Style in One Word [0:00:00]
“If I had more time, I would have written you a shorter letter.”
I absolutely love that quote from Mark Twain.
It talks about the difficulty in being concise with your language.
So, when it comes down to your style, gentlemen, can you concisely describe your style?
What is the message you want to send to the world?
Today’s video, gents, we’re talking about how to describe your style in one word.
[Music] So, I’m going to break this video up into
three parts.
Now, the first group this is going to be the guy that understands clothing that he’s
going to use terms which specifically apply to men style.
Next up, we’ve got the guy that’s more goal-oriented.
He’s using style as a tool to get what he wants out of life.
Now, the third guy, he’s dressing for himself he’s having a lot of fun and the terminology
is going to reflect that.
All right, gents, so here’s the first set of words that could perhaps concisely describe
your style and if does, one of these words is like that is me.
I want to hear from you guys down in the comments.
Are you ready?
First up, we’ve got the word bespoke.
The word bespoke means to be spoken for.
This guy is all about customization.
He loves everything made for him.
Next up, we’ve got the gentleman who describes himself as dapper.
A dapper gentleman, he is neat and trimmed in appearance and it’s synonymous with the
words smart, spruce, trim, and debonair.
Next up, we’ve got the gentleman who describes himself as elegant.
Elegance is being handsome, but still being very simple, yet very effective.
There is no frills, there is no excess.
Next up, we’ve got gentleman who will describe their style as English, as Italian, or perhaps
even American.
Now, if you’re an English gentleman, what do you see is you are prim you are proper
you are well put together and in general you’re clothing is very structured.
Now, Italian style is going to be more individual.
This is where the jackets actually don’t have much structure in them, the clothing
is going to be lighter built, even the shoes are made for a more tropical type of climate.
Now, if you have an American style this is all about practicality.
This is realizing, hey, we are on the frontier, yeah, we may be not as well put together as
the Italians, we may not be as structured as the English, but when it comes down to
practicality when it comes down to hard wearing, that’s where we shine.
Next up, we’ve got the gentleman who will describe his style as preppy.
So, this comes out of Ivy League universities in 1890’s, they were taking a lot of cues
from the English, but they wanted to make styles that were their own.
So, they would take go over to Brooks Brothers because a lot of classic pieces, but they
started to adjust it, so all of a sudden on the jackets, they became more sack suits.
What we saw with the colors instead of earth tones, we started going with brighter colors
we started bringing in pieces with interesting fun logos and that all of a sudden became
the preppy look.
Next up, we’ve got the word rakish, dashing, daring, unconventional and in fact, if you
look at the origin of the word, the rakish mast on pirate ship.
It’s all about speed it’s all about being unconventional, all about being different.
Know what you stand for, understand the message you want to send and it may not be aligned
with what society tells you you should actually be doing.
No, you go your own way and you kind of mix and match unconventional combinations.
Next up, we’ve got the word rugged.
If you’re a rugged style, gentleman, you’re wearing purpose-driven garments.
This is work wear that actually is going to first be functional and just happens to be
stylish.
Next up, we’ve got the sophisticated gentleman.
If you’re sophisticated, you’re well-travelled and you’re well-educated.
You’re not afraid to wear older historic pieces which are just not seen very often,
but still functionally serve and are classic pieces because you understand that classics
never go out of style.
Next up, we’ve got sprezzatura.
And this means that you just wake up naturally looking good, a nonchalant that you just naturally
have style.
And the key with sprezzatura is never to tell them, don’t let them see you sweat.
They just see, oh, he looks amazing all the time.
They never see the work and the effort.
So, now, let’s talk about the words that are very goal-oriented.
If you’re using these words to describe your style, it’s all about using style as
a tool to get what you want out of life.
So, first off for the man that describes his style as casual, as business casual, as business,
as formal, or as semi-formal, you probably know that those were all dress codes.
There are actually particular pieces of clothing that you want to wear within that.
Now, nowhere in there is sloppy and I like this because the guy that describes his style
here, he understands the environment he’s going into and the uniform the clothing he
needs to wear to be able to send the signal he needs to.
So, if you’re in, you know, a law firm in New York City, you understand, okay, it’s
probably going to be more business or business casual, more probably business.
However, if you’re in the let’s say entertainment industry in Los Angeles, it’s going to be
more maybe business casual or even casual, but casual is never going to be sloppy.
So, if that’s how you describe your style, I think in many of these cases, it’s simply
understand that you’re using clothing as a tool and you’re trying to fit within the
conforms of what is expected.
Now, breaking away from that, we’re going to see the words such as professional.
If you describe your style as professional, it’s all about being serious and your clothing
oftentimes is simply a reflection of your mindset.
[0:05:01] So, if you are dressing professional, it doesn’t
necessarily mean you’re wearing a suit, but it does mean that when you put on this
clothing it’s like your suit of armor, you are showing up and you are actually giving
your attention and your full thought process to whatever it is you are doing that day.
Next up, what if you describe yourself as startup.
Well, in this case, you’re most likely working for a company that’s new that’s adventurous.
The typical startup look is the sports jacket with the t-shirt with the jeans, maybe with
the sneakers.
And, again, it’s about mixing different types of clothing together about the non-conformity
about disrupting an industry, so why not wear clothing that kind of disrupts itself.
Next up, we’ve got the gentleman who describes his style as classic.
To me, this is a timeless style and I absolutely love it because it is something that has stood
up to the test of time.
Next up, let’s talk modern.
So, if a guy describes his style as modern, to me, what he’s doing is he’s taking
the classic and he’s also not afraid to bring in some of the cutting edge fashion.
He’s going to try some things out.
He’s going to say, you know what?
Can I take this classic look and maybe take one piece off, put in a more modern something
a bit more fashionable, something that’s been around for a few years, I’m going to
take a little bit of a chance and maybe add an edge to my look.
Next up, we’ve got the guy that’s going to use the word situational, we’ve got the
guy that’s going to use the word versatile.
They are actually different.
So, situational, he dresses for the situation, he’s kind of a chameleon.
He’s going to find out, okay, for this event I need to dress a bit more formally, for this
event I’m going to dress down.
So, he wears clothing that he can either dress up or dress down.
Now, the guy that’s versatile he simply wants the option, he doesn’t necessarily
find himself in the environment, it’s more about how he feels.
He wants the versatility to be able to dress up dress down, go with a more rugged look.
So, he’s a guy that simply wants to be able to change for his own sake.
So, this last set of words I’m going to zip through them because I think they’re
all self-explanatory.
But, this is for the guy that is dressing to have fun, the guy that is dressing for
himself.
First up, we’ve got complicated.
Next up, we’ve got expressive, then we’ve got the functional man.
Next up, we’ve got improving, followed by learning.
And, I like this one, me.
Then, we’ve got playful, practical, progress, rustic, simple, street, and thrifty.
So, did you find a word today that concisely describes your style?
If you did, let me know down in the comments, guys.
And if you want more, you want to start to develop habits that make you a better dressed
guy, guys, I’ve got this video for you right here, ten habits that you can develop in ten
minutes or at least start to develop in ten minutes so that you can very quickly start
to dress better.
Now, gents, do you need to describe your style in one word?
No, you don’t.
But, it’s a lot of fun and, guys, if you want to have fun, I’m linking to my free
Facebook group down in the description.
I actually took all of these words out of that group when I asked this question along
with some other questions one of them was describe your style in five words.
Yes, you can describe your style in five words.
Here are some of these.
Okay.
Well, at least he tries.
I like that, that was pretty funny.
Steve McQueen, James Bond, me.
Pretty good job there.
I woke up like this.
- Carlos Franco, which I think you are more of a sprezzatura guy, right?
Needs improvement, watch more RMRS - David Cahill.
David, I appreciate that.
Vintage rockabilly and 50’s inspired.
- Joseph Abel.
Smart, casual with military influence.
- Kiss Barnabas.
Refined Viking and classically modern.
- [Daniel Amos Caton].
Upscale, working class, retro norm core.
- [Ben Cleardon].
Ben, no idea what that means.
All right, guys, again, I want to hear from you down in the comments.
Let me know what you think of this video and I will see you in the next one.
Take care, guys.
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