10 Style Hacks That Will Change Your Life [0:00:00]
Ten style hacks that will change your life.
Now, that's a big promise, but don't worry gents today's video is going to live up to
the hype.
[Music] Life-changing style hack number one.
Lay out your clothes the night before.
It sounds simple you probably used to do it as a kid.
Your mom was onto something she knew that this could just make your life so easy because
how many times in the morning do you have something go wrong?
You wake up late, all of a sudden you've got to be to work early.
You are running out the door.
If you've got everything laid out there, use one of those valets.
So, you've got your jacket there, you've got your trousers, you've got your shirt nice
and pressed, you've got your shoes shined.
You've got your -- everything that you need.
Your phone is there charging, everything can be found.
You're not looking around for ten minutes for five minutes for your keys or for anything
missing.
That right there it's just going to set your morning off in the right direction and that's
why this hack is so powerful.
Life changing style hack number two.
Build and use an interchangeable wardrobe.
If you haven't heard me talk about this, guys, the interchangeable wardrobe is the idea that
your jackets your shirts your trousers your shoes all of it should work with each other.
Everything should match everything else.
Why does this matter?
Because you can have less clothing and more outfits.
Now, think about that, that means you can spend more money on less items, therefore
own higher quality and everything you put together is going to look great.
You can walk into your closet blindfolded and simply grab everything you need for an
outfit and you should be able to walk out looking great.
Now, if it doesn't happen and I understand I don't have a perfectly interchangeable wardrobe.
The goal is to strive for it and this is really great for men who are color blind, they can't
put things together.
When you have a simple classic interchangeable wardrobe, guys, again, it saves you money
it saves you time and it helps you look great without any effort.
Life-changing style hack number three.
Always carry a snapper, so when someone gets in your face you can just snap them.
No, that's -- that's not what this is.
This is a shirt garter.
This connects the bottom of your shirt to the top of your socks.
This right here, I've had more people write me tell me that this has transformed their
wardrobe than any other item on this list.
Because if you're a bigger guy got a bit of a midsection, you're a tall thin guy and you
have those shirts that are just barely staying in.
How many times have you guys out there working retail you're moving around you reach up and
all of a sudden your shirt comes untucked?
Or, again, you're a little bit bigger and you bend over you're sitting on your desk
and you've got to tuck in twenty times a day?
This will transform your life.
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They even got the one that go around, you know, basically your thigh or if you're going
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You know what I'm talking about.
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It's going to go around your thigh.
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Life-changing style hack number four.
Tie your necktie knot the night before.
Slide it off put it over on the shirt, the next morning it's the perfect length and it's
ready to go.
Because one of the things I hate in the morning and I've tied in neckties thousands of times,
but it's a little bit too short a little bit too long, so you've got to start over.
I have sometimes had to spend five to ten minutes trying to get it perfectly right even
though -- and I go through like seven or eight different necktie like ties and it can be
very frustrating.
It can be some, oh, man, I just -- if you can get that frustration out first thing in
the morning that's not what you want, so that's why this hack is so valuable.
Life-changing hack number five.
Schedule your haircuts.
So, every time you go in to get a haircut, schedule the next one four weeks later, three
weeks later.
Why do you want to do this?
Because you don't to be reactive on your haircuts.
If you've got an interview coming up, you've got a big date and you say two days before
I'm going to go get a haircut, that's a reaction.
No, be proactive have it scheduled have it set up so that you don't have to go in and
maybe take a chance.
Get a haircut with someone you don't know and you come out and you're like, oh, my gosh
what did they do to my hair and I've got the interview in an hour.
We want you feeling great on something that you can control with this simple as scheduling
that hair cut out in advance.
[0:04:54] Life-changing style hack number six.
Buy in multiples.
So, whenever you find something that fits you perfectly and your style is set or maybe
it's an athletic item like a great pair of running shoes that you just love the way they
feel, why not buy more than one, buy two.
Maybe when it comes to shirts, I know I'll buy three to four of the same color when I
find a style and a look that I love.
Why?
Because I don't want to just all of a sudden have all my eggs in one basket.
I have a friend he has a pair of jeans that he loved from Diesel.
They worked for him, he's a big -- he's big into squatting and he's got huge thighs.
For him, it was just the perfect pair for his build.
Well, guess what?
As soon as they got a tear in them, he's crying because he had to get on eBay and look up
the exact model and pay twice as much when he bought them on sale.
Now, I told him and he did next time, he stacked up on like three to four different pairs even
though he was paying it -- paying twice as much.
So, when they're on sale when they fit you perfectly, stack up buy in multiples,
Next up, shave your sweaters.
So, when you buy a new sweater and then you wash it you clean it after a few times, you
start to get these little balls on the sweater especially those made from cashmere from wool
and it's just sad that sweater looks so great when it was brand new.
How to get it looking new again?
Well, guys take a single blade disposable razor and simply shave the sweater.
You can do this while you're wearing it, you can lay it on a flat surface.
It's going to take a little bit of time, but I can tell you, you do this to your sweater
after it has all that fuzz all those balls, it's going to look new again.
Life-changing style hack number eight.
Learn to fold a t-shirt in two seconds.
Are you ready?
Here it is.
Lay the shirt out flat, smoothing it out to remove any wrinkles.
You're going to imagine two lines one that goes across the middle of the shirt one that
goes top-to-bottom between the collar and the sleeve.
Where the lines intersect is going to be point A. the top of the shirt is going to be point
B and the bottom of the shirt is point C. Pinch point A with your left hand.
Make sure to grab both the top and bottom layer of the fabric.
Pinch point B with your right hand, then bring point B down to point C. You will now -uncross
your arms and lay the shirt face down on the table.
Use the table to fold the shirt until you have an even amount of fabric on each side
of the shirt.
If you want, you can fold it again in the middle to take up a bit less space.
With a bit of practice, you can become lightning-fast at this method.
Life-changing style hack number nine.
One wear does not equal one wash.
As Americans, we love to wash our clothing.
Guess what we're doing to it?
We are destroying it every time we throw it in that washing machine every time we throw
it in that dryer.
Where do you think all that lint comes from?
It's actually pulling it out of the clothing and it is slowly basically falling apart.
So, you want to -- you want to slow this down.
Unless the clothing is truly dirty, do not wash it.
So, if you wore that shirt for an hour, look at it.
I mean, is it really dirty?
Can you spot clean it?
Or if you wore that jacket for a few hours, can you just hang it out to simply air out?
Don't necessarily send it to the cleaners don't necessarily throw it into that washing
machine.
And if you can hang dry it, please hang dry it.
But at the end of the day, only wash things when they're dirty.
Next up, learn how to tie your shoes the right way.
You heard me.
Most people are tying their shoes wrong.
Here's how you correctly tie your shoes.
The most common way men tie their dress shoes is known as the granny knot.
It's accomplished by putting the right lace over the left, then folding it under and pulling
it tight.
You then form a loop on the right wrapping the other lace around the loop going away
from you and pulling it through the gap.
The problem is this forms a knot that is crooked and will loosen throughout the day.
The proper way to tie your dress shoes is to form the knot as before right over left
and then create the loop, but this time go around the other direction toward yourself,
then pull it through the gap.
This small difference will result in a much nicer looking knot that will stay horizontal
and won't come loose as easily.
Now, understand the process will be reversed if you tie your first knot going left over
right.
So, when you make the loop, you will have to go around the loop away from yourself to
get the proper knot.
Going toward yourself will result in the granny knot.
All right, gents now it's your turn.
Let me know in the comments what I missed, what you would have added to this video to
make it better.
And, go check out KK & Jay.
This is one of my favorite style hacks out there and I've had so many people come up
to me write me and say, Antonio, this changed my life it changed my style.
It's kind of funny when they say something like this that simply connects the bottom
of your shirt to the top of your socks, changes lives.
But, when you're having to tuck in your shirt twenty times thirty times a day, you know
that pain, this solves the problem.
Your socks aren't staying up, this will solve the problem.
Guys, I pick this up wearing this in the United States Marine Corps I can tell you it's very
comfortable.
It takes like one wear to get used to.
Police officers, anyone that's wearing a uniform knows the secret and now you know it now guys.
That's it.
Take care.
I'll see you in the next video.
Bye.
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