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Style Advice. Menswear. Street Style.

April 25, 2012

1. Smile- Charlie Chaplin (sung by Nat King Cole)

2. A tie clip ‘clips’ your tie to the placket of your shirt. It is also never wider than said tie.

3. If you’re not working as hard as you can to achieve the success that you want, don’t say a word when you fall short.

4. Interesting

Spring Showers

It is spring, and that means weather that can be difficult to predict. Sometimes it’s warm and sunny, then within a few moments it’s rainy and cold. We in Seattle recently had a day where we saw rain, snow, sleet, hail, and sun. Sure complaining about the weather is easy, but being prepared for it is less annoying- so I recommend trying the later.

More often than not, when I suspect rain will make an appearance I grab my toggle coat and duck boots. In this shoot, I layered a cotton sweater over an oxford cloth button down, paired them with khaki chinos and a repp tie.

Because it’s spring, adding a touch of color feels right. A pink shirt works here, and the tie has white and red stripes that pick up on that. Khakis are versatile, and go with just about everything, as does the navy from the coat and boots.

I picked this tote bag up form a thrift store for literally pennies, and use it for work or school papers, and for stuffing a jacket or sweater in should the weather change

When layering, you want pieces to work together without being dependent on one another. By keeping colors in the same family, and wearing versatile pieces, I can mix, match, or remove any piece from this outfit and still feel good about it.

Thank you as always to Amanda for the great photos. Take care folks, and thanks for reading.

Preview of our upcoming post. Some amazing photos coming soon!

Preview of our upcoming post. Some amazing photos coming soon!

April 12, 2012

1. Spiral - Jamie Woon

2. Vests are not meant to be worn with short sleeves. Attempting to bend this rule does result in cutting edge sartorialism, it makes you look like a fool.

3. Open doors and pull out chairs. Progression by the feminist movement does not negate the need for gentlemen.

4. I really hope that if convicted they let Zimmerman in gen pop.

Today

sand desert boots x white denim x navy weave d ring belt x pale blue oxford cloth cutaway collar shirt x beige/khaki blazer x white banana pocket square x vintage silk scarf x wristwear

putthison:

Via Reddit, “Decreasing Order, left to right, how to wear a tie properly.”
(Of course, if they were wearing a tie properly, they’d have a coat on top of it.)

putthison:

Via Reddit, “Decreasing Order, left to right, how to wear a tie properly.”

(Of course, if they were wearing a tie properly, they’d have a coat on top of it.)