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Ok guys it’s been a while….

Summer is upon us… suddenly the hidden beauties emerge from there hiding places and flock to watering holes to consume cider and wear bikini tops…

So what should we be wearing??

Summer day wear is a tough one there’s not too much you can do to create a strong impression in a hot climate..( save of course gettin your ass in the gym…DO IT)

First I’m going to outline some negatives then I will suggest a simple and easy summer look!!

No football shorts or any kind of umbro above the knee kinda JD sports type things!!

No sports shirts.. yes we all know you love Arsenal (insert favoured team and sport where neccesary) and we don’t care.. And No England football shirts!!! We lose all the time and our fans are heathens!!!

No socks with trainers!!! Wear ankle socks or just roll the sock down below the rim of your shoe!!

No surfwear… sorry Billabong, Rip curl fans etc…Surfers are some broke ass dudes!!!

No surfer brand sunglasses again sorry Oakley etc. Get yourself a pair of classic Rayban’s. Avaitors or 1950′s style classic.

No pedal pushers (long shorts).

No obvious high street brand T- Shirts. ie. Topman, River island Tee’s. They are cheap look cheap and every loser out there has the same ones!!t is fine to wear plain tee’s from such fine establshments but anything with a strong design or picture, print etc is a big no no!! Do you want to look like a student?? This is especially pertinent to all you students!!

Ok so there is some of the common mistakes guys make with summer wear.. Now here’s some suggestions…

Wear knee length plain coloured combat shorts (but not camoflague prints, there are a few camoflague prints which look cool but most of them are like sooooo two years ago!!). A plain blue or beige short with a plain white fitted V – Neck T’ shirt and sunglasses clipped on the V is a simple and cool look!! American Apparel does the best fitted T- Shirts but Topman is a pretty good and a cheaper alternative.

Plain plimsoles, i have metinoned vans before, trendy and cheap!!

Get your hippy on, Wear flip flops..HAVIANAS are the only acceptable brand.. There are nice leather style thong sandals too but to be sure go for the havianas (available at Office)!! You can wear flip flops with jeans, if it’s really hot roll your jeans up to your knees!! I am usually a fan of skinny or straight leg jeans but a pair of baggy baby blue jeans trailing to the ground at your ankle (and thus getting filthy), white flip flops and a white T- Shirt is cool aswell.

There are some nice above the knee length smart shorts available at Topman and FCUK , if you have ok legs (if your chubby or have boney legs don’t go there.. step away from the shorts!!) To be safe go for a plain blue or beige and wear with a fitted T’ shirt or a fitted short sleeve collar shirt!!

Deck shoes!! Blue and white deck shoes (socks not visible are smart and casual at the same time and show a certain English class and restrain!! And plus there only 35 quid from river island!!

Get a tan!! We have about 3 weeks of sun on this desolate rock enjoy it!! And if you have to work you can always cheat!! Fake tan by St Tropez is about 15 pounds for a tube (available at Boots, select the relevant skin tone). It is the ONLY good brand. The rest will have you looking like a Swedish pornstar!! Come on guys were living in a metra-sexual society now, wear the fake tan it will make you look healthy and more attractive!! That being said NEVER admit it!! NEVER… your Grandad is Italian or you went to Brighton at the weekend!!

Finally i already mentionned the gym!! It’s a bit late now for all you couch potatoes but next year is always around the corner!! If your in shape wear a vest!! But be honest are you really in shape??

Now go to the park… Happy hunting…

Ok so it’s Christmas ho ho ho!!! So what does Father Ollie have in his festive sack for you!!! This post will be a style turkey pudding stuffed with easy high street ideas to guarantee that you pull a cracker…. ok enough of the cheesy Xmas metaphors…

So I have already mentionned before the strength of wearing a cool T-shirt underneath a smart slim fit blazer. So here is a quick and easy list of Tee’s and where you can get your mits on them!! I have chosen these particuar shirts because they all make a big impact when teamed with a smart black blazer!! It is the contrast between the smart jacket and the fun or even comical tee that really defines the look. Emphasis will be lost when worn on their own…..

TOPMAN:

There is also a very cool Tee from Topman which I couldn’t find a picture of, it is a humourous Ghostbusters themed shirt, with the slogan who you gonna call covering the whole front of the Tee in bold writing.

URBAN OUTFITTERS:

Camera Tee by Modern Amusement

MAHARISHI

ED HARDY

Rasputin..

AMPLIFIED

Available at Topman

CONTINENTAL

Online fashion brand and my favorite Tee of this bunch…

Ok so there’s a few ideas for you to mull over or something to ask Mum to pop in your stocking!!!! 

Peaceeee, love and goodwill to all women

Ollie

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