Male Body Shape

How to style 

The first step to look stylish and put together is to get familirize with your body shape. When you are at peace with your body shape you will accept it and start to learn how to dress it up. You will discover what cut and design that flatter you body the most and bring out the best in you.

There are 5 types of Male Body Shape, each has it's own characteristic. The Body Shapes namely :

TRAPEZOID, INVERTED TRIANGLE, RECTANGLE, OVAL & PEAR SHAPE

I will take you go through it. So let's Dive In and Have some Fun

TRAPEZOID Body Shape

Your outfit should be made fit to your body. You have the most proportional Body Shape, so you can show it off. Just don't wear slim fit that is to tight on waist and hip area.

Make the combos of your ouufit interesting by choosing and mixing the right colors, nice cut and texture that makes your outfit looks stands out and unique

INVERTED TRIANGLE Body Shape

HORIZONTAL Stripes such as in these two above pictures will make the lower part of your torso looks wider 

and balance your body shape

Layering your outfit with loose outer will balance your shape as well. 

Avoid wearing something fitted in your waist area as this will make your shape not proportional

( See the picture of Kobe Bryant wearing Oversize Shrit as  Outer layer )

For pants, straight cut pants or bootcut jeans would be best. Avoid slim fit that makes your overall looks imbalance

You need to make friends with a good tailor, because from to time you need to make alterations for your outfit to achieve the perfect balance to your looks

OVAL Boday Shape

Opt for SINGLE BREASTED Suits instead of DOUBLE BREASTED Suits. Double Breasted Suits tend make the waisted area looks bigger 

Wear ensemble in the same color shades from Head to toe. So it's Tonal.  You can play with different texture for the Tonal ensemble to make it more cohesive and interesting. 

Wear V Neck T-Shirt or Shirt as the V neck elongate the neck area.

Wear Vertical Stripes Shirt to elongate the torso.

Wear Pants without Belt or at least belt that is not standing out or become the statement piece of your outfit.

RECTANGLE Body Shape

This type of Body shape has narrow shoulder, waist  that is not define and narrow hips. Therefore to create better sihuette and better looks, we need to work on the Shoulder and Chest area to give more volume in these areas. The purpose is to make the upper part of the body looks broader than the lower part that will make a better and proportional silhuette

Wear structured blazers or jacket that has more details on the chest ie with big pockets. 

Plaid jackets to combine with darker color pants will make the shoulder & chest looks broader.

We can also create a fuller looks to your upper torso by wearing Layering outfit ( ie. open shirt as outer layer and T-shirt underneath ). You could also wear a vest.

Wear Straight pants and if desire, you could also cuffed it.

PEAR Body Shape

The body shape has a narrow shoulder and chest and wider on the hips area. 

Our goal with this type of body shape is to focus the attention to the upper part of the Body and stay away from giving to much attenction to the lower part of the body.

This body shape, characterized by narrow shoulder that a bit droppy. Therefore we need to work on this area, by choosing the right fit. You need to make friends with a good tailor who will be able to assist you to create the right fit to your clothes especially in the shoulder area to make it looks broader and straight.

Wear shirts, jackets and suits in interesting detail to draw attention to the upper body parts

Shirts in nice light colors will broaden the looks of your shoulder and chest

Vertical Stripes Jacket and Blazer to draw attention to the upper parts  of the body as well as elongate it.

Simple pants with less details but with good cut will be good to create neat and slim look on this area. Stay with Straight Cut pants and boot cut jeans if you like

So I do hope this post will assist you to be more familiar with your body shape as the firist step to be stylish and elegant.

Until next post

Ciao.... 😘

@meand_mylooks

 

What to do to look taller

Dalam berbusana, kita ingin menampilkan sisi terbaik dari diri kita. Untuk itu kita memerluka trik-trik yang dapat membantu menampilkan ilusi yang akan membuat kita terlihat lebih baik. Ilusi yang paling sering dibicarakan adalah bagaimana terlihat lebih tinggi, karena ukuran badan yang tinggi akan terlihat lebih baik saat memakai hampir semua disain dan ukuran baju.

Walaupun demikian, tidak berarti kita panik kalau badan kita tidak sesuai dengan standard umum seseorang yang tinggi. Berbadan tidak tinggi bisa menjadi terlihat lebih tinggi. Tidak melalu Operasi Aestetik, tetapi dengan beberapa trik yang dapat dipelajari dan dibiasakan untuk diterapkan

Let's dive in.... bagaimana supaya KELIHATAH lebih tinggi.

Semoga tulisan ini bisa membantu. Dan bila ada pertanyaan, silakan DM ke IG : @meand_mylooks yang mana saya akan personally menjawab pertanyaan yang diberikan.

Sampai jumpa di Post berikutnya....

Stay Stylish and Be Happy...

Putri Hidayat

@Meand_mylooks

Ellegance is an Attitude

 

Elegance is an Attitude

So very true.... Elegance is an attitude... It's more than just a physical appearances. It's a complete package of Beauty, Brain and Behaviour.

The way you treat people, your courtesy and compassions as well as your passion to learn new things and share your knowledge to others....  all counts when you want to call be called Elegant Lady...

What about " Not Elegant " ? .... well, just restraint of doing the following things....

See you later.....

Putri Hidayat

@meand_mylooks

May 2024

Dude's Smart Casual Style

 

Dude's Smart Casual Style 

Smart Casual Style is for you who wants to elevate your look, without being overboard. It's not a BUSINESS CASUAL outfit. Keep reading, if you want to know what is the difference between Smart Casual and Business Casual.

When you are attending a Social Function and the dress code is SMART CASUAL, try to find out more about the event, so that you will not be wearing a " too casual " outfit, and you will feel underdressed compare with the other guests. In many cases it's better to be Overdressed than Underdressed. 

Let's dive-in and find out more about Smart Casual Style...

There are 4 important PIECES for SMART CASUAL Style, namely :

Less Structured Blazer, Button Down Shirt, Smart Trousers and Smart Shoes

I will go one by one .....

BLAZER is a " Must-Have " pieces for Smart Casual Style.

It could be in block colors or with patterns ie pinstripes or plaid.

Blazers should be neither in the same color nor in the same material with the Pants, to give a casual vibes but still looking smart.

Blazer in lighter colors ie Beige Colors or Ivory color, have the more casual vibes than the dark ones

Blazer for Smart Casual Style is not only in Single Breasted style, but could also be in Double Breasted style.

Unlike SUITS Jakcket, Less Structured BLAZER has less padding. The Structured Suits Jacket creates a more formal look, whereby Blazer exudes more relaxed and casual vibes.

BUTTON DOWN SHIRT, is a shirt that has small buttons in the collar to keep it in place. It will make a sharper looks when you layer it with a Blazer.

It could be in block colors or patterns. Long Sleeves or Short Sleeves

As option you could also wear POLO SHIRT, TURTLE NECK, MANDARIN Collar, or the most Casual is the Crew Neck T- shirt under your Blazer

The best SMART PANTS for Smart Casual style is CHINOS. It is made of TWILL material that ooze more casual vibes than pants made of WOOL material, but more smart than JEANS pants. It is available in many colors to suit your mood and style.

If you really want to wear jeans in your Smart Casual Outfit, opt for Dark Wash Jeans, to create the Smarter Look than other type of Jeans.

The SMART SHOES for Smart Casual Style are LOAFERS ( Tassel or Penny Loafers ). You might want to wear it without socks, an option if the events is more casual than smart. 

You can also wear BROGUES or CHELSEA BOOTH. Shoes in Tan or Brown or lighter colors are more casual than the darker ones. You can also wear LOW TOP SMART CASUAL Sneakers in your Smart Casual Combo, if your are attending more casual events.

BUSINESS CASUAL attire is not a FORMAL BUSINESS attire, where you have to wear a suits jacket with a matching pants. It is more casual, but it's still conventional in a way. The suits jacket is not necessarily matching with the pants, but it's a tailored pants ( not jeans ), you should be wearing a normal tie, light color shirts, smart shoes, no sneakers.

Unlike Smart Casual the preferred colors of the Business Casual will be darker conservative colors such as Navy Blue or Greay.

So, the option is more limited than the option in Smart Casual attire.

The Smart Casual Style is for you who would like to express yourself with the way you dress up to impress without going overboard

Colorful Pocket Square or Lapel Pin are 2 accessories that could be used for accents in Smart Casual Combo

You can explore your Smart Casual style with different colors of Blazer, Chinos, Shirt and Shoes to create a casual but smart looks

With option to wear sport jacket in Smart Casual Combo, it gives this style a more versatile outfits and a forever favorites for Stylish Dudes.

Some ideas for Smart Casual Getups

See you in my next write up....

PUTRI HIDAYAT

@meand_mylooks

Jakarta, May 2024

                                                                                 

   French CHIC 

Welll... as you can see.... am not a French Woman .... although sometimes I wish I was one ..... simply for the reasons that they always know how to carry themselves so elegantly and looking so Chic. Have you notice this ?

CHIC is actually more than just about your looks or appearance and I will explain to you on my next write up....

BUT in this one, I want to share with you on how French Women always looks so CHIC... I adore them.

I've tried to find information on this subject and luckily I found a Youtube from a FRENCH Lady, by the name of Marie Ann LeCoeur. She is a Personal Stylist and also book writer. Her Best Selling book in Amazon is " How to be Chic and Elegant " in case you want to read it...

In this post, I would like to share with you her advise on how to be Chic à la French Ladies, that based on the following habit from these Ladies

So, Let's Dive-in my friends....

There are 5 Rules or Guideliness on how to be Chic the French Women's Way. These Rules are easy to follow and hopefully it could be incorporated in your daily habits if you are interested. 

The FIRST RULE : DRESS UP TO YOUR BODY SHAPE. French Women make efforts to get familiar with their respective Body Shapes. This is imperative as the basic knowledge to be Chic and to dress up elegantly. There are 5 women's body shapes namely : Apple Body Shape, Pear Body Shape, Inverted Triangle, Rectangle and Hourglass Body shape. Each has its own characteristic and when we are familiar with the characteristic of our Body Shape, we could learn how to dressed it up to look Chic and Elegant.

French Women do not like to complicate their outfits. They prefer to have simple pieces. For examples : They like to wear monochrome colors. They prefer to have Solid Colors over Prints. And if they choose prints, they rather have simple Prints over the busy Prints. Etc.

THE 3RD RULE goes hand in hand with THE 2ND RULE. In order to keep their Outfit Simple, they need to apply the concept of LESS IS MORE. 

Our purpose of Dressing-up is to Show Off our assets. We might want to show off our beautiful neck and shoulder, our waist, or long legs etc. Therefore, we could not wear too much pieces or too busy colors in our outfit that will distract people's attention and overlook the assets that we would like to showing off.

Therefore, simple Cut & Design for the Outfit, will be better. Do not wear to much accessories and opt for simple pattern design over the busy ones, or avoid too many colors in an outfit

French women will have a statement in their outfit as an accent to their overall looks. But... only One... in accordance to the concept of LESS IS MORE ... to keep it simple and compelling.

French Women's closet do not keep many things inside. They believe in the concept of QUALITY OVER QUANTITY. They prefer to have FEWER good Quality pieces, rather than MANY lower quality pieces.

Their closet looks tidy, manageable, cohesive, with the pieces that easily be mixed and matched in high rotation.

The high quality pieces will make us looks much better than the lower quality pieces and this will create more confidence in the way we carry ourselves.

And definitely, the high quality will be more lasting than the lower one.

The 3 Color's rule simply means not to combine more than 3 colors in your outfit at any one time.

This rule goes hand in hand with KEEP IT SIMPLE and LESS IS MORE rules that if we follow these rules, it makes the colors blend in harmony and you will be looking more Chic and Elegant.

Ines De La Fressange was a prominent International Model of the late 80s who was signing an exclusive contract with CHANEL during the era of Karl Lagerfeld, due to her resemblance in her appearance to Madam Coco Chanel. 

She has a number of interesting quotes supporting the French Chic guidelines. And obviously some quotes from Madam Coco Chanel herself who was a true believer of simplicity.

Ladies, I hope you will enjoy this write up and learn something from it...

Be happy and be kind to one another....

Thank you for Reading

See you on my Next Write up