THE biggest fashion faux pas is overthinking what you wear. Here are five sartorial rules only dickheads care about.
No brown shoes with a blue suit
Finding a suit that fits and doesn’t bankrupt you is an achievement in itself. You’re only going to wear it to other people’s weddings and jury duty anyway, so pop on whichever shoes you want. Brown and blue is an inoffensive colour combo anyway, it’s not like you’re pairing a sharp suit with silver cowboy boots.
Horizontal stripes make you look larger
And? That means you can blame your expanding waistline on your clothing instead of your shit diet. It’s the perfect alibi. If you take horizontal stripes out of the equation then you’re only left with plain clothes or garments with vertical stripes. The latter of which actually do break fashion rules by looking inherently crap.
Never use the bottom button on a blazer
Apparently this is a cardinal sin amongst well-dressed men. But if that’s the case, why do tailors bother to sew them on to begin with? Button manufacturers must be making money hand-over-fist from those chumps. You technically don’t have to do up your flies but you’d look pretty stupid if you left them open.
Your bag must match your heels
Possessing more than one bag is a sign of exorbitant excess, as is wearing heels more than twice a year. Give that nice clutch you got from the 2014 Accessorize sale another whirl regardless of what you have on your blistered trotters. Absolutely no one cares. It’s not like you’re trying to be prime minister.
Always match your leathers
This sounds like a rule for the sort of garb you’d wear to a BDSM dungeon. However it’s actually aimed at men to make sure their satchel doesn’t clash with their belt. Weirdly the fetish community has got more exciting things to think about than whether straps made from dead cow coordinate with one another.
Take off one accessory before leaving the house
There’s lots to worry about when trying to get your arse out of the door in the morning, but the number of accessories you’re wearing isn’t one of them. If you’ve managed to cover up the body parts society finds offensive then you’re good to go. Being stuck between removing an earring or a necklace won’t fly as an excuse for being late for work.
