The t-shirt, a classic part of a man's core wardrobe.
In today's video, I'm going to talk about how you can wear a t-shirt with style.
Tip number one.
Nail the fit.
Now, with a lot of other pieces of clothing you can get it adjusted to fit you properly;
jackets, dress shirts, but with t-shirts you got to find the brand that fits you properly.
So, when you put on a t-shirt, these are the key points you want to look at.
Look at the shoulder points.
Right in here you want to make sure that it aligns exactly with your shoulders.
If it goes down too low or if it's too tight, you're going to want to find another brand.
Then, look in the chest area and just understand that a medium in one brand is not going to
fit the same as a medium in another.
You want to find a company that's using a model, who has a similar build to you.
Then, look in the torso.
If you've got a great body that you've taken care of, you want to make sure that it has
the right type of taper.
If you have a little bit of weight in the midsection, you want to have something has
a looser fit.
Then, the length of a t-shirt, you could possibly get that adjusted, but it is something I will
try to find a brand that has a length, so when you raise your hands up it actually still
covers your midsection.
Unless you're going to wear it untucked, then you can go a little bit shorter.
Now, the length of the sleeves, you want to pay attention find what's right for you.
If you have a more muscular build, you can go with something shorter.
If you have a very thin build, you want to make sure it doesn't flare out and that perhaps
it's bit longer.
Tip number two.
Pay attention to the style.
Look for a V.
Now, you can wear a crew neck t-shirts and those are classic, they're good to go, but
I think so many men could look better with a V-neck.
Now, I'm not talking about a scoop neck, you don't want something going down here and showing
a whole bunch of cleavage.
What you want is a classic V that's just going to give a nice line here.
It's going to help build up the chest, give a very masculine look.
All right.
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Why?
Because think about it, guys, when you've got this entire area of your arm right here
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jewelry.
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Tip number three.
Go dark.
So, why not go light and the white t-shirt is classic, so is the light gray.
But, both of those remind us of undershirts, instead look to go perhaps a black, go with
charcoal gray, go with navy.
You can even expand out to maroons.
You can look at a dark olive green.
You can go with a true blue.
And, what we have is something that's going to give you a more monochromatic look because
I'm going to transition now into point number four.
Wear them with a dark-colored pair of jeans.
The great thing with a dark-colored pair of jeans the dark-colored shirt that I just talked
about is it gives you a monochromatic look.
All of sudden we're able to look at you up and down makes you more lean.
It actually so if you got a little bit of weight in the midsection, you're a bit of
a shorter guy, then this is going to make you look taller.
It's going to make you look more trim and it's just a great overall look.
You can even tuck in the shirt and it's going to look fine.
Tip number five.
Go with the right fabric.
So, there's a lot of fabric options out there.
If you're going to go with cotton, understand that you've going to have wrinkles.
You're going to want to go with a heavier weight cotton.
You can also look at merino wool.
So, merino wool is great because it's not going to have as much many wrinkles, but it's
also something that you've got to understand it's going to be oftentimes be more expensive,
it's going to be odor resistant, but it's a great option as well.
Now, synthetic materials, synthetic fabrics in general oftentimes are perceived as being
lower quality, but synthetic materials can be great for resistance of in a sense wrinkles.
But the issue with synthetics if they're too they can look really too sporty and it may
not be the type of look you're going for.
Tip number six for upgrading a t-shirt is to bring in a vest.
Now, I've talked about vest on and off here at Real Men Real Style.
Some guys have mixed feelings, it's not something they're used to.
But, understand that if you have a good build, if you've got larger arms, if you've got a
build good upper body, you're going to be very active.
I've seen photographers, I've seen dancers bring in vest to their wardrobe with a t-shirt.
This is going to be a great look especially if you're going to be active, you're going
to be moving around.
And, guys, but pay attention to the cut of the vest.
The overall look, it's going to cover up most of the t-shirt so, you know, t-shirt is not
going to be seen, so we're going to see the vest.
You want something that's been maybe adjusted to fit you, but that right there can really
level up the t-shirt.
To wrap this up, gentlemen, I want to say try throwing on a jacket.
Now, the key here is to go with a jacket color that's similar to the shirt.
If you go with that a little bit more of a monochromatic look, something that's similar
is going to look better than a high contrast.
So, don't try wearing a white shirt with a black jacket, instead maybe a blue shirt with
a blue jacket.
That look right there along with a, you know, the whole monochromatic feel with the darker
colored jeans or darker colored trousers is going to give you I think a pretty darn good
look.
All right, gentlemen, so that's it.
Let me know what you think in the comments quick video, I think that you can have a lot
of fun dressing up with t-shirt.
It's not going to be for everyone.
Somewhere that they're going to watch this video and say sacrilege, not something I would
ever recommend.
However, I think in certain industries, you can really pull it off and I would love to
hear from you guys.
Have you ever rocked this look?
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Take care, guys.
I'll see you in the next video.