MAKING A MAN EYE CATCHING

       What truly measures the value of a man? Is it his looks, his wit, his earning potential, his arms, his lips, his sexual prowess, his brain or none of the above? As men we attempt to place our best foot forward every day, especially in business and personal endeavors, so that we can make a lasting first impression. As first impressions can only be made once, we want to ensure that it is just right and women remember us for something. Now when we move past the first impression then it brings to mind what is it that she will remember? My physical attributes or my mental savvy? My flash for attire or is it more than that because she is a well put together woman herself so she sees deeper than what is just visually eye catching?

        Answer to that is your attire. Ask any woman what she notices first about a man and she will comment its how he is dressed. When he gets close, it’s his shoes. Even closer, it’s his hands and nails. Thought I didnt know that huh ladies? 

"Clean shirt, new shoes

and I don't know what I am gonna do.

Silk suit, black tie,

I don't need a reason why."

ZZ TOPP

I see males all the time spending money on clothes and rims and cars in order to garner attention from the suitors that they feel are worthy.  There is an old saying that “clothes don’t make the man, the man makes the clothes”…but I think that saying like a lot of things in this age have begun to get lost in translation. Many men should understand that you dress nicely because you want to ensure that you feel good about you. It should have nothing to do with impressing anyone. Dressing for success is something that goes a long way. I am a watcher of the public to the fullest as it gives me great material to write about and also analyze why we do WHAT we do as people. When it comes to watching females and how they interact with others it is an entirely different world from how males act. Think about it, how many women do you see that go out of their way to dress alike? It doesn’t matter whether they are cheerleaders, crew members, bus drivers, members of the same private sector that calls for them to dress alike; still there is a flair that they employ that is so subtle but stands out so drastically that they don’t look like drones.

        

        

Today’s man, on the other hand, seem to follow the same suit (and not a custom made one) when it come to fashion.  Teens and up to twenty five year old males will sport the same garbage- bag -size jeans accented with a tee that resembles more of Ms. Celies dress than a true t-shirt. When it comes to t-shirts I think of how James Dean, Clint Eastwood and even Bowser wore them. White, clean and just tight enough to hold a pack of smokes in the upper arm area when the tee is folded ever so crisply.  Twenty-five to thirty-five year olds seem to attempt to gather their pants closer and may even add a sport coat when going out but then they still are using the “Timbs” as the final top-off of the outfit. I’m sorry but boots never scream classic style or “welcome to the restaurant sir may I check your jacket”. This look is one that emits ‘I am trying the professional look but still not sold….Where the hell is my book bag?”Not to forget the later in years males that have yet to grasp that being a forty-year-old man means that you have beat the statistics and in a great way because you are still alive. You still come into contact with the forty-year old that only wears jerseys (NFL, NHL, MLB & THROWBACK NBA). Instead of spending $300-$1,000.00 on a jersey that Dr. J wore spend that loot on a nice tailored Trio suit, a new  Jos A. Bank Signature Gold French Cut shirt, and a nice pair of Cole Haan Ventician Shoes and then step out and and watch how the women that know fashion comment on your style and flair. Works much better than Timberland boots, a loose pair of jeans that everyone else wears,  a $4.00 t-shirt that last 3 washes before the neck becomes bacon-shaped-like and it allows you to meet a woman of substance. If I could wink right know to readers I would!! The man of style is a look that never goes out of fashion! Cue ZZ Topp!!

Step it up guys and become….gentlemen!!! :)