10 Things OUT OF STYLE You Need To Replace [0:00:00]
First up on list, longlines. You’ve seen these. These are shirts, casual jackets that
are sometime 2 to 6 inches longer than normal. Come one, if you’re wearing longlines, guys,
that is so 2019. Me, personally, I never liked the whole longline
trend. When I see this, it makes a shirt look like a dress on a man. But, I get that a lot
of guys, hey, that when they’re going from monochromatic look, they like the way it looks
on the outerwear. I can see it somewhat if you want to be fashion forward, go for it,
but understand that you’re putting yourself at risk for buying something that’s going
to be out of style out of fashion within the year.
Next up, gents, embroidery and shiny stones. Yes, shiny stones, embroidery right on the
shirts on the jeans. In 2001, 2002, we saw this trend picking up. It peaked in 2005,
we saw tons of menswear; shirts, pants, made with these shiny little stones all over, you
know, the buttock area right here up on the chest, on the back. Looking good you thought
especially when you’re out there on the dance floor.
Now, my daughters love the cartoon, Shimmering Shine, but, guys, do you really want that
to be your go-to call like, “Hey, it’s the shimmering shine guy.” No. Guys, that’s
not what we’re looking for. Twenty years have passed since that, you know, yeah, since
that trend peaked. Let’s go ahead and let’s take those pants
take those shirts and let’s put them to the back of the closet. Who knows, it may
come back and maybe if you’re to head out to Vegas and you really want to have, you
know, looking at you. But, guys, for most of us, this look is not going to work.
Next up on the list, let’s talk belt. So, belts have been around for hundreds of years
and, actually, they were initially used to keep your pants up. It was more about being
able to affix a weapon or be able to carry something and a belt simply work better than
actually trying to affix it to your clothing. But, something interesting happened during
World War II, we saw a lot of rationing. So, clothing actually changed shape because they
were trying to save on the clothing, men stopped using suspenders and they started using these
belts to singe in and around the waistline. Now, the issue with most men’s belts out
there isn’t that they’re just out of style, but they’re also not functional. Let me
explain. So, the buckling system here. Guys, you’ve
got an inch between each – each of the holes. What that should tell you is that, oh, I can
only adjust up to an inch. That doesn’t sound super comfortable. And, once you adjust
it and wear it a dozen times, guess what? All of a sudden, you start to get warping
right here in the leather. Guys, you can see this belt system is not efficient.
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them. Next up, we’ve got the track suit. First
made popular in the 1970’s. In the 1980’s, we saw the hip-hop culture pick it up. And
then, in that late 1990’s, we saw a lot of rappers starting to wear these track suits.
Now, in 2006, something interesting happened with the Olympics. You had all these designers
jump on and start designing these really high-end track suits. And then, a lot of people thought,
“You know what? Gosh, well, it says suit, I guess I can wear it in lieu of a suit.”
No, you can’t. It’s not the same thing. And, guys, be careful. I do think some men
can pull this off, but for most of us human beings, the track suit really doesn’t do
you any favors unless you’re going to the gym.
Next up, we’ve got skinny. And, I’m talking skinny everything. Skinny jeans, skinny suits,
skinny shirts. So, in about 2010, we saw the trend picking up. Some of the top designers
came out and they made very form-fitting clothing. And this is something that picked up a lot
of steam. 2011 and 2012, we saw skinny jeans come in
full force. And a lot of people gravitated toward them. And, it’s funny, the models
we see that they actually looked good on, they’ve got the body type for it.
[0:05:04] And that’s what I want to stress here is
that skinny is actually not out of fashion if you are skinny. And the same thing with
larger proportions, looser fits if you are a heavyset, big guy. So, let’s bring these
both together because what we’re seeing right now is a trend go towards looser fits.
What you want to remember is the proper proportion for your built is never out of fashion. So,
you want to look at yourself in the mirror and be honest, maybe work with a custom tailor.
Work with someone that understands your built and what’s going to look good on it, and
that right there is what you want to shoot for.
Next up, we’ve got cargo pants and cargo shorts. So, cargo pants were first. In the
1930’s, we saw these popping up with British military units. And, after World War II, we
had all of these excess inventory, all these excess clothing, different militaries around
the world had used this style because it was functional. All of a sudden, it started making
its way into menswear. Do, I think that there’s no room for cargo
pants? No, I think actually when they’re tastefully made, they have a good line and
they fit the guy well and you’re wearing them with purpose, why not? Why not have one
or two pairs. But, beyond that, should that be your go-to?
I don’t think so. And, understand cargo pants are always going to be casual no matter
how formal they look in your mind, they are casual because of that style.
Now, when it comes to cargo shorts, I think these have been overdone especially for the
oversized cargo shorts maybe made in a military fatigue or something like that that are distressed.
This really doesn’t look good on most men, most body types. I would recommend going just
with a non-cargo shorts. Now, if you’re going to functionally use
it, go for it. Just don’t overdo it with any of these things because in general, I
don’t really think they’re, you know, you can – you can argue the fashion trends
have gone back and forth and they’re up and down. I know simply, yeah, I think that
they’re overplayed, and that’s my point with this one.
All right. Let’s talk about popped collars. 1980’s, that’s when it worked. It really
hasn’t worked since and it kind of sends off this vibe of, yeah, just, yeah, not the
vibe you want to send or you think you’re sending. So, guys, popped collars, yeah, let’s
go ahead and unpopped them. Next up, we’ve got square-toed shoes. And
this one goes way back, we’re talking the medieval ages. Here’s the reason square-toed
shoes were popular because they were easy to make. You didn’t have to make a left
or a right, you could simply just made two shoes and this was in a very earl period when
all shoes were made by hand. You wanted to keep it simple, you wanted to
be able to get those things out especially if you were making shoes for other people.
If you’re making them for your family, maybe you would start to have a little bit more
fun, try to make something more comfortable and that’s where we saw the curved shoe.
The curved shoe just simply did not waste as much and it was more difficult to make
and it was considered to be more comfortable assuming that you have room in the toe box.
Now, getting back to the squared-toe, we see this pop in and out oftentimes with lower
end designers. So, I’m talking about manufacturers that really want to bring in something and
they think, “Oh, let’s go with that squared-toe.” And I know a squared-toe is not a chiseled-toe,
that’s a totally different thing, but the squared-toe, guys, it never really looks good.
I would avoid it. It’s kind of the trademark of cheap shoes.
Next up, we’ve got sagging pants. And, every time I see this, I cringe because whenever
guys are imitating maybe a celebrity that they saw who pulled this off, they’re thinking,
“Oh, I’m imitating that guy.” What they don’t understand is the history, where this
comes from. And, if you know this, let me know down in the comments. But, I will tell
you that it’s not a history that most guys should be repeating.
I get it if you want to send, you know, a middle finger up to society, you wanting to
be your own man. But, the thing is this trend doesn’t send the right signal for the vast
majority of guys and it’s just something that never looks good. To me, functionally
I don’t even see how they can keep them at that point. Yeah, it’s just something
I think needs to go away. And speaking of items that need to go away,
the tank top undershirt. So, if you go back and look at the history on this shirt, it
was actually a very cheap alternative to the regular undershirt. And the issue with this
is it doesn’t actually do the proper job an undershirt should especially when you wear
deodorant you get those yellow stains, you don’t want that going on your more expensive
dress shirt. Next up, let’s talk about the man bun. And,
if you disagree with my stance, let me know down in the comments. But, I think it’s
actually perfectly fine because let’s go back a few thousand years to ancient China.
We see men all over the place wearing man buns. We go back to the samurai, they were
pulling off man buns. In any culture in which you had men with longer
hair that wanted to keep it out of the way whenever they’re training, working, in combat,
guess what? They were using the man bun in at work. The only issue with the man bun and
with pulling your hair back is that can cause premature baldness, so be careful.
Next up, we’ve got the chained walled. This goes back to 1950’s biker culture, when
we look at jeans they actually had shallower pockets. So, guys had bigger billfolds they
would put that in and it would halfway hang out. They were worried about losing them,
so you attach a chain to it. It had a functional purpose.
Nowadays, I really don’t see so much the functional purpose. I know a lot of guys like
them, I’m not going to tell you you can’t wear them, I do think though that they’re
out of fashion. Stonewashed jeans, distressed jeans, carpenter
jeans, bootcut jeans. Guys, the 1980’s cult, they want their jeans back.
So, what video to watch next? Ten style rules every man needs to know. Do you know these
rules? Guys, find out in this video. I will link to it down in the description.
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