i shall absolutely not lie on this one......it is not funny at all how our kenyan men are dressing nowadays...funny if a trend is out it is taken through and through to all the men thinking it belongs to them as a standard....you know as women we would also wish to have men who are dressed properly by our sides so: look at some of the point outs i came about when i took a walk in town...

Dressing Etiquette

  1. Ties are hot. The fact is that you look more stylish in it than you would without.
  2. Never, ever wear white socks. They just don’t make the cut.
  3. For an important meeting, power dress. Wear a full suit if you want to make the right impression.
  4. Invest in a leather belt, wallet and at least two pairs of elegant shoes.
  5. If invited for a wedding, please don’t wear jeans.


The sad thing however, is that our men just don’t know how to dress. Professionals who have the capacity to discern a Saville Row or Tom Ford suit are few.

Fewer still are those who can distinguish Emporio Armani underwear from a nondescript Y front and steer clear of Issey Miyake exhibition cologne.

What I find even more annoying is that our men have a weakness for too-big beach shorts off-work.
The error compounds with a give-away polo shirt, because from the looks of it, it was an outright con.

Then to thoroughly underscore style ineptitude, he finds the oddest shaped sandals that have adapted to the shape of his feet after years of being worn indoors.

I literally gnash my teeth when they go ahead to wear these with long socks with decade old elastic. Why oh why would any self respecting man do this to himself?

I have an incredibly stylish mentor I must say. He has constantly proved this when he bought a pair of white FUBU sneakers a while ago, that surprisingly never seem out of place regardless of what he wears them with.

Clueless
My brothers too, I am pleased to say, are wise enough to know that a man’s thighs are most attractive covered up. Unless of course you are a rugby player.

It is against this backdrop that I grew up knowing with a certainty that is almost religious that there are items that men just should never wear.
The guiltiest men, and this is what makes them stand out even more, are the ones who dress like little boys.

They drive cars that hum majestically behind the rickety jalopy of the 20-something upstart who incidentally left the house better dressed.
A good number of these men are in stable relationships.

How do I know this? If you want to identify a taken man, you will see his knees first. Trust me. The taken man does not care much how he dresses.

Nowadays, men are the ones letting themselves go. Every man ought to know, and it should be engraved on his shamed head, being stylish does not make you gay.

A well dressed man is really just that, a well dressed man.

A well dressed man wears a pair of fitted jeans that do not hang under his bottom like a full diaper.

He knows he needs a blazer that emphasises and flatters his shoulders and contains his growing paunch. A dress coat, windbreaker, classy cufflinks, and a uniquely-collared shirt.

Also, weekend shoes which ought not to look like his last foray in shoe shopping was in the year of the hi-tops, a Mandela or Moi shirt and a fundi who can finish custom-made pieces neatly even in his sleep.

Shorts fall just below the knee and must be your actual size. The sleeve tags on suit sleeves come off once you pay for it. Manicures were not invented by the women alone and pedicures are an act of kindness to everyone subjected to your neglected feet.

Vaseline and Nivea had you in mind.
Go to Levis, Truworths or Woolworths because I know you can afford it.

If not, meander casually into Toi Market and Gikomba for bargains. Visit the Westlands and Ngara stalls or Mutindwa and if you are man enough, take your woman along.........just harsh thoughts about this subject.....