The Foundations of Style
Clothes make the man. All of us have heard this once or twice throughout our lives, and while none of us wants to admit its truthfulness, many of us spend significant amounts of disposable income on the off chance that it just might work in our favor. Think of the times when, as a […]
Risk to Lose to Win
Posted by tjwente in Uncategorized on April 7, 2013
Over the weekend I have attended the Friday session of one of my favorite sporting events; the NHRA races in Vegas. That they are in Vegas is incidental, but the drag races themselves are fascinating and exhillerating. And whether you are a car fan or not, there are some valuable lessons to be garnered from […]
What Winning Fixes
Posted by tjwente in Substance, Uncategorized on April 4, 2013
I am throwing away all of my Nike golf balls. They have been my favorite golf ball. I have played them exclusively now (except at scramble tournaments, when I get free ones) for nearly a decade, but I’m throwing them all out and finding a new ball. Come to think of it, I may be […]
A Gentleman’s Wardrobe: Tier 4
Posted by tjwente in dressing, shirt, Style, Uncategorized on February 14, 2013
So we are at the last of the posts dealing with the building of a wardrobe. In past posts we had addressed suits, blazers and sportcoats and the relative strengths of each. Today we move.to the most casual element of the gentleman’s wardrobe, the dress shirt. Many men today think that the dress shirt is […]
The Professional Wardrobe, Tier 3
Posted by tjwente in Uncategorized on January 24, 2013
If you haven’t read the earlier posts in this series, you may want to go back and check them out. As a reminder, Tiers 1 and 2 deal with the suit and the blazer respectively. We are now going to turn our attention to Tier 3, the realm of the sportcoat. In my career selling […]
A Gentleman’s Wardrobe: Tier 2
In the last posts, we discussed the idea of breaking a gentleman’s wardrobe into tiers, levels that give structure and understanding to the times and places that certain pieces should be worn and, conversely, when they should not be worn. We also began discussing the first tier, which consists of suits and ties, the traditional […]
A Gentleman’s Wardrobe: Tier 1
Posted by tjwente in Uncategorized on December 21, 2012
In building a wardrobe, a gentleman does well to think in terms of tiers. Tier 1 is the realm of the suit, and that is where we start. Why start on Tier 1, why start with the suit? Quite simply because a suit can serve in many situations, but other items are not as versatile. […]
