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The great awakening of 2008 saw men caring about how they looked in clothes. Perhaps it was the advent and growth of social media or the fact that the economy was in the tank and men needed to dress well to get noticed for a new job. Whatever the real cause, it happened - men started to care. And with that caring about appearance menswear peaked with a crescendo of gingham, pocket squares and tailored suiting. With this new consciousness came adherence to the traditional rules of dressing well - e.g., proper inseam lengths, proportional lapels, showing a bit of...
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It hasn’t been a good year for style. In fact, it’s been a lost one.
The pandemic forced everyone to jump off the hamster wheel at the same time. After being off it months on end, however, we started living like rodents themselves - disheveled and unkempt. And who could blame us? When there’s no vacation, no restaurants, no bars, no parties, no events, or get-togethers of any kind - that also means there were no haircuts, no gyms, and simply no need to look your best (except for the occasional zoom call with your boss or client - from the waist up…)
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Whether you believe in climate change or not, here’s a fact: Summer is getting hotter – and hotter – and hotter.
What to wear and how to wear it can be tricky, especially as style continues to evolve.
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Gents, in the same vein, it’s your shoes, stupid.
It’s this column’s charge to provide sartorial advice in a way that translates to real world success.
I’m not saying anything new, of course, as in man’s attempt to woo the fairer sex (or the same sex for that matter), nothing is more commonly known than “women [people] judge men on their shoes.”