The Esquire How-to Style Guide

-   69 style basics tips on improving everything in your wardrobe (my favorite 10 rules below).


1. Unless you're wearing a blazer, there's no wrong time to roll up your sleeves. How high you choose to roll them says a lot about you.

2. There's not a whole lot of room for irony or imitation in style. The best-dressed men always dress like themselves.  See all 69 rules (here).
3. The closest a man should ever come to touching denim shorts is helping a woman out of them.
4. Fitted is good. Snug is dicey. Tight is just wrong.
5. When purchasing jeans, leave the acid, stone, and other artificial washes to the good people of Eastern Europe. The best way to break in a pair of jeans is to wear them as often as you can.
6. Velour: no.
7. The shinier the shine or the pointier the point, the less casual the shoe.26. A $40 pair of jeans can fit you just as well and look just as good as a $200 pair. They'll just take a whole lot longer for you to find.
8. Khaki is a color. Chinos are a pair of pants. Know the difference but feel free to use the terms interchangeably.
9. Animals make the best logos.
10. Unless he's a chef, a gardener, or a jolly fat man from Holland, no one should ever wear clogs in his daily life. Same goes for Crocs.

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