What's up you guys? It's Jose Zuniga.... Who am I kidding?
I was trying to dress the part but this is too much, it's Florida, I'm gonna cook
in this. So for today's video, I'm gonna go over five expert layering tips, so you
can be killing it this season. You see layering is a beautiful thing and when
your style IQ reaches that level that you can compose those intricately
layered outfits, you'll literally have people drooling over your style, that's
just how it goes. One, you never want to over layer, biggest layering mistake. I
see guys make it that fluster them, is that they put too many layers on. You
probably think you need about ten layers of clothing to look stylish and complex,
you don't. Layering is actually very simple when broken down, for example,
something as simple as adding a t-shirt under a flannel, boom
you're already layering. So don't fluster yourself or overthink of needing so
many layers. Personally, you shouldn't wear more than three to four layers at a
time. Number two, it's all about visual proportions.The whole point in layering,
other than its functional purpose to keep you warm, it's to create depth and
show creativity in your outfit. And you can't do this if your layers aren't
visible. So play with different proportions and length, when you layer
to make sure each layer is visible. And there are two ways you can do this,
either forward layering or reverse layering. Forward layer is when each
consecutive hemline you add gets longer and longer, this is the traditional and
"proper" menswear way to do it. For example, you have your dress shirt,
then you have a suit jacket that's a little bit longer, and then you have a
top coat that's longer than your suit jacket. But reverse layering a.k.a what
Kanye did, basically turned all that over on its head, here you make your base
layers longer than your outer layers. Again your reverse layering, so you would
start with the longline tee, then let's say you would pile a bomber over it. This
is a more casual and street wear approach but nonetheless achieves the
goal of exposing each layer, which is exactly what you want. You see with me at
the end of the day this whole style thing is a process, you have to put
thought into it to make sure your outfits are properly executed, so in the
morning I take it step by step whether it be layering, choosing the right shoes,
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The third layering rule you should follow is that thicker fabrics always go
on the exterior layer. This is a rule that both street wear and menswear
enthusiasts must follow. You want to layer your fabrics in the order of
thickness, in other words, your thinner fabrics go against your skin and your
thicker fabrics go on the outer layers. This ensures that, A: you don't look like
a puffy snowman, by stuffing something thick under something thin, and B: both
layers served with their purpose. The outer layer insulates all your body heat
and keeps it inside and the thinner inner layers allows it to ventilate
through your body making sure your temperature is regulated and warm.
The fourth layering rule is to mix your fabrics and textures, you never want to
mix or lay your fabrics are too close and color and texture.
The safest way to go is to make sure that there is enough contrast in
whatever garments you mix that it looks purposeful. The best way I can show you
what I mean is, for example, you will never mix suit separates of the same
color and texture, it just looks weird. The better option would be to switch
either the top or the bottom with a completely different fabric, that drastic
contrast shows intent and it's a way more stylish combo. And for the final
rule it's all about patterns. Like you've already noticed there's already a lot
going on when you do a layered outfit, when you add patterns into the mix it
just makes it more confusing. I recommend you limit your patterns in a layered
outfit to one to two patterns tops. And always follow the basic pattern rule,
make sure that the density and thickness of the patterns you're using are
drastically different and they clash. If they're too similar it'll create an
optical illusion headache for anyone that lays their eyes on you, which now
that I'm thinking about it could be a good thing when you're talking to women.
Don't go around saying "Jose told you hypnotize women" that's not what
I'm saying, but you definitely don't want to do that because on the regular basis
you'll just be confusing people, you want to make sure your patterns are
completely different. That's it for me today guys, I hope you enjoyed it. If you
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That's it for me today, see you next time!