The Skinny (Male Edition)

Men are usually so sensitive about their junk that when male skinny jeans became the new hot thing I thought you would resist. But some of you fell into the trap and are traipsing around in studded skinnys thinking you look good. Get it together. There are ways to rock this look while still looking manly, fashionable and dare I say sexy but you have to do it right. How to get the look:

1. Keep it simple: If you do prefer to wear tighter than average jeans please beware of excess embellishments, studs, designs and even too many colors. Jeans used to be all about simplicity and somewhere along the line ladies started dressing them up, that doesn’t mean you have to do it too. Think of your jeans as a jumping off point for the rest of you outfit. Your jeans need not be showy. Think about it tight jeans…rhinestones…a studded belt…TOO MUCH. Go for understated designs like Joes Jeans over the Antiks.

2. Keep it tight: Not as in size but as in physique. Skinny jeans afford you the opportunity to show us what you got, no chimmy changas please, but we can get a pretty nice silhouette from skinny jeans and a nice pocketed button-up perhaps. Make sure you’re putting your best foot forward bodywise.

3. It's all about the fit: Since you can’t really explain why your belt is tightened underneath your buttcheeks you should probably buy jeans you can wear at the waist or with a SLIGHT sag (remember the male pant principle and think you want to belt this but you don’t need to belt it). Also, please make sure they leave something to the imagination, if not for you then do it for the kids, it’s too hot in there man.

There are so many jean styles out there that it’s easy for you to find a pair that looks like it was made for you, look for those jeans instead of looking for the next big thing...Don't do this to yourself.

Male Denim Icon: Kayne West
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Casual Looks

Calling all Hipsters

Hipsters have to be magical, they fooled the entire country (or maybe just the Brown campus) into thinking that showers were passé and glasses need no prescription at all. Don’t get me wrong the classic hipster always has one solid piece whether it be a vintage leather knapsack or a fierce fedora, it just everything else they put around it that leaves me confused. Hipsters seem to be born out of a time where matching was “uber” lame and Fame was the best show ever. The look is sometimes more regression than rebellion. That being said it is important that you recognize you’re going back but still have the foresight to keep it fashion forward. Always make sure there’s not more going on than there needs to be.

1. You don’t have to wear it all today: Remember that first time you tried to dress yourself and you came out with all you’re favorite things (for me it was my yellow jellies, a pink miniskirt and a shirt that had no pink or yellow to be found, luckily my mother is the flyest woman you’ll ever meet so that outfit never hit the streets) this favorite things syndrome seems to be the biggest hipster issue.When constructing your look you should go the route of a signature piece that you can build everything around rather that putting on all the pieces you think are cool and hoping for the best.

2. Color/Pattern Ratio: Your outfit still has to make sense. There’s no excuse for a blatant disregard of color coordination. Can you think of a reason your shiny teal leggings should be paired with your acid washed orange tee and your purple American Apparel hoodie and your brown leather lace ups and your green non prescription glasses. No. Why? Because it doesn’t make sense. Please make sure you pair patterns with solids and you don’t look like you put on your entire closet.

3. Clean it up: There is nothing fashionable about looking greasy. Furthermore, a piece looking old and a piece looking vintage are two different things. Looking cool is about more than how many American Apparel items you can seamlessly pair with what the Salvation Army had to offer last week. Look clean, Look polished, Look Fierce.

Think of the wise words of Dannielle W. and recognize that “grease spots are not a fashion accessory.”