How To Rebuild Your Casual Wardrobe As An Adult Man

How To Rebuild Your Casual  Wardrobe As An Adult Man   [0:00:00] So, let me know if this   situation sounds familiar. You got a big event,  you got to get dressed up, you want to look good   in your closet. You got ten pairs of trousers,  maybe fifteen, twenty shirts. You’ve got all  

These jackets, you’ve got some shoes and nothing  seems like it’s going to work. Seriously, you’ve   got all these clothing, but nothing to wear. The solution, first, you need to understand what   the real problem is. What we’re dealing with here  is the law of wardrobe constraints. That is an  

Outfit consisting of multiple pieces of clothing  each covering a different section of the body.   If one clothing section is limited in usage, this  constraint is the limit of the total outfits a man   can create. Simply put, you may own ten pairs  of pants, but if half of them don’t fit you,  

If two of them have stains, holes, or  dirty. If two of them are the wrong size,   then really you’ve only got one pair of pants that  are going to work with that shirt and right now,   you can’t find them because they’re  probably down in your laundry   somewhere. [Music]  

So, starting things off, I want to first layout  five rules on how you can save money and time.   The first rule to understand is there is  always a tradeoff between spending time   and spending money when rebuilding your wardrobe.  Now, as you can see here, I put together a nifty  

Chart on the tradeoff between time and money. Basically, the more time you’re going to be   able to spend looking for deals, looking for  sales, thrifting, the more money you’re going   to be able to save. However, if you don’t  have much time and you’ve got more money,  

Then definitely you’re going to want to  look – maybe look at custom clothiers.   You’re going to want to look at services to  actually send you products that are curate.   The next style rule that’s going to save you  money, understanding the style pyramid – fit,  

Fabric, and function. So, anything you buy  should fit you or be able to be adjusted   to fit you. The function, you only want to buy  things outfits in styles that you’re actually   going to use. And the fabric, you want to make  sure you buy the best quality you can afford.  

The next rule is to buy quality and make sure to  take care of it. A lot of people they skimp. They   buy cheap things and guess what? Cheap things fall  apart. Spend a little bit more money, save up,   and get something that’s going  to stand up to the test of time.  

Next up, I’ve got the style theory of value.  And this basically says buy what you want and   then wear the heck out of it, because it’s  okay to spend a little bit more and get   something that you’re going to wear hundreds of  times versus getting something that you, yeah,  

You went cheap on, but you don’t really  use at all, but maybe a few times.   The cost per wear is going to be  a lot higher for that cheaper item   that you don’t use versus the more expensive  item that, again, you use the heck out of.  

And last, but definitely not least.  In fact, many people have told me,   this style rule right here is probably the most  powerful one they’ve ever learned from my channel   and that is the law of interchangeability. So, if you have four pairs of shoes,  

If you have four shirts, if you have four  pairs of trousers, and you have four jackets.   Sixteen pieces of clothing, but if they’re  one hundred percent interchangeable, you have   a total of two hundred and fifty six outfits. And to further illustrate that point, I want to  

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All right. So, you got the five rules, now let’s  address the situation. Let’s look at the need,   let’s look at where you’re currently at. [0:04:55]   First up, we need to know your why.  What’s driving you? There’s usually three  

Reasons why somebody’s rebuilding a wardrobe. First up, is you’ve had a change in your career.   Maybe you’ve gotten a promotion, you’ve taken a  new job. You have changed industries. Maybe before   you were the guy working with your hands. Now,  you’re the guy in the back running the office.  

You’ve got to dress up a bit more. You’ve taken a  new career path where you’re going to be customer   facing, you’re going to be engaging with people. You’re in sales, you’re in customer service. In   any case, you realize the wardrobe you  have does not suit your current needs.  

So, this is a great motivator because  you are actually you’ve got a new job,   you’re getting paid, and you’ve got a  deadline. You’ve got to actually have this said   and you know it will affect your career. Now, the second reason a lot of people rebuild  

Their wardrobe is it’s a new chapter in their  life. Something has happened, something has   changed, and you really need to level things up. You’ve lost 70 lbs. Congratulations. But, now,   you know that nothing fits in your wardrobe.  You put on 30 lbs of muscle. All right,  

Great, but now, you’ve got this drop and  you’re finding, hey, I need to get all   new pants and my shirts no longer fit. You’ve gone through a divorce. You know,   this is a tough time for you, but you are  looking at the positive. It’s been two years  

And you want to get out there and you want to  start dating and you’re looking at your closet   and you realize you got to rebuild this. This is your why. You want to use this   because when you’re going to be hesitant to  pull the trigger to actually go out there  

And purchase something, you want to say, you  know what? I really don’t want to be lonely,   I want to get out there. I want to look as smart  and as tough and as great of a person as I am.  

I want to have clothing that’s on me that’s  actually allowing the diamond to shine.   That’s what we’re shooting for here  is to understand your why, why you’re   actually going to be spending this money. Now, the third why is one of the tougher ones.  

And this is where you’re in a rut, where you  just want to change things up and you think   that’s style could be that catalyst. It can be, but here’s the thing is that   you do need to take action because everything  we’re going to talk about next in this video,  

It is great in theory, but it means nothing  unless you actually act on it and that’s the key.   So, as a step in that direction, do me a favor.  Smash the like button and let me know down  

In the comments why you’re rebuilding your  wardrobe, how a new look is going to help you.   What is your why? What’s your motivation? It’s  a small thing, but it lets me know that actually   people are watching this, that they’re  actually going to take action on this.  

And it’s a place where hopefully then maybe  you let other people in your life know what   you’re doing. Maybe you set up a time with a  clothier or you actually go into, you know,   you have a friend that goes with you to buy  the clothing because this having someone holds  

You accountable is the biggest one of the most  important steps you can take to rebuilding your   wardrobe, making sure that you’ve got your  why and then help – sharing it with others,   so that they can help you on your journey. All right. So, you’ve got your why. Now,  

Let’s start going through your clothing.  We’re going to assess what you have. And   you’re going to have four piles. You’re going to  have love it, you are going to have live with it,   you are going to have loathe it,  and you are going to have lose it.  

And let me explain each of it. Lose it, this  is going to be the easy ones. These are things   that don’t fit you, cannot be adjusted that you  don’t even know why it’s in your closet. These  

Are things that are stained. These are things  that are beyond repair, are worn out. Put that in   the lose it. You just need to get rid of these. The loathe it, this one is a little bit harder.  

You’ve got this because you think some day you may  need it, but you haven’t worn it for two years.   You’ve got it in your wardrobe, you’re not even  sure, you don’t like you don’t feel good in it.  

For some reason, that jacket that suit just  doesn’t fit you properly, but you spent 500   bucks on that thing. You don’t want to throw  it out, but, yeah, you just don’t feel good.   You loathe it, so put it in that category. Next up, the live with it. These are things  

That you, yeah, you wear and they’re decent. They  just get the job done. These are your workhorses.   Next up, we’ve got love it. So, these are  those items that just fit you amazingly well.   It’s a color that just compliments, works with  your eyes. You get compliments every time you wear  

This shirt, every time you wear these shoes. Those are the key cornerstones that we want   to build the rest of your wardrobe on and  I’ll expand on that here in a few minutes.   So, leveraging the power of the Ls, the easiest  place to start is the foundation of your outfits.  

Your shoes, right here, you want to go through and  immediately, again, identify what is a lose it.   These are going to be things that don’t fit  you, they are beyond repair. They are just   shoes you don’t even know why you’ve been keeping  them. Go ahead and throw those out, donate them,  

Whatever it is, if they’re in good shape. Now, when it comes to loathe. I get that   you spent a lot of money on those shoes and they  just are not your style. You just don’t wear them,  

You don’t like them. I want you to go  ahead and create a box for the loathe.   You’re going to put, loathe, right on  it and you’re going to put the date,   because everything that you loathe that you just  have been hoarding you don’t want to get rid of,  

You’re going to put into that box. And worse case, you can open up that box   and grab it a later point. Key here is we need  to get these out of sight, we just need to get  

These out and we need to start the timer on it  because the year when you haven’t used it, you’re   not going to feel bad donating it. But, if you do  need to pull it out, hey, it’s there for you.  

Next up, let’s look at the workhorses. These are  – these are probably going to be most of the shoes   in your wardrobe. From your running shoes to your  casual shoes, definitely, your casual shoes.   [0:10:02] Even maybe your dress shoes,  

You’ve go these and you’ve had them and you wear  them and they work and maybe they’re – even a   decent company, decent build, but you know  that, yeah, that you just don’t love them.   Why? Because you’ve got one pair you just wear  those and they look amazing. And it’s a small  

Detail. For you, maybe it’s broguing, it’s the  detail of the style, it’s the overall look the   color, the way that you’ve gotten compliments on  those shoes every time. Maybe they’re two-tone.   And this is what you want to build  off of ideally with your wardrobe  

Everything eventually becomes a love. Because  when you can do that, when you’ve got shoes you   love matched with trousers that you love, matched  with a jacket, matched with shirts that you love,   all of a sudden you’ve got a combination,  you’ve got an outfit that is freaking awesome.  

And even if just half the items in there are  love and the other half are just, you know,   hey, these are workhorse, these are just,  you know, they – they get the job done,   you’re still going to have an outfit  that makes you feel like a million bucks  

And that’s what we’re shooting for. So, you went through your shoes, now,   it’s time to go through everything else.  You start going through your jackets,   you start going through your dress shirts, you  go through your casual shirts, you start going  

Through all the items in your wardrobe. And, again, what we’re looking for   is to get rid of, to clean things out, to give  ourselves a little bit more room, so we can assess   and the things that should remain after you’ve  gone through that, again, even your underwear and  

Your socks, you’re doing the same thing. You are going to, hey, I live with this,   I love it and that’s what should remain  after you’ve done with this exercise.   So now, take that loathe box, you’ve got it  full, maybe you have couple of boxes. Again,  

You seal this up, you date it. You put it to the  back of your closet or you put it in storage.   But, let’s start going through the live and  the love. Most likely your wardrobe is much  

Lighter much smaller, you’re going to be able to  start looking at things that you want to assess   why do you actually love the items that you do. We’ve all got an idea of who we are and that  

Individual style and some people are going to  be more creative, some people are going to be   a little bit louder, some people are going  to go for more patterns, brighter look.   You want to find what you have naturally been  drawn to and start to write this down. In fact,  

Let me know down in the comments you’re go-to  color, why. Oftentimes, it’s maybe something   that repeats the color in our eyes. I know for me, I love earth tones,   dark greens. I like browns, I’ve got  brown eyes. But, if you’ve got blue eyes,  

If you’ve got green eyes, you start finding  that certain things just work with your skin.   Again, you’ve received compliments on  those items you’re wearing, but we’re   assessing why do you love the items you do. Now, the next step here is to start piecing  

Outfits together. We want to see what  the blocks with the pieces that you have,   what can you assemble. So, you probably got maybe rid   of a lot of your shoes, perhaps you got rid  of a lot those shirts that just didn’t fit.  

All of a sudden, you’re finding that, you know,  I am really deficient in these certain areas.   You need let’s say some new dress shirts. You do  not actually have a suit that fits you. In fact,  

Because you have lost so much weight and it cannot  be adjusted, you know, you really need to get one   because you are in your 40s, you’re in your  30s, you know that you’re going to get invited  

To a wedding, you know, God forbid, a funeral. Things are going to happen in your life and you   want to make sure you’re prepared. So, you’ve got  a little bit of time too, you can start to look.  

Notice how we’re going back to those  basic rules. If you want to save money,   you have to have something before you need it. And  based off of, you know, just what happens in life,   based off of my career as well, well, I know,  I’m going to need more of dress shirts. I know  

I’m going to need more suits. But, if, you know, we’re talking   more of a casual wardrobe here, I think for  a lot of you guys, it’s going to be having   maybe shirts that aren’t so loud. It’s going to  be maybe henleys, it’s going to be polos, it’s  

Going to be sweaters, adding a lot of jumpers to  your collection as they’re called over in the UK.   Maybe get, you know, nothing against a hoodie,  but get rid of those ones that are super loud,  

Have a crazy pattern or stain, didn’t fit you  well. All of a sudden, you get something that’s   solid, something that looks better on you and just  overall, this is where you’re going through.   Right now, you’re starting to assemble these  pieces, you’re starting to assemble the outfits.  

And don’t be afraid, I like laying things out, you  can even try them on. And, hopefully, by the way,   when you went through when you assess what you  love and you loathe, you got rid of anything that  

Didn’t fit you, yeah, you can just lay things  right out there on the floor on your bed and   you can start to see what outfits you can form. Now, at this point, you should have noticed the   constraints in the outfits that you’re trying  to put together. Where in a sense could you  

Add item and all of a sudden get a big multiple? Because think about it, if you’ve only got one   pair of shoes, but you’ve got ten shirts that  are all interchangeable and work together,   you’re going to get a lot higher of a  return by investing in a new pair of  

Shoes, maybe even a couple of pairs. But, you want to look at what you love,   you want to look at actually what  you wear and say, can I upgrade it?   So, let’s say you do have a couple of pairs  of shoes and you got a pair of boots that you  

Wear all the time. But, if you wear boots all the  time, why not upgrade those boots because you got   those one go-to and they are your rock star boots.  They’re just ones that every time you wear them,  

You get compliments, but you can’t, you know,  they’re not practical maybe for day-to-day use.   But, you do say, you know, maybe I can  upgrade to, you know, a nicer pair of boots,   upgrade my work boots, maybe get a couple. There’s  nothing wrong with having a couple in the same  

Style, maybe going for different colors. [0:14:59]   You know, if you really like that style or change  things up. Maybe just a slightly different style.   Right here, we’ve got as you can see right  here, the eyelets on the outside. This is   more of a hiking-type of boot. Yeah, having fun or just saying,  

You know what? I do like the high top, but I want  to go with something a bit more casual. Again,   if you’re going to wear it, if you’re going to  get the miles out of it, if you know that, hey,  

This has been pretty much, you know,  my go-to, this has been a workhorse,   but I want to make sure it should be not something  I have to live it, it should be something I love.  

So, I bring in a pair of shoes that every time  I put them on, I feel like a million bucks. And   that’s where you know to make the upgrade, where  there is an obvious constraint and where you’re   deficient where you’ve got maybe you’re stronger  in something else, but you know you could add  

Something there and it will bring a big return.  It’s really just going to give you more outfits.   Again, I don’t want to be the dead  horse here, but I want to be ultra   clear. If you’ve got ten shirts, if you’ve got  seven trousers, if you’ve got five jackets,  

But you only have one pair of shoes, you  know, so the quick math on that. You are only   going to get as many outfits again and again. But, if you were to bring in just two more pairs  

Of shoes, so you increased it to three, look at  what you’ve done for the overall number, you know,   the math – that’s where the math works. Versus if you kept the shoes at one, but you added  

Two shirts. Notice how the end number did not go  up actually that much. So, this is the key point   is you want to notice in the area of your wardrobe  where the constraint is at and then upgrade it and  

Preferably upgrade it to an item that you love. So, some of you guys may be wondering, well,   how does this fit into a capsule  wardrobe and how does that all   play with everything we’ve talked about? Well, guys, I cover capsule wardrobe right  

Here. It does complement what I talk about in this  video, so if you want to go check out this video,   it’s a good on to go check out. I go into a lot  of detail as well. Enjoy, guys, solid video. Yeah,  

And good luck rebuilding your wardrobe. And, again, let me know in the comments   what is your why, what’s driving you. [0:16:47] End of audio

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