Rules 3, 12, 34, 40

Like a good self referential blogger that I am, I wrote last time about the ability to mix different patterns. This skill is one of the keys to dressing like a fucking man.  Here we have a nice example of mixing two patterns.

Shorditch

21/06

Rules

3. Your tie knot should frame the collar. Balance here is key. You don’t want your knot crammed in like a fat girl on Ryanair, nor do you want it looking like the last line of coke on a dining table.

12. No Pleats. If you haven’t been at the pies, don’t bother with these. The extra material will puff out making you look like a squeezed sausage.

34. Your jacket lapels effect your body shape.  By the shape of your lapels will exaggerate the shape of your body.  By moving the points, shape and size of the lapels you can enhance, or play down body shapes.  If you’re tall and thin, lower wider points will exaggerate the upside down triangle.  If your short, raising the points and bringing them in will imply height.

40. 2 Patterns. You can “clash” two patterns, but the scale has to be different

By taking a large check in the suit cloth and mixing it with tight pattern it the tie, he is being bang on trend, whilst not looking like a fashion floozy. (the last thing we want it you strutting around in a cowboy hat, looking like a Northern slag on a hen do, just because some knob-jockey in magazine said it was fashionable).  Then, by using similar colours in the suit, shirt and tie, the blue and grey, the outfit is tied together further, ooooooosh!

If you’re the sort of charlie big potatoes who wears a three piece suit to the pub, I like you.  Doing something a little bit classy and stylish is never a bad thing.  The best thing about looking classy, is being debaucherous at the same time: it’s one of life’s great pleasures.  I just can’t imagine Dean Martin going to the local bar wearing his jeans and a tee.  I also just can’t imagine Dean Martin, not leaving the bar with out classy broad, a strong smell of gin about him and everyone in the bar wanting him to stay.  Those two things may not be connected, but looking classy, is a great place to start.

You stay classy San Diego!