Style Tips for Men
I’ve been receiving ridiculous amounts of traffic from my How to Wear a Scarf for Men post so I thought I would give the lads a special sunday treat and give you guys some sartorial eye candy of your own… I’m just a bit thoughtful like that.
Experiment with the proportions of your outfit. Wear your shirt a little longer or your pants a little shorter.
Don’t be afraid of patterns and bold prints.
Try unusual silhouettes in your ensembles.
Embrace statement hair. There is nothing sexier than a young man rocking a quiff or funky mohawk.
Theme dressing? Girls do it all the time. Why not be appropriately dressed for every different situation?
Okay I’m not seriously suggesting that you try this look. There is no way that you’re cool enough. But do try to inject some colour into your wardrobe. Black, navy and bottle green are starting to haunt me on the streets of Melbourne.
Try wearing jewellery. And not just a plain silver chain or ring. I love a man who wears statement accessories.
I don’t care how old you are. Wear a god damn suit and smoke a cigar. And then take me for a ride on your yacht.
Be yourself. If you want to wear a fabulous jacket covered in antique fruit print, do it.
I heard recently that Einstein wore the same thing every single day so he didn’t have to waste the thought on what to wear, but he theorised relativity. What’s your excuse?
And don’t be telling me these tips are ‘gay’ – they are no gayer than those hideous, skinny, long shorts and feral lace-less 80’s sand shoes that seem permanently attached to every Australian male under the age of twenty. Plus I’m a girl. I know what tingles the poonani…
Photos from Facehunter and The Sartorialist.?
Love Lady Smaggle
xxx
Einstein theorised relativity 40 years before his death, what was his excuse the rest of the time?
Actually, big Albert was typically dressed by his second wife, Elsa, who was somewhat of a fashion doyenne. Then she died and bang, twenty years of sweat-shirts.
Steve Jobs on the other hand…
and i do embrace statement hair. specifically the statement “can’t be arsed”
Dear Smaggle,
Thanks for posting some thought provoking tips. I’m right off to my local Westfield to get me some linen to go with my cigar (so to speak). I’m equally dubious about the guy who won a fight with a rainbow and took up the spoils. Not sure that should be allowed on the street. (Although I will post on FB a guy who looks cools with a judicious use of colour)
I’m curious about something though. Being a bloke with a slight, err, lets just say paunch, do you have any fashion tips? You see everything cool in the stores seems to be for the stick figure man. The cuts as so thin and you look ridiculous when you have to go up sizes for it to fit ’round the ol’ tum tum. How do you work around that?
Ciao,
The guy on the boat looks like he’s planning on throwing that child overboard. Creepy!
Roberts – Does any ever really stop theorising? And at least you take the ’shaved head’ can’t be arsed approach as opposed to the Hamey ‘just let it grow’ can’t be arsed approach.
Kaiser – I think the best advice is to find a brand that a works for and stick to it. Country Road does great boy stuff as does Jag. Try to shop a little older than you might and you’ll find classic pieces that are cut a little more classically than the slim line modern stuff.
The Mumma – Ha!
OMFG! That colorful fellow hurts my eyes with his mis-matched nonsense!
My favourites are looks no. 1 and 7. I will be appropriating some of these elements asap.
Xx
Yay! Posts like these are generally aimed you my love.
Great tips!! no doubt this will be double searched as well. I STILL have your ‘how to wear a scarf’ posts starred in my google reader faves.
Awesome. I should actually flag them somewhere for myself….
Tingles the poonani?! Loves it. A well dressed man is always a tingler.
Ha! Couldn’t love this post more.
That sixth picture down, with all the colour.
Jesus, thats great! There is nothing sexier than a man in copious amounts of colouring!
My faves are the guy with the ‘mis-matched nonsence’, he looks so awesome.
The fella with the statement hair, he looks amazing.
And of course the creep who is about to throw the kid over board.
He looks awesome, and i like his smile!
Kid looks a bit scared but.
I love this post.