7 Essential Style Rules For Men (Infographics)

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Having doubts about paring this or that from your wardrobe? Worse: are you feeling clueless about the right contents of a men’s wardrobe?

I identified 7 tips and tricks, suggestions and multiple visual examples with infographics about a man’s style and wardrobe to help you find the answer to the man fashion riddle. Or simply refine and enhance the useful style knowledge you already possessed. Let’s start digging into the men’s wardrobe secrets:

{1} Focus on the essentials

Draw a list like the one below, with what should fit in your/man closet, evaluating not the seasonal trends but the daily routine. This is a general wardrobe plan that should cover all situations.

{2} Mind the shirt

It may not always be your first rule of the thumb, but more quality and less quantity should always govern any purchase. As such, a good shirt is a good style sign. Below some check points revealing the true quality of a shirt and the collar types a shirt can have.

{3} Mind the fit of the suit

Although temptation can be hard to overcome, the right fit makes the right suit and not the other way around. Don’t take the suit a la mode but the suit that suits you/your man. Not too large, not too tight, dressing all the right corners like it should, not draping or hanging around the edges. Here’s how the suit should fit (and how it shouldn’t fit), the main suits categories and where they should be worn.

{4} Know your tie

Believe it or not, but the tie can actually be a valuable fashion accessory. If – as always – done/worn right. Knowing and using your/man tie like it should demands just a couple of essential skills. The infocharts below should help you in mastering them:

{5} Coordinate

Mixing and matching can really be a pain especially when time is of the essence. Think and plan ahead, draw a chart or take pictures if it helps, of the right shirts and tie patterns, tops and bottoms going well together. Stick to those combinations or feel free to improvise keeping in mind the few simple tips below:

{6} Know your shoes

A genderless issues than can be literally a pain if taken lightly. Wearing the right shoes with the right outfit can either make or break a look, so be careful what goes where and when. It may seem like a narrow choice, but it’s quite the opposite. The first thing to consider, though, regardless of the shape, color and occasion is the fit. The shoes should always be tried on rather at the end of the day, when the feet are already swollen and tired. Quality and comfort should always go before trends and brands.

{7} Accessorize well

Weather it’s a pocket square, a scarf, hat or sunglasses, there’s nothing random about accessories. The infographics below can prove to be really helpful and thoughtful when choosing the right accessories and wearing them with style.

Bonus material: a couple of handful guides and tips about packing, patterns, folding and caring.

All the visual material herein was carefully handpicked and organized. Some of the images have the sources stated here, some were impossible to track down. I would like to take this opportunity to kindly thank everyone who worked on such helpful materials and to ask you – should you know the rightful owner – to point me in the right direction via the comments section so I can properly credit the sources (1,2,3, 4, 5, 6, 7)