Tag Archives: men’s personal style
Tell your story through a personal color palette
Why should men care about which colors they wear?
Aside from the truth of first impressions, you feel a heck of a lot better about yourself when you know you look as good as you can. Men routinely irk women by not caring about how we present ourselves. (Women continually complain about it, but our persistent dispassion has worn them down.) So, here’s some elementary advice about how to strut with color. Continue reading
Fed-up and bored with yet another stiff silk necktie?
The necktie has been a mainstay of men’s style since Beau Brummell’s personal style made the men’s suit the standard for well-dressed, dapper men. But some men may feel, may yearn to rock that dogma. How about an alternative to the necktie? (Even if this is just a reminder.) Continue reading
CNN & InStyle’s observations about First Lady’s style raise questions
When CNN recently asked an InStyle magazine editor, Isabel Gonzales Whitaker, to analyze Michelle Obama’s impact on North American style, she suggested there wasn’t simply a contrast between glamour and chicness, and the very important comfort, but a clash. This doesn’t help men. “The New York Time’s” fashion photographer, Bill Cunningham, recently explained that “men are really stubborn..!” Continue reading
For men who want to dress well, but are confused
Men are reticent about questions of clothing and personal style. I used to sympathize with that. I used to be one of them. They are convinced that choosing items and the colors that flatter their physiques takes work that simply donning sweats, tennis shoes, and last night’s t-shirt doesn’t. Here are a few suggestions for moving beyond those ideas and that image. Continue reading
How important is the brand when a man decides what to wear?
I am a style-conscious man and deliberate in what I wear.
In this New York Times article by Eric Wilson, Patrick Li describes how he synthesizes the essence of a brand and communicates that we use to brand ourselves. Continue reading
