I might need a little help when it
comes to putting my outfit together,
and for years stylist Darcy Camden
has come to my rescue and here she
is again with dues and don'ts.
Hey Darcy High St how are you doing?
We're talking about outfits
for dating and date night.
So whether you're in a relationship or
you're venturing into the dating world,
dipping a toe back end,
we've got some style tips because I
think men everyone but men especially
are feeling a little bit confused
right now about what to wear.
Yeah, I don't think my wife
necessarily cares too much what I wear.
She'll be so excited that we
actually are going out on a date,
but you do wanna make a great
first impression if you're in
entering the whole dating world.
And I do think style is something
that some men struggle with.
I think most important are,
so we've got it sort of.
Section is like dos and don'ts.
OK, and our first do is that you do
want to wear something that you like
that feels authentic and this is
important as a first thing to talk about
because this is always the first thing.
That I talked to my clients about
when we're starting to build a
wardrobe for life or dating when
you wear something that you like,
it feels like a burst of energy and
everyone I can see it immediately and in
my clients posture their face lights up.
They smiled.
That's the energy you want to take
into a date and so branching out,
experimenting with new things,
trying new things,
shopping for things you don't have.
Just don't buy something unless
you really like it,
and it feels good to you.
Now now I'm hearing something.
There's a new term that's being
floated around hard pants,
hard pants versus soft pants.
OK, so soft. Pants are basically
sweatpants and a lot of people.
Men can wear soft pants all the time.
They can wear them to work if
they're working from home.
They can wear them when
they're doing errands.
They have no real reason to give up
their soft pants except for dating.
So hard pants are jeans, essentially,
anything that's not a sweatpant.
OK, so you gotta get back to
jeans or something like that.
This is my client, Scott,
and he's proving that you can
actually sit in comfortable jeans,
a comfortable pair of denim does exist.
It's by a brand called Doer.
We'll have a link on the website feel these.
They're not hard. They're not that hard.
No, these aren't.
We can get back to jeans, guys,
we can't and the their cut is just perfectly.
Slim leg, it looks great with a blazer.
It's elevated, it's great.
And if you like a jogger style,
if that's what you really love about,
sweatpants is sort of the jogger style.
They have a version that's
jogger style as well.
OK, another rule in these dues
and don'ts thing that I understand
you're saying is do have a third
piece third piece. Why is that?
OK? So third piece is a fashion
term for what you wear with a shirt
and your pants so shirt pants?
Third thing OK, it could be a Jean jacket.
It could be a blazer.
You're rocking a third piece right now.
Ohh, it could be a shacket which is a
term that combines shirt and jacket.
And here's a really cool one from Madewell,
so it's great for summer
cause it's really thin.
It's not lined,
it's a little heavier than a shirt you
might wear it over a nice T shirt and
it just sort of finishes your look.
It has a nice collar.
Another third piece option would be a blazer,
and if you go shopping for a
blazer to wear on a date night,
you wanna look for something soft.
This one from Calvin Klein at Macy's.
It feels not unlike a sweatshirt like
it's really comfortable and lightweight.
Wow, I guess men have gotten so
used to being comfortable that
that's something you're looking for.
You want to make them comfortable,
comfortable? Yeah you should be able
to move around, you know, give a hug.
What about shoes? I understand I
think you told me this years ago.
Women always look at the shoes
you think everyone pays
attention to suit shoes.
Shoes are important.
I say they're like the punctuation
on the end of a sentence.
So we're going from we're trying to go
from question mark to exclamation point.
It changes the whole thing,
and I think everyone needs for dating a pair
of leather sneakers like these geese so.
These are under $100.
Yeah there by Cole Haan.
I can always find them at Nordstrom Rack,
so that's where I go to find them.
Like 80 bucks.
And I think they work with jeans.
I think they work in.
They're just perfect because
they're a little bit dressy.
Yeah, but they're not too serious.
And now with this your belt,
you want your belt to match this great
point? Yes, you and you can take
your shoe over to the belt section.
Ohh and match it.
So yeah, get you want one if
you're wearing a brown shoe,
you want a brown belt. If you are
ever in doubt, is it OK
to ask what should I wear
absolutely and I think I worry that some
people are are thinking that everybody
else has got just everything figured out
when it comes to fashion and they're the
only ones who are struggling and we've
had a real stylistic paradigm shift in our
culture and everyone's a little bit shaky.
So if you are going on a date.
Maybe with somebody new and
you don't know what to wear.
It's absolutely OK to have a light
conversation about it before you go.
Maybe something like.
Ohh, I haven't been to that
restaurant in a long time,
or I've never been there.
What do you wear?
And you can sort of bond.
It's can be a moment of connection
because I bet the person you're going
on a date with is also thinking gosh,
what do I wear?
Yeah that's perfect, alright,
you know dating has gotten a
little complicated these days.
I'm wondering when it comes to online dating.
Hmm, I've heard that the hardest
thing to do is to set up that.
Profile picture you don't
wanna be swiped the wrong way.
Do you have any tips about that?
I really think it's great to either hire
a professional photographer or maybe ask a
friend who has a nice camera to take some
current pictures of you that you like.
I find when I I often work with clients
who are partnering with the photographer
to get photos for their dating profile
and it is such like a cool experience
to see a great picture of yourself.
To have a gallery of pictures that you like,
and that's what you're sort of putting
out that positive energy into as
you're venturing into dating is really,
it's really high impact.
Yeah, a little self confidence
goes a long way, you know,
and I have to say that Darcy
helped me find this jacket.
These pants and these shoes.
She knows what she's talking about.
Thank you so much, Darcy.