A very timely subject and I must confess ever since I have made it my personal determination to be intentionally well-dressed, others in the general public have taken notice, and often I receive a compliment acknowledging their appreciation of what I am wearing. Just earlier today before I sat down to view this video, I was with my elderly parents at a home improvement store, and one of the workers came over and told me how much she liked what I had on especially my cap (not a baseball cap) I was wearing a polo shirt, chino pants, loafer shoes accessorized with a matching belt, so when we dress well others do take notice
@hoozat007
2 ай бұрын
I have made a conscious effort to improve my style in the past couple years, which is how I found your channel. A few months ago I attended a high school reunion that involved people ranging in age from 35 to 65. I knew, because of the community and my schoolmates, that most people would be dressing very casually. I made the decision to follow my newfound style regimen and I wore a sports jacket, chinos, button-down shirt, a knit tie, and suede Chelsea boots. So, relatively casual by most standards. As I expected, there was a wide range of dress from jeans and graphic t-shirt to collared shirt and jacket. Out of about 300-400 men at the event, though, I was literally the only one wearing a tie. A few years ago I would have felt extremely self-conscious and uncomfortable in that situation, but I felt great. I had some positive feedback and felt really good about myself. There’s no question that I was the best-dressed man in the room, which is a novel experience for me.
@Alex55455
2 ай бұрын
My aim isn’t to try to be the best dressed man in the room as I have no control over how other men dress and it’s not a competition. My aim is to just focus on presenting myself well by being well dressed and to have fun with putting together different outfits.
@billyo54
2 ай бұрын
Hi Ash, a regular watcher and occasional contributor here. This video works as a good morale booster. I see too many men dress themselves reasonably well but lack the ability to carry it off properly through shyness or just plain bad habits. However, I'm not so sure regarding the competitive drive to your recommendations. I have seen women adopt a competitive attitude towards other women and it can be somewhat off-putting. A gentleman should treat the room as a potential friend. A competitor on the other hand may have the opposite effect. Perhaps I'm being over cautious here, but it seems to be a fine line between a potential ally and a potential threat. Love the channel Ash.
@aldobega2649
2 ай бұрын
This is how to win subscribers! You certainly won’t the room with this video Ash! Amazing tips! Thanks!
@joshmiller7777
2 ай бұрын
One if the best video titles I have seen in a while haha. Personally, I wish there were more competition in my workplace. I used to have one colleague who dressed better than me, and we become great friends, even since he left the company
@frasierfrasier1769
2 ай бұрын
Great content, Ash. I think the shoes are the foundation of the outfit, and it is there that a confident man will push the boundaries.
@rob_1359
2 ай бұрын
I love these video morale boosters 😊 Many years ago i read an article which basically said 'dress for the job you want, not the one you have' and have always remembered it. My background is similar to yours and I have always made that extra effort in uniform and civilian dress officer wear, always receiving compliments from shoes to shirt ironing to the way i carry myself to the manner i deal with people. Its all of what i call 'theatre', it's all in the presentation that people see and speaks volumes before we speak. I have often caused people to think I'm more senior than my post, purely by presentation and not by design. The short version of this is to say, i completely agree!! Cheers Ash, keep it up.
@Transformyourmind1
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing your wisdom and knowledge.
@ronaldpoppe3774
2 ай бұрын
Great advice Ash. A friend of mine had an interview for a new job the other day. He asked should I wear a suit? I told him, always strive to be the best dressed man in the room. He got the job. Cheers Ron
@TheChapsGuide
2 ай бұрын
Victory to the chaps!!
@w.adammandelbaum1805
2 ай бұрын
That sports jacket is perfect for your coloration. Well done. As far as sartorial combat being an act of vanity? Sure, vanity is a sin that's a lot of fun, and it is the sine qua non for a dedicated Dandy.
@geoffreysundstrom
2 ай бұрын
Good back to basics summation on how it is done. These occasional recaps of the fundamentals are motivational. Thank you Ash.
@lynn5447
2 ай бұрын
Good stuff! I find that when I dress my best, other people enjoy it. If I do it consistently, the standards can drift upwards. And I like your outfit. Great sport coat. Very interesting pocket square. And classic tie. Yes!
@MarkmanOTW
2 ай бұрын
Good pointers on embellishing your appearance and attention to detail to suitably fit your body type. Simple attention to the basics and detail makes all the difference. I'm also fortunate that my dimensions are almost the same as Connery's, (6ft 2in) and I have a Sinclair-style 'Conduit Cut' suit, which does the job nicely - I love it! 😉
@danielmanor605
2 ай бұрын
Excellent video!
@TheChapsGuide
2 ай бұрын
Thank you very much!
@kaykunz4730
2 ай бұрын
Great video Ash. Unfortunately, our casual dressing world makes it far too easy to win this competition when you are am intentionally well dressed man.
@vrdrew63
2 ай бұрын
Great content, as always, Ash. Personally, I look at dressing well as being an essential part of good manners. Dressing well shows respect for those around you, whether you're attending a wedding, a funeral, a business meeting, or just a get-together amongst peers and friends. Dressing well when going to a restaurant or a theatre performance shows respect for the staff, the performers, the audience, or your fellow diners. As I said, less about "competition", more about respect. That's just my philosophy.
@wdstauter8429
2 ай бұрын
I’ve upped my sartorial game and I’ve had a couple positive comments in our social circles. The other day my wife pointed out that several of our friends were also wearing sport coats and ties. She said, “I think you are rubbing off on them”.
@thom-bennett-tailoring
2 ай бұрын
Great advice as always. If I witnessed someone on the greens in a tux I might assume they have come straight from a night out.🤣 I quite agree the bigger the purchase, the greater the hurt in the wallet. Nevertheless, this pain should promote good care and maintenance of one's purchases. Whenever I go to business meetings I always gravitate to the smartest-dressed men and women in the room, there is definitely a subconscious bias in this respect. My default is always a lounge coat of some description and either a pair of chinos or dress trousers depending on the situation, a tie is optional depending on the weather and situation. Love the outfit today, that pocket square really sets it off.
@IndependentNewsMedia
2 ай бұрын
Nice overview video, God bless.
@TheChapsGuide
2 ай бұрын
Thank you kindly
@JoeBeim
2 ай бұрын
Ash...can you do a presentation on vests and suspenders? I've worn them since the '60s.
@Neil-from-Oz
Ай бұрын
In my neighbourhood wearing a tie sets you up as a toff and clean shoes draws admiration from many women.
@johnbunton9177
2 ай бұрын
I suffer from clinically diagnosed anxiety and depression, Ash, and I have to say that dressing well is not only part of my daily ritual that helps me get up and out of the house in the morning so that I can get in an hour's walk and spend an hour socializing with friends, but it also elevates my mood and boosts my confidence. There's rarely a day when I don't get a compliment on how I'm dressed, either from a friend or from a total stranger, and I much prefer to be complimented than to be ignored. It's also true that people in stores treat you differently, and by differently I mean better, if you are well dressed. I honestly don't understand why more men don't make the effort to aspire to Chap Nirvana.
@marianotorrespico2975
2 ай бұрын
--- YES, SARTORIAL COMBAT IS ABOUT The VANITY ALLOWED A MAN . . . which begins with a suit fitted to one's form; all else follows. Thank you for the gently Wildean essay.
@CanadaFree-ce9jn
2 ай бұрын
"Don't carry your dress code up the stairs." Most of my fellow employees dress in logo t-shirts, jeans or other casual pants, and *gasp* baseball caps inside. While I dress a notch above while working, I've also had a few opportunities to give reports to the higher ups so I also took the opportunity to dress two notices up to get noticed. I showed those in the room that I can dress for the occasion and show respect for their position. You see, I read the written dress code of upstairs and matched it, even though it was not demanded of me. It starts with how you dress, but ends with how you conduct yourself. We had an information presentation on our next stage of development. A co-worker told me he overheard my boss being impressed with my questions (that were asked in front or co-workers and executives alike) and discussing them with his bosses. That made me feel good, compared to the letter that was written up for a co-worker being disrespectful in his line of rather forceful questioning.
@JoeBeim
2 ай бұрын
I want a British phone box...I should add...I live in New Jersey!
@roccotarulli2464
2 ай бұрын
I had to laugh at your comment about dressing for your body style. I'm 5'5" and back in the 70's high waisted pants were all the rage. I tried a pair on and they when all the way up to my chest. LOL -so I agree wear things that look good on you don't just follow the style trends.
@davidnorth9390
2 ай бұрын
Ashlings want to know: what sort of trowsers and shoes are you wearing with this well-coordinated shirt/tie/jacket and pocket square ensemble? Thank you!
@TheChapsGuide
2 ай бұрын
Navy chinos, chestnut brown Loake Birkdale wingtip brogues!
@davidnorth9390
2 ай бұрын
I can envision the look, --and plan to emulate it. Thank you and BE well!@@TheChapsGuide
@RaoulKunz1
2 ай бұрын
Okay, I'll freely admit that I *do* have this vanity fuelling feeling of being the best dressed man in the room... *when it's the case* - granted it usually is because I operate in contexts wherein very few people even know the various rules and I'm the once who's consulted as to what is the worn when. But even in the case when I'm *not* the winning peacock I don't feel like I've "lost" - I will just observe,mentally make notes as to what's awesome and why and if the occasion allows I will have a little chat with the "winner" about the hows and whys. But the point about fit is *so* true - I have a couple of MTM jackets (mostly jackets) that I had sized, well not *way* too large but still noticeably too large and while I'm a somewhat substantial gent (or bloke😅) I *way* overdid it there... granted I was coming out of the "90s-sartorially-socialized-youth" phase back then when *everything* was oversized and I thought it... insanely enough... *flattering* for a larger bloke to wear slightly roomier clothing... well, as we all know, all it does is making you look chubby even when you're slim... I suppose that also goes a bit into the "dress for *your* body" advice. Random fawning incoming: the informal glen check suit from the 2nd half of "Goldfinger" is *to die for* (after all that's what the good Auric expects Mr. Bond to do!😆), I had an approximation made for me (but of course I'm not a Connery level good looking bloke or have his trained physique so it's more as if this suit had been tailored for Auric Goldfinger😆) but this is easily the *most awesome suit* worn by "Connery-Bond"... and that's in a film that already featured the *stunning tweed suit* in the "Switzerland-sequence"... **fawn,fawn,fawn,fanboy,fanboy** And allow me to mention that, if we where in a room together right now, dressed as we are, you take the cake - the sports jacket with the flowery pocket square which features just enough blue to work with the polka dot tie and the little gold coloured pin works exceedingly well - I on the other hand am about to go shopping for toilet paper... and I'm wearing a medium grey chalk striped suit with light pink mother-of-pearl buttons and a *garishly* patterned cravat of various pinks and rosé tones in the collar of a light pink shirt... but I'm just posting this and then are off but it looks *way more garish* then expected... but then... I'm off buying toilet paper... so... slightly overdressed anyone?...🙄🤭 Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
@JoeBeim
2 ай бұрын
People don't say it, but they DO judge/persieve you ALL the time.
@King_Harrold
2 ай бұрын
A high tide raises all ships.
@9er..
2 ай бұрын
Great content! Speaking as one with a generalized anxiety disorder and resting bitch face, being the best dressed man in the room can actually induce a little anxiety. Often people develop an opinion that well dressed guys are superior in some way. This can lead to a feeling of jealousy or resentment thus affecting their attitude. Also, people’s expectations are far higher than the reality may prove. The old adage applies…Best to keep your mouth shut and seem a fool rather than opening it and proving it.
@JoeBeim
2 ай бұрын
Ash...I have to admit, you hit it on the mark...BUT DOES ANYBODY CARE?
@TheChapsGuide
2 ай бұрын
If you care - somebody cares - and you dress for you!
@arceepiloto
2 ай бұрын
@@TheChapsGuideI totally agree. We present ourselves as best we can because we take pride in the things that matter to us. Justification and approval from others is merely a bonus. 😉
@ccooper8785
2 ай бұрын
You might win the sartorial battle but can you ever win the sartorial war ? Personally, I would be stressed if I was the best-dressed person in the room...
@MisterKnightly
2 ай бұрын
You don't get this kind of content anywhere else on KZitem.
@Paul____qwerty42
2 ай бұрын
Can you ever be overdressed?
@freshpressedify
2 ай бұрын
absolutely.
@kevinhoughton9134
2 ай бұрын
Just for my own understanding here, how do you become an unintentionally well dressed man? Surely the word intentionally needs to be left out of these vlogs and simply well dressed man would suffice?
@verykeen2please
2 ай бұрын
Sorry i really don't want to be in a battle, just be yourself and style is always subjective
@whalekock
2 ай бұрын
Always be over dressed.
@oskarek57
2 ай бұрын
I don´t know, why Mr. Jones has created this kind of video since he himself has been to London restaurants, where he was almost the only one being dressed up and I am sure, he really did know, that nowadays most people don´t dress up anywhere, yet he did. Why he did it, when fitting in is so important? I am also classic life style lover and if I took in consideration the surroundings, then I would never be dressed up, since 90% of people on the whole planet just don´t care, so the only possibility is just to dress up even if other people don´t like it despite the fact, it might look stupid. I haven´t destroyed the culture, 90% of population have, but I still want to dress up, so what? Anyone thinks, that telling other people, what they should do with their lives, is the right thing to do? Of course not, it´s complete nonsense. Doing, what other people do, is just fake life and I don´t want to follow this old stupid philosophy. No wonder, that lot of people hate their lives, other lives and everything in general. That´s because, they know, they are being manipulated into crap mentality. Yes, there are from time to time occasions, where fitting in is better. For example a group of people want to go for a swim in a river or a pool and in this case, most will wear a t-shirt and shorts. If only one person of the group wears a suit, it really looks off, so in this situations, fitting in is obvious, but if a man alone wants to go to the city just for shopping and then have a good meal in a restaurant, dressing up makes sense or just strolling through the city for fun, again, dressing up is alright. In overall, I really like dandys people the most, because they are genuine and really live their own life not caring, if other people hate them or not. They dress up everyday and everywhere just because they love it, that´s who they trully are without faking anything. Unfortunately we are talking about maybe 1% of the whole population, which is almost nothing. This also tells us, that almost everybody in this world prefer to be fakes and liars. That is the way it is. I am sorry for offending people, but the truth is always harsh.
@e-remes7029
2 ай бұрын
Good morning Ash I am still playing catch-up, slowly. All excellent points. My day-to-day work wear is Polo shirt and cargo trousers. I iron creases in them though. I have items in my wardrobe I've owned for over 30 years, classic style. In any situation, I try to look my best, and have a professional presence. This is not necessarily a room. Be it on the hill, in the office, social, shows, interest events. Know your onions and be correct in the details. Win every time. 🫡
@themoderndandy713
2 ай бұрын
As you can see from my username, I am a big fan of the dandyism intellectual movement. The concepts of dandyism have changed throughout history-in fact, I categorize dandyism into four eras: Proto-Dandyism (the macaronis), Early Dandyism (Beau Brummell and his followers like Jules Barbey d'Aurevilly, whose book on the subject I possess), Middle or Romantic Dandyism (Oscar Wilde, Lord Byron, and other dandy-poets and writers), and Modern Dandyism, which is much less easily defined and includes individuals such as Alan Flusser and Hugo Jacomet (whom I categorize under the label despite his public protests of the term; sorry, Mr. Jacomet!). Dandyism has few very fundamental concepts, but I consider two of them to be obsessive individualism and the pursuit of perfectionistic elegance. I'm hesitant to openly call myself a dandy in spite of my online username, as it's a rather egotistical thing to do; as one gentleman put it, "It's like knighting yourself." It's up to others to describe one that way-preferably those who know what the term actually means, of whom there are few. As the pursuit of rampant individualism goes, the desire to fit in doesn't go very far. Dandyism is considered by some to be a form of romanticism-satisfying one's own passions and desire for unbridled elegance, regardless of the world around him. This is how I see things with how I dress. I have many rules for my style, but few of them apply to the way the world judges me. I dress in white tie to the opera and a pinstripe suit to a casual tea shop not because of the world around me, but because of my desires to fulfill my ideal self-image and to satisfy myself. And I am quite happy. At the end of the day, we all must do what makes us happy; if we don't, then life is meaningless.
@RaoulKunz1
2 ай бұрын
Okay then I'll just throw it in here: having recently found your "insta" (at least I think I have^^) and having read most of your comments here: you're a *Dandy* ! 😆 In the most positive way of course! I feel I'm less inclined to be one, I'm just sometimes vain, but never arrogant.... I reserve arrogance for individuals who attack me because of any matters they don't get to begin with. However I really like your assertion (and I hold it to be true, especially given the examples employed to underline the idea) that Dandyism is essentially an expression of romanticist sentiments. I tend towards that darker side of romanticism, but I'm a German...😅, in that it prefers the emotional over the so called rational because humans are not rational, and if they claim that they're lying to themself. I'm more inclined to prefer the ideas of Oswald Spengler over those of Kant. Best regards Raoul G. Kunz
@oskarek57
2 ай бұрын
Hello, You dandys are the best! Genuine living your true life, nothing else. I really like it and always will. You don´t pretend to be someone else, which has more value, than all the money in the world. Just keep doing, what you do all the time.
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