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Guides

Dress better without chasing trends: calm rules, occasions and dress codes, measurements and alterations – and the words for it all.

  1. Dress betterSix steps: fit before brand, fewer pieces, calm colors, the right shoes.
  2. One outfit, three occasionsThe same outfit casual, smart casual and dressed up – one change per step.
  3. Dress codesFrom casual to business: what each dress code means, with real outfits.
  4. Take measurementsShirt, pants, jacket: where the tape goes and which mistakes to avoid.
  5. AlterationsHem, sleeves, waist, shoulders: what a tailor fixes easily and what barely at all.
  6. GuideWhich pants with which top, which shoes with gray pants.
  7. GlossaryPenny loafers, derbies, fresco, flannel: how to recognize them and what they go with.