Tuesday’s Tips: Your Fat Wallet
Why That Giant Lump Coming Out of Your Backside Can, in Fact, be Fixed
Because your wallet is enormous and you keep too much crap in it.
I know, guys, I know: you love your wallet. It’s a good friend. It holds all of your important things: ID, money, ‘silver dollars’. But it’s time to say ‘bye-bye’ to that monstrosity yearning to escape from your back pocket, and say ‘hello’ to a slim, stylish new wallet from Arbitrage.
A nice, slender wallet gives the impression to anyone who sees it that you’ve got yourself together. You’re a man of substance who knows what’s important, and what you really need to carry with yourself everywhere, which doesn’t include every scrap of paper you’ve come across since Clinton left office. A sleek, slim wallet from Arbitrage holds everything you need, and nothing you don’t.
What, you still don’t want to switch from that worn, old behemoth? Then think forward, to the future. When you go to pick up the tab for a pretty young thang at the bar, and that receipt for when you rented ‘Sleepless in Seattle’ 10 years ago(ok, it was last week, but I won’t tell) works it’s way out and flutters to a rest right next to her Mai Thai. Yes, gentlemen, your old friend will betray you, and it won’t be pretty. Don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Tuesdays Tips: Color Families
Picture it(Sicily, 1953)*: You wake up late. After a 5-minute shower that may or may not have actually been effective(we’ve all been there), you throw open your closet trying to find something to wear, but you can’t stop thinking about everything-you-have-to-do-today-that-you’re-already-so-behind-on to stop and focus for 5 minutes to put something together that looks professional, but still modern and fly, like just you.
Quick, fast, potentially life-saving(that is NOT an exaggeration) tip:
Keep the colors you’re wearing in the same family.
BUT! The same hue/shade of said color will only serve to make you look like a blob of fail(think Dwight on The Office). If your shirt is light, go darker with your tie, and vice versa.
Don't be like Dwight.
Remember this easy tip, and you should be good to go. But, don’t forget your rockin’ Movember cuff links. That would ruin everything.
Oh, and buy a second alarm clock, just in case. That’s free advice, gentlemen.
*If you get what this is referencing, you are the ULTIMATE Arbitrage man, and I am not ashamed to commend you on it.
Got questions? Suggestions? Want a sweet deal on your Movember cuff links? Concerned about how many references there were to 80’s pop culture in this post? E-mail us as fitexperts@arbitrage.com
Friday Flicks: Thomas Crown
Dashing, dapper and timeless are words often used to describe the Men’s style of the 1960’s.
Case in point, is style icon Steve McQueen, of the The Thomas Crown Affair. The “King of Cool”, as he is often referred to, is known for a slim fitting silhouette made popular in London, the capital of men’s fashion. This trend is now being revived, as you can see in a comparison here.
Quickly, gathering mainstream recognition after being brought to this generations attention with the popular AMC series “Mad Men”, the look of the 3-piece suit, notch lapels and sleek suit are outfitting the young professional.
A tailored powder blue dress shirt with French cuffs as seen here is chic and masculine, and is a look that can easily be replicated, without having to scour vintage stores(or your dad’s closet), here at Arbitrage.
The “anti-hero” or mix of a handsome leading-man, yet bad-boy persona that Steve McQueen portrayed so perfectly commands authority and power, yet can make a lady weak in the knees – traits that any Arbitrage man possesses himself.
Have a question? Email us at fitexperts@arbitrage.com
Tuesday’s Tips: Ties
It’s tough out there, fellas. So many ties, so many ways to mess up your look.
This Tuesday’s Tip is a pretty simple one – you’re busy enough, Arbitrage men.
The width of the bottom of your tie should be as close as possible to the width of the lapels on your jacket.
Exhibit A:
Yes.
Exhibit B:
No.
Don’t look like guy number 2, you guys – because I know you’re all guy number 1.
Why Fit is Everything
Sure, you’ve stocked your closets with some snazzy suits and everything that goes with them: ties, cufflinks, etc. But, that may not have been enough. And I’m going to tell you why:
Those suits have to fit! You can spend all the money you want, my friends, but unless those suits are tailored to you and only you, you look like a little boy who stole his dad’s suit and ran around the house in it. No matter what your girlfriend tells you, you are not actually Johnny Depp. You are not A.) a pirate, B.) adored by millions(hate to break it to you), or C.) well, Johnny Depp. Sorry guys, Johnny might be able to do this on his own, but for the rest of us, this is where Arbitrage comes in.
Yes.
No.
Don’t believe me? Okay then, can you spot the difference between the guy on the right, and this guy:
Yes, it’s Anderson Cooper. That’s not what I was talking about. The main difference is Anderson looks poised, put-together, confident, and ready to take on the world – like any Arbitrage man. Baggy McDumpySuit looks about ready to take on a dumpster. So what’s it going to be? The world? Or a dumpster? I trust that you’ll make the right decision.
So, get those suits and yourself to a tailor ASAP, and make your outward appearance match your inner drive.
By the way, fellas, the same goes for your shirts – even if you’re going casual with a shirt and slacks, those still need to fit, otherwise you run the risk of just looking sad, rather than suave.
Lucky for you, Arbitrage shirts are meant to fit perfectly, and if we don’t have one that already fits you, come on by and we’ll fit you into your very own, custom Arbitrage shirt, no matter what your body type may be. So all that time you would have spent trying to convince that bouncer that you’re a not a hobo, you can spend inside that club, gettin’ your party on like the pirate you are(on the inside. Yar).
Movember Style Guide
What style will you rock this Movember?
Check out the Official Movember Cuff Links in the Arbitrage store. They will be sure to add a dash of excitement to your wardrobe.
Krona Hooded Shirt
Introducing the Krona Hooded Shirt – part of the Arbitrage Lounge Series.
“Arbitrage’s unique hooded dress shirt is grabbing attention.” (DNR)
“Arbitrage’s game-changer is a seersucker buttondown weighing somewhere between a dress shirt and a light jacket. Equipped with eye-catching staggered buttons, slanted pockets, and a hood, it’s perfect for maintaining your rep as the hardest mofo at the yacht club.” (Thrillist)
“A summer essential.” (Forbes, “New Rules of Summer Dressing”)
“Arbitrage’s Krona Hooded Shirt audaciously presents guys with an ingenious, innovative shirt/hoodie hybrid; its cleverness creates a complex garment that’s unheralded in men’s fashion.” (Askmen.com)
“Arbitrage’s whole line was very cool and contemporary, but their hooded woven shirt seemed most inventive.” (MR)
Grey Gingham Krona
Black Check Krona
Features:
- Made in New York City
- Slanted pockets
- Pointed tab cuffs
- Staggered front button arrangement
- Thick bull buttons
*To purchase a Krona Hooded Shirt ($135 – $235), email us at clientservices@arbitrage.com
The American Cuff
The sophisticated look of the French cuff with or without cuff links.
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