Classics: The Well Dressed Traveller's Packing List. Travelling can turn even the sharpest minds into puddles of dumb.
Especially if you’re hitting multiple locations and/or flying overseas. You want your clothing options on the road to be sharp, yet foolproof. Don’t pack with the mindset that you’ll need to assemble an outfit for each day. Instead, pick one group of complimentary colors, and assemble items around that palate which you can mix and match with each other. What you sacrifice in variety you more than make up in simplicity and versatility. NavyWhiteGrey The scenario below shows a longer trip. Dressed Up: Medium or Light grey worsted two-button suit w/softer shoulders: Indochino Essential GreyVarious white and light blue dress shirts in solids and patterns: Ratio, Banana RepublicWire framed sunglasses: Ray-Ban CockpitsA pocket square or two: Fifth&Brannan, Target MeronaBrown or Burgundy Cap Toe Oxfords: Bruno Magli Cap Toes (best $112 ever spent)Black Monk Straps: Ciro LendiniTies: Not shown.
Dressed Down: The Little Stuff. The 27 Unspoken Rules Of Wearing A Suit. You can’t expect to look all dapper and gentlemanly without knowing Suiting 101.
Justine Zweibel / BuzzFeed The width of the tie should match the width of the lapel. It’s all about BALANCE. In general, thin lapels are more modern. Wide lapels are more old school, Mad Men -style. So choose your look accordingly. Pocket squares add an extra level of polish, but make sure it doesn’t match your tie in either pattern or fabric choice. Before you go totally conservative, remember that the pocket square is where you get the most freedom and the one place you get to add a little pizzazz to your suit. When buying an off-the-rack suit, the number one thing to check is how the shoulders fit. Tsk, tsk, John McCain. How to nail a tie dimple. Illustrations by Mr Joe McKendry A s a student I was once invited to a gallery opening, which provided me with a rare opportunity to wear a jacket and tie.
As I dressed I took a moment to finesse my tie knot and proudly showed the resulting dimple to my girlfriend. She scoffed, and asked who cared about such things, but I was later vindicated when, at the gallery, an older woman complimented me on the fact that my tie bore a pleasing dimple. My affection for tie dimples, unlike my relationship with the girl, has persisted.
Before practical techniques are considered it's important to understand the philosophy of the tie dimple, which is that it should be a personal expression of artful imperfection. The wrong width. Handy Chart on 18 Ways to Tie a Necktie. Become A Man's Man With These 65 Life Hacks From Goldman Sachs. Investment banking firm Goldman Sachs has published a list of bite-sized tips designed to turn you into the ultimate man.
(Apparently, a healthy dose of sexism towards women is a pre-requisite.) Photo: AMC What does it mean to be a man today? @GSElevator and NetNet’s John Carney have attempted to break down the chief rules that every man should live by. As you’d expect from Goldman Sachs, there’s a distinct Wall Street/white collar vibe to many of these pearls of wisdom — you should always tip more than you need to, for example, and your sunglasses need to be incredibly expensive. Some of the advice also seems to have come straight out of the 1960s-set TV show Mad Men (“When in doubt, always kiss the girl”, “Hookers aren’t cool, but remember, the free ones are a lot more expensive.” ) We’ve also omitted some of the more overtly US-centric tips such as the best “rest rooms” in New York. Seventeen Ways to Tie Your Shoelaces. Moss Bathroom Mat. The Moss Bathroom Mat is a concept designed by a Swiss designer named Nguyen La Chanh, and is one of many green ways of having your plants inside your home.
The mat is made using an imputrescible foam called plastazote, and then several types of moss are implanted into the foam and will survive off just the humidity from your bathroom, and moisture that comes from your body after showering. Although this is just a concept until the designer can attain financial backing to mass produce the moss carpet, there a few DIY articles that tell you how you can create your own moss rug which you can check out here. Style, Luxury, Life & Girls - GQ. 21 True Facts That Sound Totally Fake.