Just a rule on mens style today.  The ability to get colour into mens style and clothes is a delicate skill.  A lot like putting a finger up your partners arse; a little bit now and again, carefully placed, everyone will enjoy and appreciate   Get carried away and put your whole hand up there, you'll get a reputation, and not a good one.

19. Create a highlight.   Move away from just black, blue and grey cloths.  I know, sometimes it’s nice to hold onto what you think is safe; safe is nice, you look into your wardrobe and it’s a sea of nice safe blacks, greys and blues. Fuck that, you winey little girl.  I’m not suggesting you start buying suits that would scare Jonathan Ross circa 2001, but a bright corner pocket, socks or scarf will make you look like you’ve thought about it, and you’ve got the chops to have a go.

This style guide uses rules on leather jackets and trousers to show you how to dress like a fucking man, and not a biker on his way to his second probation meeting.

Portobello Market

10/11

Rules.

24.  Buy your wardrobe like a record collection. If you run out and buy a whole collection straight away, you’ll end up next year, with a lot of unstylish clothes. Aim to buy stuff that has a classic feel to it, and - fucking shit the bed -, you might just start looking a bit more classic.

10.  No turn ups. This excludes jeans, but if you want to foreshorten your leg, making your body appear longer, and in turn making you look like an extra from Willow, go ahead, be my guest, you fucking weirdo.

21.  Aim for an upside down triangle. Your hips should appear thinner than your shoulders. 

I like things with a classic, timeless feel, there’s a certain elegance with things that don’t belong to any age.  The black leather jacket could be from the 50’s, 60’s or 70’s, who knows, but it still looks the muts nuts now.  By adding a contemporary twist, with the well fitted trousers, and not plumping for the obvious jeans, he looks pretty fucking sweet.

The length and fit of the jacket, really is key.  The jacket sits just on the waist, making the body to leg proportion balanced.  The arms are not too tight, and the panels on the body give the leather a texture and depth, both of which are, good.

The big, chunky, patterned scarf draws your eye to his face.  With the high contrast colours of his face to hair, the scarf works well as a buffer to the plainness of his jacket.

The cut of the trousers, not too tight is good, although the length may be a hair too long (notice the extra ripples on top of his shoes), but fuck it, i’m on my second glass of wine now, so I’ll let it slide.

Style Guide. Colour Balance

This style guide uses rules on colour to show you how to dress like a fucking man.   These tips on mens style should help you not look like a Picasso painting called “Of meat and cloth”

Holborn

17/01


Rules

15. You’re a Similar; if: Your hair is the same colour as your face. Start fucking around with high contrast colours and, you’ll be washed out; your clothes will be the main show, not your face. People will stare at your chest like you’ve got a cum on your chin.

1. Look at my face. The most expressive part of you is your face. Your clothes should make people want to look at, enhance and frame your face. Not like a lump of meat dolloped on the top.

17. You’ve got Olive skin. You need to work towards cooler colours; this will make you look more tanned. Shift towards the warm colours and you’ll look hotter than a blind puff in a hot dog factory.

Do you know why carrots don’t make good actors?  Because they don’t have a face.  They can’t articulate the wide range of emotions a human face can with their orange, vegetable skin.  This point also works with Cher.  Your face is the most important part of your appearance, your clothes should make people want to look at it, and make it appear coherent with your clothes.  

This dude’s hair is the same colour as his face, so he has used similar colours in his outfit so his face doesn’t look out of place.  He’s also got a big structured collar which frames his face, and his hat is tilled back to balance the strong collar.  The cooler blue in his jacket balances with the warmer hues of his face, again reinforcing the link between his clothes and his face. 

The white buttons give the coat something, elevating it from a fairly plain jacket to something subtly different, and well fitted, rich in colour jeans give the whole look style