What to wear today

Hy y’all!

We believe it’s really important to discover and develop your own style, so we wanted to share a few tips and tricks you can use! These are not unbreakable rules, they are our suggestions that we think could somehow help you! Take a few moments to think about the following:

• Your age- clothes must always be appropriate. You don’t want to be 40 and dress like you’re 18! Dressing young when you are 40 is not very OK, dressing youthful is!

• Your lifestyle! If you are a person who is very active, you should have a lot of high-comfort clothes like jeans and shirts! Also, if you are always on the go, running from work to the gym, you might want to wear a small number of accessories or jeweleries!

• Keep your job in mind! Whatever it is you work, you need to dress appropriate for it! Think of clothes you can dress up or down! For example a nice, casual shirt can be dressed up with a tie. But if you wear a highly formal shirt, you won`t be able to dress it down when you go bowling after working hours.

• Look for inspiration wherever you can find it! It doesn’t matter if it’s people you know, people on the street, a blog like this one or a famous person!

• Think of what’s flattering for your body: for example, shiny  textures make you look bigger, while matte, smooth ones make you look smaller. Look around the blog for more info on what kind of collars, shirts, ties you should wear!

It’s really weird to dress up as someone else tells you to, your clothes must match your personality and the things you want to send out to the world. This is why we gave it a shot and tried to make two collages of pieces that caught our eyes. This is something you can do too! This is why we often share clothes we like on our blog: for you to find inspiration and see what makes you tick!

The man in the first picture is wearing a win Hill Brown tailored vest. On the right, we added a yellow Paisley Silk Pocket Square from the Men`s Wearhouse. We liked it because it really went well with the color palette we were trying to stay in line with. The shoes and the watch go together, as the outfit we were putting together is a casual one, and both black and brown are neutrals, so they go with anything!

In the second picture, we tried to focus on details and not the main pieces. This is why we chose to showcase a cool pair of underwear by Paul Smith, a red silk tie by Sean John, a Vince Camuto watch (don’t forget that both silver and gold are neutrals, so they can be worn with anything), and a pair of black shoes to be matched with a pair of cuffs shaped as clapboards. The cufflinks might be a little too funky, but you know how they say: “To achieve the nonchalance which is absolutely necessary for a man, one article at least must not match.” Actually, it was Sir Edwin Hardy Amies who said it. It’s the same thing we did when we choose the yellow pocket square!

 

Yes, and we see it: the colors: red, black and white are the Attire Club colors. We did not do it on purpose, but there is something to learn out of it. What we can learn is that once you discovered your own style, it will become part of you and really reflect what YOU are all about!

 

Yours,

Fraquoh and Franchomme

 

 

 

 

 

P.S. What do you like to wear? What are some things you take into consideration when putting an outfit together?