Style Lessons From Tiger King
[0:00:00] So, the first style lesson to steal from the
Tiger King, confidence is everything. I mean, just look at his hairstyle. He wears a mullet.
If you watched one of my earlier videos, you know I ranked that as one of the worst hairstyles
out there, yet he wears it with confidence. He wears it with pride. He knows, yes, some
people aren’t gonna like it. Some people are gonna judge him. I don't care. I’m gonna
wear it anyway. And that's what I like about Joe Exotic. He knows what he wants. He knows
what a lot of people are thinking yet he still does his own thing. He honestly doesn't care.
He understands. Hey, this is part of my brand. This is part of the image. This is part of
my presentation. Now, I'm doing today's video to have fun. But gents, all jokes aside, this
first point is key because so many of you all are not true to who you are. You have
a style. You have an image. You have a vision of who you are, yet you don't dress that way
because you know what? You're worried about what other people think, about what your girlfriend
thinks, about what your family thinks, about what your friends are gonna say if all of
a sudden you're dressing in a way and they are like “Hey, why are you making us look
bad? Why are you wearing that suit? Why are you wearing that street style? What is you
in that color? How can you wear that jewelry? You just look off.” Gents, you got to have
the cojones. You gotta have the courage. You gotta have the strength to go your own way.
At least Joe exotic, yeah, we may make fun of the guy, but at least he had the courage
to go with his own style. Really quick. I wanna interrupt my own video here to let you
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Today, I'm talking about, yeah, Joe Exotic. But guys, I take inspiration from a wide range
of sources when it comes to style. Yes, I've got all the style books, but I love books
like this because they talk about fantasy and they talk about— You actually get into
detail about the style. You learn about, hey, actually, can you bring something like this
in your wardrobe? But I also get into the science. You guys know I love reading the
studies, but I have fun pulling style inspiration from a wide variety of ways and you guys can
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stuff and deeper engage content. I’ve also got some really cool deals, which I'm gonna
make only available during that time period and I hope to see you guys there. The next
style lesson to steal from Joe Exotic, understand the power of a first impression. We make first
impressions all the time yet most of us fail to actually make an impression upon that person.
People forget who we are. We are not memorable. But when you meet Joe or you meet anyone out
there that understands the power of presentation and they put that powerful presentation or
that exotic presentation or maybe that mysterious— Look, women do this all the time. They understand
the power of grabbing the eye with those visuals, with colors, with fragrance, with all the
other things that can be used to basically make that powerful first impression. So, one
of my favorite tailors is Nudie Cohn. And this is a guy that emigrated from Kiev, Ukraine
over the United States, made his way out to Vegas and specialized in making very flamboyant,
eye-catching suits. So, Ronald Reagan, George Jones, Elton John, but most famously Elvis
Presley used his suits basically to grab attention. And what Nudie said sticks with me. I'd rather
be looked over than overlooked. Seriously, gents, so many of you don't have a distinctive
look. You look like everybody else and you rely on your talent, on your ambition, on
your abilities to help you stand apart, but here's the thing. Human beings are lazy and
they oftentimes don't see everything you've got. I know you've got great abilities, but
don't shoot yourself in the foot by not dressing in a way that you can stand apart. Now, I'm
not saying you gotta go crazy, although my friend, Jesse Cole, does over at the Savannah
Bananas. He wears this yellow tux and he's got an amazing story of how he's built up
that business, that baseball team, understanding it's the power of entertainment and presentation.
You don't have to go that far, but I would recommend that you have something that's unique
about you. It can be your fragrance. It can be a particular look. It can be a particular
color. It can be a piece of jewelry. It can be a hat. Find something that helps you stand
out from the crowd and leverage it. And you may be saying, “Antonio, could you be more
specific?” Well, of course I can. Let's look at Joe Exotic and those great looking
shirts. Notice that he doesn't go with a regular white shirt. Now, it's way too boring. Joe
brings in the patterns. Joe brings in the colors. You know what? It works for him. It
works for what he's got it works. I'm not saying it's gonna work with his complexion
but he understands, again, that he’s a showman, that he wants something when people see him
that shirt. “Oh, my gosh, I am not gonna forget that. I don't even know where you got
that, but that thing is bright. That thing is amazing.” Now, guys, I know you've got
an opinion and I wanna hear from you down in the comments.
[0:05:00] Agree, disagree, what do we think about Joe's
facial hairstyle? Should he change it up? Let me know down in the commments
Another way to stand out, your
jewelry. So, let's look at Joe Exotic. Look at those earrings. Okay. Maybe a little bit
too much for some of you guys. How about with a fun belt buckle? Now, belt buckles, they
come in a wide range. You can find there are very simple ones or you can go with something,
yeah, that really grabs attention or maybe simply look at those necklaces. Now, necklaces,
I know for a lot of guys it's something that they don't want to wear, a visible choker
like maybe what Joe does, but there are other more subtle necklaces that you can wear under.
And even if nobody sees it, you know it’s there and you know it’s part of your personal
style. And let's not forget watches. Now, if you do a little bit of research, you can
find out that Joe Exotic really likes this company called Le Vian. And he has this white
ceramic with diamonds. Now, I'm not gonna say this watch is really high quality. It’s
probably not using the best quality diamonds. And definitely, the inner mechanics are not
for watch collectors, but this watch does what it was intended to do. And that is to
grab attention. When you see a guy out in an exotic park wearing a watch like this,
dressed in the way Joe Exotic is, you know that this is the guy that most likely owns
the place. If you’re looking and t never met Joe Exotic, well, before actually watching
the Netflix service, you're like “Okay, this has gotta be the guy because who else
would dress like this except the eccentric showman. The man that is in charge.” Now,
what about headwear? Guys, I think that you should look to bring back the hat this summer.
They're so functional especially keeping that sun off of your head and helping keep you
cool oftentimes by 10 to 15 degrees. But when we look at Joe Exotic, this guy has a wide
range from cowboy hats to just simply baseball caps to even wearing the du rag. Now, as you
know, there's a lot of bad examples in Tiger King and one of the ones I wanted to bring
to your attention is don't be super matchy-matchy. Now, I think this was all part of Carole Baskin’s
plan, but look at this combination right here. The shoes with the trousers, yeah. Just leopard
print on leopard print. This really doesn't work. I would have gone with tiger print with
leopard print. That probably would have been a better combination, but agree, disagree,
let me know down in the comments. Next up, let's talk about style rules because, Joe
Exotic, he breaks a lot of the style rules. But you know what? You can break the style
rules whenever you the confidence, whenever you know who you are, and when you realize
honestly you don't have to care about them if your confidence can carry you. And that's
key getting back to that earlier point. But here's the thing, is that most people when
they're getting started, they are uncertain. They don't know a whole lot about style and
that's who the rules in general, the ones that I prescribe to and the ones I put out
there, are there for. The guy is just getting started ‘cause you're gonna be up on stage
and you want to be confident. You don't have to worry about, you know, does this match
and does that make a difference. Whenever you’re gonna be speaking to your boss and
sitting down, you’re questioning “Okay, should I unbutton or keep my suit buttoned?”
So, that’s why those rules were there, basically to help you navigate those situations. But
when you understand why the rules were there and you've got the confidence, you’ve been
doing this for a while, all of a sudden you can throw those out the window because it
really— Yeah. Should you mix brown with black? Well, most rules are going to say no
when it comes to leathers. But I'm gonna say if you know that rule is there and you know
no one’s going to see your belt or you don't really care because you got a little bit of
black in your shoes and you think the black-brown looks good, then go ahead and break that rule
and own it. And let's talk about being authentic. Very similar to confidence, but being authentic
is actually taking the time to know who you are, to know what you stand for, and to basically
create an image around it. You've got to have a uniform. You've got to have something that
for you is the image of the successful man you wanna be. And when you know what that
looks like— And guys, this changes and evolves. But whenever you start dressing this way,
you are being authentic to yourself and that's what I push, and what I prescribe to, and
what I hope you're able to fight. So what video to watch next? How about the best music
video to ever come out of the great State of Oklahoma? I Once Saw a Tiger. Now, I will
warn you, gentlemen. Once you watch this video, you cannot unwatch it. Yeah. It is quite the
video.
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