But, still, a nice look. And, I get it, if sports jacket aren’t your thing,
you want some other options, let’s look at this jacket right here. This is a sweater
jacket. Again, we’re sticking with gray, non-color going to work with a lot of different outfits.
But, look at the fit, the overall feel of that is incredibly comfortable.
It works with the denim. It’s a double-breasted jacket, at the same time the material makes it
casual. This combination right here is solid. Jumping over to a single breasted sweater jacket
in dark blue. You could see the combination right here, maybe I would change up the shirt here.
But, for what I wanted to show is how this isn’t going to clash with the blue denim.
Again, because denim has a different consistency and a different look and overall feel to it,
no one’s going to think that you’re going to trying to put together a suit
combination here. They are just going to think, well, that’s – that’s a good look.
Now, what if it’s too hot for a sweater, are there other options? Yes, look at a shirt jacket. So,
a shirt jacket is a very lightweight jacket made from a shirt material, but made to be an
outer piece that you put on over a shirt. So, as you can see right here, this dark blue
shirt jacket, again, I can probably change up the shirt to give a bit more contrast.
But, what I wanted to show here is that a shirt jacket is another great option to really dress
up the jeans and take them to the next level. Now, these next three jackets right here in one
of my favorite colors, dark olive green. As you can see here, we’ve got one in a Mandarin
color. The overall style is going to set it apart from all the other jackets out there.
This other one here, the material, corduroy, is going to make a casual. At the same time, it works
with the denim. And then this one right here, it’s going to have four pockets on the front,
kind of a fatigue style, but very lightweight. And, let’s not forget the power of accessories.
You take those lightweight jeans and mix them with a linen shirt with a nice collar,
you bring in this hat. Boom! You’ve taken it to the next level.
Or what about a wool tie? Yeah, not as dressy as silk, but still,
it’s going to level up those jeans and looks perfect with the right shirt combination.
And, of course, don’t forget to bring in a good looking watch. Whether you choose an affordable
dive watch or you go with an everyday wear in a square case like this one right here. Guys,
this, again, is going to help to elevate the whole outfit.
So, what video to watch next? Well, how about where I explained exactly
how to wear those jeans with dress shoes? A lot of you guys have questions on this,
so I created a whole video right here where I explained in detail how to pull off this look.
You want to check it out? Boom! Click
the video right here. [0:09:21] End of audio