As A Man, Finding A Personal Style Should Be Simple
When getting ready for work in the morning or prepping for a date, one of the most innocuous but important choices is what to wear. The right outfit can make the difference between making a great first impression and camouflaging what you really have to offer.
Women are encouraged to play with trends no matter the results – clothing is unfairly portrayed as the exclusive playground of women. Mini-skirts, leggings, and ever changing styles and colors are the headaches of women. For men to be overtly on trend or extremely fashion forward, that mantle mostly resides in the realm of celebrity.
Teenage boys in their jean skinny styles and long greased hair or slouching extra-large jeans held up with narrow belts well below the butts of hip hoppers are declarations of what these boys are into. As adults, men should find a personal style to suit them that doesn’t adhere to any particular trends.
Once the overly flamboyant fashions of the Victorian era passed, men’s clothing styles have followed similar and fundamental rules that look fresh and stylish decade after decade. Three piece suits, vests, dress shirts, polo shirts, slacks, cashmere and even leather jackets are all timeless pieces that any man can adopt. The most important facet of these pieces is their fit- it cannot be overstressed that the defining characteristic of a great outfit is the tailoring involved fitting an individual’s body.
Like Kathryn and Audrey Hepburn being held aloft as female style icons, there are a number of inspirations from the past that men can acquire ideas from. The reason that the Hepburn women remain stylish to this day was because they found clothing that worked for them and their bodies without falling prey to any strange fashions of the day. The leather brown boots of Johnny Depp or the impeccable suits of Cary Grant all work to add to the sum total of these men’s parts.
Allow your clothes to speak with you and your personality, rather than broadcasting messages that don’t apply to who you are. A man who knows himself and doesn’t fawn over being fashion forward is extremely attractive.
The fashion upside for men is an insistence on simplicity. Accessories are sparse at best from a knotted scarf, to a streamlined men’s sport watch, to a wedding ring. Finding the silhouette that works for your body shape without straining to make your shape work for the clothing is a fashion rule that crossed both genders. Clothes do make the man if they are picked with simplicity and elegance.
