Having good fashion sense will go far in making you a more attractive person when in set or in your life in general. However the average guy, and especially the average English or American guy has very little fashion sense.
The average guy dresses in an average manner… it’s kinda obvious really…
Dressing in the average way is not going to generate interest and help enhance your cool factor but neither will it destroy your chances with the average chick….
However what will have a negative impact on your gaming and possibly ruin any chance of closing or even a succesful interaction is if you are doing something drastically wrong….. thus today’s blog entry is going to be a quick list of fashion faux pa’s… the most obvious things the average bloke get’s wrong over and over again!!! See how many of these fashion attrocities you are committing and cringe:
1. Gold jewellery sux… Are you a dart’s player or Kebab shop owner? No.. Then go and get some silver jewellery! Yes that includes getting rid of that nasty gold ring your great Uncle Herbert left to you!!
2. Only wear tight clothes if you have a tight body… If you’ve been hitting the gym recently and think your making changes don’t go crazy and draw for the skin tight v neck until your sure you can pull it off. There is nothing worse than a half worked out but still slightly chubby dude rocking tight clothes thinking he looks buffy when he really looks puffy!!! Remember mirrors are liars you see what you want to see (both negative and positive) a tight T is most likely to look bad on any moobs (man boobs) or on the spare tire/muffin top, so make sure!! The same goes for vest’s if your gonna wear them make sure you have some serious gunnage first! For the skinny guy don’t be afraid to eccentuate your slim physique with slim cut clothes just make sure you dont wear anything so tight that we can see your ribs, the refugee look is like soooo last season!!! lol…
3. Print T shirts… Burn any T – Shirts with ridiculous meaningless print on them ie. New Hampshire water Polo team 1976 etc… You weren’t alive in 1976! You can’t swim! And you think New Hampshire is just the other side of the Watford Bypass!!!.. These T – Shirts are boring ridiculously common and have no relevance to your life and persona. In fact they have negative connotations for you persona as only someone who has no idea of style and what looks cool would choose to wear one. They are really a cheap and easy device used by stylistically challenged men to excuse any real sense of style, thought or effort.
4. Cheap pattern T shirt/shirts… Keep that fire burning. Let’s take the typical River Island Tee or fitted shirt. A perfectly nice garment may be totally spoiled by some tatoo style pattern or random square box of assorted serial numbers and ‘cool’ looking faded barcode type things or dragons/flames on the breast plate shouder, back or sides. To the fashion heathen these patterns are just a cool extra detail!
To the refined lady these are tacky little patterns which instantly indicate the wearer has been shopping in cheap tacky stores (only high street and worse outlets sell such garments) and furthermore thinks that generic crappy patterns look good on them…. Hang on I did once have a really nice short sleeved shirt with tatoo pattern wing type things on the shoulders!! Hang on again that was ten years ago when the idea was new and I was sixteen. I have nothing against shirts from cheap places just make sure they are classic, concentrate on cut and style rather than boyish devices.
5. Bad Shoes… I have had a go at bad trainers in earlier blogs but it’s such a strong point that it warrants more venom!! During the summer I talked at a bootcamp and one of the dude’s attending ( ha ha it could be you???) was wearing a blazer (bad fitting but still a start) a decent enough shirt and jeans. He looked alright then I looked as his feet!!! Car cash! He had topped off his look with a pair of totally shabby looking old white trainers. Not only were they a trainer (which are only for the gym or the Hip Hopper) they were old dirty, far too tightly lace (giving them an unnaturally long and thin effect) but they were also a lame style, being some plain old pair of running shoes! A clean well presented pair of Nike Air Max or Air Force One can look cool with the right overall appearance.
The same thing stands for Leather shoes. So many guys wear messed up block square, old loafers with a big silver buckle which leave me reminiscing about school, or old clog like shoes which look like standard issue for a Policeman or Train workers. If you are one of these guys then get your raggedy ass down to Office the shoe shop, defy the credit crunch and shell out a whole forty pounds on a new pair of Leather shoes preferably with a long sleek shape!
And believe me this is important. It has almost becoming a ‘thing’, a convention of modern liberated society!! that women check out potential suitor’s shoes. In every women’s magazine when asked what 3 things they first realise about a man they always say nice eyes a nice bum and nice shoes!!
6. Striped Shirts. OK so this is point is for 90 % of striped shirts, some stripey shirts are very stylish and cool. However we are hear to talk about the other ninety %. If you tend to wear one of the same old long sleeved typical shirts with a striped pattern and jeans as your staple going out gear then you… yes you are who im talikng to. So many guys have such a lack of direction in their fashion sense that they simply follow these rules as the obvious uniform for the man about the town. I have left this point till last purposely because unlike its predecessors it won’t directly destroy your image but it still has negative connotations. So are you wearing a plain white or blue shirt with blue or white stripes? Or something similarily boring? Next time you go to a pub or club look around and see just how many blokes are wearing the dreaded plain striped shirt, then look at the type of bloke. One thing they will all have in common is a lack of style and imagination and probably a lack of attractive female company.
Anybody who has any suggestions of fashion and crimes that should be judged by this tribunal please comment.
court adjourned
hey thanks for the advice, i always struggle with shoes, especially trainers and casual shoes, what are the best styles that would go with most outfits?
Another important item is your coat. I think it should match your overall style because most people just have one. It would totally suck if you want to walk a girl home and you get your coat and it isn't in stylish. You will probably lose value then.
Haha, you deleted all the spam and my post as well that was caught in the middle!! Anyway, in short I was talking about paying attention to detail and in particular socks. I want to hear Ollie's advice on it but I think wearing socks with patterns or weird colours can ruin your whole outfit when you're dressed up (I've seen it in both guys and girls). Also, the textile should be appropriate. Don't wear cotton socks with leather shoes for example. And the white ones are for the gym!!
I have the nice shoes and jeans thing down, but now what am I supposed to wear on top? I am one of "those blokes" wearing striped shirts at the bars. What are my other options if not a striped dress shirt? A plain blue or white dress shirt looks too boring in my opinion.
I'm a big fella. Height 1.86m, weight 130kg. I'm in quite good shape, play pro rugby. What advice have you got for me? I love waring the jeans and t-shirt thing to flaunt the guns and chest, but, like you said, every other guy is doing it as well. I like the whole Justin Timberlake look but I don't know if it will work for my big body.