How to be Classically Masculine 

Calm, composed, competent, professional and polite.

Being masculine requires manners and a suave demeanor .. seemingly lacking these days Those men were clean, confident. classy.

You cant fake it: It is the fire behind the eyes. This comes from genuine hardship and ambition

This is exactly why I still prefer watching movies from the 50s-80s era. Style, eloquence, and class will never go out of style.

Being masculine is more about the energy you possess and project rather than your outside facade.

Remember, Sean Connery started out as a bodybuilder, not an actor. Of course, this was before steroids were used to get jacked. So, yes, he pumped iron for the sake of it, not just for sport. His physique was partially why he got the Bond role.

Ancient masculinity is where it’s at.

Today's blokes see masculinity as wearing their girlfriends leggings, a shirt 2 sizes too small, and being a complete nob.

Someone made this finally. I've been sick of these 'red pill' videos which base the idea of masculinity revolving just around getting girls to your bed. While some of those videos do give good advice about your dressing, self improvement and fitness, most of them are manipulative and assume that world works linearly. Glad you did this video.

Henry Cavil is a good example of classic masculinity

It is not the smoking that makes them masculine, its more of their outfit, facial expressions and personality and traits.

I'm 56 and you reminded me of something I've lost thank you . I'm glad to see young men like you thinking this way

I'm looking for a man like that. A man who is calm, collected and respectful, who is not controlled by his ego complexes. A man of substance and class.

For quite some time, I have been drawn to the rather stoic yet debonair Humphrey Bogart. His style, wit, and nonchalant attitude truly enhanced his confident demeanor. Men, today, mistake bluster for masculinity, when in reality, it makes them come across as insecure, immature, or both. When I was in the Navy, we had a saying, "Big mouths have small......".

Measure of a man is his character, his virtue Manners and verbosity is how the virtue exhibits itself Strength is also necessary

That controlled aggression point was spot on. And the lack of attention-seeking is again spot on. So simple yet so true. Something almost forgotten nowadays. Subscribed.

Who else think that we born in the wrong era...

What helps me is to remember a phrase I heard a lot growing up as the son of a military officer, "squared away." It is the embodiment of the classical masculine ideal. Everything in proper order, appearance, competence, focus. As to a style example, I look to Ian Fleming's cousin, the late Sir Christopher Lee. Elegance, competence, dignity, humility. Squared away in all things.

Oh man, this is a great video! I am an old soul who bemoans the culture of today with its sissified males and power-hungry women. There are still a few of us old-fashioned, feminine ladies looking for good, decent, manly men who have manners and morals and confidence and character and class. The 40s and 50s exemplified that. I love Cary Grant. Keep on with this kind of content!

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 👔 *Classic masculinity emphasizes elegance and style over modern criteria like muscle size and wealth.* 01:37 🎨 *Classic masculine style involves a limited color palette, focusing on whites, blues, grays, and blacks, showcasing taste through subtle accessories.* 03:14 🧔 *The classic era favored clean-shaven looks; facial hair was seen as slovenly. Hairstyles were short, with scissor cuts, and grooming tools included a comb and pomade.* 03:54 🌺 *Classic fragrances like Aqua di Parma Colonia or scents worn by iconic figures contribute to the old Hollywood actor vibe.* 04:47 💪 *Classic masculinity's physique focused on maintaining a slender silhouette with an athletic tone. Exercise was often sport-based, and taller height was desirable.* 06:09 😎 *Classic masculinity involves maintaining composure, treating everyone with respect, and showing intelligence through words, creating an air of elegance and mystery.* Made with HARPA AI

Cary Grant, Gregory Peck, Errol Flynn, and Stewart Granger are some of my favorite old school actors

Confidence: Stating your case, making it interesting all the way through, and not immediately begging for likes and subscriptions. Good masculine traits! I liked and subscribed immediately.

Some men today are loud, alpha and either look like they just woke up or came from the gym. Masculinity is about being able to hold a conversation, being respectful and kind towards everyone and be able to put a bit of effort in the way you look/present yourself.

Love your observations on men's classic style. You are spot on sir. Keep spreading the good word.

Pierce Brosnan is the epitome of Masculinity

We are talking about how men portrayed men on the screen. No matter the era, they’re acting. If someone is on camera, it’s not ‘reality’ television. I’m a huge fan of nearly all the actors listed, yet we don’t call Cary by his real name,Archie. Connery is hands down my favorite Bond, yet it’s rarely mentioned (though Connery has mentioned it) that Richard Todd and Cary Grant were considered first but not attainable due to budget or contract. Jimmy Stewart was known for being as even keeled in combat, flying bombers as he was in civilian life. Ted Williams was known for the same consistency in character. “Waste no more time arguing what a good man should be,be one.” Marcus Aurelius Thank you for taking the time to create interesting content. All the best 👋🏻

Finally the Real Masculinity i learned from my Father. And also see as Masculinity.

Excellent content, as always. Great looking tweed jacket as well!

Another fantastic, well prepared video to a generation which seems to forgot, how the pinnacle of masculinity looked like.

My favorite warrior and poet is Cyrano de bergerac. A swordsman whose wit was as sharp as his blade, and blessed with a glorious nose.

Being a gentleman is super attractive. It should be focused on protection, not aggression. As a woman, I appreciate your channel, because God knows men need to learn a few things. Big muscles are a turn off. Lean and strong is better. Knowing how to have a conversation about a variety of topics is very stimulating and aphrodisiacal. Some men really have never learned how to communicate, but they should, because it makes life easier, and everything will be smoother and more efficient. Lines on a man's face are so attractive, it really shows a man who has lived life and has had many adventures. It reveals a man who is not afraid to live life to the fullest and who grabs it by the horns. A hard-working man is also very attractive. A man who isn't afraid to roll up his sleeves and show his strength and competence without a second thought is primal and very sexy. A man who embodies "I got this." ❤❤❤

You got a new subscriber just for this video. Your voice is very calm and collected btw

Some excellent tips here for the Gen Z'ers...they could definitely stand to emulate the classics more. I'm 47, and still employ many of these tips. Well done sir!

This video is pure gold. Thanks.

Being calm and elegant with humor is masculinity

Don Draper (played by Jon Hamm) is the ultimate, modern icon of classic masculinity.

Always high quality content from you sir... Been a pleasure watching your channel grow.

The mark of true masculinity: standing firm for what you believe is right, even when you are the only one and absolutely no one backs you up

I'm a follower of traditional manliness since my teenage. I actually taught tons of younger guys how to properly dress, behave, walk. I'm considered a style icon in my tiny community. This given, I have a piece of advice for every youngster out there: if you want to embrace classic masculinity, do it for yourself. JUST for yourself. And be prepared, as lots of girly girls will not understand nor like it. Do it because it's right but never expect something back

My favorite male icons from the past are Sean Connery and Roger Moore, and also Pierce Brosnan Thanks for video 👍

Excellent video and advice ! I'm 73 and have been around, I stay fit by hitting the heavy bag, climbing ropes and working out on rings. I don't consider myself to be a ladies man by any means but my wife has commented often that women are attracted to me because I dress neatly, keep my hair short and am clean shaven as well as being a gentlemen. So many guys today just look like slobs....long unkempt hair, beards and ugly hats and clothing. They have no manners, no class and act like children . When out to eat, they don't remove their hats, and worse, wear them backwards like little children. I have spoken to several women, some young and some middle-aged who have stated that the young men today are immature and are not manly in any masculine sense. Great advice here guys....listen and learn. Be a man, not one of the sheep....the ladies will appreciate it and so will you.

THIS VIDEO IS A BANGER ! Keep up the content !

Green Irish Tweed is also Clint Eastwood’s favourite scent. Two similar ones at a lot less of the cost is Tom Fords Grey Vetiver and a store fragrance from an Italian high street store called Gutterridge. You often smell it passing the shop front as they have it spraying out a little from the doorway.

This is definitely the groundwork for a series!!!!

Brilliant!! It’s unfortunate that masculinity changed when Marlon Brando and James Dean came into the “scene”. Hyper masculinity became the new norm to an extent. Once again, your platform is such a gift! Thank you for bringing significance to relevant issues, that on the surface, may appear frivolous! One of my favorite quotes is: Being male is a matter of birth. Being a man is a matter of age. Being a gentleman is a matter of choice. Thank you for being a gentleman and inspiring others to be gentlemen in a very cruel and mannerless world…🙏🏽✨🥂

This channel ought to have 100k subs. Calling it already.

Cary Grant has long been my inspiration for style and demeanor

Waited 7 minutes and 22 seconds but you finally said it. Steve McQueen. Him and 007 helped me become a stronger person. Due to a few others also including Mr. Grant.

Gregory Peck! He was amazing!

I like your perspective,its very refreshing.

Thank you for making a video of this topic.

Your uploads are great, please keep them coming. I am very retro and my role model is Cary Grant.

Good to know I’m not the only one that thinks this way. I’ve styled my look similar but with a country/western vibe. I often am self conscious out in public because I look way different than anybody else. But so be it.

Great video. Projecting real masculinity by not trying so hard, attending to the details, proper grooming and dressing with understated confidence.

My girlfriend loves my style for exactly the reasons you cite. She grew up with very old school male relatives, who were very dapper, who knew how to treat a woman with courtesy and to behave with gentlemanly good manners. I wore a cravat instead of a black tie to a recent dinner function we attended, and she just about soaked her panties the whole night (I think the positive comments I got from other women helped too). She later told me that her very masculine and very old school dad and uncles all wore them, and to her a cravat-far from being the rather foppish item many people would regard it as-was a symbol of old school masculinity. Old school all the way.

I really hope you will one day have millions of followers and influence them with your amazing content

Nothing works without money

Outstanding video brother. Continue promoting non-toxic masculinity

Most impotantly, integrity is what makes a man. Very overlooked. You could be 5'0 and way 120 lbs. But if you stand your ground and hold your own. Itll be the biggest amount of respect youll receive from men and women alike

That octopus painting in the background is MESMERIZING.

Sidney Poitier is a perfect example of classic masculine. Definitely in the top 10 of American Gentlemen.

Being a gentleman and showing respect to everyone, whilst also having the capability to be dangerous/protect when and if necessary

Great video. This content deserves a longer video

Self acceptance self love self worth being comfortable with self leads to an uncompromising confidence that no woman or man can tear down.

Great advice. My favorite gentlemen to look up to are Humphrey Bogart, Sean Connery, Cary Grant and Steve McQueen. Hope you can inspire more younger men to step up their style game. Cheers Ron

Great video, all excellent tips and great examples

Clint and Sean def had it 👍

Excellent video, I personally like Sean Connery and Roger Moore style in first place, Cary Grant is a very good example too. Thanks

A scent I love is Dior's 𝗘𝗮𝘂 Sauvage. It was the first Dior fragrance for men, created by the master perfumer Eduard Roudnitska in 1966. The face of the fragrance was and is Alain Delon, that's how I discovered him as an elegance icon honestly, after I smelt it and loved it. 😊

I am a 57 year old man, which could give others the impression I am from a prehistoric era. But as soon as I enter certain places I have more the feeling that I am an 18th Century gentleman surrounded by Neanderthal men. “When I examine myself, I worry. When I compare myself, I am reassured.” (Talleyrand)

People saying its all about demeanour and confidence but in order to be confident you feel good and in order to feel good you have to look good(ie dress well, do your hair,develop a good physique,eat well etc)

This video defenetly deserved a new subscriber

Excellent analysis and gives one hope for the younger generation(like yourself) to get on the right track in a present world of confused(to say the least) younger generation.

Semen retention does wonders! It will make you look more better and change your appearance and energy but the most important thing is to transfer that energy into things like gym, facing adversity each day and meditation

I am so impressed by this video ,my love and best wishes from India (Mumbai )good work buddy keep posting video like this , I always prefer to stay in class most of the time

This is the channel we need

"It's great that we have all these different modes of self expression. Except the downside is that many men no longer have any style at all". That belongs on a mug. Very well said. Hats off

Excellent watch . Thank you

Being masculine simply means being the best person you can be. It really is all just social constructs. Just be a good person and you’ll by default be a good man. Take care of your body, be clean, be helpful, courageous, confident, intelligent, charismatic, be all of it. You don’t need a truck. Money isn’t everything but being successful helps. Having big muscles doesn’t mean much either but having a nicely built body isn’t going to hurt you.

Great vid! Those 2 are the best!

Cary Grant and Clark Gable are my favorites. This was a great video!

Some classic do have some classic beards but it was not all bushy and pubic hair types it was a clean well grommed beard

James Steward and Peter O'Toole qualify as my preferred exemplars of the classic gentleman.

Thank you. My dad tries to tell me this all the time.

I really don't think style is a part of it , its all about the attitude and behaviour . Dont be petty , be friendly , polite , kind . Stand for yourself and don't push others . Focus on your work , and things that are in your hand , and more importantly have fun .

Sean Connery: "Bond... James Bond" from Dr. No, the accent, the thoughtfulness he portrayed before saying a line in a script, his dry wit, "Excuse me but I think she's just dead" (a classic James Bond one-liner), or "I'm may be all wet but my Martini is still dry"), the unflappable way he carried himself, his thorough knowledge of everything which conveyed education, style and sophistication, the DB5 (or Blower Bentley in the Ian Fleming books), the Rolex watch (in the books vs. the Omega watch in the movies), the custom Turkish tobacco cigarettes with two rings around the tip (from the novels), the impeccable wardrobe and finally Sean Connery's sense of 'gravitas' in everything he did.

I like how you say it’s about sports not bodybuilding, but then you/editor still acknowledges connerys bodybuilding days before bond

Shaft is an underrated example of classic masculinity. I also love Michael Corleone

Honestly the style and wit of the 50’s and 60’s need to come back.

You cant fake it: It is the fire behind the eyes

Great video, simple and on point

For me its imran khan. He is a Pakistani ex-cricketer as well as the ex-Prime Minister of Pakistan. The traits that I like about him: 1- First and foremost his mannerism and persona. He is confident charismatic, and courageous. Led the team to a world cup victory (the only one) highlighting that its not only what you look like rather what you achieve. Built several charity-based cancer hospitals, and lastly gave 22 years of his life trying to make the country he was born a better place (not to much avail). Apart from that he was an Oxford University graduate. I talk about his persona in the first point because that's what matters most. 2- His style. During his younger years he was widely regarded as a playboy. However, he never displayed himself that way. He was respectful towards women and would even reject some women's advances in the nicest ways possible. 3- His looks. He had longer hair but well groomed. No beard. As an athelete he was well built with broad shoulders and a slender body. While I understand most of you don't know him, I would suggest you lookup his early life. Nowadays, he is stuck in dirty politics which are not for classy men.

Thanks for this great video. Being Italian here some classic role models from Italy: Vittorio Gasman and Marcello Mastroianni !

Thank you 1000x for putting this message out there so eloquently. I agree 100% and have always tried to be the gentleman you describe here. Too many young men out there are getting mislead by these red-pill neanderthal types. I hope videos like yours gets out to more of them. And in answer to your question at the end, it's gotta be Carry Grant, Spencer Tracy, and Sinatra at the top for me. Stay classy, good sir.

I'm born 1991, my great grandpa(Grandmothers dad) was born 1917 & passed away 2010. I got to see what kind of masculinity he represented. He came from a time where this wasn't even a topic. It just was how it was. Being a man. He started his work life at 15 years old, back then they would fist fight for money on the side. He was the provider or his children & he came up in a time that was quite weird for him considering he was Half black & half white. He was abandoned by his grandfather who at one time owned slaves/maids. He didn't even own a pair or jeans as far as I knew, that was too modern for him. He even farmed in a dress pants & dress shirt that he has specifically for yard duties. He was quite the character, he was a real man.

Roger Sterling from Mad Men is the archetype

The real masculine embarks on his own path and chooses cause he wills it so. No ideals, he wears the suit jacket because he likes it, he may shave or have a beard, as he likes. Then other males may follow his style, manifesting a trend.

Not only is Cary Grant the most iconic for his style, his outfits the way he uses his body, his kinaesthetic smartness, but also for his understatement and his irony

I'm a 15 yrs old who like vintage masculinity. But people say i'm crazy and werid.😢

Having just finished on the exercise bike, I can attest to your comments about working on other sports alongside weightlifting. For long term health to be there for ones family, this type of exercise is also a must!