How to: stylish guy without being flamboyant

Every girl loves a sharply-dressed and stylish guy. Some good stores for guys to shop at are: L.L. Bean, J.Crew, Banana Republic, H&M, Target, Levi’s Jeans, Urban Outfitters, Gap, and Old Navy. Below I’ve provided several outfit ideas with detailed descriptions and suggestions for where to acquire some of these much-needed clothing items: 

You know this guy is really cool as soon as you see him. He simply took a gray fitted hoody (notice that fitted hoodys look great and really cool on both guys and girls) and complimented it with my favorite colored pants for men, which have just a touch of sag to them, and clean white kicks. Owning a pair of white kicks is an excellent idea, for they go with everything and spice up a dull colored outfit.

caramel pants: http://www.jcrew.com/mens_category/pants/brokeninchinos/PRDOVR~11251/11251.jsp

white sneakers: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=26258459&color=010&cm_mmc=SEM-_-Google-_-PLA-_-55042001224adwords_labelsM_SHOES_SNEAKERS&device=c&network=g&matchtype=&gclid=CKWtnpKP1rsCFYlAMgod9BUAPQ

Girls: you may recognize this pretty face from Vampire Diaries, but guys, take a look at this great outfit. Striped shirts of any kind are a must have in your closet, they are snazzy and absolutely delightful, plus girls love stripes on guys. Over the striped shirt he wears a white cardigan. Now I admit that a cardigan may be a difficult piece for a regular guy to pull off, but it really completes his outfit and gives a look of comfort. But of course the best item from this outfit is the combat boots…um hot. High five to the stylist. You can team combat boots up with formal attire or a simple jeans and T-shirt look. The best way to wear them is by tucking in your jeans into your boots. But avoid overly saggy or buggy jeans.

white knit zip cardigan: http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=28666&vid=1&pid=932936002

striped tee: http://www.hanes.com/clothing/sale-34058–1/65-percent-off-and-above/-24152–1?d1=SEARCHH&cm_mmc=Google-_-PLA-_-NA-_-NA&ef_id=UgkOFAAABaCtRimw:20131229190210:s

black combat boots: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005EVYP2E/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B005EVYP2E&linkCode=as2&tag=combatboots00-20

Bring out your inner hipster with this kind of an outfit. Who knows, maybe it’ll be your thing? This gentleman wears a washed-down tribal print button down with rolled-up sleeves. Since the shirt is rather large, he paired it with skinny jeans. If skinny jeans are out of your comfort zone, then you can try fitted pants. Fitted pants are the balance between skinny or and saggy. If you are having a bad hair day, a beanie would be perfect to hid that hair, but it also looks great in general, and with almost any casual outfit. To avoid looking cheap and rugged, he wore nice boat shoes.

brown boat shoe: http://shop.nordstrom.com/s/sebago-docksides-suede-boat-shoe/3179535?origin=category-personalizedsort&contextualcategoryid=0&fashionColor=&resultback=1562&cm_sp=personalizedsort-_-browseresults-_-1_4_B

tribal 80’s print sweater: http://ragstock.com/shop/mens-80s-sweaters/mens-80s-sweater-435/

beanie: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=16265969&parentid=M_ACC_HATS

Those are sweat pants but they’re not! You gotta love those pants. He matched a long sleeve black shirt with a white shirt under it and really sweet black and white shoes. Wonderful.

black and white vans: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=26258038&parentid=MENS_SHOES

long sleeve black shirt: http://gildanonline.com/index.php/all-mens/t-shirts/long-sleeve-men-s-t-shirt

I always say that layering is really important. One of the easiest layers you could do is take a collared long sleeve and slip it under a sweater one or two times bigger. The collared shirt can be a different pattern or color, experiment!

collared shirt: http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=56730&vid=1&pid=932799002

navy sweater: http://bananarepublic.gap.com/browse/product.do?cid=28663&vid=1&pid=932633012

brown boots: http://www.urbanoutfitters.com/urban/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20984233&parentid=MENS_SHOES

That about covers it! Good luck!

Thanks for reading!!

~Miri xx

Shopping in the Men’s Section

Hello Lovelies!

I know I am not the only one that notices the clothing in the guy’s section once in a while. Clothing in the girl’s section can get repetitive and old! So my recommendation? Keep your eyes open in both the women and men’s sections. Spotted a comfy striped sweater from the male section? Go for it! Ignore the dirty stares, you know you will rock that sweater girl! I am envious of my friends with older brothers because they can borrow their sweaters, but you can also look into your Dad’s old sweaters! I raided my dad’s closet and found a sweater which he doesn’t wear very often. I tied a knot to make it look less baggy, rolled up the sleeves, and it turned out to look like a cute over sized sweater that I can wear on my lazy and cold days! But if you do wear a boyfriend sweater or shirt then make sure you still look feminine, you don’t want to look like you are one of the guys! You want to make a statement by saying that you can wear a guy sweater and still look very feminine and pretty! My recommendation is to add some mascara and some red lipstick and make your hair look nice as well. If the sweater is very long then simply leave it long as if it were a dress and slide into some leggings or black tights (make sure it covers your ‘derier’!). If the shirt is not that long then roll the ends up, tuck it in, whatever you want to do, and wear some skinny jeans! Do not forget to accessorize with fun necklaces and shoes! What do you think of this trend?

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~Mirixxxx