Lenticular_J

Oh, okay. Yeah, a young fellow that dresses like his grandfather might've is gonna get a lot of attention. But I'm an attention [bleep], and I like it, so it really just encourages me. Not for the meek.

What about linen? Anyways, steer clear from graphic tees and "eroded" clothing if you're going for classy. Start reading up on fashion blogs (Fashionbeans, the Sartorialist) for trends. Prioritize organic fabrics as opposed to synthetic ones, like poylester. Tailored clothing are hard to pull off if you're too young. Be sure not to look like you're trying to be something you're not. Linen isn't good for more than a plaything, in my opinion. I have a linen blazer, and it bugs the hell out of me. I have to have it pressed if I plan on wearing it more than a couple of times in a week, since it wrinkles like a [bleep]. But it is very light and fun, and gets a lot of attention, so its got its ups and downs. Cotton's alright, but it fades over time. Flannel's just weird looking for something like a suit. Wool's a happy medium. I disagree that tailored clothes are hard to pull off. Well, if you're very young and still growing, yes, it's rough, but tailoring your nicer clothes should be on every man's to-do list. The sizes of dress shirts (that aren't overpriced) fit very few men straight off, particularly in the waist. At least, here in America. Doubt it's that different in Canada, but I don't know.

Gotta roll up my sleeves here ... Okay, so, first, you gotta decide what exactly defines you. What kind of a person are you? What happens in your daily life? Are you running around a lot with friends? Do you prefer to sit back and relax? Are you a workaholic? In my case, I love suits, but I also do a lot of stupid stuff with my friends that ends up with us running away from something. So it's common for me to deconstruct suits. Now, you're saying classy, so I think you're looking at similar things to me. Let's start with suits: If you're tall and thin, you want lighter, solid suits. Jet black always looks good, though. No pleats on the pants. Pinstripes are okay, but it's better if they're fairly wide. Narrow (2.5 inches is the basic) ties are highly in style now. I prefer solid, but it's not a huge deal. If you're short and stout, pretty much reverse all of that. If you're somewhere in the middle, congrats, you get the best of both worlds! Just remember: Wool for the suit (ALWAYS), silk for the tie. Shirt's probably gonna be cotton. Oh, and undershirts: If you plan on being fully suited up all day, wear a crew neck. If you intend to unbutton only the top button, wear a v-neck. If you might be unbuttoning a lot, wear an A-shirt (tank top). Your undershirt should roughly be the same color as your shirt (although black with dark colors and white with light is fine). Unless you intend to make a bit of a fashion statement, in which case match the color to whatever else you're wearing - or just go opposite. I have to continue this later. But that's pretty good for a suit. Just remember this: Make sure all your clothes fit. Fit is very important. They should just barely skim your skin. Okay, I'm back. I'll just throw some ideas out there, my personal favorite outfits. Blazer/Sportcoat/Suit jacket, dark wash jeans, plain colored t-shirt, nice black shoes (oxfords or loafers), black belt. Or you can go the other way and do bright white what would normally be black. Could be cool. White dress shirt, black dress pants, black oxfords, black dress belt, black pocket square, black fedora, black suspenders. Having a black shirt with a bright red undershirt and bright red suspenders is my nighttime version of this. Jeans, dress vest, narrow tie, dress shirt, shoes, blah blah blah. This is becoming more common, probably moreso in fashion-conscious places, but it still looks good. Just remember to take a basic design, something classic, and make it your own through subtle (or sometimes, if you're in that mind frame sometime, bright and glaring) alterations. Make good friends with a tailor, and possibly the owner of a small, respected shoe store. And make friends with the owners of interesting, exotic restaurants and whatnot - that's more lifestyle related, though. Learn how to tie a tie perfectly your favorite way, and experiment with a couple of other knots. Spend time on your hair. Spend even more time cleaning your clothes - SHOES ESPECIALLY. One of the first things women will notice about a guy they don't even know is his shoes, and what condition they're in. Gay guys probably do this too, if you swing that way, but I wouldn't know. That's a good enough blueprint. Feel free to ask me about specific questions. Can't say I know a lot about cologne (yet), though. I'm learning.

Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you: you'll lose the friends you had before this little change. You'll make better ones, though, so don't worry. You just have to start learning to sorta play dumb sometimes. Be a clockmaker - never really seen, but always manipulating things from behind the scenes.

You'll feel that for a while. It's more cynicism than anything. I still have my cynical days. You just have to start realizing, hot damn, I'm a badass! and go from there. When your words are actually backed up by your actions, you'll be on top of the world. But you will probably start to live a life of extremes. And you will experience very few emotions, hopefully they're just about all positive. Because, [bleep], it's pointless anyway, right? Might as well enjoy it. Oh, and about the heartfelt attraction thing: that's good. It's you raising your standards. You'll still feel connections with people, and in some ways your relationships will be even stronger now, because you know how to actually handle them instead of just winging it. And there is still room for actual feelings. You'll just lose them quickly, because now you have a short attention span with people. Congratulations. The club kind of sucks, but most things suck even more. Now it's time to start dressing better (Well, I don't know how you dress, but there's always room for improvement - unless you're me)!

Secret: Morals aren't rigid. Also, I [bleep]ing hate the WSPA ads. They make me think, "Huh. Sucks to be that dog."

I said fat, not unconfident. Although daddy issues means the same thing, generally, right?

Has the pattern because I used it for a project.

It would take a complete revolution in idealogies of every [bleep]ing person in the Middle East - Islamics, Christians, and Jews - to share the land. They all call it holy, they all want it, and leaders will always do what they do best: turn what could be a beautiful thing for humanity into a cause to gain them power. Romy, you're incredibly one-sided if you think the West isn't insanely biased towards Israel. Everyone over there is generally [bleep]ing everything up.

Not really. You just look like one of those people getting mad about something nobody cares about. And it's called a one-night-stand, btws. "Fat girls need love, too" is a quote from the popular animated television program Family Guy, stated by Glenn Quagmire, a womanizing comedic relief. It isn't like fat people don't do the same [cabbage] you and I do. They just usually take a little longer to do it, because they enjoy the time they got - they know they'll probably have less time than a more fit person, so they know to enjoy it more! Where did this come from, anyways?

Exactly. If what you normally do works pretty well, just don't reveal your name unless directly asked. Having a good conversation with someone whose name you don't know and who will probably up and leave if they feel the inclination is a strange feeling - you sort of want to force them to keep talking and stay. Oh, and rpg, my friends that convinced me to start watching that show told me I'm just like Barney. It went straight to my head, naturally.

Besides, how can setting goals in life be wrong? Everything we do is for the sake of doing it. You don't need a house, a family, a job, kids. You decide to.

I wouldn't call it being pushy, you just got [cabbage] to do, so you need an answer. She probably is pulling the [cabbage] tripsis was talking about, just waiting to see if some other guy will ask. And I probably won't be going to prom with a date. An event like that, I don't want to be tied down attending to a date. Especially when the afterparties come into play.

I never said I liked the thread.

I'd tell her you're finding another date if she doesn't come up with a decision. But it also depends on when prom is: a lot of girls, here anyways, got their dresses in the past couple weeks, whereas prom is still like three weeks away ... No, wait. Yes, three. Whereas the guys will get their tuxedos (if they do at all - our prom doesn't even have a [bleep]ing dress code and most kids wear cowboy boots, jeans and some button up shirt from hollister) the Friday before prom. Funny. I've had to help my friend circle with tuxedo stuff ... You be sure to get one, now. And remember that a narrow tie and vest (matched to your date's dress) is much more modern than a bowtie and cummerbund. And it's okay to forgo the vest entirely, but that only looks good if her dress is black or if you're dateless. Oh, and you oughtta wear suspenders. If your pants fit perfectly with nothing holding them up, it's fine to wear nothing, but if not, wear suspenders. The point of the vest is to hide them, similar with the cummerbund except it only hides the clips. ... What just happened? Um, tell her you need an answer.

Hey, can you see my house from up there on that high horse? Are you saying it's not wrong? Blah, blah, blah, hypocrisy, hypocrisy, hypocrisy. Evil-doings? Wrong? Terms used by people to feel better about themselves by faking empathy. Confession: I don't care about other folks' opinions. Mainly because they're wrong. incorrect.

It's hard to get right, and I only wear one with something really simple - black suit, white shirt, solid tie (red or blue generally). Four-in-hands are generally great for me, since by the end of the day I've turned my suit into something more casual and fun than I started out with - typical unbuttonings, messing up my hair a little bit, et cetera. The usual. I also thought the dress vest/tie/jeans combo was pretty rare, but the main dude on Glee apparently owns nothing but that. Ah well, it still looks good on me.

Haha, that reminds me of the cruise I went on around new year's. Full of bored rich kids, and one of them had the bright idea to pour salt on some girl that another guy had "claimed" one night at the buffet. Guy A threw the salt on Guy B instead, who was bigger than Guy A and was about to hit him, when Guy A turned into Eminem and started cussing and running off. How am I / sticking tongues down girls' throats related to that ... ? Oh, wait: I made out with the girl Guy A was gonna pour salt on. And Guy A's sister. Fun week, I recommend it to anyone who ever gets a chance. Fat girls need love, too.

Zooey's a cute, quirky little girlfriend kind of girl to me. Katy Perry is a ... Hot mess.

A-O. Most good nursery rhymes are religious. What rhymes should they do instead? "God might exist, but He might not, of course anyone can really choose! Also, science [bleep] yeah freedom [bleep]es!" Actually, I think we're onto something there. Also, forcing religion on children? Do you know children? They just assume they are whatever their parents are and give it no other thought. That doesn't really make them better than anyone else (well, around age 8 it does, but that's my least favorite age of child) in their minds. It isn't like they're going "NO I WANT TO READ ABOUT EVOLUTION". The recent surge of (generally hypocritical) atheism on the internet isn't going to up heave millenia of tradition. People don't work that way.

I can never get the dimple when I do a windsor or half-windsor. I tend to stick with either the four-in-hand (think that's the most common, actually, it's so easy) or Persian, a massive square knot.

Honestly, every dude should make it a goal to do a fat chick sometime in his life. It's just one of those things that every real man can admit to.

Least he doesn't have hair in them yet. Then things would get nasty ...

Don't you live in Jersey? Haha, tans.

I have such short hair that I get a little bit of paste and just run it through. Takes me about ten seconds and looks great all day, so long as I get a little water on my head every couple of hours. Makes me happy :)