How To Match Jeans With ANYTHING [0:00:00]
What I love about a great pair of jeans is that they can match almost anything in your
wardrobe.
But, there are some basic rules there are some guidelines that you need to follow if
you want to put together amazing outfits.
In today's video, I'm going to lay out those rules I'm going to give you those guidelines
with plenty of examples with shoes, with jackets, with shirts, with accessories so that you
can look like a million bucks when you're wearing jeans with anything in your closet.
[Music] So to start, let's talk specifically about
the type of jeans which are going to match everything in your wardrobe.
Number one, these jeans are going to be simple they're going to be a dark color; we're talking
indigo, dark blue, dark grey, black.
These are blank canvas jeans these are jeans that I can build an outfit on not in a sense
of what I want to build the outfit around.
This is key because if you've got some bright colored jeans you've got some great ones with
distress I know on the knee area maybe on the back area you've got some shiny stones
that are glued on them, I mean that's cool those jeans may be interesting but those are
not the type I'm talking about because those are going to draw attention to themselves.
The jeans I'm talking about are going to be the base for the outfit.
Next stop, you want to get the fit right.
There are five main categories of fit.
We have skinny, we have slim, we have straight, we have boot or semi loose, and then we have
ultra loose.
Now, I'm going to say for most men ultra loose and skinny is not going to work for your body
type.
So then, we've got those three center categories.
I find that many men can kind of go between them, but you do want to find something that's
going to work for your body type and go with it.
So, we've established the type of jeans you need to have as your base canvas, now let's
talk about balance specifically in two areas the level of formality of the clothing you're
going to be matching with the jeans.
You want to make sure that it's about the same going across the board.
You don't want to trade -- take something that's ultra casual and try to mix it with
something that's formal.
Also, pay attention and balance out the fit of the clothing.
You don't want to take something that's really bulky and try to mix it also with something
that is very sleek that is very lightweight that has a very slim build.
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All right.
So, we've established that you've got the right type of jeans and that you understand
the importance of balance.
Now, let's talk about building outfits.
So, whenever you've got those base jeans and you're looking at the first piece you're going
to match with them, go to your shoes go to your foundation of your outfits.
And the type of shoes you select is really going to dictate the formality and the overall
feel of the outfit.
I stick with shoes because I think this is where a lot of men spend a lot of money in
their wardrobe and I think it's just a great place to start with your foundation.
So, how this would work in practice let's say I have a dark pair indigo jeans, I would
match them with these boots right here these dress boots.
They've got the suede, they've got the wingtips, they've got the broguing in them.
This right here is going to dictate to me that I can wear up to a sports jacket, I can
wear simply a nice dress shirt with this, I could even dress it down with a polo with
those jeans.
But, let's say I'm going to go with one of my go-to favorites you guys have seen this.
I could also wear this shirt with it as well, that would work.
So, the next thing I chose was the shirt.
Now, I’m putting this down over here I'm going to grab a sports jacket.
You guys have probably seen this combination before, the blue right here with this.
And so, imagine it with that indigo pair of jeans.
If I want to go for a little bit of contrast I go with this shirt instead with the -- with
the dark colored jeans you would see how that – I would put that one together.
Now, taking that same indigo pair of jeans, but I want to change things up.
Let's say I want to start the base with this or maybe I wanted to go with this right here
I wanted to bring in some suede loafers.
I could go with either one of these and I could match it with a shirt like this and
all of a sudden I've got something that I don't have to wear a jacket for.
Although let's say it's a little bit cooler we're entering fall I could bring in a jacket
something like this although if I brought in this type of suede texture right here I
would tell you guys that I would probably not wear these because I've already got suede
in the jacket.
Wearing with this with the Indigo you start to see the combination right there.
[0:05:07] Now, let's say I wanted to take those same
indigo jeans and I wanted to dress them up.
Well, I would start off with a pair of dress shoes.
Again, I'm going to go with a color I'm not going to go with black.
I think that oxblood I think dark brown is going to work better with the dark blue which
is indigo.
If I were to go with a pair of black jeans, I could possibly wear black dress shoes, but
I do feel that black dress shoes should be reserved more for formal.
And so, I like going with the color like oxblood or dark brown.
And then, I would bring in a combination like this.
I've got this shirt, look at that color right in there mixed with this along with this right
here and this whole combination right there.
Really quick let's talk about accessories.
I do feel since jeans are casual, I try to keep my accessories a bit more casual.
If your accessories are too dressy, so you've got belt buckles which are too shiny or you've
got ties which are made from silk and in a sense look like they should go with a suit
or a casual suit, I don't really find that's the best combination.
I gravitate towards ties which are going to have more texture to them whether that be
sewn into the tie or it's just simply the way it's built and the way it looks.
I think that these work better with jeans in general.
When it comes to belts, I'm looking for belts that are going to be, you know, aren't going
to be half as much of a luster are going to just simply work better be more casual in
their nature.
All right, gentlemen, hopefully this video motivated you to go out there take your jeans
and put together some great outfit combinations.
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I am going to put together more outfits in that support article, so if you're like, Antonio,
you just talked about a few in today's video.
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