It is expected that circumstances occur where a little encouragement or inspiration is enough to lift your spirits. Perhaps you had a bad day at the office or maybe your wardrobe is just not up to par with the evolving fashion trends and as a result you have no idea what items to put together in order to attain the best outfit possible. Sometimes just by seeing something you wouldn’t have originally thought of is enough to get you thinking and might even be that extra push you needed to steer yourself in the right direction. No matter what your situation is, these words of wisdom may be enough to lighten up your day and pick you up out of the dumps – or any other situation you may be in. If you do not find any inspiration hidden within these quotes then maybe the pointers can help you and remember, one small positive thought can change your entire day.
1. “Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.”– Lexa Doig
1. “Men with style are great because they have a sense of self.”– Lexa Doig
2. “The man who, as is often said, can get away with wearing a trench coat over his dinner jacket, or an old school tie for a belt, is the one who in fact understands best the rules of proper dress and can bend them to suit his own personality and requirements.” – G. Bruce Boyer
3. “A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care and then forgotten all about them.” – Hardy Amies
3. “A man should look as if he had bought his clothes with intelligence, put them on with care and then forgotten all about them.” – Hardy Amies
4. “A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life.” – Oscar Wilde
5. “Trust not the heart of that man for whom old clothes are not venerable.” – Thomas Carlyle
6. “A well-tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men.”
6. “A well-tailored suit is to women what lingerie is to men.”
7. “Fashion is an art. You express who you are through what you’re wearing.” – Daniele Donato
8. “One pretends to do something, or copy someone or some teacher, until it can be done confidently and easily in what becomes one’s own style”. – Cary Grant
9. “Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.” – Oscar Wilde
10. “Fashion is what you buy. Style is what you do with it.”
9. “Looking good and dressing well is a necessity. Having a purpose in life is not.” – Oscar Wilde
10. “Fashion is what you buy. Style is what you do with it.”
11. “Dressing well is a form of good manners.” – Tom Ford
12. “Style is an expression of individualism mixed with charisma. Fashion is something that comes after style.”
13. “If people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed, but either too stiff, too tight, or too fashionable.” – Beau Brummel
14. “Clothes don’t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.” – Herbert Harold Vreeland
14. “Clothes don’t make a man, but clothes have got many a man a good job.” – Herbert Harold Vreeland
15. “Being perfectly well-dressed gives a feeling of tranquility that religion is powerless to bestow.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
16. “Style is the answer to everything. A fresh way to approach a dull or dangerous thing. To do a dull thing with style is preferable to doing a dangerous thing without it. To do a dangerous thing with style is what I call art.” – Charles Bukowski
17. “You can never be over dressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde
17. “You can never be over dressed or overeducated.” – Oscar Wilde
18. “Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.” – Arthur Ashe
19. “The way we dress affects the way we think, the way we feel, the way we act, and the way others react to us.” – Julie Rasband
20. “It is both delusional and stupid to think that clothes don’t really matter and we should all wear whatever we want. Most people don’t take clothing seriously enough, but whether we should or not, clothes do talk to us and we make decisions based on people’s appearances.” – G. Bruce Boyer
21. “Create your own visual style… Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” – Orson Welles
21. “Create your own visual style… Let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.” – Orson Welles
22. “Fashion is a language that creates itself in clothes to interpret reality.” – Karl Lagerfeldzt
23. “Looking good isn’t self-importance; it’s self-respect.” – Charles Hix
24. Style rule no. 24: Dress like you’ve made something of yourself in the world, even if you haven’t.” – Men’s Health
24. Style rule no. 24: Dress like you’ve made something of yourself in the world, even if you haven’t.” – Men’s Health
25. “Style is when they’re running you out of town and you make it look like you’re leading the parade.” – William Battie
26. “Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.” – Ralph Lauren
26. “Style is very personal. It has nothing to do with fashion. Fashion is over quickly. Style is forever.” – Ralph Lauren
27. “Fashion is not necessarily about labels. It’s not about brands. It’s about something else that comes from within you. – Ralph Lauren
28. “Music has shaped men’s fashion and transposed in a playful and witty manner its riding or military heritage. It is difficult to figure out who leads but music and fashion are connected genetically.” – Hedi Slimane
29. “If you’re asking someone for money wear a tie.”
30. “Fashion is a playground up until a certain age. But then you have to find your own signature and your own style.” – Nicolas Ghesquière