The Handbook - How To Guides
 
 
 
31 Days: Style Tips and Tricks
 
Volume 3
 

All the tips and tricks needed to shape up for 2011. Each day brings new, expert advice on how to look your best and live life to the fullest, while having a little fun doing it.

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Match Point

We're not really ones for hard and fast rules when it comes to dressing. Some of the sharpest guys around are the ones that buck tradition and wear whatever the hell they want. But we've received a handful of questions on this matter, and so we thought we'd make it easy for those looking for a simple guide to color pairings when it comes to suits (or jackets or trousers) and your shoes.

Black Shoes

Florsheim, $225

Black & Brown Shoes

Allen-Edmonds, $285

Brown Shoes
Clothing

FYI

The English saying "never wear brown in town" was a hard and fast rule in the 19th and early 20th centuries.

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