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LooksWomen can recognize a well-dressed man much faster than guys recognize women. Women live and breathe clothes, so it is built in to their daily operation to make assumptions about what type of person you are. Their impressions and assumptions about you are always positive when well dressed. If you are well dressed, you are also: • - Well off This is their image: Women since they were girls have always dreamt “I want a tall dark and handsome man....”, well; you can't do much about tall but you can fulfill the handsome need simply by always wearing your best at social occasions. They don't want to be seen talking to some guy who could easily be confused with the neighborhood bricklayer. You may think: “But then I have to iron the shirt, dry clean the jacket the next day, polish the shoes before going out...” No, you don't have to do all that. I have streamlined my wardrobe to have only wrinkle-free shirts and pants. Wearing my best clothes is just as hassle-free as wearing anything else. I don't dry clean the jacket every day (once a month at most); the shoes are polished once a month. The pants and shirts are washed together with the rest of the casual clothes. Of course, there are several ways to be well dressed for each occasion. You don't want to be wearing the same sport coat to heavy metal concerts or barbecues. To know what's in style, just skim through GQ or Maxim type magazines and figure out what is fashionable this year. All you need is one kick-ass set of clothes for: • 1) Classy events (like a gallery opening or piano lounge) Also, after having spent $7000 on clothes in the last 6 years, I've come to the conclusion everyone else arrives with at age of 5: “It is better to have one kick ass set of social clothes than to have 6 average sets.” I know we all know this, but it is here for reinforcement. You can wear the one set of kick-ass clothes every-time you go out and look different with a few variations (different shirt, different shoes, no jacket etc), and still look attractive. But with an average set of clothes, you'll never look better than average. Plus, when you buy from famous designers, you are not only buying a hip look; you are also buying quality. You can expect a Dolce&Gabana suit to last several years without a single thread being undone. Plus, when you spend a lot of money on a piece, you treat it better. If you are the type that got in line twice when God was giving out fat (like me), you might want to only wear dark or black shirts, T-shirts and sweaters. You can visually lose 10 to 20 pounds this way. And no, a black jacket is not enough. Just make sure you are wearing black on black, and not a mixture of colors with a black top. What makes the black on black trick work is that it takes away any attention by being black and void from detail. Your contours and three-dimensionality becomes flattened out. Further, black works with any skin color. What must be noted is that shiny materials like silk or polyester work counter to this trick: the reflections that occur on your contours will be just obvious as if you were wearing light colors. Stick to black cotton or matte materials. Another little trick I use when buying clothes is I usually just go with exactly what was laid out on the mannequin in the shop window. That set up was carefully chosen by someone with some type of design education and a decent sense of fashion, so when in doubt go with what's in the window. There are ways to look great in all these occasions. Check out the ads from GQ, Rolling stone, Playboy and Vibe and you'll get a good idea about what the next fashion cues will be.
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