Even Real Men, Rugged Men and Sexy Men Need Fashion Man Tip Basics

To be confident, you need to look and feel your best. Educate yourself on the fashion man tip basics because women like powerful, strong, and confident men. So make the most of your unique qualities - your skin, your hair, your body - by enhancing them with the right clothes and accessories. Within the first three seconds of an encounter with a woman, she will make an assessment of you based on the way you look, what you wear and the way you carry yourself. To make her evaluation a positive one, follow each fashion man tip below.

1) Skin and Hair Basics – fashion man tip #1

• If your skin is dry, moisturize it, nothing complicated, a generic lotion at the grocery store is fine. If your skin is flaking do something about it. It doesn’t make you less of a man just because you apply a moisturizer.

• If your scalp is flaking- buy dandruff shampoo.

• Trim nose and ear hairs – anything visible needs a nip.

• Hair – keep hair on back of neck shaved – ask your roommate, your housekeeper, a friend, or your personal fashion man tip consultant to attack those hard to reach places.

• Self tanning lotion – try it and see how you like it.

• Pick a soap – deodorant soap leaves a smell that is good for underarms, groin and buttocks, but bad for the sensitive face area. For the face, use mild nonirritating glycerin-based soaps (Dove, Neutrogena).

• Wrinkles start to show when you hit thirty so wear sunscreen (at least 30SPF)

2) Clothes Basics – fashion man tip #2

Buying clothes is not to impress people but to make you feel good about yourself. Also, it can be a real confidence boost. To help yourself get the most out of your money, look through magazines and clip pictures of styles, clothes, and looks that you like. When you shop, show these pictures to the sales people. Or just ask them to help you pick out your wardrobe. Many salespeople have fashion sense, and if they don’t, try another store. Once you find stores that you like, with salespeople that are knowledgeable, you can reduce the time to shop. Also, stores will send you information on sales to help you save money. Try specialty stores or department stores such as Macys and Nordstroms.

Boxers or Briefs - Boxers look good on anybody. Unless you have a body that can carry off a Speedo on the beach, choose boxers. If you do wear briefs, make sure they aren’t the saggy baggy white ones. Take a fashion man tip and try different colors, or just black. Black hides the skid marks in case anyone’s looking.

Smooth out the wrinkles – the most important fashion man tip is that no matter what you wear from a suit to flannel, make sure it is neatly IRONED. Cotton/ polyester blends are popular because they don’t wrinkle easily.

Buy quality. - It’s better to own a few expensive pieces of clothing as opposed to a lot of inexpensive rags. You want to look good every day not neccesarily different every day.

Picking Color - Since men’s fashion changes so little from year to year, focus on things like color. Instead of a tan shirt, look for a unique coffee or mocha color. In picking solids, choose, blue, gray and beige. Pick colors that complement your natural body coloring. Also, pick colors to illicit the response from people that you are seeking. When you wear the colors that are right for you, you look healthier, more powerful, more energetic. To determine the right coloring, identify your skin tone, depth and intensity.

• Skin Tones - Do you have warm or cool skin tones. Warm tones are yellow based and cool tones are blue based. To determine your skin tone, step in front of a mirror and place different colored shirts up against you. Do you look better in clothes that have more blue in them or yellow. Think of these colors (blue, purple, red, green, orange, yellow). Do you look better in colors closer to the beginning (blue) or end of this range (yellow). When it comes to wearing white dress shirts, if you are “cool” wear white, if “warm” where ivory or cream variations of white.

• Depth - Depth refers to lightness and darkness of your coloration. Light hair and skin would pair well with powder blue, while dark features match navy blue. Royal blue would work for somewhere in between.

• Intensity -Intensity is how bright or muted the colors are. Men with softer coloring look better in “dusty” or “hazy colors that have a touch of gray or are faded (e.g. Bill Clinton). Men with darker complexions and hair look better in bright colors- crisp, clear, rich colors that pop out (e.g. Arnold Schwartzeneger)

Patterns - For patterns, vertical stripes make heavy men look thinner and short men look taller.

Power Suit - A power suit should be 100% wool to have the quality; and comfort needed.

Pants - Pants should always be worn on the waist, not below. Every man has a stomach bulge. When trousers are worn on the waist, they pass smoothly over the bulge emphasizing thinness.

Belts - Belts should match your shoes and be darker than the clothes you’re wearing.

Casual Wear - Khakis are the ultimate casual alternative to jeans.

Jeans - Jeans are comfortable, durable and flexible. You can wear them with a silk shirt or sweatshirt. Although prices can run the gamut for a pair of jeans, basically denim is denim. So you don't have to spend a lot of money. However, stick with reputable brands that specialize in jeans. But take a fashion man tip and take your time picking the jeans that look the best on you.

• Traditional or regular fit. Straight leg is great for young men with little body fat.

• Relaxed or easy fit. Perfect for men in their thirties or forties who aren’t heavy, but aren’t svelte either.

• Loose or baggy-fit or wide leg- the look for the young hip hopper.

Shoes - Wear nice shoes. Many women first look at the shoes, and if they don’t pass the test, they won’t look any further.

3) Jewelry Basics – fashion man tip #3

If you are going to wear a bracelet or necklace, consider something thin and perhaps even personal, such as a small religious medal that will probably hang well below your shirt collar. Your jewelry should reflect your own taste and sense of style. For watches, a black strap is dressy and kind of outdated. Steel watches and sports watches are most popular because they work so well with casual clothes. Shop around and pick something with a unique rugged style. Whatever you do, take a fashion man tip and don't pile on the chains and jewelry.