He has such a self-satisfied grin as he references each of his related guides. You did it man! You've created a library of advice on male attire, and it's amazing!
@@waltski4375 I like the fact that he is very honest and up front about the ace marks and points out they are not the best but are a decent deal for the price.
I grew up in urban NY so my style was always street wear. Found myself in my 40s not knowing how to look for the times. Thank you for getting me started on the classics.
I can remember when you first started putting out these videos. I knew that it was a good way to go. People these days don't take the time for the details and this is a good platform to get the information across to them in a very concise way. The fact that can reference a video on everything that you discussed in this video is outstanding. It also shows the depth of your knowledge on how a gentlemen should dress and the passion and drive you have behind it! This my friend, is what a practical education on How to be a Gentleman in the modern age should be!!!! And, I'm so grateful that you are doing this on all forms of social media.
Same here. I think it's more punk to dress like a gentlemen when most folk just wear jeans and a t-shirt. I LOVE dressing like this now. Let's folks know you have class. LOVE being into "Adult sh*t" now!
I couldn't help noticing how the image in the video was shaking. If you are using a tripod, which I assume you do, please make sure that the camera image stabilizer is off so that the video is more perfect than it is right now. Really love the content. Also I really appreciate that this channel is more about sharing knownledge than advertisements. Many other menswear channels are full of products and sponsors. Really glad you dedicate such an amount of work into each video. Thanks a Lot.
I've been binge watching you since I found your channel, your wallets are to die for (though a little outside my price range). Are you able to do a video on wearing facial hair as a gentleman? I sport a pretty good size beard but love the vintage gentleman style and would like to know how to work with my beard.
Raphael, these type of videos are invaluable, keep them coming! I enjoy your specialised content just as much, but the back-to-basics videos are must-have information for anyone.
Thank you so much for your videos!I have now invested in a sage colored weatherproof trenchcoat.It is in fact double breasted and is great for Indiana's unpredictable weather.
I agree with most content... I don't agree with the suggestion not to wear a belt with a vest. Most 3pc suits contain a pant with belt loops for a reason. If there's a belt loop there should also be a belt. Also these are good tips but, not all for ethnic folk. We dress a different style. Example: The sweaters suggested aren't going to happen, nor do we wear the cuffed pajama pant. :-)
Thank you for this video! I appreciate the consistently great content. I've also been noticing that your editing has been improving. Keep up the good work! :D
I loved the video, I find it very useful and I will try to remember everything you said here! You have become my favourite RU-vidr, please don't stop making videos! May I suggest a couple of topics that I would like to see in your channel some day? The first would be leather. Different kinds of leathers and their quality, tips to take care of leather items, what to buy and what to avoid, etc. I love leather and I have many things made of it, from a jacket to a messenger bag, gloves, boots or shoes but I am never sure about what kind of leather I'm buying and if it's the proper one, and how to take of it. The second topic would be colours. Colors that work pretty well together, colors that clash, appropiate colors for different occasions, etc. Matching colors is my weakest point, I am just not good at it! I hope you don't take my suggestions the bad way, it's just that I love your channel and have watched almost all your videos by now and I do trust your opinion when it comes to clothes as you clearly know what you are talking about. So thank you for your videos and your time!
Thanks for the suggestion. We have written topics on colors, but they're for specific stuff e.g. combining socks, etc. If you want to check them out, simply go to the website and type a keyword in the search field so all relevant articles would come up.
In liverpool there is a shop called slaters who provide high quality clothing, I asked about getting a suit, pretty standard black and white (excusable for the economic urban area) and the entire suit, jacket waistcoat and trousers, less than £80
Normally I get annoyed by the amount of references to other videos a channel might have, but considering the format of this channel and its overall purpose, I find it oddly refreshing.
Gentleman's Gazette, in your video you encouraged us to try wearing our suits with a different pair of dress pants. Over at Real Men Real Style they encouraged us to never do that because then we would be breaking up our suits. Why would you say it is okay to break this rule? Should I not take that rule at face value? Thank you!
Your videos are great. I love all the tips that you give. I'd like to ask that you balance the volume, however. You speak pretty low and your music is much louder. Watching these videos makes me feel like I'm watching infomercials late at night. Where each one is a different volume.
Nikola Tesla haha no...thats not the only case! U can wear black suit with any color Vest/sweater/tie/pocket square to make it more daytime appropriate...or add Tan shoes & ...but technically Black suit can be worn in any setting if u have confidence to pull it off!
I really like your channel. I have a question: Can i wear brown trousers, an offwhite shirt, with a burgundy vest and a dark grey sportcoat, but without a tie?
With colourful Chinos, a nice dress shirt, a good blazer and 2 or 3 Vests combined with some ties or bow ties and a pocket square I could go for 2 weeks looking very different every day. I think that's a good way to go for a poor student.
Thank you for clearly stating the word "afford". Not the most expensive item, but the most most expensive you can afford. Say you are at the upper end of the low price range. If you can afford to shell out a few more bucks to push you into the lower end of the mid price range then do it. But don't go for a $150 if it's out of your range.
Would you make a guide similar to this for ladies? Or could you recommend an account similar to yours in style that can educate lady? Thank you! I always enjoy your posts, especially the history behind fabrics and designs!
in your opinion how versatile is a purple-ish shoe? I saw some from meermin Mallorca in the linea maestro collection. are they as versatile as an burgundy shoe because of the red hues?
I have a navy suit that fits well. I did not, however, invest in the matching vest at the time. finding an exact match would be difficult and being a sslight shade off would look, i feel, tacky. Should I opt for a grey vest with the suit?
For me, the waistcoat is near the top of the list, just under dress shirts and slacks. I appreciate the more formal look with the lesser price tag and no compromise to my mobility. Overall, as others have said, this is a good foundational video.
I am from a very hot country and a sweat a lot, so I was thinking of getting a silk dress shirt, what would be some other materials for a hot climat and do you think silk dress shirt is a smart investment?
I have a chest pocket on almost all of my dress shirts. I use them to carry pencils. Is this a stylistic faux pas? Btw, I am 17 and generally dress in smart casual, just to give some context for your answer. Thanks, A.
I plan to start wearing like you do on a daily basis even when I'm not required to, and I'm literally never required to, not even at my job and not even to job interviews (believe it or not, this is somehow how it works where I live, men here almost never wear anything other than t-shirts and jeans). Well, minus the tie because even without it I would be massively overdressing everyone where I live, even in more formal settings like weddings. Do you have any advice for someone who would like to upgrade their style but is afraid what people around him are going to say?
Never pass the culture factor when dressing. This man imo only matches with bourgois people of western europe and little area of america. U can easly be a crown in most of the world. Dressing is not universal. Also if i wear these fabrics in my country i would sweat like rainfall.
+ten thousand there is hardly any item in classic menswear that is truly symmetrical. I have never seen a well-dressed elegant man with a symmetrical tie knot.
its a personal preference for me ☺ however it does look like an imperfection to ME or somewhat lazy although lazy might not be the correct word. I suppose if someone tilted their head the effect would be pronounced to a greater level
While I really enjoy your videos, I have a comment regarding shirt colours. Not everyone can wear an off white shirts (cream). It actually looks terrible on certain skin tones (including myself). ☺
I can´t really tell you in which video he says this, but he said that Paul Evans are great shoes, but are way overpriced. If I´m not mistaken he said that Allen Edmonds are better... I think it was in one of those videos that g like "Difference between 100 a 1000 dollars shoes".
I have the Paul Evans Penny Loafer. It fits very well however the outer edge of my left shoe is scraped in less than a year of wear. Also I am in the process of buying a shoe stretcher since the shape of the shoe constricts my pinkies. The leather is great, didn't shine it for half a year and still had an acceptable shine. The heel has that click-clack sound. I don't know if this is a hallmark of quality but I don't mind it. I don't think I will buy this Penny Loafer. First I'll buy www.velasca.com/en/product/penny-loafers/168-men-loafers-black-full-grain-leather-leather-sole-demoniett.html then when I have enough money I'll just get a bespoke pair from Berluti.
I love my London Fog, full-length trench-coat. I bought it over 30 years ago and though it's got some mileage on it, it still looks and feels great. When I wear it on a wet winter's day, it's like being embraced by a loved one. I've only had it cleaned once or twice in all those years, and it's even missing a button or two, because, as an old Baltimore homicide detective once told me, a trench-coat should speak volumes of it's owner and the countless cigarettes and coffees consumed while on a life-time of all-night stake-outs.
It's not clear to me why there is such a shibboleth against 'link cuffs' ie French cuffs, but not double-heavy with the traditional foldover. To quote from an article about Alexander Kabbaz, an approved custom maker of bespoke shirts: '...Master Shirtmaker Alexander Kabbaz touts the benefits of link cuffs. Link cuffs are designed to be fastened with cufflinks, but not to fold over like French cuffs. Explaining one of the benefits, Kabbaz said "The major advantage here is comfort. Unlike the double-heavy French cuff, link cuffs are much lighter. In addition, the do not have the great bulk of the better-known cuff and therefor slide much more easily within the jacket sleeve. "It is little-known", he continued, "that the link cuff was not only the first cuff, but also the most formal. It is the only acceptable cuff to wear with formal dress. Before the idea of buttons came about, men were known to punch a hole in the (single) cuffs and use a string to tie them together for warmth." ' George VI of England once reprimanded his son, the Prince of Wales, for wearing brown shoes with a blue suit. Of course once Edward VIII became king, he became a tastemaker and mainstreamed this choice of color. Later as the Duke of Windsor, he was famous for his immaculate good taste as well as for choosing the most comfortable clothes he could wear, and bringing many other heretofore proscribed articles of clothing into fashion, like blue dress shirts and Fair Isle sweaters. It seems to me that there is nothing inherently untasteful about single-thickness, 'link cuffs'; the only objection seems to be that they are 'comme il faut' for white tie; it is as though they are 'reserved' for white tie. Surely this doesn't exclude them from our fashion purview. I would love to hear the Gentleman's Gazette's opinion as to this topic.
+Sam Lander I have seen Mr Kabbaz in person at trade shows a few times, and I would certainly not dress the way he does, but each to his own. Also bear in mind, that a great craftsman is not necessarily great stylists. A single cuff of a white tie shirt was traditionally starched, clean and neat. Folding it would have not looked good. Comparing a starched single cuff on an evening shirt to a single cuff on a modern day dress shirt is like comparing apples to oranges because the starch is what ultimately increases the formality. An unstarched wing collar and cuff would not work with white tie. The Prince of Wales like softer less formal items and so he preferred a softer turndown collar and soft double cuffs for his black tie ensembles but he'd still wear properly starched cuffs with white tie. Today, single cuffs on dress shirts are ususlly only found on combination cuffs, meaning they have button next to the hole so you can wear them with cufflinks or with a button.
Do you honestly expect me to sit through a 49min video to find the pic with the cuffs? Please add a time stamp to your link so I can get right to the part where we wears it.
