Gentlemen, I hear you.
I read your comments.
I know some of you guys are facing obstacles as you're looking to improve yourself looking
to up your style.
You're facing barriers, you know, from maybe a community that's not supportive or maybe
a community that just doesn't care.
You look around no one else is dressing sharp, so how do you improve your style when no one
around you has any, that's the subject of this video.
Tip number one.
Remember what you stand for and use your image to project a controlled message.
Guys, this is a big point and it's something you've got to have a bit of courage to be
able to do.
But think about what you want to get out of life, think about where you want to be
in ten, twenty years.
Think about the long game.
And so, imagine the successful person that you will become.
How does he dress?
How does he look?
How does he behave?
Or here is the thing is you start practicing to become that man today because it takes
years to find your style to develop figure out what you like.
It's about also letting other people understand the message that you're putting out there.
If you're a lawyer in a construction firm, do I expect you to dress like a construction
worker?
No.
Don't betray my expectation by dressing like someone that you're not.
If you are a consultant, if you are a master plumber, if you are a journeyman electrician,
whatever it may be there is a type of uniform.
And I'm not saying you got to wear a suit, look at, I mean this video I it dressed down
a bit at the same time I think I'm pretty stylish here.
I'm sending the message I want to.
And that is key gentlemen think about what you want to send, how you want to project
a certain image and then do it.
Tip number two.
Pay attention to the details, pay attention to the little things.
The little things aren't so little.
When you dot all your I's when you cross all your T's when you show that you go back and
you check on everything, what you're showing is a commitment to excellence.
And believe me this is expressed in your clothing.
You can dress to the bare minimum your company may have a dress code.
If you're going to go even to a movie, yes, you can't show up naked, you could wear pajamas,
but how about you go a little bit above and beyond.
I'm not talking about wearing a black tie or a tuxedo or something like this, I'm actually
just simply talking about wearing clothing that fits you.
This one thing right here if you actually make sure everything fits you that it's tailored
to adjust that your shirts are darted that your trousers are adjusted and hemmed properly,
this right here is going to separate you from a lot of people.
So many people wear clothing that just doesn't fit them.
Let's look at the simple tucking in of the shirt.
How many guys do you see out there with that whole muffin top billowing top?
Everything is coming out because they're wearing a shirt that's too large and it's coming out.
They don't even know how to properly tuck in their shirt.
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I first learned about shirttail garters when I was in the United States Marine Corps and
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If you're a police officer if you are someone that wears a uniform on a daily basis and
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Or if you don't want to connect it to the socks, but I like how it connects the socks
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Tip number three to have style when no one around you does is to understand it's okay
to be different.
It takes a bit of strength it takes a bit of courage to stand out from the crowd.
But that isn't that what you want to do, you want to be memorable.
Be true to yourself. Think about what you stand for and dress in a manner that sends that
symbolism.
If you're a fun a creative guy, then start to have fun with the way you dress.
If you want to wear a bow tie, if you want to wear shoes that maybe grab a bit more attention,
if you want to wear those glasses that, yeah, are a little bit fun, try it, experiment,
practice and you'll find that it takes, you know, honestly most people are concerned with
themselves.
They'll look at you and they'll maybe say, wow, that guy is he likes those, wow, those
bright glasses, but it they're going to -- they're going to move on to something else because
they're going to worry about themselves.
And you will find that you will that you will become known as the guy that has class the
guy that has style the guy that other men start to seek out.
When they've got to get dress sharp for an interview they're like, oh, I need to go talk
with Mike because he knows how to put outfits together he's my go-to stylist.
And that's not a bad thing to be useful to people especially when they realize, wow,
this is something it's a necessary skill.
Tip number four.
Focusing on understated elegance aka the perfect combination of function and style.
Now, I'm not talking about going after fashion for fashion sake or the way it looks, instead
focus in on quality built focus in on items that get better with time.
Example, a briefcase a leather briefcase that, yes, may cost two to three times more than
one made from a nylon material and you'll have to save up for it.
Maybe it took you a year to save the money for that leather briefcase the one you really
wanted. But every time you use this leather briefcase you travel quite a bit you get compliments
you feel great you -- you just love the way it looks.
At five years, ten years after you purchased it guess what?
It looks better it becomes -- it actually starts to wear in, you polish it, you condition
it, you take care of that briefcase.
And it's just something that literally twenty years later, you're still using and getting
by far your money's worth out of it.
A good pair of shoes.
No, I'm not talking about shoes that are glued together.
I'm talking about shoes that, you know, Blake-stitched goodyear welted together.
Basically these are shoes that are going to cost you a few hundred dollars which for many
guys is hard to stomach.
But once you get a pair of shoes like that that is just beautiful that can be re-sewed
that the uppers once they're polished start to look better two years, four years, six
years in and they get better over time.
Again, look for understated elegance look for quality and that perfect combination of
function and style which is going to allow you to look great.
Tip number five to have style when no one around you does is to just practice dressing
in the manner that you want to and people will get used to it because I know this is
going to hurt your ego, but most people don't care about you.
They're focusing on themselves and their own problems.
So, they may initially express a little bit of like surprise of this new style this new
image, they may have an opinion, but guess what?
Within a few days within definitely a few weeks, they're going to accept however you
want to present yourself.
So, if you want to come off as more creative if you want to come off as more professional
whatever it may be, go ahead and do it and just let people get used to it because they
will.
When you control the image when you send the message you want to send, more opportunity
is going to come your way.
You are going to reap the benefits of controlling your style and of using it to your advantage.
Guys, it is your turn now.
I want to hear from you down the comments what you think of this video.
Did you find this useful?
For those of you that are facing the problems and the barriers of improving your style without
a supportive community, I'm going to link to my Facebook group down in the description.
That Facebook community is great at supporting people helping people.
You can post pictures of your image or maybe outfit that you're putting together and you
want to try and you will get great feedback.
And, guys go check out KK&Jay, the paid sponsor this video.
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me the exact color the exact style everything that you can in the comments and, hey, we'll
choose a few winners.
And most importantly guys I want you to take action.
Don't let these barriers stop you from becoming the man you know yourself to be.
That's it guys.
Take care.
I'll see you in the next video.