Alright F-chatters, it's time to make the world a better place one good looking person at a time. If there are any of you out there with a sense of style, please share any tips or suggestions you have with the community. If you have any questions please ask them. How you look can make the difference on a job interview or other important event. I'll start out with one of the most obvious: never, ever wear a belt when you are wearing suspenders (from here on always called Braces)! It's one or the other; and braces are always the more elegent and comfortable choice (unless they are the kind you clip to your pants rather than having the buttons in the pants). Also, in my humble opinion, diamonds are a girls best friend not a man's. Let's keep it that way.
Never wear a button-down shirt with a double breasted jacket. Men should never wear bracelets unless they identify a medical condition. Tattoos & piercings visible when wearing business attire make you look like an unemployable wannabe follow-the-crowd-like-a-lemming knob.
1) If you have to wear socks with sandles, make sure they are white, not the blue, black or brown ones that come up to your knees. 2) Never wear a French Cuff dress shirt with Dockers. 3) Buy the small $10 Swiss Army knife and use it's scissors to trim your damn nose hairs! 4) Use a Good News razor to whack those ear hairs. 5) ALWAYS have a good shine on your dress shoes. NOTHING is worse than seeing a guy in a $2Kb suit and his shoes look like crap! 6) NEVER blow your nose while at a restaurant. Go to the damn bathroom! 7) If your dress shirts have a gap on the top button of more than 1/4", toss 'em. Buy your dress shirts with an extra 1" at the neck. After a couple of washings, the collar will be perfect, withaout a gap at the necktie knot.
Learn how to tie a bow tie. You can always tell when was isn't because it is too perfect. Not nearly as classy. Here is a link with good instructions: http://www.tcf.ua.edu/bowtie/
Ive been advised that having a lot of style & being different somehow is a huge attraction for the ladies. As a test I wore my Nepalese jacket out to a very nice outdoor area in South Beach w lots of restaurants & stores & tons of people on a saturday night. I had at least a dozen chicks checking me out that I saw, Who knows how many I missed. So the advice was dead on. Usually I may get 1 check checking me out when I go out Its sort of reversing fashion on them & makes you stand out so even if you aren't Brad Pitt you can stand out from the crowd by being different & stylish I think my Nepalese jackets will be used a lot more now, I have 3 in black, blue, & white. Have some more coming direct from Katmandhu. Anybody interested ?
1. If you don't wear a cowboy hat very often, and have to wear one for whatever reason: Straw hats are for spring and summer, felt hats are for fall and winter. 2. If you are buying your first suit or sportcoat, the tag on the sleeve with the brand name on it needs to come off. You will expose yourelf for the poser that you are if you leave it on. 3. See picture below. My 7th grade parocial school teacher went to the Naval Acadamy (sp?) and told me this and I've never forgotten the tip: Always make sure that the button down shirt, belt buckle, and fly make one straight line. Image Unavailable, Please Login
It needs to be said, esp since its the first thing I thought when I saw this thread: "Queer Eye for the F Chat Guy"
Always make sure you wear black/black, brown/brown. Never combine the two and wear a brown belt and black shoes, or vice versa. My only problem is I have to settle for belts. I'm a skinny guy and they just don't make nice dress belts, or i can't find any, that fit perfect.
Keep the back of your hair (at the top of your back) trim. Ten seconds with an electric razor keeps it nice and clean between haircuts......This is a fun thread!
If you are a little on the chubby side (a la Darth550) don't wear shirts with horizontal stripes. They will make you appear even larger. Wear shirts with vertical stripes as they will appear to slim the figure.
Dont wear a blue suit with brown shoes. Dont wear a three piece suit and have a belt buckle showing below the waistcoat. Dont sneeze into your hand - use the crook of your elbow if you are desperate. Do learn how to use a knife and fork properly. The number of people who have made their way up in the world but have kept bad table manners is astonishing - you particularly see it with actors. Dont take advice from a web site. NEVER take advice from me. Oh..... If you meet the Queen try not to fart. Its been done better by someone else.
Women should not reapply makeup at the dinner table...nor should anyone ever check their teeth in a butterknife! DL
Never tuck your Scully Western Repro shirt into your Levi's 517s........ Instead take a note from Jesse Dayton or Kevin Geil of Two Ton's of Steel, and wear it unbuttoned, shirt tale OUT, over a white or black t-shirt emblazoned with an obscure artist's logo. Alligator Records or something like that Match your Luchesse Alligator boots to your belt, and carry some Macanudo's for the band........ See ya backstage! Now when I fall into work hungover on Friday morning looking like this, my boss notices that it was a good Thursday night downtown, and doesn't let me operate heavy machinery...... (post pics of Dave Alvin with Speedy308 here) (post pic of Jimmie Dale Gilmore with Valeria backstage here) Jimmie Dale has it perfect, in that shot.......
It's too big for my pinky! Back to style tips: When visiting an exoticar repair shop, it's a good idea to not wear an long orange buttoned shirt over a black T. Otherwise you may be mistaken for the "help." Additionally, eyebrows are best kept in check. Image Unavailable, Please Login Image Unavailable, Please Login
