Hi I'm Kirby Allison. Thank you for all of your comments and questions that you
guys have posted after reading them all and answering as many as possible I've
selected five that we're gonna feature in today's Q&A video. Each of these
individuals I have selected will receive a complimentary pair of our Sovereign
Grade shoelaces as a token of our appreciation for their participation in
today's Q&A video. I'm going to be answering questions you've asked about
me on Instagram. Our first question today is from Vindasl and it reads "When and
why did you decide that the way you present yourself to the world was
important?" A great question! Over time and with experimentation
I noticed that invariably I was treated better if I was dressed nicer. You know
there's a few things that really impact how one forms their initial impression
of you and and variably how they treat you and that is how well you're dressed
and how well you speak and so it just was through experience you know of
traveling through the airport dressed in a suit and tie with the hat or going to
a restaurant you know dressed well again in a suit and tie that I noticed that
the better I was dressed always the better I was treated so as I've grown
older and with this experience behind me you know I really make a point more and
more to dress in a suit and tie as you see me today especially when traveling
or going out with my family. If you have any doubt whether this would work for
you I encourage you to give it a try the next time that you're traveling through
an airport or going to a nice restaurant dressing up and putting a little bit of
extra effort into your outfit having a nice tie jacket a well shined pair of
shoes clean hands even a pocket square our hat just makes a tremendous
difference in terms of how you're treated for more suggestions or insight
into this topic I encourage you to take a look at our 8 secrets of the
well-dressed video where we really dive in to detail some of the hallmarks of a
well-dressed gentleman. Our second question today is from @callsign_pipboy
and it reads "What brand of glasses do you wear?" So, a great question the glasses
I wear are a Francois Pinton from Paris. that these are acetate frame
glasses and I have a pair of seeing glasses and a pair of sunglasses made
from Francois Penton absolutely love them they're nice and light on the face
but I'm also having a pair of bespoke horn glasses made in Paris from Atelier
Bowden and you can see me visiting their Atelier in Paris to have my second
fitting and an upcoming Parisian City tour video. Next we have a question from
hello_welcome_TOC and it reads "What kind of hair product do you use?" so I actually
use a water-soluble cream based hair product that's more like a pomade now
it's not a grease based and is not a gel and the reason I like it is because one
it gives a much softer look while still clumping together and providing a little
bit of additional volume to your hair but it also washes out very easily at
night without the aid of any type of shampoo which I particularly enjoy
because some of the grease based hair products are really difficult to wash
out they don't rinse out easily and require you to otherwise shampoo your
hair every night to return or restore that natural texture. Our next question
is from @Phoudthaxay_sison and it reads "how many suits do you own and what
kind of suit do you think every gentleman should have?" A great question
you know for the longest time whenever I first graduated college you know my
first bespoke suit in the only one owned for years was a beautiful dark gray
charcoal herringbone suit incredibly formal and versatile I could wear it at
night I could wear it during the day I could wear it to a funeral I could wear
it to a wedding and that's actually one of the suits that I would recommend that
every gentleman should have next to a navy suit those two suits a navy suit
and a charcoal suit are two of the most versatile pieces anyone can own and
there the first two suits that I suggest everyone start with now of course as my
wardrobe has grown I've added you know frescoes and some double-breasted suits
and some strollers and of course a tuxedo and a dinner jacket but if
someone is just starting out my advice is to always resist the temptation to go
for the interesting and instead to focus on the basics because the
are gonna be what are going to provide you the greatest amount of use our next
question is from SCM_alpha and it reads "How did you get in love
with shoes?" So that's a great question I really think my love affair with shoes
began in college and you can see that in the video that we filmed where I go over
my entire collection of shoes you know some of the most memorable and special
pairs of shoes that I still own to this day I acquired back in college because
as a college student on a fixed budget it was easier for me to go buy a nice
pair of leather dress shoes and it was a suit so with that I mean my love affair
for shoes really developed the other thing that I really appreciated about
nice shoes in college it kind of drove my passion for them was how a nice pair
of shoes really was quite versatile you could wear it with a pair of blue jeans
you could wear it with a suit to go interview and so that I found that as I
was investing in building out my wardrobe as a college student with very
limited funds that my best return at that moment was shoes now of course
whenever I graduated it became shirts and then evolved into suits but I think
that anyone that's looking to begin to dabble or experiment with the developing
a wardrobe the first place that most men start is with shoes or dress shirts one
of the things that I wish I'd realized earlier was how versatile ties can be
for how much money they cost for as little as a hundred and twenty five a
hundred fifty dollars you can purchase a tie of really the finest quality and
that can provide a lifetime of use our new sovereign grade collection of ties
really draws on this recent interest I have and well-made ties you know our
sovereign grade collection focuses on those traditional tried and trued
patterns you know but made with the really finest craftsmanship without
being overly expensive and these are ties that are very easy to acquire and
would provide years if not decades of great use our last question today reads
what are your thoughts about the no sock look with suits can you pull it off so
this is a really a hotly debated question and of course everyone has
their own personal opinion but really my strong personal opinion is that you
should never wear a suit without not only is it unsightly but it also can
be quite rude and offensive to other people that you're around and so you
know of course I've got several friends who are very well dressed but insist on
not wearing socks and the problem can be in that in more traditional settings
socks really still are required and so I'll give you a little bit of an
antidote so I was in New York visiting this friend and we were headed to one of
my clubs for lunch and he was wearing a suit with the turtleneck
now all the clubs in New York London and Paris they require a suit and tie to be
admitted and so I called the club to inquire that although a turtleneck is
quite formal would they allow my friend in without a tie and I was very
surprised actually that they said no unequivocally you must be wearing a tie
a turtleneck even if you're wearing a suit and jacket wild suffice so this
friend actually had to run home he had one clean white dress shirt left and he
was able to throw it on with the tie and I texted him you know right before he
left and I said make sure you bring a pair of socks because I don't want you
to have gone all the way home for your shirt and tie and then to have them not
let you in because you weren't wearing socks
When he gets to the club and sure enough the porter at the front door you know
son as he was walking up the stairs without socks and called us back down to
point this out of course very politely but luckily you know my friend had an
extra pair of socks in his briefcase upon my suggestion was able to put those
on so there's still social circles out there in certain environments where
socks really are still required and the reason is it's just out of respect for
other people you know if you're sitting there you know in a chair and you've got
your legs crossed and your trouser leg is riding up although it might be cool
you know at the beach to you know not have socks on and to expose your ankles
if you're in a formal traditional environment exposing your ankles really
can be perceived by many as still being rude and so that's why personally I
never wear a suit without socks and really even over the calf socks because
those over the calf socks are gonna be what further help prevent your socks
from sliding down and exposing your bare leg once again I'd like to take them
to thank everyone for the comments and questions it's your engagement on our
YouTube channel that make these Q&A videos possible not only did these Q&A s
give me an opportunity to answer in greater depth a lot of the questions
that I'm already answering but they allow me to take a moment to acknowledge
my appreciation of everyone's involvement in this channel I absolutely
enjoyed this platform and how it has allowed me to connect more directly with
all of you and I really have fun interacting with you and answering your
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