21 Stupid Style Tips [0:00:00]
Wear large clothing; it’s going to make you look lean and strong.
This is [bleeping sound].
I have no idea why anyone would give this advice, but I read it in an article online.
So, in today’s video, I’ve collected some of the worst twenty one pieces of stupid style
advice that you should ignore.
[Music] The first piece of bad style advice, you get
what you pay for.
Now, that’s oftentimes true, but oftentimes it is false.
Now, how to not get rip off?
Know what to look for.
My advice, go into the best menswear store in your area and look at the best, be familiar
with the best.
When you go out there and you check out Rolex watches or you’re going over and you’re
looking at really high quality boots, you become accustomed to what is high quality.
So, whenever you see something that is, hey, it’s on sale and it’s actually great quality,
you know that’s a good purchase.
But, when you see something that’s expensive that is still really actually poor quality,
you know, hey, this is a rip off, I’m going to keep going.
Next up, no white after Labor Day and the next one after that no brown in town.
So, these are rules created to be able to separate people into different classes.
We have certain etiquette rules guidelines that we follow, but these rules of etiquette
these rules of dressing, a lot of them are antiquated outdated and I honestly think are
pretty stupid.
And, for the record, you can wear white after Labor Day and there’s no problem with wearing
brown in town.
Next up, no brown with black.
What are you talking about?
You can pull off brown and black, I think it’s a very easy thing especially in the
details like with this pair of boots right here which are Thursday Boots by the way,
great company.
I will link to them down in the description.
But right here you’ll see the edges right here on the heel, all of these is black, so
you can mix it.
Just ignore that rule if you think and if you’re confident being able to pull it off.
Another bad piece of style advice, you’re a size medium, you’re a size large.
No, you’re not.
What you need to know are your skin measurements.
You need to measure your best fitting clothing and know that information when you go shopping
and you’re going to have a lot easier time finding clothing that actually fits your body.
The next bad piece of style advice, don’t wear wallet chains and don’t wear square-toed
shoes.
Just kidding.
Those are good pieces of style advice and I do not want to catch you wearing square-toed
shoes or wallet chains.
The next bad piece of style advice, be yourself.
Oh, you’re a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy, wear that with running shoes.
Guys, have you ever thought about who you really are what message you want to send the
world?
Most men don’t and therefore, they’re just wearing – they’re in a fashion trend
because that’s what – those are those branded t-shirts, that’s what they are.
Jeans that you know that everyone is wearing, that’s kind of what they are, that is a
fashion trend.
Understand this and then think, okay, you know, I’m an up-and-coming young lawyer
going to law school, maybe I want to dress the part, so I can practice and become the
man I know myself to be.
Think about what message you want to send the world and dress accordingly.
The next piece of bad style advice, buy items only when they’re on sale.
Let’s say you do have to pay full price for something and there are many items out
there that just never go on sale or you can’t seem to find them on sale.
Well, I would say buy them.
If it’s a watch that you’re going to wear thousands of times you’re going to pass
down as an heirloom, that’s what you want to be thinking about is what is the true price
per wear.
You know your time is valuable and so, you get what you want, you cry about that price
once and then you wear the heck out of it.
The next piece of bad style advice, buy big name brands and you’ll be safe.
That is complete BS because a lot of these big name brands, you know, what happens is
they get bought or acquired they’re getting pushed for margins.
You’ve got to inspect, again, you’ve got to understand what good quality is, don’t
just trust the brand name, guys.
Then, you’re going to end up being disappointed you’re going to buy something you’re going
to be, oh, my gosh, you know, it fell apart on me.
You don’t want to have that happen.
Trust your instincts trust your own ability to spot quality.
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Okay, let’s get to the next stupid style rule.
The next piece of bad style advice, take a woman shopping with you.
Somebody’s sex does not make them better at something than anyone else and this applies
both to men and women.
But, here’s the deal is that women in general are going to be more fashion-inclined because
at a young age playing with dolls and being, you know, understanding color, it’s just
something that they’ve been more in tune with.
I think Tanner Guzy said this really well is that a woman will dress a man sometimes
to look cute, but a man should dress for strength and power.
Always be thinking what is the message I want to send and dress accordingly.
The next piece of stupid style advice, wear a suit, you’re going to look great.
That isn’t always true because if you’re wearing a suit that doesn’t fit you, that
is not going to look good.
If you’re going to own a suit, make sure you follow the style pyramid; fit, function,
and fabric.
Guys, if you nail those three things, you’ll look great in the suit.
If you don’t, that suit is not going to necessarily make you look good.
[0:05:16] The next piece of bad style advice, copy what
celebrities are doing.
Just look at your favorite celebrity and copy what they’re doing.
You can get some amazing ideas from these guys like George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, there
are many things you can pull off.
But, I would say be very careful when copying and when being inspired by celebrities, it
is something that, yeah, can go wrong if you’re trying to copy them and they’re just, yeah,
they’re just off on some crazy like peacock-type look.
No, be careful of that.
So, the next piece of bad style advice, you need to spend a lot of money and you need
to own a lot of clothing to be stylish.
Guys, that’s complete BS.
There’s this guy, Biddle, Alan Flusser talked about him in this great book, Dressing the
Man.
And he was recognized as one of the best dressed men of his time period.
He only had like six to seven suits in his wardrobe.
It just goes to show that you can dress sharp you can dress nice with a small amount of
clothing and you just simply want to be thinking interchangeable wardrobe.
An example, you got three pairs of shoes, three trousers, you’ve got three shirts,
and you’ve got three jackets - twelve items.
And from these twelve items, if they were all perfectly interchangeable, we’re talking
eighty one outfits.
The point is is you can dress sharp with less clothing if it fits you, if it’s interchangeable,
if it looks great.
The next piece of stupid style advice, you’re thirty, you’re forty, you’re fifty, you’re
sixty, you’re twenty, you’ve got to dress a certain way.
Guys, I understand dressing for your age and there is truth in this because there’s an
expectation from society, but here’s the point is that you can be sixty years old,
you can be forty years old and you can still wear casual clothing that a lot of younger
men pull off if you actually have the confidence if you’ve got the body for it.
So, if you’re fifty years old and you want to dress a certain way and you really like
that look and you have perfected it, then you rock it.
The next piece of stupid style advice, everything needs to match.
Understand the difference between matching and complementing.
The point is is you don’t have to exactly match items, but you want to try to get them
to complement each other.
Next up, a man could never be overdressed or overeducated.
Now, this is attributed to Oscar Wilde.
And I like Oscar Wilde, but I don’t like this piece of advice because I do think a
man can be overdressed and overeducated because if there’s a dress code and you’re wearing
a black tie to a casual event, you’re ruining their event, so, yes, you’re overdressed.
Don’t do that.
You can be overeducated too, you know it’s – because there is a time there’s a lot
of effort that goes into this and you have to wonder, okay, all this time all this resource
like what else could you be doing?
I don’t know.
I just don’t like that quote.
There’s better use of your time better use of your resources and, yes, you can be overdressed.
Your socks need to match your trousers or your shoes.
And I see people argue for both that your socks should actually match your shoes, your
socks should match your trousers.
But, what about wearing bright socks, what about wearing fun socks?
Now, your socks don’t have to exactly match.
The idea here is to lengthen the leg line is – but if you’re fine with breaking
that up and drawing a little bit of attention to your ankles, go for it.
The next stupid style rule, you’ve got to wear French cuff shirts with a jacket.
I’ve got tons of friends that love to wear these shirts simply by themselves in a little
bit of hot weather areas and they just love the look of cufflinks on a dress shirt simply
worn without a jacket.
And I think cufflinks need to come back, they’re a great accessory, a great piece of men’s
jewelry.
I would like to see men wear it more often, so, sure, go ahead and break that rule.
The next stupid style rule, you’ve got to wear a belt if your trousers have belt loops.
I actually break this rule quite a bit when I wear shirts untucked.
Why?
Simply, I don’t want that belt digging into my midsection and I’m wearing that shirt
untucked.
So, in these cases, that’s where you clearly can break that rule.
So, this next stupid style rule is that you need to match your shirt with your shoes.
And I don’t know when this one came about, but you can safely ignore that one.
So, I need to be wearing these shoes with this shirt, I mean maybe it would look good,
but I think this will actually look better, right?
All right, gentlemen.
So, those are the stupid style rules I think that you need to ignore.
Now, you’re probably wondering, okay, Antonio, I know which ones to ignore now, but what
rules should I know what rules should I follow?
Well, guess what?
I’ve got you covered.
Right here, gentlemen, this is ten style rules every man needs to know, no exception.
I went through and I created this video and this is really – helps build your foundation
in men style.
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Go explore the channel.
That’s it, guys.
Take care.
I will see you in the next video.
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