How To Look Sharp Without A Suit
[0:00:00] Dressing sharp does not equal wearing a suit.
I don’t know where this definition came about but a suit is just a particular outfit.
There are many times that you don’t want to wear a suit.
It’s hot.
It’s the wrong occasion.
It’s not what you want to wear.
Now there are occasions when you do need to wear a suit.
You’re applying for a job and everyone at the company wear suits.
That makes sense.
But a lot of times you simply want to put your best foot forward and you don’t want
to wear a suit.
So, how to look sharp without wearing a suit, gentlemen, that is the subject of today’s
video.
Tip #1 to looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is nailed the fit.
You’ve probably heard me say fit before.
Fit, fit, fit, fit is king.
Know the name of your tailor.
Take everything to get adjusted including your casual clothing.
There’s nothing wrong with getting your jeans to fit a bit better to taking every
shirt in your casual and your dress wardrobe and getting it particularly broaden maybe
darted in on the side.
Maybe you buy the particular brand that’s going to fit you right in the shoulders.
But when you find a brand that works for you, maybe you get clothing custom adjusted or
you get it custom build to fit your body type.
You’re going to find it just looks better.
Tip #2 to looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is to practice putting outfits together and
wear them.
Because what happens when you practice is you start to develop your go to outfits.
These go to outfits you feel great in.
Because you feel great in them you become confident.
I can tell you nothing is more attractive than a man who’s confident in simply the
clothing and how he represents himself.
So you start of maybe with a bit of stretch, maybe wearing a shirt of this color, of this
style, of this design is a stretch for you.
Then you go into shirts like this.
Then you start going into shirts like this and what you find is because you practice
you get stronger.
You feel more confident in your style, your ability and all of a sudden you’re leaving
the jacket the suits at home and you’re able to look great in something that maybe
a year ago you wouldn’t have had the courage to wear it.
Tip #3 accessorize with authority.
There’s this great quote with Jack Nicholson.
I asked Jack, why do you wear your sunglasses all the time?
Are you sensitive to the light?
What’s going on?
He says when I wear my shades I’m Jack Nicholson.
Without them, I’m a balding 60-year-old man.
I like that quote cause it’s funny.
But I also like it because what it does it stresses that even Jack Nicholson wanted to
have signature accessory, a signature piece that people when they saw him they knew that’s
Jack.
I can recognize it.
You can develop this.
You can have a signature piece that is go to for you.
Maybe not sunglasses but maybe a hat.
Maybe very functional for the hotter areas of the country or the world.
Maybe it’s going to be a bracelet, beads.
Maybe it’s going to be jewelry.
Maybe it’s going to be a necklace.
It could be something as timeless and simple as a watch.
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Tip #4 to sharp without a suit.
Don’t wear a suit jacket but still wear a jacket of some kind.
There are a wide variety of jackets out there.
So this jacket right here this is what you typically think of in a suit jacket.
So a solid navy blue maybe dark charcoal grey or a black.
But all of a sudden you start to bring colors like this.
This is a sports jacket.
The great thing about a sport jacket it builds up your shoulders, leans up your midsection,
makes you look taller.
You can bring colors like this on a pocket square.
And for a lot of guys this is going to be a great step.
These are not suits.
Suits are jackets and trousers made from the same fabric.
Sports jackets are made from their own fabric not with a particular pair of trousers and
often times bolder fabrics, bolder patterns, and I think can go great with dark colored
denim.
You can wear them with wide variety of odd trousers and they even come in more casual
build.
This one is made from cotton, a very tough build right here.
I could actually wear this to a job site if I was an engineer.
[0:05:01] You can even go for a denim jacket.
Yes.
A denim jacket.
I would put not in the same level of formality but it’s much more casual.
Again, you’re going to get something that’s going to trim up your midsection, make you
looked a little bit taller, lean up your silhouette by creating a monochromatic look.
Look at this jacket I’m wearing.
You can wear leather jackets.
You can wear suede jackets.
All this does is it just makes you look stronger, more masculine.
There are certain fabrics like leather and suede that actually have a very masculine
feel to it.
Tip #5 to looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is to bring in the vest particularly to bring
in the odd vest.
An odd vest is a vest that is made to stand on its own.
It’s made individually.
They’re usually made a little bit longer.
They’re also made of higher quality and with fabrics they’re going to be a little
louder, a little bit more attention grabbing, and that’s why I like them because you can
wear this with denim.
You can wear it with a dark pair of slacks and when you wear this over a dresser it can
bring, very similar to a jacket.
It can trim you up at bit.
It can build up the arm especially if you take care of your chest and your arm area,
you work out quite a bit, it can really allow you to show that part of your body off.
Tip #6 to looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is to take your grooming from good to great.
How to do that?
Small improvements, guys.
Just simply look at yourself in the mirror and say have I been rocking the same hairstyle
for two years.
Ever since I got out of the military I know I was guilty of wearing short hair all the
time.
I just liked it.
It was easy to take care of but really I was used to it.
I started doing different things with it.
I started using different hair products.
If you want, maybe you got something that doesn’t have any shine.
Maybe go from a shiner look.
Go from a gel maybe to a paste.
Try the different things out there and really experiment with your hair.
Then look at your face.
All of a sudden hey can I actually maybe try growing a beard.
Maybe you’ve already grown a beard but you want to trim it differently.
Pay attention to the small details of the outline here and around the neck.
What this does is when people see you pay all this attention to the grooming details,
they’re going to look at other details like your shoes, like the way that you put yourself
together and it’s going to help to highlight your entire overall style.
Looking sharp without a suit tip #7 look to take your footwear up to the next level.
One of the easiest things you can do is look at what you’re already wearing and look
to go up a higher level of quality.
So if you already wear work boots, why not wear a dress boot that actually is very classic
in design, is made from higher quality leather, can be resole, uses really just a beautiful
looking boot that you can wear casually.
Maybe you work in a very conservative company and they want to keep things really simple.
Why not go in for a two-tone, a very muted two-tone overall but something that it’s
not going to grab attention.
When people see that especially people in the [0:07:43][inaudible] like wow he’s got
a little bit of style.
I like what he’s doing within the limitations of the company.
But I do think that if you take your footwear to the next level, it’s an easy way to upgrade
your style.
You don’t even have to wear a suit.
Tip #8 for looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is to bring color into your wardrobe.
So most of us when it comes to dress shirt, we’ve got the blues and the whites and I
think these are great for setting your foundation.
But then we get stuck there.
We never think to bring in any color.
If you’ve got your based shirts down and they fit you great and everything else you’ve
nailed, look to start experimenting and having fun with color.
There’s nothing wrong with a man actually bringing pink into is wardrobe.
Lavender and variations of that I think is another great combination.
This one actually has a little bit of herringbone pattern in there.
For those of you that are in a very casual environment, you start to bring in patterns
like this that also have a purplish and a blue in it and you don’t have to keep it
to the shirt guys.
Talking about those jackets you can bring in, a simple pocket square.
You can bring it into your necktie.
You can even have it with a contrasting in your shoes.
The point I want to make gentlemen is that color is underused in men’s wardrobe.
If you can find a way to bring in just a little bit of color into some of your favorite outfits
it’s going to help you stand out from the pack.
Tip #9 for looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, take your bag game to the next level.
So you want to invest in something that is going to stand up to the test of time.
Get better with age and something that you can spend once, maybe cry about because the
price was high but over time it actually gets better.
This is something that goes with you as you travel in your journey throughout life.
Like this right here.
So a leather bag like this when you’re carrying this to the airport it’s something that
you know it just gets better and better with time.
Something you would pass on to your son.
Maybe you are a man who is on the road two or three days a week traveling in and out
of your car, this would be a great bag.
Find the right bag for you and then invest in quality.
Tip #10 for looking sharp without a suit, gentlemen, is to make sure everything in your
wardrobe you loved it.
Because what you don’t want to have is a wardrobe full of items that you’re ah about.
What you want to have is a much smaller wardrobe that every single item in there when I put
it on I feel great.
Because then it doesn’t have to be a suit and you’re going to look sharp.
You’re going to look great.
You’re going to feel great and you’re going to be confident.
[0:09:57] Alright, gentlemen, now it’s your turn.
I want to hear from you down the comments.
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What could I have done to make it better?
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That’s it guys.
Take care.
I’ll see you in the next video.
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