Age 21-30 Business Casual and Outside of Work

Now let’s say that you work in a nice place but its business casual and/or you are outside of work. Being that you won’t likely be wearing a tie or sport coat, I am going to focus on pea cocking other items I may have told you to tone down in the above section.

Shirts

In the previous section I mentioned to keep you shirts as solids and use the tie and other accessories to accomplish your James Bond “peacock” style. When being casual the rules change and the power shifts to other items of your wardrobe. So let’s talk button downs…

There are many different styles and brands of button down shirts but in general I feel most of them look the same and will get you thrown into the mix with the other cookie cutter button down styles. When buying these types of shirts I almost always go with a designer and/or stick to a few. My personal favorite, Ben Sherman….Their designs are unique and dressy at the same time. I mention Ben Sherman because I like their stuff, I have plenty of unique “no name” button downs that are probably my strongest items and they were purchased at stores like Marshalls and Kohl’s. Being able to pick out unique styles is a skill you hone over time and mixing your wardrobe up like this will keep you from being pinpointed as a “BRAND” whore.

Take some chances with it, you will be surprised.

Pants and Slacks

Fabrics, Fabrics, Fabrics… I can’t say it enough. If you are a magician then you can wear pants with flames and naked girls, if not grow up!

Touch the clothes as you look through them, feel the difference. If you are wearing a nice pair of pants that feel great from the material, women will notice and they will probably touch you just because of it.

“Wow, those pants look comfortable!”

I would also recommend staying away from pleated designs, they are too old man-ish and hard to keep pressed. Stick with a nice smooth looking nice feeling choice. Since most of these pants will need to be tailored, this allows you another opportunity to add a little “peacock” to it.

If you are going to go with a cuff in the pants, make it a nice phat one, say 1 ½ inches give or take with your height. This big cuff reminds me a little of that gangster look from the days of Tommy Gun, I think it’s bad ass…

In closing:

I hope you have really enjoyed this series and especially this last installment which I worked pretty hard on. I am sure that I may have missed some things or not fully answered your questions so please leave any in the comments below.

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