Items I Never Wear [0:00:00]
All right, gentlemen.
Today, we’re talking about ten menswear items that I think are incredibly stylish,
but I never wear.
And in today’s video, I’m going to explain why.
[Music] So, I get a lot of questions here at Real
Men Real Style about items that I don’t wear very often, some items I don’t even
wear at all.
I always try to answer these to the best of my ability, but in today’s video I want
to explain why I don’t wear certain items and, my thoughts and opinion on them.
Menswear item number one that you’re probably never going to see me wear is an ascot.
Now, nothing against the ascot, it’s just not something that fits my style.
It something in the United States you rarely ever see.
And for me, are you ever going to see a video at Real Men Real Style?
Most likely not.
That’s not to say that you can’t pull it off.
In the right area, sure, you could probably pull it off.
Now, if you want a great video on how to wear an ascot, I’m going to recommend Raphael
Schneider over at the Gentleman’s Gazette.
He can pull it off.
He practiced, he’s confident, he knows what he’s doing.
Me, not so much and so, it’s not something I’m really ever going to cover here at Real
Men Real Style.
Next up, the boutonnière.
Again, a great item I love boutonnières.
I love the idea of boutonnières.
I’ve got a couple of jackets which actually have this hole open right here, so we can
slip and they’ve even got the attachment right here.
From a practical perspective, I found that, nah, they draw too much attention they stand
out.
I didn’t want to wear them in my videos and everyone to always pay attention to what
boutonnière I’m actually wearing.
So, do I like them?
Yes.
Do I – am I going to wear them really much on my videos?
I’ve worn them in a couple of videos, but for the most part you’re not really going
to see an appearance of the boutonnière.
Next up, we’ve got suspenders.
And I think suspenders can look great on the right man especially if you’re a bigger
guy and you want an alternative to a belt to keeping your pants up.
I think they’re very functional.
Suspenders are not something that I did – I just decided not to make them part of my wardrobe.
Nothing against suspenders.
Again, I think for the right guy they can add a lot of style to your wardrobe, but for
me I’ve decided to skip them.
Next up, I’ve got loud shirts.
Now, I have worn this shirt in a video years ago and I got so many complaints of, Antonio,
that just makes the screen look odd.
This one right here, I actually had it custom-made, but I never really liked it too much.
The stripes were just too loud.
And that’s what I try to avoid in a lot of my wardrobe.
When you guys see me wear clothing, oftentimes I’m trying to pay attention to how is it
going to look in the camera.
So, I try to go with things like this one right here has a nice pattern, I don’t think
it’s distracting I’ve got it with a solid jacket.
So, I try to pay attention to those details so that you can pay attention to what I’m
talking about.
Next up, we’ve got bracelets.
And I have tried wearing a bracelet for a month, I found that it just didn’t stick.
It wasn’t something I was drawn to.
You’ve got become accustomed to wearing it.
It’s got to have a functional purpose like watches, I do find and I do enjoy wearing
watches.
Jewelry is something when it has a functional purpose and/or it has a meaning, I think you
can bring it into your wardrobe.
Now, this next one is really going to surprise some of you guys, but I rarely wear a suit.
Now, a suit is a jacket and a trouser made from the same material.
But here in my town of a thousand people, I wear jeans the vast majority of the time.
And my wardrobe in general is sports jackets going across.
I don’t wear suits.
Now, I can’t say that.
I do wear a suit less than 1% of the year.
If you go to my Menfluential event most likely I will be wearing a suit one of the days.
If I’m going to be speaking at an important presentation like let’s say over in London
at the Youprenuer event which I will be speaking at this November, I will wear a suit on stage.
But, here in the office, nah, I go with my sports jackets most of the time.
I even take some suit jackets and I wear them as sports jackets.
Now, I’m cheating a bit on this one because I used to wear neckties more often.
But nowadays, I’m not wearing neckties as much and that’s a shame because I actually
like neckties.
But, here is the thing is it added complexity to already a very busy day and I don’t have
to.
Now, do I want to?
Yes.
Sometimes you will see the necktie making appearance, but for most of my videos, nah,
you’re not going to see too many neckties in them.
Next up, we’ve got black dress shoes.
And I’ve got about fifty pairs of shoes most of them dress shoes and two of them are
black and these two pairs of black shoes I rarely ever wear them.
Actually, I used to wear them quite a bit.
They are made by Alden.
They are nice shoes, but when it comes down to it I stopped wearing black.
I went to oxblood I went to dark brown I went to medium brown.
I had a lot of fun with my shoes.
Now, these shoes are great.
In a pinch, I could pull them and wear them with a nice suit, but it’s just something
that I moved on from black shoes.
Next up, I’ve got driving moccasins or driving shoes.
Now, when it comes down to it, these are totally impractical for walking around as I figured
out.
I like them they’re comfortable.
I just didn’t find a use or a way to actually be able to bring this into my wardrobe.
I’ve got about three pairs of them and I think that they’re really cool.
I even tried wearing this around I think New York City and started wearing into the backend.
And that’s when I realized, you know I probably should just keep them as display samples.
Next up, I’ve got dress sneakers.
Now, dress sneakers, I would love to start incorporating this into my wardrobe.
The problem is I haven’t had any sample sent to me that actually fit me or that I
can keep.
[0:05:00] Ace Marks just did a kick starter.
They had some great ones.
I love them.
They’re going to send me some, so you will start to see me talk about dress sneakers.
I love it.
I think it’s going to be a modern classic, but for right now you’re not going to see
them in my videos because, hey, I don’t have a pair that I’m actually wearing.
Next up, we’ve got headwear.
Now, when it’s cold outside, yes, I wear protective headwear, but if I’ve got a choice
just to wear to wear it, that rarely ever happens.
Now, this hat right here I picked up and I wore in Ukraine for awhile.
I liked it.
It had ear protection, it looked good, but I don’t find too many opportunities to pull
it off.
This one right here, it’s an Akubra.
I had gift it to me when I was in the Blue Mountains in Australia.
It reminds me of my time there.
I would like to start wearing hats more often, so maybe you guys can let me know down in
the comments what hats you would recommend I wear.
But, nah, it’s a good looking hat maybe I’ll start to wear it more often.
A little bit big?
What do you guys think?
I think it works.
Next up, we’ve got eyeglasses.
And I grew up wearing eyeglasses from fifth grade to about ninth grade and then something
funny happened my freshman year in high school.
I was at a water park and I met a girl and she said you look so good without your glasses.
Guess what?
Those things came off, I never put them on again.
Am I going to be wearing glasses at some point?
I think I will.
Maybe in – maybe five years, ten years I will need glasses and then I can just go right
back to it.
And talk about glasses, but I still think that they are great accessory, one that most
men could have more fun with.
And lucky for me, I am not required to have contacts or glasses at this point.
All right, gents, now it’s your turn.
I want to hear from you down in the comments.
Let me know what item would you love to start to pull off that you’re not currently wearing?
Let me know down in the comments.
And, guys, I appreciate you.
I appreciate everything we built here at Real Men Real Style.
If you ever have any suggestions, you’ve got ideas you’ve got questions, you want
to reach out to me, I can be reached over at my website, RealMenRealStyle.com.
I want to make sure that you – your question is answered that you are able to become the
man you know yourself to be by leveraging style as a tool to get what you want out of
life.
Sound good, guys?
Take care.
I will see you in the next video.
What do you guys think?
Good look or no?
Antonio, you can’t pull it off.
Is the hat too large for me?
Too small?
What do you think?
This look good, should I wear it a little bit tilted?
A little bit like that?
What do you think?
Looking good?
Just walk around town like this, I definitely will get a few looks if I walk around my small
town wearing a hat like this.
Yes.
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