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- Hi, I'm Ashley Weston, I'm a celebrity menswear stylist.
I'm so excited to share with you
the essential accessories that I think
every man should own.
In this series, I'll be showing you
the well made, high quality accessories
that I've been recommending to my clients for years now.
My goal with this series and in all my articles
and videos is to show you what to have,
why you should have it and how to get it.
Offer my unique perspective, as a women who dresses men,
that top GQ's, Esquires', and countless others
best dressed list.
Just like your clothing, the items you carry
on a daily basis are an extension of you.
They're the visual indicators
that people use to make judgements
about who you are and what you stand for.
And, like I've seen with some of my clients,
they can influence your mood, personality and well being.
Seriously, I'm not joking,
they really can influence that.
I want you, for a second,
to imagine standing in line at a coffee shop
and the person in front of you
is the most well dressed gentleman you have ever seen.
I mean his hair is perfectly combed,
he has a nice, crisp pocket square
in his impeccably tailored suit.
I mean this man is just the epitome of class.
Now think of what you'd assume about him.
Maybe he's in charge of a big company,
or he has an important meeting right after this,
or he's a partner at a powerful law firm.
Either way, his looks demand respect and admiration.
And then when it came time to pay the bill,
you notice him pull out a neon green, velcro wallet.
Now, if your like me, I'm guessing
that there has to be a great story behind that wallet.
Otherwise, if that's not the case,
I'm questioning everything.
There is no way he woke up that morning
and got himself dressed.
I mean, a girlfriend, somebody
is getting him dressed in that suit
because he doesn't know what's going on.
Look, that's not to say you shouldn't carry
something quirky or interesting.
But, any self-respecting man knows
that in menswear and in life, the details matter.
They communicate this unspoken message
to the people around you.
Now, this message could be good or bad,
but the beauty of this is that
it's entirely your choice.
Now, don't get me wrong,
will you accessories save your life,
make you a million bucks,
help you land that hot Victoria's Secret model?
No, absolutely not, that's just ridiculous.
But, they are one piece of the larger puzzle
that will help you look and feel great.
My 93 year old grandpa, hi Bernie, he watches these,
once said this and it's stuck with me every since:
"Spend money on the items you touch every single day,
if you treat yourself to nice things,
it'll have a greater impact on your life
than you'll ever imagine."
I didn't really understand what he was talking about
until I started working with my clients.
I began to notice they all had the same
complaints about their accessories.
Imagine how annoyed you'd get
every time you went to unzip your bag or your jeans
and the zipper would get stuck.
I mean, that would drive any person crazy.
Or, whenever you went to go sit down,
your underwear bunches up,
or even worst of all, your too full wallet
just explodes on you and the street
and you're left scrambling to pick up everything.
As I said before, the details create the sum,
and these little annoyances add up
over the course of your day.
If you're like my clients,
you probably think you just gotta grin and bear it,
but that's not true, you don't have to do that.
You can absolutely have these little parts of your day
be the best they could possible be
and remove these types of annoyances
that can impact your well being more than you may know.
And this is what I aim to do with
the Essential Accessories series.
To show you items that I've tested
over and over again with my clients
that'll look and feel great, remove those daily annoyances,
and add small moments of happiness into your life.
The moment you say,
"damn, I really love my (insert accessory here)",
is the day I look forward to
because it happens with all my clients,
and I'm sure it'll happen to you too.
I'm not here to tell you what you
should or shouldn't be carrying
in your pockets or bags, that's for you to decide,
but I've definitely got some suggestions
because I've been asked this question before
so I made a video about it, which you can check out here.
So with all that said, let me show you the accessories
that can make a big difference in your life.
Lalalala, what's a, like a rhyme
that I could do to work out my mouth?
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
How's my hair?