LESSONS IN MEN'S STYLE BY ANDREAS WIJK

One of my loyal readers asked me a question about shopping for a conservative male, she want's to help her friend spice up his wardrobe. To be honest, I am no expert when it comes to men's style, I did my research though and here's what I learned about men's style by staring at pictures of Swedish musician Andreas Wijk:

The first thing, from personal experience, simplicity is key. A few basic pieces that are not only stylish but can also be re used to create other looks would be ideal.
I noticed Andreas wears a lot of neutrals: whites, beiges, grey's and also blacks. I think every male closet would benefit with plain neutral tops and a few neutral colored pants.

Bare your legs out.... wear them shorts out! For guys residing in the warmer climates, shorts and jean shorts are your perfect go to item on those extra warm days. Keeping in mind that there's a thin line between short and perverse. I am appalled at the number of boys/men, I see walking around in board shorts in the city in summer. I mean, there are decent alternatives. Seriously, this board shorts thing is just perverse, it's gotta stop! Save the board shorts for water activities.

The stripes - They never really leave do they??? Stripes look hella stylish. They are perfect for the légère look. Not only males but females too need striped t-shirt's in their closets.

Layering zip up hoodies under leather or jeans jackets is still cool... I didn't know that. I believe though that zip up hoodies look best under jean or leather jackets. (Layering for dummies ha ha )

Sometimes, a simple scarf might be the secret ingredient to making the outfit complete / give the outfit the extra oomph.

Ofcourse every man's closet needs logo T shirts. As I said, with beginners, less is more. I kinda like that the logo's on his shirt are not overpowering, so that I actually looked at the whole outfit and didn't spend most of my time just trying to make sense of the logo's on the t shirt.
I kinda like the low collar on those round necked shirts! Though they seem to work better layered under a shirt or jacket or something.

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This is another item that NEVER goes out of style. checkered tops...

I would like to reiterate that this post would be for the légère type of look. That I would baby step my significant other into the world of fashion, by making these choices for him, then work from there. Andreas style might not be everyone's cup of tea, or anything new, but you can't deny the kid is hella stylish.


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