Age 21-30 Professional

You are the type of guy that has a nice job where you have to dress in a suit, jacket and tie or at a minimum, shirt and tie. I actually think this is the easiest one to “peacock” out of all the following sections due to the fact you will probably be wearing more clothes in general. I am also going to assume that you have some cash in your pocket to go out and accessorize with. If you are working a job where you have a dress code like this and make crappy money, you may want to reevaluate your alpha male goals.

Ties - The tie is one of my favorite items to peacock in the professional look. Most men don’t realize how versatile the tie can really be…For instance; there are 3 or more distinct ways to tie the knot. I always go with a Double Windsor and so should you! It is by far the hardest knot to tie, but it looks so sweet when done right. It gives you that full knot that you see in the men’s fashion ads. I have yet to see a better knot that has more girth. He he…

When picking out ties for patterns and colors I tend to stay with solids and thick stripes. If you are a tie freak and own a bunch of wacky designs and stuff then you may want to pick up a few nice silk solids to balance you out.

I want to take a quick moment to mention that when having to wear a tie every day, your shirts for the most part should be solid colors. Stay away from pattern shirts with ties unless you are absolutely sure it looks good, which will come with time young Skywalker…

Cufflinks - Now I know what you may be saying, cufflinks are for when I wear a tux? Wrong! Yes they are formal, but they have been worn for years in regular suits. The problem with cufflinks is that you need to have special shirts to wear them with. So if you plan to buy some nice cufflinks, plan on buying a few new shirts to go with them. If you haven’t noticed yet, I tend to stay away from the crazier designs of things and keep to basics. Do the same with your cufflinks, clean classy and professional. The act of wearing the cufflinks is pea cocking, not the cufflink itself.

Sport Jackets

This is one of my favorite items of clothing and can be done really right or really wrong. Some guys don’t realize that a sport coat is entirely different than the jacket that comes with a suit. It is true that some suit jackets can double as a sport coat, but this situation is pretty rare due to the material and look of suits. Lately it is big to wear a sport coat with a hoodie under it and I think it looks pretty sharp. Funny thing is that you see guys wearing jackets from their bar mitzvah’s and communion’s with a hoodie and it looks stupid.

Sport coats are items that are meant to stand alone and are made with fabrics that are easier to match up with common pants. Just go to any store and walk around touching the fabrics in the suits section and then go over to the sport coats and see the difference for yourself.

When picking out sport coat styles I would again keep it simple. Forget the designs on the back with that “Ed Hardy” type look, it will either look cheap or you will only be able to wear it once in a while. Instead look for cool fabrics to peacock. There are a ton of different fabrics for sport coats and the more you shop the more you will discover.

Shoes

Shoes are unique part of any man’s wardrobe and they can say a little or a lot about you. When dressing professional, I would suggest wearing simple styles with nice textures. This is almost the same principle that I talked about earlier with the sport coat fabrics. Loud shoes often scream cheesy and/or make you look like a fool. Real men “peacock” shoes with class and sedulity. Don’t worry, women will notice the smallest pattern and look…after all they addicted to shoes themselves.

As far as the style of the shoe, I prefer laces to slip on types because I feel they just look better. I own slip on shoes and I do like them, but over all I feel they are a little less dressy than the laced styles besides the fact they are getting played out. The simple fact that you don’t have to tie a slip on combined with the laziness factor of men has caused this style to be played out.

Don’t forget to wear nice socks and a matching belt! No god dam white socks!!!!

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