How To Dress Stylishly In Hot Weather

Summer is coming upon us, which means those who are students will be let out of school, those who work will likely be able to use their vacation time, women will wear progressively skimpier clothing, and all in all there will be barbecues and pool parties and all sorts of social endeavors you can participate in.

And when you are interacting with people, you of course must dress for success. And here in lies the confusion: many of the clothes that we associate with fashion are comparatively bulky and useless for the heat of the summer. While that is the case, don’t think that your fashion choices for the summer are limited to t-shirts, shorts, and flip-flops. You can dress cool, comfortable, and rakishly in the hottest of weather, to impress men and women alike.

The Standbys

The general rules of fashion that I discussed previously will apply as always. You’ve got to have the clothes fit well, complement each other in fabric make, pattern and colors, and match the occasion that you’re going to. Those rules apply whether it’s the hottest summer or the coldest winter, a night of jovial debauchery or the most somber of funerals. I will assume that you have already incorporated some of those into your wardrobe choices.

With that out of the way, let’s discuss the specifics of how you can look your best in the summer heat.

Fabrics

As you might expect, the first priority in dressing for the heat is to somehow nullify the weather’s effects on you…and as luck would have it there are several types of light, breathable fabrics you can wear!

Cotton is of course the lightweight fabric you are most likely familiar with, and most of your summer wear will be some sort of cotton weave, whether they be plain cotton (typically in the case of shirts) or some sort of heat-wicking cotton weave such as Seersucker (more commonly found in odd jackets and trousers).

Linen, made of flax, is the most formal summer fabric, being typically seen in white suits and odd trousers/jackets of similar light colors. Yours truly has been known to rock a white linen suit on occasion

A somewhat more unusual summer fabric is silk—more specifically, certain types of silk that are woven to be thin.

With all of these, bear in mind that they wrinkle and stain quite easily, so caution is the key.

Colors

The season surrounds you with bright ambient colors, and those same colors also dissipate the heat and humidity surrounding you. It is here in the summer, when concerns are light and fun is more of a prerogative than usual, that you can experiment with bolder colors and patterns. Try some pastels—light blue shirts, or gold, or patterns such as the aforementioned seersucker. As always be sure not to completely match all of your colors.

Jackets

If you’re going to be out “painting the town red”, you’ve got to dress like it. As usual, the sports coat is the interchangeable key (interchangeable meaning pieces that go with many other pieces, I could do a whole article just on interchangeability, watch for that in the future). Summer jackets are often unlined to reduce layers and thus reduce heat. However, the lack of a lining also means they are less formal than a lined jacket, and are best worn in semi-casual or business casual settings.

Another alternative are half lined jackets, which are just where they remove multiple layers of lining but leave one. These must be tailored very well, as a lack of lining means weird edges can be exposed. Due to their uniform navy blue color, I would avoid the blazer—if you need more formality, just get a white suit.

For the stickler, you can change your buttons as well. Light buttons such as horn or mother of pearl are fitting for the season.

Shirts

If you must be formal, a white cotton dress shirt will keep you relatively cool. However, if possible I would recommend a nice polo shirt or button down work-shirt (both of which are made of light, breathable cotton). These are formal enough for social functions, while not being so stiff that you can’t get physical should you need to.

Trousers

Seeing as you’re not giving off so much heat from your lower extremities, you can be a little more creative here. Black pants are a great contrast to the light colors of your jacket, or you can go with khakis/chinos or linens. Just make sure they don’t clash with your torso’s accouterments, and you’ll be fine.

Shoes

As usual, the shoes depend on what you are wearing elsewhere. Since you’ll likely be wearing light fabrics, try saddle shoes, boat shoes, or some other sort of brown leather casual shoe.

And lastly, dress for the occasion—if the occasion calls for swim trunks and nothing else, by all means go for that.

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306 thoughts on “How To Dress Stylishly In Hot Weather”

      1. Nah. If I had a bad body, I’d probably switch to more mundane clothing. I like being comfortable, and that kind of clothing does it for me. I haven’t worn a necktie in probably 30 years. I show up for business meetings wearing that type of clothing when I meet with clients, or prospective new clients. Sometimes they will cast a curious eye at my attire. After I show them what I can do for them, online, they forget all about what I’m wearing. The only time I will ever wear a necktie, or a suit, in the future, will be at a funeral – my own.

        1. I must be really old fashioned. I have a very strong dislike towards informal clothing (t-shirts, trousers, caps, sunglasses, shirts with weird designs or floral patterns, half-sleeve shirts etc…). I prefer to exclusively wear pants and plain-color or slim fit check shirts.

        2. Funny, when I was a kid, I wore conservative clothing. My grandparents would take me and my sister shopping every summer for a new wardrobe. They liked conservative stuff. The stuff kind of grew on me, too. When I got older, I did a 180 – not sure why. Probably depends on a lot of factors, when accounting for a guy’s personal taste in clothes…

        3. Those look comfortable…I walk a shit-ton so I only wear hiking shoes with really durable soles, or an occasional sneaker.

        4. I hate neckties as well, to the point of never actually learned how to tie one. In my Air Force days, when I needed to wear a tie with my Blues, I just used a clip on.

        5. Seems like all great men have a antpathy to neckties – Nassim Taleb comes to mind.

        6. That’s because somebody else is making you wear a tie. When you dress up for yourself it’s a whole different ballgame. It’s all mental.

        7. I think most people dress up if they have to answer to somebody. (Not all, most.) Or they care a great deal about how others perceive them.

        8. If that is the case I will see a lot of clothes with the Jeb signature on it in my dads wardrobe.

        9. ‘a bit’…especially when we get in a dispute on topics like the refugee crisis.
          His position: “We got to take everyone in. The time of white people is over!”
          My position: “We got to keep everyone out. White people built everything and we have to deal with the fact that we are genetically superior.”

        10. I know you’ll get a kick out of this video. It’s a must-see. Nine minutes long, and well worth the time:

        11. LOL. Watched this yesterday after I watched a video of Jared Taylor of American Renaissance on Race and IQ…you know…because of that dispute with my professor.

        12. That’s what I was thinking about, you and your professor, when I watched this… I wonder what he would think of this video. He would probably throw a fit like a little cucked bitch if he saw it…send him the link in an email (heh)…

        13. That’s a good video. Even when Taylor is too moderately for my taste, he is attracting normies to our side.

        14. I’ve gone that direction too. What’s your age if you don’t mind? I feel more dominant dressing this way. I’m 34 and a lot of my peers dress in tsshirts everywhere

        15. Finally somebody who also hates ties. Neckties are a cloth necklace effeminate and pointless.

        16. I’m in my early twenties and I wore old-fashioned clothing since my teens.

        17. Yes! Honestly he looks stupid he’s out in the country wearing a business suit and I presume dress shoes. It’s stupid and I am convinced the only reason we think it is cool is because this fashion ideal has been shoved down our throats since before we were born.

        18. Dwarf. Midgest are the dwarfs to the dwarfs, as in, you have to be really fucking little to be a midget. A dwarf is way shorter than normal with hands, head and feet that are “normal” sized, which makes them look huge. Like Consuela there (or whatever her name is, I could really care less).

        19. this is pretty close to how I am dressed at current…only I wear a brown belt with black or gray trousers.

        20. Then she is something else entirely, cuz as I recall the pic, she has a gigantic melon (head… I didn’t say *melons*).
          Looks really short with some disproportionate characteristics. I’m thinking this was his first lay, he fell in “love” and married her.
          But I’m cynical and insensitive, so what do I know?

        21. Right, dwarves generally have really oversized heads, hands and feet.

      2. This is actually not bad. It doesn’t look faddish or childish. On the other hand, if this was Affliction or Tapout apparel, especially worn by non MMA practicing, 40ish kidult guys, then it just looks silly.

        1. Spot on! I’m just saying, if you’re not Georges St Pierre or Chuck Liddell, you shouldn’t be wearing this.

      3. One thing that traveling the world has taught me is that American men tend to dress younger/less formal for their age. You can tell apart the American male tourists in European cities because they’re the only ones wearing t-shirts, shorts and man-sandals or running shoes.

        1. I discovered this while living in Tucson going to the mall. You can tell the Americans from the Mexicans, but especially the upper class Mexicans, apart just at by what they wear. While the Mexicans look clean cut and the women look especially gorgeous in high heels, nice tight jeans and dresses, the Americans look just like you describe them.

        2. My family is from Northern Mexico, so yes. Surprisingly, I’m not big on wearing cowboy apparel. I especially don’t like wearing tight jeans, be they Wranglers or skinny jeans.

        3. The Mexicans here wear cowboy hats and have ‘western shoulders’ hemmed into every nice shirt, except their kids, obviously. The kids wear lazy american shit, and negro-gang sag-pants. I’ve been in the local clothing shop the men shop at have here. Bought a jacket. Everything looked hand made. Everything looked like clothes I like, but would feel like a poser wanna-be cowpoke if I did. But I allowed for the black jacket.

    1. Bob I’ve been flashing cash more frequently and it seems to be working. But I feel dressing up a bit has the same effect. Maybe it’s not necessary when you have the cash? Here in San Diego, there’s a lot of dudes in tshirts and flops. I’ve been having success in dress shoes and colorful button downs. Girls will call me pretty boy, business man, etc. I’m going after the early 20s chicks at 34 so I want to appear more commanding and professional than the thugs and frat boys they meet.

      1. I’d advise dressing however you feel most comfortable, especially if the cash-flashing is working for you (which it always does). But you don’t want to break up your ju-ju. You might experiment a bit. Maybe go out in shorts and T-shirts a few times, flash the cash, see what happens. Experiment. Glad to hear you are scoring…

    2. I just ordered a great Sunspel polo from your very own London. Can’t wait for it to arrive.

  1. theres no way to dress stylishly on the subway in nyc in july- its always 106 degrees on the platform(and unfortunately, its not a “dry” heat)

  2. One tip that wasn’t mentioned: a man exposing his chiseled biceps is like a woman showing off her cleavage to the opposite sex. Custom-fit polos and well cut t-shirts do well. The trick is to pull it off without looking like a douchey meathead.

  3. The best summer clothing is sweat, mud, dirt, fish slime, chain grease, blood, and no shirt.

    1. I love sunglasses with mirrored glasses…for research purposes at the beach 🙂

  4. I hate summer… mostly because my skin is sensitive to the sun and here in Greece sun is mostly overabundant all the year… On top of that i got very few outfits as a result of my ability to stand it… Hopefully though this year summer refuses to come!
    Anyway the problem with hot weather is that it doesn’t allow choice for what to wear. So dressing elegantly becomes something between a chore and an imposibility, as most people don’t give any shit on their summer appearance thinking that they can be as laid out as possible.
    For this reason if one wishes to remain stylish he is obliged to dress elegantly during summertime! He will stand out easily from the crowd in the good way and attract the most quality females around him on top of that he will be giving an air of superiority to all around him.

  5. What about specifically for dark-skinned men? I’ve always been told that Black men look better in darker colors, like maroon, burgundy, navy and especially purple.

    1. I’ve read depending on how close your hair and skin color are, you should wear essentially one color, or two. This is with suits, especially I guess. A dark and a light color (like white shirt, black jacket) if your hair and skin contrast, and a solid color (like grey shirt, greyish suit) if your hair and skin are similar in color.

      1. I’ve got black hair and brown skin. I am right between light skin and “purple-black” skin. Think Denzel Washington

        1. Washington’s costume designers break the rule I heard about for him in every other role. He looks good in whatever, though. Guy gets $1000 wardrobe.

  6. Dressing “stylish”, that is for the women, the betas, and the gays. Real traditional women prefer a well built man with a blue collar look, not that metrosexual stuff.
    There is a reason why mens clothing does not change much or have as much variety as woman’s clothing. Women traditionally had to ornament themselves to make them more attractive to men.
    Getting a hair cut, shaving or trimming your beard/mustache, taking a bath were plenty good in my day.

    1. Grooming shows care, self-respect, and self reliance; it helps an approach.

      1. Grooming is fine but I do not care for metrosexual fashion. I have seen many people who wear high end clothing but still look horrible.
        Where I live in a well built guy dressed neatly is going to do better than a frail guy wearing designer clothing.

    2. Men’s suits, shirts, and shoes have not changed much over the decades. Changes are subtle. You can wear a classic tie from 20 years ago and it would not look all that bad today.

      1. But avoid the super wide 1970’s ties like the plague that they are.
        What the hell people were thinking in the 1970’s is anybody’s guess.

        1. What’s the matter with the clothes I’m wearing?
          “Can’t you tell that your tie’s too wide?”
          Maybe I should buy some old tab collars?
          “Welcome back to the age of jive
          Where have you been hidin’ out lately, honey?
          You can’t dress trashy till you spend a lot of money”
          Everybody’s talkin’ ’bout the new sound
          Funny, but it’s still rock and roll to me.

        2. I can only attribute 1970’s fashion to a decade long hangover from the 1960’s.

    1. I want that as a polo shirt.
      Burgundy polo shirt with ROK on it -> shut up and take my money!

        1. Heh, they should put the right one on the chinese restaurant I visit once a month.
          I swear, they didn’t earn a nickel serving me.
          Pay 7.90€ -> eat 4.000 kalories of meat

        2. That’s the way to get your money’s worth at a buffet – protein. I do the same thing.

        3. Gotta take care to nude sunbathe in a place known for good Penis-tone.

        4. Ah yes, the Chinese. Or as I would call them, the Jews of the Far East.

        5. Well, that was fun! We should do this often. Maybe if I learn some photo editing skills, you’re gonna have a serious competition on your hands!

        6. I can see that, my friend. You might try using Microsoft Paint. That’s what I use for all my stuff. Pretty easy learning curve. Import a photo, resize it to a certain pixel height. Make all images the same height (reduce them all to whatever size you choose). Then paste ’em side by side, paste ’em into a magazine cover, whatever you’d like. Just takes a little practice. To put titles on the image, use the “A” gizmo, on the top menu bar, left-hand side. It’s pretty simple.

        7. Here’s a little more input for you (or for anyone else who wants to make memes or whatever)…
          Open Paint, and you’ll see a blank palette. You can change the background color to whatever you might like (use the fill bucket, to the left of “Resize”, top-left, in conjunction with the all of the various color options). Resize it by grabbing the right edge, or the bottom edge. Or resize it by clicking on “Resize” below “Crop”, top-left.
          Now you have room to work. Grab a photo and save it to your desktop (or wherever). Open it with Paint. Resize it if it’s too large. Click “Select” and then “Select All”. Click “Copy”. Then paste it on your palette; you can drag it right after you paste it, for alignment purposes.
          To erase any existing titling, use the color picker tool below the fill bucket (it looks like an eye dropper, and it’s just to the right of “Resize”). Select the color of the area from which you want to erase existing titling, or whatever else you might want to eliminate from the photo (like a street lamp, or whatever).
          Now you can click “Brushes” (I like the first one and the third one), and you can paint right over those titles or objects you want to erase, filling it all in with the exact color of the actual background. You can change the size of the brush by clicking “Size” over on the right, near the palette colors.
          Have fun!

  7. You want to see an extreme summer…come to Phoenix AZ. People come here from all over the world, they go hiking in the mountains, and they die from heat stroke. Probably has something to do with playing too many extreme video games…dunno for sure. I was walking back from the store carrying about 40 pounds of groceries the first summer I spent here. It was about 1:00 p.m. in the middle of July. Lugged that shit about two miles. The last 400 yards took me about half an hour. Didn’t know my own name, didn’t know where I was…lesson learned.

    1. I lived in S. Texas for three years and people dying because of the heat was a common thing. I always had a gallon of water in my car in case of a break down. Nevertheless the locals always wore long sleeve shirts, long pants, and cowboy boots.

      1. I’ve spent time in South Texas in the summer – hotter ‘n blazes!
        A buddy of mine came to Phoenix last November. He’d spent time out here in the summer and he knew how ridiculously hot it could get. But he figured it would be a smart idea to go hiking with a friend that he brought along, up on Camelback Mountain. He informed me one day that they were heading out about noon to go hike it. This guy is the most stubborn human being I have ever encountered, so I didn’t try to talk him out of it. It was probably 90 degrees outside.
        Anyway, he set off with his buddy in the car and I figured I’d wait and call him after he’d been hiking for a while. Waited until I figured they were about 10 minutes into it. Called him, and I said, “How’s that hike?” in a very sarcastic tone. He said, “Bob – pant, pant – we’re on our way – pant, pant – back down already. It’s hotter than fuck and there’s no shade.” Heh.
        We all pay for our education one way or another. Having water is a smart idea, as you noted. But shade is critical, too. People who die hiking out here, a lot of them fall. Because they get heat stroke largely due to not being able to find any shade (they’re usually aware enough to bring water), they get delirious, and they stagger and fall off the mountain.
        Every decision we make could be our last one. Being outside in extreme heat is seriously dangerous shit. Always take a good supply of water. Only go where you can find readily available shade. Otherwise, prepare to be vulture food.

      2. I was in the field over the week. A lady asked me if I was hot in jeans, I told her no, I’m hot because I’m wearing short-sleeves, when I should’ve been wearing long-sleeves to protect me from the sun.

      3. Combine that with a hat and that is the appropriate dress for extreme heat. Most people think the opposite and go with shorts and a t-shirt and then dehydrate if they walk more than a city block. When I’m in one of the extreme heat desert states I wear what you just noted, with a western hat (I’m loathe to call it a “cowboy hat”) and can walk for miles and miles without falling down dead in the street.

        1. never heard that, but by the same token I have heard from both Ecuadorians, Pakistanis and Thai people who live in extreme heat that hot soup and tea is the afternoon snack of choice as it brings the body temp closer to the outside temp creating less of a dispartity and thus allowing a person to feel cooler. I am sticking with very cool water, but I guess it makes sense.

        2. Summers were especially brutal, the town I worked in did not always have money to spray for mosquitoes. Working at night close to the Rio Grande I had to wear a jacket, long pants and a mosquito net over my face. Still my legs and hands were covered in mosquito bites. They just bit right through my pants and my hands were exposed so I could work even though I applied 100% deet on my hands. Good times though.

        3. Those places are way more humid, I was speaking specifically of the arid type of environments. I’ve never bought into the “eat hot to be cool” thing, the last thing I want is my body temperature raising above the norm, and besides, our body self regulates its temperature so basically you’re just eating hot food that sits in your belly and does…well nothing that I can see.
          But for arid, there’s a reason that western wear was a “thing” out there, as it was functional and actually promoted not dying in the desert. A good Western hat is vented so that you will still get evaporation (cooling) but at a very regulated rate, and the long shirt/pants keeps the moisture in and only allows it to wick out slowly. It’s highly utilitarian. If a person goes with shorts and a loose short sleeved shirt, no hat, in the summer in Arizona he’s basically demonstrating that he has no survival skills at all should his car break down on the way to the Jiffy Lube and he guarantees that basically, he’s going to die while walking to the nearest gas station.

        4. I never really bought the eat hot to be cool thing too, but it does seem to be common amongst people who can handle a lot more heat that I can so while I don’t really think it is true, I can’t really totally discount it. Maybe one day this summer, just for the sake of experimentation, I will give it a try. I mean, the worst that can happen is that its terrible, I go into the air conditioning and then have some kind of concrete evidence.
          As for the arid western climates….my go to, should I find myself there, as you know, would be a rope and a very sturdy tree branch.

    2. I’ll tell you what happened. Your sodium fell critically low. It feels similar to having a stroke but it’s just your salt. In heat you sweat and lose salt which needs replaced along with water. I always carry a salt shaker when I’m out cutting grass or trekking. When your sweat is pouring, you get tired and drained as fuck until you eat a few salt packets. Salt works like magic. Within ten seconds you feel the difference. Sublingually you feel it in your head when you throw some salt into your mouth. If you ever go to Mcdonalds at lunchtime, you see all the landscapers and road crews buying mcdollar burgers. Then notice you see them grab a handful of the free salt packets. Ever wonder why Mcd’s has such big bins of salt and pepper? No one eats that much salt with their food you would think. But that’s the only way those motherfuckers can work when they’re out there sweating out a half pint of salt water every thirty munites. That’s why they have salt packs out the ass everywhere in Mcd. Grazing animals will die in pasture without a salt lick too. They instinctively know when they need salt.
      What you don’t need is excess salt when indoors in the A/C. Excess salty food makes indoor female cubicle workers turn into obese water retaining monsters. I went to pay a parking ticket once at the courthouse building and behold I witnessed the fattest piece of shit on the planet sitting behind the brusar’s plexiglas window. She was eating a bag of salt n vinegar chips and the A/C was turned to ice cold in there. This was to keep the county jail inmates upstairs curled up in their sheets like mummies. I bet a dollar to a donut she’s properly buried by now. The sign above her read “only exact payments accepted in cash”. And the air smelled like urinated on concrete in there. The coldness, the piss smell, the fat whore – it was all an intimidation tactic commonly used by petty local tyrants to intimidate civilians to comply with the most petty codes. I’ll hang the ‘no checks accepted’ sign above her grave with a sprinkle of kosher salt. Ha!

      1. Good stuff there, my man…enjoyed reading it. Learned a lot, too. I’m going to stash salt packets in my cargo shorts this summer in a plastic container when I’m out and about in the heat…

  8. I think getting a tailor is a great idea. Nothing kills a good button-down shirt like the back-billowing cloud from a too-big tuck-in. Makes me feel like season one Jerry Seinfeld, and not in any of the good ways. I buy clothes from Ross pretty often, and sometimes the sleeves are weird as hell, but you don’t notice until later. I hulked the back out of one reaching forward once to get full movement. Blew the back out under my coat. Like a dependapotomous through a canvas hammock. People near me heard it and laughed. TAILORS, man; get tailors.

    1. Just gotta be careful. They can get pricey. Got a suit and shirt tailored in the business district, ended up costing me 120.

  9. I’m sorry, but none of the 5 examples of styles and fashion worn by the 5 men in the top picture scream masculinity…more like modern hipster metrosexual. But maybe I’m just old.

    1. They indicate education, but yeah, you may have a point. They first one on the left would still get you tail, though, if you weren’t hiding a gut.

      1. I have a faggy LA cousin who fancies himself a model who dresses like that. There is not a masculine bone in his body. He’d cry if he saw a gun or got his cuffed pants dirty. He’s a total fag, although he does get poon.

      2. I’ve noticed a trend with men wearing suits that are too small. What is up with that? Show off their skinny birdy legs?
        Look like a sausage and its hard to move.

        1. Slim-fit has been the trend for a decade now. You don’t want to be wearing a baggy suit these days, you’ll look like Al Pacino in Heat.

        2. I fail to see how that is an entirely bad thing (reading the film synopsis I wanna see it now).
          I don’t take much truck with the opinions of fag fashion fascists. I’ve had the fortune of finding several suits that fit like a glove.

        3. Fit like a glove = slim fit?
          Its a bad thing because you’ll look like you’re wearing your Dad’s clothes.
          But yes, it is a good film.

        4. Depends on the type of glove, really. Winter gloves, shooting gloves, rubber gloves…
          I don’t look like a sausage: when standing in the anatomical position my suits don’t fold or crease. That is the sign of a well-fitting suit.

        5. yup. The funny thing is I see guys who walk around in clothes which have a 90’s baggy fit who are intentionally eschewing modern fashion. I used to think it was to hide a flabby body because modern fashion lends itself to people who are in shape, and that is probably true for some, but a lot of them are actually anti fashion because they think it makes the “a real man” when in reality it makes them ALMOST qualified enough to clear my leftovers so long as they avert their eyes…almost but not quite.

        6. It takes some tailoring or at least a little attention to navigate between “too small” and “fitted” but I know what you mean.

        7. Yep. Just like a “real woman” is a fat bitch in spandex scoffing Krispie Kremes and orange chicken from Panda Express.

        8. Man are so slow to understand that this is identical. The “real man” in baggy jeans and an old t shirt is the EXACT same thing as a fat cow saying “real men like curves only dog like bones” They are literally the fat chicks of men.

        9. Fundamentally it comes down to laziness. Too lazy to think about what you eat and what you wear. Too lazy to practice some restraint and some discipline. Too lazy to tuck in your shirt and tie a tie.
          Instead, these people want to sit on their arses and have the world reform itself around their selfish desires. I’ll do what the fuck I want, dress how I want, eat how I want and if you don’t like me as a result well then there is something wrong with you.

        10. right. And ya know what it isn’t the laziness that even bothers me….what happens is that this laziness winds up manifesting itself, through reaction formation, as a cult of personality. So not only are these lazy fuckers looking homeless, but they convince themselves that their is a moral superiority in their laziness.
          The number of times I have seen guys with sneakers that have holes in them, baggy jeans and an old sweat shirt who will complain that they are mocked and don’t get high quality women because women are cunts and then will turn around and call a well dressed, well groomed and in shape man a fag is beyond me.
          It is the same with education and with money. The initial assertation that being poor or being uneducated or undereducated doesn’t make you any worse as a person than someone who is wealthy and educated was fine…in fact it was correct. The problem is that it has gone full circle to the idea where they are now pointed at the well to do or the educated saying that it is bad to be like that. It is really sad and a big reason why people set up dynasties of failure.

        11. YES. Laziness, if present, permeates everything you do and project.
          And it AIN’T a turn-on…

        12. If you can twist it around in your head like that (“its bad to be rich and successful”) well… who would want to be “bad”?
          It becomes a justification for essentially… sitting on your arse.

        13. Yup. There is a whole culture of celebrity which makes a fortune on these idiots too which is ironic. THe fact hat Jeff Foxworth and what’s his face the cable man get rich on telling people that they are superior for being poor is really fantastic to me. “Get it Done” yee hooo

      3. The weaker you look, the more white collar you appear. That is why Asians in particular try to look as effeminate as possible: pastel colors, capris, etc. They don’t want to look masculine because in Asian culture, masculine connotes lower (blue color) status.

        1. Spot on. You are pointing out subtle consequences of the female imperative.

        2. Another consequence of the feminization of the West is the 100% preponderance of falsetto voices in pop music. Masculine voices are dead.

        3. Cambodian. No I’m not. But you’re right though, all of northeast asian does dress in that fashion.

        4. It’s strange then how Asian broads have bodily molested me in public then with giggles (grab my arm without even an introduction, or my back gets the touch feel). Why is that I wonder?

      4. All of those outfits would get you tail if you have the body to pull it off. Women love those outfits.

    2. When I saw that first picture, my first thought was I don’t want to look like any of them.

        1. Nice mantra. Say it every morning three times in front of the mirror while sticking pins in doll size replicas of your enemies.

    3. Masculinity doesn’t mean dressing like you live in a cardboard box. Those guys look smart casual and its a look that women love. OK they are male models and male models are always a bit effeminate but there’s absolutely nothing wrong with the outfits.

    4. I admit that that photo was poorly chosen. That said, it doesn’t take away from the validity of the article which is generally good.

  10. I don’t think I own a single pair of shorts…
    Got some cowboy boots for free, so I guess that will be the start of updating my wardrobe.

  11. Seriously never wear a short sleeve dress shirt. You will just look like a preacher, missionary, or poorly dressed undercover cop from the 90’s.
    Well fitted cotton polos are a good summer staple. Never tuck them in either or you are going to just look like a Dad. You can layer with a full zip or half zip sweater or fitted cotton blazer.
    For shoes I always go for boat shoes with no socks. If I can get away with it I wear them to the office too when no clients are coming in that day. Not wearing socks cools you down a good bit. Just be aware of the smell though. Put in foot powder at the beginning of the day and cedar shoe trees at night. Also rotate through a few pairs. A good dosing with isopropyl alcohol once a week helps keep down the odor. But I find a well worn pair of boat shoes rarely lasts until the next year.

    1. Agree on the shirts…go with long sleeves and roll them up a bit and show off those forearms…a pair of strong, masculine forearms makes women want them around her…

    2. Short sleeve polo was the most I ever used to dress up. Unfortunately, after weight lifting the arms no longer fit and XL just give you more space in the belly not the arms or chest.

  12. I notice some guys here seem vehemently against the idea of dressing stylishly.
    Word of advice: Dressing in a subdued yet crisp manner+being in shape= a lot more attraction than having only one or the other.

    1. Its not that dude, and I mean no disrespect, but I think some of us, myself included, are not into the trendy urban hipster look. Im a blue collar lunch-box joe, so its not really my thing. Im also not really into “game” as it were, so I couldnt care less about looking pretty for the ladies. That being said, Im not a slob by any means, I dress neat and Im well groomed, but on my days off I mainly dress for comfort.

  13. Can someone please write an article on how to make my apartment appeal to women? It’s about time I took down this scar face poster and tossed the beer pong table.

    1. Make it appealing for you.
      If they critize home they are not into YOU.
      My experience of living in shitboxes, if they come over, its all over. They dont care

    2. Lots of cushions, flowery wall paper, teddy bears. Lots of wicker baskets, herbal teas in the cupboard. Pictures of cute little doggies on the walls.
      She’ll feel very comfortable there but she’ll think you’re a faggot.

    3. Minimum lighting. Led nightlights here and there in the dark spots so no one trips.

    4. Your interests combined with a classy way to express it with furniture or ornamentation, and a touch of minimalist so as to not take it to spergy levels.

    5. “It’s about time I took down this scar face poster and tossed the beer pong table. ”
      If you haven’t done so yet, have the Scarface poster framed, in a nice frame. I take it you mean Scarface the movie, not the rapper by that name, right?

  14. If you workout, a basic t-shirt that fits well is the most stylish thing you can wear.

    1. Got to disagree with you here…I am still going to go with a well fitted suit. It is not just important to show ones body off, though when you are in shape your clothes should absolutely reflect it, but to show yourself as a man with self-respect, distinction, taste and who knows how to dress for an occasion or event.
      I have a couple of nice tuxedos and a very nice seer sucker suit. How often do I wear a seer sucker suit or a tuxedo? Not very often at all. But when I do I have the right outfit for the occasion, it is tailored to fit me and it is high quality. This kind of stuff matters.
      It is my opinion that if you are not in the gym, park, at the beach or performing some kind of physical work or sport there is no real you should ever be wearing a t-shirt (possibly if you are just running errands, but even then one should try to dress nicely…you never know who you will meet).
      Dressing in a basic t-shirt and going out to dinner? Maybe if you are eating at McDonalds and want to pick up a 6.

  15. Every single guy pictured in this article looks like a fag.
    I know its the trend, but super tight pants that show off a mans ankle, those blouse looking oversized shirts, and male rompers are for the gays. Even masculine male fitness models are dressing like this. The modern look is very feminized.

    1. Exactly. Any fashion advice for men who don’t weight 120 lbs? I could curl that Asian pictured above.

      1. Same advice, just with bigger sized clothing and an excellent tailor that can give you the perfect sizing to compliment your frame.
        I’m not a dress up guy per se, but the four suits I own were meticulously tailored to me and when I wear them they fit in a perfect manner to accentuate my features. Catnip to the upper end broads, no question.

        1. Indeed, I heard this is very effective from some bearded dudes back in the ’80s….

        2. I’m straining to find out what the reference is here….?

        3. Surely you were similarly advised as to what manner of attire will make every girl crazy…..

        4. I mean who are the “bearded dudes”. Or was that just a one off thing that you threw in?

        5. No, their beards were legendary. Nevertheless, they extolled the virtues of being a sharp dressed man.

        6. Oh shit, how did I miss a ZZ Top reference? Good gravy, and I’m not even hung over or especially tired and I’ve even had my coffee. Damnit! Heh.

    2. I disagree. They are just wearing clothes that fit. You may think that wearing baggy pants hanging off your butt is “cool” but that’s really just how children dress.

      1. no, they are wearing clothes that are unimaginative and tight fitting….. who wears a casual shirt, tucked in with a belt…. give me a break, this is church going republican game….. or grandpa game….

        1. People are so hesitant to dress fashionably because they think it is “gay” or “fancy” or whatever. Then when they are out in ill fitting jeans and a baggy shirt they are wondering why high SMV women pay them no attention.
          There is literally no item of clothing that ought not be tended to by a tailor and one must start from the foundation up.
          While it is true that excessively thight “skinny” jeans are really dreadful, appropriately fitting slacks which contour the body are a wonderful thing. The move to dress casually has always been very depressing to me. I am a long time adherent of “knit tie or no tie with a shirt, jacket and slacks is casual.”
          Dressing like the homeless in order to avoid being labelled as effeminate is, in itself, an incredibly weak thing.
          I often laugh at guys who talk about how much they love the rat pack and then dress in a way that would have been so abhorrent to Sinatra that they wouldn’t even be able to keep a job as a bus boy in any place where he held any sway.
          Men really do need to step up their fashion game…or not…that’s fine by me…if they don’t I will be happy to tend to all of the women that they have absolutely no fucking chance with because they dress like slobs.
          Lastly, it is more than just attaining the choicest of women…which simply isn’t available to men who are hostile to fashion…it is about self respect. If I see a guy at a restaurant in Jeans and a T shirt I know right away that this isn’t a person worth knowing.

        2. Agreed on all but the “choicest of women”. That’s a matter of one’s taste and one’s most highly regarded segment of the feminine sex. Assuming one is dressing to impress (which is what one should not actually do, one should dress smartly to one’s own standards I think) then the target audience dictates the wear. You’d look a fool among the yachting crowd dressed as James Bond while out on the ocean, for example, so if yacht club broads are your thing you’re going to need more than a business uniform, although that will still be required when dealing with them while docked. And while I know that this is not your taste so we don’t have to go down the path of disparaging these types (which I happen to find the bees knees), but if you’re into the upper tier “country girl” (a ShaniaTwain or whatever), then a suit just isn’t going to do it for you. On the other hand, a well fitted western set of clothing would work a treat.
          Not really telling *you* anything, just noting it to the wider audience.

        3. James Bond was a sailor and had great yacht attire. Dressing appropriately is, of course, important. One simply does not wear a tuxedo to a game of golf, a white dinner jacket to afternoon tea or jeans and a t shirt anywhere other than their back yard. That said, having your clothes appropriately fitted and dressing in the current styles is important. I won’t take the disparaging road on the country girls as we both know where I stand on those “women” but I will say that you are right in that you shouldn’t be dressing for the woman….and also right in that you should be appropriate to understanding the current fashions and styles of the area you are in.
          I often see tourists here in bars dressed perfectly appropriate for the Midwest or Texas (I seem to have met a lot of Texan tourists in the last few months) who simply look silly and out of place here in Gotham and are often confused as to why women pay them very little attention and men mostly treat them like they still have turnips in their pockets from the turnip truck.
          Likewise, when I head up to the farm to visit my family I tend to dress the way I dress and not the way the locals dress and I will take some flack from my family for it…..That said, I find that there is no place in the world that you can walk into dressed in a sharp, well tailored suit where you will be ignored and mocked by women the way that a person in jeans and a t shirt would be in most of the places I go to…assuming the doorman or Maitre’d let them in in the first place.
          I think the reason is because a clean cut gentleman in a suit who is in good shape and acts with confidence is always a valuable commodity to someone somewhere. There is a reason men don’t wear jeans to occasions like weddings or formal dinners….men simply look better in a suit.

        4. Nah, not necessarily true, unless you’re indicating the high end dress type thing she’s wearing. Equally as attractive girls, not decked out in pearls and diamonds, can easily be had for far less style quotient.

        5. Right, I was indicating traipsing onto a boat in a tux.

        6. Quite. It was a IF X THEN Y statement. If you are after something else then yes, prepare accordingly.
          More to the point, many guys here are calling the models in the article “fags”. However, you can be a obvious “non-fag” like Jason Statham, wear the same clothes but achieve a smart and masculine look.
          Anyway Ghost I know the type that you’re into… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/f8afa16767ca7f7cf9ee06bc28bd0aa538d57ab8a9e8433eb90e3d8ba4633738.jpg

    3. Fashion is controlled by sodomites. This is what we get as a result.

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    4. Lee !! Agree with you 100%..
      If they don’t dress like fags, then they dress as slobs !
      It is not like say 50 years ago, in a suit & a tie ?? Nahh it’s in a dirty T-shirt & dirty torn blue jeans which used to be pants of hobos ??

  16. Looking stylish isn’t that expensive either:
    Shoes: 2 pairs of cheap trotters yet good quality if you look hard enough. one was 35 bucks, what a steal. I don’t buy expensive as I do a lot of walking.
    Trousers: One expensive and one medium cost but both are good quality Italian of natural fabric.
    Shirts: One for each day of the week and some spare ones. Mostly white but there some with patterns in mild colours. Again, natural fibre. Good shirts are not cheap.
    Coat/Jacket: Expensive but you have to make an impression and feel comfortable in it.
    Fragrance: Jimmy Choo
    Also, don’t be afraid to splash cash on designer labels as those clothes are made from decent fabric with decent stitching;not only comfortable but also look good and last a looooooog time.
    Kind Regards,
    Bike Chainningham aka Velo Chaine

    1. Natural fiber? I don’t want to think about what a polyester shirt must feel like.

      1. ha, some folks buy tees and shirts with less than 100% cotton content!

      2. I had some hand me down rayon shirts in HS. Rayon must act as some kind of catalyst. Armpit odor on rayon acts like a pheromone machine gun in the lunchline. I thought I stank. Even I could smell me but someone should have told me that what I smell isn’t the same as what the female nose smells. Next time I’m really rank as shit smelling, I think I’ll just raise my arms in the checkout aisle and waft my elbows like the ‘chicken flap’ and see how the ladies react. You’d be surprised.

    2. Go big with the shoe. I went 2 shoe sizes over and it’s much more comfortable walking. The feet expand and the toes spread out like they should. Three sizes over and it feels like you’re walking barefoot, much better for your feet. With shoes, bigger is better. I went ‘big shoe’ and won’t go back to small. Walking a distance in a shoe that’s so much as 1/2 size too small will murder your feet. There are many bones and critical connecting tissues in your feet. Treat your feet to BIG SHOES and plus women will read that you carry a BIG BEEFSTICK as well.

      1. Dunno about 2 sizes over but 1/2 a size for your feet to breath a little.

        1. After you walk awhile in really oversize shoes, your feet get used to it. Most people won’t buy a way big pair but try some old broken in big boots or mailman shoes with squishy soles. It’s like walking barefoot on soft carpet. Running requires something tighter that won’t fall off in a sprint. For running I wear like some Asics webbed cross training shoes that stretch and flex.

        2. I get it, the foot expands and needs space to be comfy. I put gel shoe soles in shoes and feels like a waterbed but then it feels better.

  17. Not to disrespect the author but these images scream hipster to me. I truly dislike this whole skinny jean and effeminate look these clothes suggest.
    I am a firm believer that the man makes the clothes, not the other way around.
    Every man should own a tailored suit and a pair of steel toed work boots…any fashion advise for men, from other men, apart from that is simply faggish.

    1. None of those outfits are hipster though. More preppy. None of them are wearing skinny jeans either.

  18. Remember what passed for male fashion in the late 90s / early 2000s? Baggy jeans, timberland shoes, chuck taylor all stars or vans skater shoe, black band t shirt, and a baseball cap. Say what you what, male fashion 20 years ago was masculine, comfortable, and inexpensive.

  19. Take into account what works.
    * Long sleeve sloppily worn but sparkly clean white suit shirt
    http://www.menshealth.com.sg/sites/default/files/multiple-wives.jpg
    .
    * undersize shirt
    http://i2.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5510434.ece/ALTERNATES/s1227b/PAY-Adam-Lyons-who-lives-with-his-2-girlfriends.jpg
    * More undersize button shirts. A closetful of undersize shirts perhaps that are worn most comfortably unbottoned (or that inadvertantly start popping open when you sit)
    http://i1.mirror.co.uk/incoming/article5510448.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/PAY-Adam-Lyons-who-lives-with-his-2-girlfriends.jpg
    * Undersize shirt with sloppy tie
    http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r264/AdamLondon/afcadamlondon-1.jpg
    .
    * Leatherette or leather smelling jacket with some odd tight leftover shirt from a Gypsy wedding. Whatever flies
    https://www.datingskillsreview.com/images/profiles/Adam-Lyons-AFC-Adam/afc-adam-amanda-lyons.jpg
    * White hotel busboy jacket belonging to some short chubby valet guy. Probably borrowed from hat tree but works man! Just don’t forget to put it back upon leaving.
    http://files2.geometria.ru/pics/original/039/094/39094275.jpg
    * And lo God rains gold coins upon the honest man who kindly returns a borrowed jacket
    https://www.puatraining.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/65547_10151565380806062_836529000_n1.jpg
    * And lastly my favorite – ‘The Cowboy’ – – the Range King Cowboy style scares off neon colored hairs and attracts a herd of neatly licked felines. Not a dyed hair anywhere. Not even a loose hair or even a lone ‘boing’ hair sticking up. All so neat and lickedy split. Meeow
    http://assets1.bigthink.com/system/idea_thumbnails/22921/primary/FLDS-polygamy.jpg?1282339320
    * And how could I forget – the ROK shirt!
    http://www.returnofkings.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/rok-shirt-DSC_0305-667×444.jpg
    Great all around tee when on foot, skateboard, sailboard, rollerblade, M/C, sportscar, beater truck, community service, grocery shopping. Looks especially cool with sunglasses on forehead and a cigarette behind your ear. And if an extra long XXL comes out, the woman may wear it like a robe when fetching the paper and the mail.

    1. “Great all around tee when on foot, skateboard, sailboard, rollerblade, M/C, sportscar, beater truck, community service, grocery shopping”
      i’d like to add cruising in your M1A1 Abrams tank like Roosh is doing in the pic above, just taking a break for a photo op.

  20. IF women elect to breed with the skinny fags pictured above, then humanity truly will diverge and bifurcate with whites becoming weaker, more docile, and more effeminate with each generation.

    1. I like how you turned an article on fashion advice into a polemic against racial diversity…

  21. Only one of those guys in the opening picture looks dressed for Summer but generally very good advice. Just to add on, under no circumstances should you wear a short sleeved shirt. You will look like a nerd. Not a look likely to moisten panties.
    Instead roll the sleeves up on your shirt or wear a fitted (read: fitted!) polo shirt. Way cooler and you will look the bees knees if you pair it with a fitted pair of chinos (i.e. not baggy ass khakis that make you look like you work for Best Buy).
    If you are too fat to wear fitted clothes well, just lose some fucking weight. Job done.
    Btw, not sure about wearing a white suit… https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0902164ca3621743850b5127b202fd26dc022d2b3486bdd5906cdcec2e2c5dda.jpg

    1. Damn, I hate short-sleeve shirts. There is no way you could make them look good. Full sleeve slim fit shirts are the best.

  22. Looks like fashion advices written by a fag like Milo Y.

  23. Great article Larsen – very timely.
    Bottom Line… if you build a Proper Physique, you’ll look good wearing almost Anything – Anytime – Anywhere.
    With that said, too many men are doing themselves a disservice by not developing a distinctive style; whether it be corporate, casual, blue collar – it really doesn’t matter, but how you dress and how you carry yourself says a lot about you. Adding (proper) style to your wardrobe, Without Sacrificing Masculinity is what it’s about – not “faggy” trends. Building a wardrobe of timeless, masculine styles is not difficult or costly.
    At the risk of being called faggy myself, I have to give credit where credit is due – If there is one man out there that seems to know how to dress for any occasion, it’s Stallone. This brother know’s proper style, and there is absolutely no questioning his masculinity. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/5070d78ae9c255a6758aa60e834dbd8955e4df06dec040c1139301f7a596ad13.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6e7d4361f533a69d5f23c24e15d7d52844f6bc06bfad8b2ce63422e524854b94.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/30206206a604f5b2fb6635d0c1b5b50f7897fd2f3a79478f42a8c5f26c05eac3.jpg

    1. You’re not faggy at all. You got it entirely right and so does Stallone. Any man that claims a well-dress man is faggy is the male equivalent of the jealous fat bitch that doesn’t see why she should lose some fucking weight to attract a man.

  24. A normal looking guy dressing like this on occasion it’s okay. An average guy look like a fag doing this on a regular basis. Everyone’s gonna think your gay period unless your like 6’4 250 then you can do whatever and look pretty much.

    1. I have a hard time getting past this as well.
      But – I am often at a loss as to what to wear with shorts without looking like a Kid.

      1. Unless you live in the desert or the Caribbean, you shouldn’t be wearing shorts much.

        1. Aye. I wear shorts for yard work, strictly out of comfort, and around the house when I wake up and pre-shower, for the same reasons. Out and about you’ll never catch me wearing shorts.

      2. I just wear whatever the fuck is comfortable. I honestly couldn’t care whether it looks like a kid or not in the end. But I understand your dilemma, however. Put it this way, the majority of people living in my area wear flip flops, even during winter. They dress like complete slobs! As long as you’re doing better than they are, it’s not a problem at all.

  25. Eh, I mean more power to you if you want to spend that much time and effort on clothes. I just work out and look good in jeans/shorts/t-shirts.
    Simpler.

  26. Living in Wisco, I see some pretty geeked styles as I frequent both the country and the city. In fall/winter it is really easy to dress for me. Slim fit (notice not “skinny” but slim) dress shirt tucked/untucked with slim fit jeans and a nice pair of boots are usually what does it for me.
    In the summer I take a pretty basic approach. Slim fit V-neck to showcase the progress I’ve made weightlifting and slim fit jeans or a nicer pair of flat front shorts. I never wear cargo shorts going out in the summer. Occasionally will rock a form fitting polo shirt, but girls in my generation have often made fun of me for wearing polos. I think those were shit tests that I did not pass, so I’m interested to see how this summer goes wearing polos.

  27. I’m not the guy to get fashion advice from but, at least try to dress masculine instead of like those skinny guy/girls in the photos above…..damn, it ain’t that hard to dress nice and not look like a faggot hipster.
    Oh,yeah they tell me that blue jeans that already have stains on them are 400 bucks a pair! For anyone who wants some I will make you a smoking deal on them, pre-dirtyfied with your choice of dust,dirt,diesel fuel,grease,fertlizer,Prowl herbicide or combinations of the above with holes and everything!

  28. I have naught to contribute to this article.. so I’ll content myself with counting the number of times “fag” appears in the comments 😉

  29. where is lolknee? he is the resident “sharp dressed man” round here?

  30. this looks fine for mild hot weather but what about 86+? It’s a bitch to use a jacket without AC yet I don’t want to look like a bummer

    1. Sure, if you want to look like a SWPL on his way to see Dave Matthews at the Greek.

      1. True, July in the midwest is my least favorite month. HUMIDITY / HEAT. There is a sayin, fashion goes out the window.

  31. Few things:
    1.) None of the clothes above will work in HOT weather. maybe mildly warm weather.
    2.) They all look like preppy, trust fund dipshits about to play a round of golf with their chums.

    1. The Asian guy with the patterned silk shirt and Beatles hairstyle looks ghey.

  32. I prefer my US Marshal’s outfit: blue blazer, dress pants, black shoes, Galco leather holster, and a Glock.

  33. Wear Ranger panties to show the world your sculpted quads and hamstrings. Tank tops to flaunt your insane deltoids and arms. Show the world your penis and balls either they will reject you or bow down in admiration of your puremanliness.

  34. barf I would wear male rompers before any of that.

  35. No thanks to any of this advice (respectfully and as a matter of taste). The hotties in my city don’t usually go for most of these played-out “basics.” It all looks like fashion for married dudes and conformists with no imagination.

  36. How to dress in hot weather, and three of the guys in the top photos are in sweaters?! And one of them also has a jacket on top of the sweater!

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