Well, after seeing a few threads flaot by hinting at this, I decided to take it upon myslef to open up a suggestion/question/discussion thread about men's style. We can discuss anything from clothing to furnature to machismo.
This isn't about men being pretty, this is about men being able to discern good from bad.
Note: some, if not all, of my suggestions and info will come from Men's Health Magazine (or my personal experience), as I persoanlly have close ties to the staff of that magazine and read the thing like it's going out of style. Heh.
From a MEn's Health article on Casual Ware
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Casual wear doesn't mean pajamas
Sometime in the 1970s, casual wear became just another opportunity to look like hell. Don't give in. Casual wear has a noble bloodline, harking back to the hunting jackets of Hemingway, the tennis clothes that graced center court at Wimbledon. So when you go casual, show that you're still capable of doing great things (even if it's saturday).
The textures to test
Casual clothes are: textured, thick, patterned, matte finish. Think the L.L. Bean barn coat, which is coarse, featuring zippers, pulls, and rivets.
You can't go wrong with jeans
Blue jeans, which by rights ought to be casual, have evolved into the ultimate in flexibility. Used with wit, they can work in many different situations. For example, though in most venues you shouldn't wear blue jeans (casual) with shiny slip-ons (somewhat formal), there are certain urban, art-gallery moments and late-summer cocktail-party-on-the-deck situations in which jeans and fancy loafers are okay, assuming of course no socks are involved. Same applies for cashmere sweaters; they can be worn beautifully with denim. Somehow this mix of rough and smooth works. "For spring it's best to wear lighter-weight denim. Spring is all about color, so jeans look great paired with a woven shirt and a linen or navy blazer," says Randy Heil, men's fashion director for Macy's West.
How to layer a zip-up cardigan
Layering for cool weather is a tricky balance between fashion and function. Your favorite sweater--that big, thick, cozy wool number you wear skiing--won't cut it at the office or on a date. The solution: a lightweight zip-up cardigan--so thin, yet oh so warm. This is not, thankfully, your grandfather's cardigan. If it's a quality blend of merino wool and cashmere, it's thin enough to wear comfortably under a jacket. Plus, a double zipper allows you to pull it on or off with ease, or to unzip the bottom slightly when you're sitting. There are a hundred great ways to wear it.
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Men's Health usually writes to the 27 and up crowd. You've been warned. If you're under 27 (and over 18 of course), it's fine to do the oddly faded jeans, chinos (the grown up word for way to say 'a coarse twilled cotton fabric used for uniforms and sometimes work or sports clothes', see chinos at
Banana Republic), some polo shirts, t shirts, comfortable cross training shoes, and boxers. Everything else will fall into place thanks to a gf or work.