Stylish Men

'A few male friends asked me to do a post for men.' -- I had this sentence sitting in my drafts since a month back. Pasting pictures of styles from look books wasn't exactly what I had in mind. Unable to think of anything creative, I left the sentence in my drafts and did other posts instead. Until a week back, I realized - there are so many stylish men around me - on my college campus! With the help of these brilliantly dressed men, I can finally put up this post. Yay!

Tip Number 1 : Don't wear print on print. Unless you know how to carry that off.

DON'T wear floral shirts & floral shorts or nautical striped t shirt & chequered shorts. Its wrong.

Tip Number 2 : Avoid baggy jeans.Jeans should fit you well - not too loose, not too tight. If you like baggy, go for cargos!

Tip Number 3 : Wear your size

I know a lot of people who wear clothes 2 sizes bigger. WHY ?! Wear your size. You don't want to float in your clothes. :)

Tip Number 4 : Collars.

If you're wearing a shirt / collared T-shirt - DON'T pop your collars. It is uncool. You could rather go for bright colours to gain that attention. :D

Tip Number 5 : Shoes.

Wear your football shoes to play football. Your basketball shoes to play basketball. Your bathroom chappals in the bathroom. Don't mix them up.

The above were simple tips that are easy to follow. If you want to wear something daring and different - read below.

The colour Pink

Model : Rahil Thakkar

If you can carry off this colour  +10. Wear pink with other neutrals like whites/blacks/tans/nudes. Pink adds sophistication to your look.

Baby pink is an easy colour to wear. Striped shirts (Eg.pink + grey) are great, too!

Family of Brown

Model : Shantanu Gad

Shantanu has worn khaki coloured jeans with dark brown footwear. Wearing colours of the same family can look very appealing. (Grey jeans - black shoes +1). When I saw this combination, I thought it looked very artistic too!

Shorts above the knee

Model : Monish Ganesan 

If you're skinny - try this. Wearing shorts above the knee can be stylish (and not childish). Monish pulled off the look well by wearing a printed Tshirt (that gives an edgy look) with a tan belt.

Leaving your t-shirt tucked out might make the shorts look shorter - avoid doing so.

Colour Blocking

Model : Monish Ganesan

Model : Rahul Pai

Colour blocking has been BIG since the past 2 seasons. There aren't too many men (or women !) who can carry more than one loud colour on them. It is time to go beyond your comfort zone. Monish & Rahul have colour blocked their attires too well. 

Monish chose Violet and Green, a cool colour palette. The colours suit his skin tonal value. You can also try warm colours.

Rahul wears his vibrant yellow chappals on Ultra Marine Blue / Red pants. He has played safe by teaming that up with a black T shirt. 

P.S : If you can't wear lenses, go for funky/vintage glasses! Throw away your rim-less glasses. Rahul chooses vintage oval glasses for his face-type.

If you can carry bold colours, you can try these combitionations too!

Image taken from Google.com

Shoes

(left side images - Google.com, right side image - Ronak Naik)

Bored of your formal brogues & oxfords ? Don't worry! 

You can try coloured ones. If you don't like carrying too much colour, you can fold up your jeans/pants. 

Ronak chose brown coloured rolled up pants on his artistic shoes. He wore green laces for an edgy look. Can't handle coloured shoes too well ? Go for coloured laces!

Hope this post was of some help to you.

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Until next time,

Bises!

Formal-to-chic

Hello (waves)

I'm back after really long, staring at my computer screen after about a week. 

Today's post is about how to dress chic right after a formal meeting. You're dressed in a boring black shirt & jeans, your friends call you out for a fun night out & you have no time to run back home and change. That's when your sciccors are useful (finally!). 

Cut off your jeans, I did that. They had a boring shade & looked way too boring. Cut them off and fold them so you avoid the threads sticking out. [You could work on them a bit more later, like I am planning to!]

Boring black shirt ? No worries, tie up a front knot and you're ready to go! This is what I pulled off :D

 shirt - AJ Store, shorts - DIY, shoes - China, ring - KruCreations

Over the years, we have learnt one thing : Simplicity is the best. You don't need expensive clothes to make you look good or too many accessories to make you look attractive. Keep it simple, with a smile of course :)
Talking about smiles, smiling is contagious. A lot more contagious than a yawn actually. Smiling is such a fun activity [please stop me if I sound stupid. :p].Smiles are actually like an investment [leaving shoes aside], the more you collect, the better you feel! A smile can also, sometimes, annoy people. (wink wink).

So wear a smile because you are not fully dressed until you wear a smile.

Coming up soon is something really exciting to read and view. Hope you can wait for that ! :D

Until next time,

Bises :*

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