Power of a Suit (+ a t-shirt) & Summer Essentials
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—John Burroughs
Welcome to The Gent Within Style Dispatch, delivering you fashion & life tips faster than your last DoorDash. I hope your summer has been great. I was lucky enough to spend the past 2 months back home in the USA catching up with family and friends. Watched a ton of Olympics and kept pretty active, even discovering the joys of trail running. I'm currently training for my first Full Marathon in January. Now let's dive into some fresh style content! In this Issue:
STYLE GUIDE 🤵♂️ The Power of a Suit (& a Tee)Many men feel that suits are stuffy, uncomfortable and inappropriate for most situations. All valid points. But let me tell ya—wearing a suit well is a hallmark of a well dressed man. It’s like a layer of armor that’ll make you feel ready to ride into battle and conquer the world. Okay, I may be exaggerating a bit, but wearing a suit really is more than just a style enhancer. The Bottom Line: There’s a reason they say to “dress for the job that you want, not the job that you have.” Wearing a well-fitting suit projects an image that can set you up to succeed in business and in life. As for the days you aren't interested in suiting up, which is probably most days, then you can rely on the trusty t-shirt which has a power and unique history of its own. Like other menswear staples, the plain white tee dates back over a century ago and has a connection to the U.S. military. Today’s classic t-shirt has origins as an undergarment. Around the late 1800s, it evolved from a one-piece (no, not the once trendy dude romper) called the union suit. 5 Types of T-Shirts & How to Wear Them with Style Then in the early 1900s, the U.S. Navy began issuing t-shirts as undergarments. And after World War II, veterans began wearing t-shirts as everyday casual clothing. We can also thank Hollywood for the popularization of the plain white tee. In the 1950s, after Marlon Brando wore one in A Streetcar Named Desire, the t-shirt became fashionable to wear on its own. Today the basic t-shirt is a foundational piece in a man’s wardrobe. Along with dark wash denim and the navy blue blazer, the t-shirt rounds out my top 3 men’s style essentials.
STYLE ESSENTIALS ☀️ Men’s Summer Fashion: 20 Menswear Essentials (The Style Guide)Although fall is the favored season for stylish men — I don’t know about you, but summer has become perhaps my favorite sartorial season. I just love the simplicity it calls for. It encourages minimalism and doesn’t have to be boring. Let me show you some stylish examples. Summer Fashion: The Menswear Essentials This first outfit below is great for lounging around, in style. It’s the dressiest of all the featured looks. Anytime you introduce a blazer, it’s going to make for a more refined aesthetic. But there are ways that you can dress it down so that it’s more about work and play.
LIFE 😛 The Days are Long, But The Years are ShortI recently read a piece from Sam Altman's (the founder of OpenAI) blog, filled with life advice gems that I found worth pondering. Below are some that stood out to me. Never put your family, friends, or significant other low on your priority list. Prefer a handful of truly close friends to a hundred acquaintances. Don’t lose touch with old friends. Occasionally stay up until the sun rises talking to people. Have parties. Have clear goals for yourself every day, every year, and every decade. Talk to people more. Read more long content and less tweets. Watch less TV. Spend less time on the Internet. Life is not a dress rehearsal—this is probably it. Make it count. Time is extremely limited and goes by fast. Do what makes you happy and fulfilled—few people get remembered hundreds of years after they die anyway. Don’t do stuff that doesn’t make you happy (this happens most often when other people want you to do something). Don’t spend time trying to maintain relationships with people you don’t like, and cut negative people out of your life. Negativity is really bad. Don’t let yourself make excuses for not doing the things you want to do. Go out of your way to be around smart, interesting, ambitious people. Work for them and hire them (in fact, one of the most satisfying parts of work is forging deep relationships with really good people). Try to spend time with people who are either among the best in the world at what they do or extremely promising but totally unknown. It really is true that you become an average of the people you spend the most time with. Don’t worry so much. Things in life are rarely as risky as they seem. Most people are too risk-averse, and so most advice is biased too much towards conservative paths. How to succeed: pick the right thing to do (this is critical and usually ignored), focus, believe in yourself (especially when others tell you it’s not going to work), develop personal connections with people that will help you, learn to identify talented people, and work hard. It’s hard to identify what to work on because original thought is hard. Don’t waste time. Most people waste most of their time, especially in business. Ask for what you want. Exercise. Eat well. Sleep. Get out into nature with some regularity. This too shall pass. Learn voraciously. Don’t chase status. Status without substance doesn’t work for long and is unfulfilling. Be a doer, not a talker. Given enough time, it is possible to adjust to almost anything, good or bad. Humans are remarkable at this. Think for a few seconds before you act. Think for a few minutes if you’re angry. Don’t judge other people too quickly. You never know their whole story and why they did or didn’t do something. Be empathetic. The days are long but the decades are short. Read the full list here. 📖 In Case You Missed It• Best Chukka Boots Guide (All You Need to Know) • How to Attract Women (Leave Them Wanting You) • 8 Essential Shirts (60 Modern Ways to Wear Them) • The 5 Best Jackets (Styling & Buying Guide) • High Income Skills Anyone Can Benefit From Learning • Subtle Signs She Wants You to Make a Move
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