The Makings of a Man

Every time I see someone looking like the fool pictured above, I hang my head in shame. I'm a fan of urban wear and unfortunately, the staples of this character's have taken over the inventory of otherwise upstanding clothiers. Let me break down the basic flaws with this look:

1) Overly-matching - Alot of folks have been matching far too many elements of their outfits. The rubber bands on your braces don't need to match your shoelaces and the stitching around the neck of your shirt. Once you start tying each item on your body to another, you're going overboard. Stick with the basics of color and texture. When matching pieces of your outfit, try shoes to shirt/pants, hat to shirt, etc. Let's try to limit the matching to three items at most.

2) Too Much Color - Fairly simple idea here. At some point, you run into the Law of Diminishing Returns; essentially if you do too much, you wind up getting less in return. "Less return" in the style arena means looking tacky, immature, and my own word : attention-whore-esque. Avoid looking like you stepped out of an explosion at the Skittles factory, please and thank you. Well unless you're endorsing Skittle, but I digress.


So before you throw on your rainbow colored Dunks, all over print hoodie, and tangerine fitted, think of me and remember, Stay in your lane.