﻿How To Dress For Your Age [0:00:00]
[Sound effect] So, let’s start this
video off comparing two men aged 21 and 51, wearing pretty much the same thing,
a t-shirt and jeans. Now, in your opinion, which of the two guys looked better?
Now, hold that thought. Let’s do another comparison. Let’s compare
a 19-year old and a 40-year old, this time dressing up a bit wearing a suit.
Now, assuming all factors being the same except for age, in general,
we’re going to see that younger men look better in casual clothing, older men look better
in dressier clothing. The question though is why? And what does it mean to dress your age?
Well, gentlemen, that’s the subject of today’s video is I give you a master class on how to dress
your age and why it matters. [Music]
Let’s start things off with Michael. He’s 27 years old, just graduated business school awhile back
out of Boston. He now lives over in New Jersey, but he’s working in New York and
he’s starting a new career as a consultant. Personally, he likes to think of himself as a
fun guy. He grew up in the southeast, went to Clemson, been dating the same girl for about
two to three years. They love doing outdoor activities. And, really, he’s just not a
suit and tie kind of guy. As for his body type, well, he’s about 5’7”, 160lbs, and muscular.
So, the question is how does Michael dress for his age? Well, the answer is relatively easy. He just
has to answer five simple questions. Question number one. What’s the dress
code? Question number two. What are the societal expectations? Question number three. What’s the
weather? Paying attention to your physical environment. Question number four. What’s
your body type? And, question number five. What do you want your clothing to express?
Now, in Michael’s case, he’s got a couple of dress codes. When he’s off work when he’s at home,
casual. But, whenever he’s at work he’s in the office in New York City dealing with high net
worth clients, guess what? He’s got to dress it up, he’s got to look the part of the consultant.
Next up, we’ve got societal expectations. This is what we expect from a 27-year old
up-and-coming young businessman. Well, again, in the city, they expect him to look the part, to
actually wear clothing that fits their body. These are societal expectations for a consultant.
Now, if you are working in construction in the same city, are we going to expect you to wear the
same type of clothing that a consultant wear? Of course not. But, there is a societal expectation
for somebody that does high level thinking work. Next up, his physical environment. He’s working
indoors, got a white-collar job. This is something when the weather the temperature is controlled,
so most of the time he’s expected to wear clothing that, yeah, if it was overly hot outside,
he may want to loosen that collar, but probably wearing a necktie or at least wearing a collared
shirt is going to be something he wants to do. Next up, body type. He’s got a muscular build,
so he wants to show that off. He wants to wear clothing that fits his body.
Also, when he wears close-fitted clothing that looks good on his body, it makes him
look taller. It slims up that silhouette. He also wears shoes with a little bit of a heel,
not that he’s got a complex about his height, he just simply likes to
be able to look at all his peers eye to eye. And, finally, Michael pays attention to what
he wants his clothing to say, how he’s going to express himself through what he puts on his
body. And he knows he loves bright colors, he likes bringing in some interesting patterns,
maybe a floral, not overpowering. He uses it, he layers with it and he’s able to bring it into a
relatively conservative environment because he knows how to make it work in his wardrobe.
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get you the best deal. Use it or lose it. Next up, let’s talk about Sid. He’s a 19-year
old student down at Dallas, Texas and he wants to dress for his age. He wants to understand
what does this mean for me as a teenager. Again, let’s just ask the same five questions
starting off first up, what’s the dress code? In most situations in Sid’s life, it is casual
or even ultra casual. In fact, when he goes to school pretty much people wearing their pajamas.
But, here’s the thing, Sid has aspirations. He’s not only getting a major in Business,
but also in Engineering. This guy wants to change the world. He wants to design apps and he wants to
sell them. He wants to be incredibly successful. So, Sid is meeting a lot of people that are, you
know, just up-and-coming successful entrepreneurs stopping by the campus. So, you know what I’m
going to recommend for Sid? To step up his style, to make it show that his uniform of the day
is a bit dressier than the other students. Why? Because Sid has something that he’s
going for. And, the dress code even though no one is saying because you look around,
it could be casual, Sid wants to set himself apart, so that his professors take notice.
Next, societal expectations, what are they? For a 19-year old, they’re relatively low. You’ve got a
lot of leeway here. You can experiment. This is a time to try new things. But, if you do dress up,
understand for a lot of society, this is something it’s different it’s not expected.
You will have your friends who will be asking you why are you so dressed up, why are you wearing,
you know, simply even a collared shirt, everyone else is wearing t-shirts and you
know they have you know jeans and old stuff. Now, you can dress down and I’m not saying that
is going to hurt you in most situations. But, there are situations that you are going to need
to set out of that societal expectation. And that’s why dressing up for a younger person
is usually very difficult because everyone around them is so casual and when they do
step it up a bit, they stand apart. When you stand apart, a lot of other people,
it makes them uncomfortable. So, understand societal expectations when you want to step up
your style as a young man, it’s going to actually some people are going to try to pull you down.
But, that is expected if you understand that the standard for society is relatively low.
Next up, what’s weather, your physical environment? So, in Dallas, Texas,
it’s dry and hot, especially during that summer during that fall. You want to wear clothing that’s
going to allow the air to go in and out. I talked about linen a little bit earlier.
That’s a great option. Going for a little bit looser, you still want your clothing to fit,
you want it to look good, but you want to maybe go for longer sleeves. Just roll up those sleeves.
Go for trousers that are breathable. Find ways that you can still dress up, but you don’t have
to do over the top. You don’t have to go – me, I’m in Wisconsin, I love the sweater jackets,
they’re not going to work for everybody though. But you will be able to wear them maybe in the
fall. You’ll be able to wear them throughout the winter, maybe in the spring. But,
it is something if you’re going to be spending a lot of time indoors like most of your classes, you
can actually bring something to layer in class, I know, you know, it can get cold in there.
So, pay attention, understand where you’re at, but know that you want to set the tone,
because, again, if you’re going over and doing interviews in the business school,
you want to make sure that you’ve at least got a blazer or even a suit that you can have to step
up your game when you need to interview. Next up, let’s talk about Sid’s body type.
He’s a tall skinny guy. And this is something he wants to make sure when he
wears his clothing that it looks right. Now, you can wear a t-shirt and jeans,
but you’re going to look lanky. If you actually wear clothing and start to layer it, it’s not
going to make you necessarily look muscular, but it is going to add a bit of weight and
it’s going to make you look better proportioned. And, finally, Sid needs to answer the question,
what does he want his clothing to express? What message does he wanted to convey to the world?
Well, like I said, he’s spending a lot of time over in the boring engineering
and business department, so let’s face it, everyone dresses the same over there.
He wants to set himself apart from the crowd. So, this is where he brings in unique stylistic
pieces. He doesn’t want to look like an old guy, at the same time, he realizes that classic styles
are classic and he could spend a little bit more money on these pieces.
He can bring in some fun patterns, bring in some bright colors,
all of a sudden, again, he’s standing out from the crowd, he’s looking good, and he’s getting
compliments and feeling good about himself. Next up, we’ve got Miguel, 52 years old,
living out in the Los Angeles area, newly single. Now, Miguel is about 5’10” and for
the majority of his life, he stayed at about 175lbs. But, about 10 years ago, he had an
injury and he had to stop running and he gained about 25lbs most of which is in the midsection.
He’s worked in the entertainment industry on and off for the last 15 years and like I said he’s
newly single and he’s starting to date again. [0:10:02]
So, the first question is what’s the dress code? And it may not seem like there’s any
because of the vast majority of the time, Miguel is working from home on his computer. However, he
does have Zoom meetings. Once a week, he does go in and see the client that he’s engaging with.
So, he still wants to dress sharp occasionally. And, I would even argue, he would want to dress
sharp more when he’s working, so that he performs at a higher level. Because the data is very clear,
gents, whenever you dress the part, even if you’re at home working, you’re going to be more on point,
you’re going to be more productive when you’re working from home.
And now, let’s address societal expectations for men in their 50s. They’re definitely higher
than for teenagers. But, they’re not too high especially here in the United States, which
is too bad because I personally think when I see an older guy, this is a guy that you will expect
to have his life together at this point. This is the man that you want to go to for advice.
And I advice you if you’re at this point to start dressing that part. You may not know,
yeah, you may still have a lot of things going on your life that need to be improved,
but you want to look the part. Because when you start dressing up
when you start improving your style, all of a sudden people look to you as a man of respect
especially, again, from – he’s out there dating, he never knows when he’s going to run into just,
you know, the next woman that’s he’s going to want to get – build a relationship with.
And it maybe something, hey, he wants to look the part, not necessarily of a professor, but
look the part of a professional. So, whenever he’s sharing with somebody his story, whether that’d
be a potential new client, whether that’d be a potential partner that they take him seriously.
The next question, the weather, your physical environment. Most people think Southern California
sunny beautiful year round. Not exactly the case and it depends on where you live. If
you’re more inland in the desert area, at night it gets cool even in that hot summer.
And, over on the coast when you’re near the water, it gets cool especially at night.
And, Southern California during the winter actually gets down into the 40s the 50s. I
know not super cold for you guys up in Canada, but you know for guys in California, they definitely
want to have sweaters, you want to have option. So maybe you look at that sweater jacket, look at
that shirt jacket, look at layering, such a great options especially during that time of the year.
But, this guy right here, you know, Miguel, really wants to be thinking, hey,
I want to have a wardrobe, again, that sends that signal that I am somebody worth talking to.
Now, let’s talk body type and this one is important for Miguel because like I said
he’s got 25 extra pounds around the midsection. This guy was a runner, he doesn’t lift weights,
his arms are relatively thin, his legs are relatively thin.
He wants though to build up the shoulders. Anytime you can build up the shoulders, anytime you can
slim up the waist, you’re going to get a more masculine profile when people see you and they
approach you. And it’s just something for health. You don’t want to have, you know, if you’ve got
that really big and you’re highlighting that you’ve got that big midsection with the t-shirt,
that’s just not a great look. You want to build up those shoulders,
it’s going to make you look stronger, it’s going to make you look more attractive, it’s going to
make you look someone that’s more confident. Why? Because it looks like you’re healthy and
healthy people are assumed to be a bit smarter. Yes, it’s unfair, but that is the way it is. So,
when you layer up, when you just build up those shoulders when you make those arms those hands
look a little bit larger, this is a great look for you, Miguel, and one that you want
to maximize with the right clothing choices. And now, let’s talk about Miguel’s wants. What
message does he want his clothing to send? When he walks into a room, he wants to command respect. He
wants to look like the guy, he wants to come off as confident. He wants people to trust him and not
second guess his judgment and make him do all these work because they don’t believe
the information he is giving. It’s simply people make judgments on
you based off of their first impressions and a negative first impression can really hurt
especially in a professional environment and definitely in a personal engagement
when you’re trying to get to know somebody. So, what does Miguel do? He pays attention to
the details, his bags his accessories. He’s really got a nice leather bag because he’s
always pulling that computer out whether he’s showing a client mockups or, again,
you know he’s just simply, you know, working at a coffee shop and he sees, you know,
that cute woman that he’s been wanting to talk to for a while, so he wants to send the tone.
He pays attention to his accessories, all of his pocket squares, his neckties.
He actually wears neckties. Why not? Because he has to. But, he wears them because he loves
the way that they just bring the whole outfit together and he chooses a lot of wool a lot
of different varieties. He brings in color with his accessories because he knows it
makes him pop and standout from the crowd. All right, gents, so what video to watch next?
How about the perfect hairstyle for your age? I talked about clothing in today’s
video. In this video, I talk about the different hairstyles whether you’re 40,
whether you’re 30, whether you’re 20, whether you’re in your 50s, you’re going to find the
right hairstyle for you right here. [laughs] Come on, click on it. I’m
tired of holding it up. [0:14:31] End of audio