Put This On

I can't guarantee that it will work, but there are some really good sites and shows out there that exist to help guys like us learn to dress stylishly without breaking the bank or needing to learn a whole domain of stuff that we aren't terribly interested in. For example, I'm a big fan of Put This On: http://putthison.com/ The blog is great, and the web series is really great. http://putthison.com/post/10287901291/put-this-on-season-one

Lisagor (@lonelysandwich) was a video editor for commercials before striking out on his own; he also does "Put This On" (http://putthison.com/), a blog and video series about men's fashion with Jesse Thorn, who does The Sound Of Young America on NPR, and you can hear about all of this at Colin Marshall's "Marketplace of Ideas" Internet radio show (http://colinmarshall.libsyn.com/personal_aesthetics_and_internet_cultu… Rands manages people at Apple and wrote the genuinely excellent _Managing People_ and also a blog series on strip club etiquette and see I just did a whole little thing there. Watch this video, it is awesome.

This is a great place to start. http://putthison.com/ is a great place to keep going back to. Fashion hacking is just generally something good to do. It'll make all impressions of you automatically more of everything positive. At least so long as you don't brag about it. Fashion is about emphasizing the traits you already have by putting them against a pleasing background.

Well, I think what they need is to look at a blog like https://putthison.com/. It’s easier to read a few articles on there than to try to use some janky app everyday.

- Start with the philosophy of having a few clothes of high quality rather than a lot of clothes of low quality. - Fit is the most important thing. Get a few shirts and a basic suit made to measure. You can do this fairly inexpensively via sites like https://www.indochino.com/. I charcoal grey suit, a white shirt, and a light blue shirt are a great way to start. - Understand the differences between style and fashion. Fashion is a never ending treadmill of mindless consumerism, constantly prompting you to buy new clothes. Style is about dressing timelessly. - It's hard or go wrong with a nice pair of brown, leather soles shoes. I like Allen Edmunds: http://www.allenedmonds.com/. - Read PutThisOn: http://putthison.com/tagged/Best_Of

We absolutely still have dress codes, they're just more ambiguous now: http://putthison.com/post/144964888828/the-end-of-office-dress-codes-t… >Unless you work in a creative industry and live in a big city (read: basically NYC), you probably can’t wear anything too fashionable or avant-garde to work. We’re not talking about Rick Owens, but even somewhat tame designers such as Robert Geller and Stephan Schneider. And if everyone is wearing shorts and t-shirts, the sharpest you can look is in chinos. New, open office spaces still have dress codes – they’re just softly coded as social norms, not hard written into rulebooks. >Dressing now follows subtle, in-group views – those who understand them know how to navigate the corporate world; those who don’t pay a price.

For interviews I usually like to clothe myself "casual chic". I don't wear a suit ever. I like to wear clothing that I intend to use daily on the job. Clothing that fits comfortably and still have a professional look. Something like this (without the tie) is what I would wear: http://media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/14/7f/10/147f1019bf4b9ac59a759e… You could find inspiration on Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/sandybeyer/casual-chic-man-outfits/ Alternatively, the "Put This On" weblog often has nice tips on how to clothe like a man: http://putthison.com

http://putthison.com/, the series and blog are both nice, and the accompanying "Sites we Like" sidebar is everything the other commenter mentioned and then some. In my experience, having a female friend you can get rapid feedback from is invaluable, too.

This is a promising market if other outfits like http://www.trunkclub.com/ and http://manpacks.com/ are any indication. I think the trick, though, is making sure that you can align style with your customer. When i first saw trunkclub i thought "netflix for clothes" which is a pretty novel concept if you figure that reselling overstock, late season purchases ala http://gilt.com/ is a pretty solid concept but if you also add-in the whole "personalized wardrobe" aspect, then it's really something exciting for folks that want nice wardrobe standards similar to what jesse at http://putthison.com/ advocates but don't need it this season.

For those interested, the site's run and curated by Roxana Altamirano. She has great taste. http://putthison.com/post/655938745/our-fam-roxana-from-nerd-boyfriend…

If you like The Sandwich, also check out the video podcast he does with Jesse Thorne, "Put This On" a show about dressing like a grown up. http://putthison.com/

Anyone who enjoys this will enjoy "Put This On," a collaboration between "the Sound of Young America guy" and "the You Look Nice Today guy." It's a video series (season 1 is about to launch, & there's already a pilot available) and tumblr. http://putthison.com/

From Tom Ford's five lessons: > You should put on the best version of yourself when you go out in the world because that is a show of respect to the other people around you. I try to dress well (note that there is a difference between dressing well and dressing formally) because I want to show respect to those around me. I find poorly dressed people almost as off-putting as catching a scent of someone who didn't put deodorant on seeing too much of someone who doesn't have the decency to wear a belt. Again, it's not about level of formality: someone wearing an ill-fitting suit isn't dressed as well as someone wearing properly fitting jeans and a polo. Developers value elegant code as an indication of programming skill, so why not value elegant dress as an indication of interpersonal skills? (The answer is that a lot of developers don't value interpersonal skills at all). "Why This Matters" from Jesse at Put This On is a good read: http://putthison.com/post/665640307/why-this-matters

They are very different fabrics, namely that tartan is made from wool, while Madras from cotton. https://www.putthison.com/q-and-answer-whats-the-difference-between-pl…

He’s a little guy in a big suit. He doesn’t fit in this world https://putthison.com/making-sense-of-david-byrnes-big-suit-the-tom/

> Vest and tie? Lookin' good. No, this really looks genuinely terrible. Never wear a tie without a jacket. http://putthison.com/post/29635680290/q-and-answer-when-can-i-wear-a-t… > The answer is pretty much “I work at a cell phone store.” (vest without jacket is just as bad, except it's "I'm a waiter")

here's why: http://putthison.com/post/49277992157/professionalism-several-years-ag… The undertaker at the pet cemetery only buries dead animals, why would they care what he wears? The answer is because other people exist.

Jesse Thorn on why how you dress matters: When you dress, you are making a statement; not a fashion statement, but a statement of identity. If you put on a jacket and tie, for example, you are signifying to others that you take the occasion seriously, whatever that occasion may be. If someone looks at you and interprets how you dress, they are not being superficial. They are reading the message that you wrote. [...] Can one earn respect in other ways? Certainly, and one should. But that’s no reason to open a conversation with someone by saying, without words, “this is not important to me.” http://putthison.com/post/665640307/why-this-matters

From http://putthison.com/post/833571254/were-apple-we-dont-wear-suits-we-d… “We’re Apple. We don’t wear suits. We don’t even own suits.” — Steve Jobs (or a representative thereof, the citation is a little unclear), incredibly rich establishment capitalist businessman, on fighting in 2010 the anti-establishment battles of 1965. Because you know what the problem is? Suits.