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The Top 10 Men’s Fashion Tips

This list of mens fashion tips is like the holy grail of menswear. Print them, memorise them, write them up your arm, just don’t forget them. Whatever your style, there are certain rules that always apply, and you can’t go breaking any of them…

Make sure you read right to the bottom, we start off with some of the less important men’s fashion tips and move on to the absolutely crucial ones. Miss them and before you know it you’ll be walking around in socks and sandals.

10.) In at number 10, don’t be afraid to step out of your comfort zone. It’s easy to stay with what you like, you can’t go wrong that way, but with risk comes the potential for great rewards. Be open minded when you’re shopping, and consider things that aren’t in your usual wardrobe, the chances are that if it’s in fashion, it will look good on you just like it does on others.

9.) Keep it simple. Applies to a lot of things, including menswear. Don’t mix too many colours, only wear one patterned item at a time, and don’t overdo the accessories. The good old K.I.S.S principle; keep it simple, stupid.

8.) Take someone with you when you shop. Store assistants and personal shoppers think they’re the oracle of mens fashion tips, but no, this list is! Personal shoppers are normally paid on commission, are keen to move on to the next customer, and in my experience they’re also totally fashion-challenged. You won’t buy the best things with one of these people, so take someone you know you can trust.

7.) Wear clothes in their rightful place. You wouldn’t put jeans on your arms, so keep your socks inside your trousers, and your undershirts underneath your main top. Unless you’re superman, underwear goes under, hence the name.

We’re now moving onto the most important mens fashion tips, so read on slowly and take it in…

6.) Get a good shave. Well kept stubble is cool, a clean shave is cool, a carefully managed designer beard is cool, but an unkept hairy face is plain grubby. Sort it out.

5.) Get a good hair cut. Slightly more important than a good shave is a good trim on top; again the style isn’t important as long as it looks good. The worst thing you can have is long hair with no shape, sorry to tell you but it makes you look like an ugly girl. A hair cut is cheap if you go to a barbers, so make sure you give it a regular visit.

4.) Match your socks with your shoes. This is an important one that is regularly abused; if you’ve got white shoes on, wear light coloured socks, if they’re dark then the socks should follow. Don’t match your sock colour with your trousers, the socks shoes match the shoes. By the way, some places will tell you the opposite, so if you don’t trust us try it for yourself, get some blue socks to match your jeans and see how they go with your white trainers – not a good look!

Taking us into the top three…

3.) Keep your accessories in the same style. Don’t wear a bead necklace with a metal watch, or a chain with a leather bracelet, or a bead necklace, metal bracelet and leather watch. This looks so stupid.

2.) Wear the right size. If it doesn’t fit, don’t wear it, if you loved it that much you’d put on or lose weight until it does! Seriously, ill fitting clothes look appauling, even if the item is stunning on a hanger. Check your size so you’re not shopping with the size you used to be in your mind, and try on a couple of different sizes of each item before you buy. When you’re spending money, take as long as you like to make sure you’re spending it correctly.

And the most important mens fashion tip of them all is:

1.) Do manners really maketh the man? No, shoes do. Brown trainers that were once white belong in the bin. If there’s one thing that girls really notice on a man it’s the shoes, women love shoes, and if you’re going to impress, you’d better start respecting that love. A pair of tatty looking shoes are guaranteed to be a massive turn off, and will really detract from the rest of your look. Shoes don’t come cheap, but you only really need two pairs for non-sporting wear, a pair for work and smart wear, and a pair of smart-casual trainers for casual wear. Make sure they’re smart and make sure they’re clean. Get a good pair of shoes, enough said.

So that concludes the countdown of the top ten men’s fashion tips. Hopefully you’re not guilty of violating too many of them, but no excuses now, don’t go breaking any of the rules and go out in style.