Polo Life

This summer, I am all about the polos. I love a nice fitted polo that accentuates your upper body. It helps show off your chest and shoulder. It lets people know that you have been in the gym hitting it hard each day.

A tailored polo is a quick get up to looking posh but without the effort. I am a firm believer that you cannot go wrong with a polo. When in doubt rock it out.  

Today's look is a full-on outfit from Banana Republic Spring/Summer 2018 collection. The main piece from this look is the printed polo shirt. What I love the most about this polo are the solid black collar and the black banded sleeve hems. It just makes this polo pops.

I love to play with different prints and see how they mesh together. When you have two busy prints you want to stick with the same colour in both pieces. In this case, it is black and grey. Since each of the pieces has those colours in their prints. They are not fighting each other but compliment each other.

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Polo: Banana Republic

Pants: Banana Republic

Chelsea Boots: Aldo

Gone With The Wind

A windy afternoon running errands in Banana Republic Spring/Summer 2018 pieces.

I wanted to pick an outfit that I can go to meetings, run errands, and meet with friends at an event at the end of the day without having to go home to change.

LA traffic is no joke guys. I am always practical with my daily looks as I know plans are always in the making. I am pretty spontaneous with making plans with my friends because sometimes I get bored or hyped up and hit them up to chill or get drinks.

I styled this look so easy to fit wherever I am going. Playful with my multi-colours pattern dress shirt and keeping it simple with solid colour pants. You can have both, a playful and professional look to match your personality. You never want to be boring with your "business casual".

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Shirt: Banana Republic

Pants: Banana Republic

Sneakers: Converse

It’s a Trench's World…And We Are Just Living In It.

Let’s talk about a classic outerwear, the Trench coat.

I have always been a fan of Trench jackets. They are really just a timeless and effortless piece. By putting one on you automatically feel so sophisticated. Bring your outfit a notch higher.

They go so well with any of your looks. Perfect for that first day of spring, where it is warm but chilly in the shade. Those rainy days where it just feels right to put on your trench jacket.

I fall in love with this trench coat from H&M the moment I stepped the store. The color is just perfect, the length is just right for me, and the fit is nice. There is many types of trench coat but that is for another time (new style post for them soon).

I already knew how I am going to style the jacket, with a slim-fit forest green suit, also from H&M.  I love the color combination of the forest green and tan. Be on the look out for forest green as it will be the color for this fall.

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Jacket: H&M

Suit: H&M

Turtleneck: Uniqlo

Necklace: MARTINE ALI Studio

Shoes: Aldo

Ministry Of Supply

This weekend I had the opportunity to check out Ministry of Supply pop up glass kiosk in Santa Monica Place. Just this year alone, they opened up their first store in Santa Monica inside this outdoor mall.

For this winter, they partnered up with Santa Monica Place to open this amazing 3D print knit in a glass kiosk where you are able to determine your personal heat profile using a thermal mirror. The technique and source of this product are so amazing. You can determine what heat is best for you (as you know everyone has their own set of temperature). Personally, I know that my body heat is usually higher than my friends, which make sense because am very sensitive to the cold. I am from Michigan, when I tell people I hate the cold, I really mean I HATED it. I have such bad memories of just being in the cold during winter and just not loving it at all! 

Ministry of Supply work with Nimbly to manufacture the custom 3DPK Thermal Sweatshirts that provide custom function via personalized ventilation patterns, which will be available in 7 colours, and manufactured locally in Los Angeles.

*Remember to mention my name, "Dathias" at checkout for $10 off your purchase, plus a free pair of Ministry of Supply socks!

Santa Monica Place

395 Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, CA 90401

310.907.9986

Ministry of Supply is located on the 2nd floor by Bloomingdale's

Lounge

Excited to announce my partnership with Abercrombie & Fitch showcasing a few of their pieces that you can wear for any occasion.

Summer ahoy, keeping it simple and clean with Abercrombie & Fitch. I have always been a fan of the brand since growing up and loved to see a brand grow as I grow.

The brand transition was such a great move as they brought back old fans and brings in new fans.

One of my favorite piece from the recent collection is this light denim shirt. I can lounge in them at home or out running errands. Never have to worry about changing shirts to go out in public.

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Shirt: Abercombie
Pants: Urban Outfitter
Shoes: GREATS Brand

Dressy

I feel like dress shirts are highly underrated these days. People mostly feel like they are supposed to be worn with suits only. Often case that is the best way to style it, but I do not believe it is the only way you should style it.

I love to wear dress shirts during the summer and fall season as it gets hot in California to do any layers. I usually keep it simple and leave a few buttons unbuttoned with a tank top showing through.

As for the dress up appeal, that is where the right kind of footwear comes in handy. You want to wear a double monk-strap dress shoe to go from casual to chic.

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Shirt: Banana Republic
Pants: Topman
Shoes: Aldo
Tank Top: Hanes
Watch: Triwa

Feels

Can't go to the Havana this summer, so I am taking Havana to me. Adding some floral to my wardrobe during the summer.

I know what you are thinking, "Floral for summer? How shocking". Well, how can you not wear floral prints for the summer, it is the only time it is acceptable to do so, so why not?

Play around with the prints and be playful. I love to wear floral prints for my shirts and keeping the lower parts of my outfit like the pants and shoes simple and clean. That way the attention goes straight to my shirt and have a whole cohesive look.

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Shirt: Topman
Tank Top: Hanes
Pants: Topman
Shoes: H&M
Watch: Daniel Wellington

Love In Capri

Dolce & Gabbana welcome Summer 2016 by launching its annual limited editions of their famous fragrances Light Blue from 2001 and Light Blue Pour Homme from 2007.

Both fragrances inspired by the summer atmosphere in the Italian island of Capri. Perfect for the summer with its light and fresh aromas. A great melody of citrus fruits and musk wood from white flowers.

Dolce & Gabbana known for putting on a show. They partnered with Condé Nast Traveler to take us to Capri in Los Angeles in The Hills. The event is a theme party where guests show up in Capri inspired outfits.

Keeping my outfit in theme with Capri. I wore linen pants with floral prints shirt and white kicks. You can never go wrong with linen for summer as it is light and breezy. If you know me, you'd know that I am pretty simple at times. I do not like to do overboard in prints. I love to have one big statement piece with simple everything else; like my shirt and pants combination.

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Pants: Perry Ellis
Shirt: H&M
Suspenders: Thifted
Shoes: H&M
Watch: Daniel Wellington

Camden

It is the beginning of August and people are already feeling the summer blues as the weather beginning to cool down. Saying goodbye to those summer festivals and nights are hard.

Looking for the perfect shirt to wear every season is tough. Luckily, Banana Republic have that cover for you. Their new shirt collection is the perfect fit for casual and dress up. You can wear them simply with just a nice pair of jeans or tailored slacks. For layering, you can wear it with a solid color suit or pair it with a great jacket of your choice.

The Camden-Fit shirt is my favorite for the summer. As the shirt is made to fit you perfectly like it is tailored perfectly for you. The fabric is soft and breathable that you can wear it separately or layer with a blazer. Amazing fit and color that goes well with jeans and dress pants.

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Post Sponsored by Banana Republic

Forthwith

Mother nature can be a trip! Nowadays, you cannot even trust your weather app to tell you the temperature anymore. It may looks nice and beautiful outside, but once you step out there it's a whole different story.

Dressing appropriate for the weather can be tough as you never know what day might hold. Spring is a very interesting season can it can be cold, cool, warm, or hot. You just never know how it is going to be. One thing I love about my Uniqlo lightweight vest is the fact that it is lightweight, and it keeps me warm when it gets a bit chilly.

A trend during the summer that always come back is khaki. It is the comeback trend that everyone loves because earth tones are easy to wear and style. My khaki pants goes with every color of shirts I own. Styling is simple and I love that I do not have to overthink what goes with it.

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Vest: Uniqlo

Shirt: Bar III

Jeans: Levi's

Boots: Jack Erwin

Watch: Daniel Wellington

Business Casual 101

With warmer weather approaching us wearing layers is not ideal especially with a suit. I've team up with Banana Republic to help you dress accordingly to the hot summer.

I am not a fan when someone say to dress "business casual" to me that sound very vague. What exactly is business casual anyway? How can you be casual when you dress professional. Luckily for you, I've found out exactly what it means.

In my years of research business casual simply means dressing without a jacket. It is as simple as that.

Styling a summer shirt from Banana Republic to help me get ready for errands run during the week. Dressing casual is simple, but with a fitted shirt with great pattern I know that I will make a statement around town. Pairing the shirt with a fitted and clean black slack is the best way to go. In keeping theme with the casual I just finish it with a crisp black low top sneakers. A great outfit that I can wear for lunch to a business meeting or to dinner with friends to discuss weekend plans.

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Shirt: Banana Republic

Pants: Perry Ellis

Belt: Upton Belts

Shoes: Old Navy

Watch: Great George

Esemplastic

Everyone know the saying of "work hard, play harder", right? Well, I do believe that you do deserve to have fun and let loose once in a while. Working hard for your future is great and all. But if you not take the time to actually enjoy what you've been working hard for then you will end up losing yourself. That used to be my life when I was living in New York City. I was busy working and not living. Took me awhile to realize that your happiness is worth more than you think.

Today's blog post is your guide to rocking all black look, but don't get too crazy to the point you look goth (which in case if that is what you are going for then rock on!). I teamed up with Perry Ellis and Creative Recreation to show you how to can style your all black outfit effortless.

Step 1:

Make sure all of your black pieces are the same tone and shade of black. Let's get one thing straight. Just because the color is black, it doesn't necessary mean is going to be the same shade or tone. So double check.

Step 2:

Play with the fabric and texture of the pieces. When wearing one color head to toe, you have to play up the fabric to create some contrast in the look. That is when the smallest detail matters.

Step 3:

Footwear is very important here. You don't want match the color of the footwear completely to your outfit. Play it up by wearing a pair shoe with a white sole. For example, the shoes that I am wearing in this post is all black with white sole. Or a pair of white shoes would work fine too.

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Black Suit: Perry Ellis

Mesh Polo: Perry Ellis

Belt: Upton Belt

Shoes: Creative Recreation

Watch: Shore Projects

Settled

I've recently decided to take a unexpected turn in my life and moved across the states to California. I've been living back and forth between New York City and Michigan for while and it has been exhausted yet comfortable as I was used to the routines that I was doing. I've grew bored of the cities as everything is the same. I lost the passion and excitement I had for New York City. I needed a change of everything and just moved to California with an unclear future...I didn't have a job or anything line up in California. But I wanted to get back to who I was when I first moved to New York City. A young kid who was hungry for success and determined to make a name for myself.

Today's blog post is about keeping your outfit simple by playing with texture. Recently purchased this rigged texture sweater from H&M as part of the Selected By Beckham collection. I don't think I need to say much about this sweater as it speaks for itself. A simple design but bold piece to wear. The perfect bottom to wear with this sweater is just a simple back slacks and white sneakers.

Blending two different pattern pieces can be hard, but it can work when the two pattern compliments each other by having similar color tone. Playing up the patterns can bring your outfit from okay to phenomenal.

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Jacket: Forever 21 Men

Shirt: Bar III

Sweater: H&M

Pants: Perry Ellis

Shoes: Adidas

Redefine

We could be and do anything we want. That's what I have been telling a lot of my friends. I know that It sound really cliché, but we really have to seize the moment. So...that's why I've decided to move to Los Angeles, CA. I am scare to start over again, but I am excited for what to come here. I don't know what is going to happen or if I will do well. I just know that I want this. Sometimes fear is a good thing. It pushes me to succeed.

Today's blog post is about mixing the new and old pieces in your closet to create a new look. Mixing two of my favorite suits from Darkoh and Perry Ellis to create a bold suit.

I am not the kind of person to wear an outfit once. I always recycle my looks by changing up a few things about it. If you remember from my previous blog post, this red double breast suit was a made for my birthday. I have worn it a few times by styling it with different shirts and shoes with it. This time I decided to just wear the blazer only.

I decided to pair the blazer with a simple pair of black dress pants that is part of my Perry Ellis suit. I love the color combination of red and black. It is just a bold and powerful look that you can wear to an event that you want to stand out in.

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Blazer: Darkoh

Pants: Perry Ellis

Coat: Tiger of Sweden

Shoes: Tiger of Sweden

Throwback

I think we can all agree that you can never wear too much black or have enough black pieces in your wardrobe. I lost count of how many black shoes I have in my closet. It's always my first color option when buying new footwear.

One of my most recent footwear that I got is my "Duke" boots from Thursday Boots. I have been wearing them nonstop. They are so comfortable to wear. I can walk hours in them and not feel like my feet are numb from the pain. 

These boots can speaks for itself when paired with any of your looks. They are so stylish that you don't need to worry about it clashing with your outfit.

Today's blog post I am styling the boots with a very simple look.

Going for a rugged look, I am pairing the boots with a pair of nice black fitted jean. By wearing a fitted jean you keep the look clean and able to pair it with a loose shirt like the print shirt I am wearing. Finish the top layer with a simple jacket. An option piece is an oversize winter coat.

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Overcoat: H&M

Jacket: Topman

Shirt: Forever 21 men

Jean: American Eagle Outfitters

Boots: Thursday Boots

Luster

My daily essentials is not complete without a great sweater to add to my closet. I am a sucker for wearing sweaters as it is such an easy way to upgrade your wardrobe. 

Living in a state that have 2 season; winter and construction (Michigan joke for those Michiganders out there reading my blog). Layering is my daily life and it's easy to do with the right sweater.

Today's blog post feature a vibrate yellow sweater from H&M Modern Essential collection which is Selected By David Beckham. With a sweater so bold is it easy to style as you already know that is is going to be the key piece in your outfit. The only way to work it is by dressing around the sweater.

In keeping the sweater as the key piece of my look, I just wear darker clothing such as this grey texture jacket and dark grey wool pants. Finish it with a simple all black slip on.

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Jacket: Uniqlo

Sweater: H&M

Pants: H&M

Shoes: Tiger of Sweden

Modern Trail

Put on your Timberland shoes and head on an adventure. Create your the Modern Trail. The Modern Trail is your journey. At Timberland, their boots, shoes, jackets and sandals are made with your work, play and travel adventures in mind.

The Modern Trail is about everyday adventures, connecting with fellow explorers and sharing what's discovered. I am discovering my campus at Michigan State University during winter, a real life winter wonderland.

Keeping my look very simple and casual with a black shirt and black jeans as the attention will go to my yellow boots. In theme with my winter outdoor look, I pair it with a forest green bomber that is a favorite of mine.

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Jacket: 21 Men

Shirt: H&M

Jeans: American Eagle Outfitters

Boots: Timberland

Casually Winter

Winter in college does not have to be just sweatpants and sweaters all year. Play it up and layer it with some basic essentials that you will get attention on campus.

Of course, a puffy winter coat is the main essential of winter fashion, but you need the perfect one. I love my green and orange contrast coat from Aeropostale. The fit is great with a fur lining hoodie to keep my face warm for the chilly wind.

Another great winter essential is an oversize cardigan. One of my favorites is from 21 Men. A simple solid color with prints for contrast. The cardigan that is going to keep you cozy throughout winter as you will be wearing it not just going to class, but lounging in your apartment. I love wearing this cardigan with my jeans from American Eagle Outfitters. The jean with the perfect fit and soft fabric that is harsh against your skin.

The boots that can be worn all year long is one my favorites to go boots. The Clarks Desert Boots is my absolute favorite. The comfortable and stylish boots that you can wear all day walking around campus. They are sure to keep your socks dry from snow.

A fun watch at it own right, Shore Projects watch offers a wide range of watch faces and straps that you can switch to go with ALL of your looks. I went for a polka dots strap for my Shore Project watch to add some boldness to my causal campus look.

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Jacket: Aeropostale

Cardigan: 21 Men

Shirt: Gap

Jeans: American Eagle Outfitters

Boots: Clarks Shoes

Watch: Shore Projects

March

Oftentimes I like to march to the beats of my own drum. Which can be many things, and one of them is the suits I wear.

One of the best thing about wearing such a bold suit is the you do not have to do much styling to it. This is the case of letting the suit speaks for itself. When a suit is so bold you do not want to heavily accessorize it. Keeping it simple with just a fitted white shirt, a classic tie, and a timeless watch.

Sometimes finding the right footwear to wear with a suit can be tough. But you got to remember the rules to finding the right pairs.

1. Compliments the suit

2. Simplicity so it doesn't clash with the suit

3. Color matters. So make sure the shoes color contrast well with the suit.

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Suit: Darkoh

Shirt: H&M

Shoes: Jack Erwin

Watch: Daniel Welllington

Minimal

You probably hear the word "Minimal" a lot for the past 2 years, right? Trust me, I didn't know what the heck people meant by saying they like minimal clothing. In my head, I'm thinking you want to wear less clothes. By all means, do your thing. In the term of fashion, minimal, it just simply mean wearing black and white.

Black and white is by far the most popular and used color combination as it goes so beautiful together. It is everyone to go styling because it is easy and compliments each other well. In this blog post, I styled one of my to-go look for this minimal style.

I'd like to start with the basic, a white shirt, then a simple black textured sweater for some depth to the top layer of my outfit. By adding something as simple as a texture to a sweater you can make your outfit go the extra mile.

I swear the pants I am wearing is minimal. It is black and white checkerboard print. I love to add some sort of print to my look if all that I am wearing is solid color. It add some balance to keep it not so boring and predictable.

You can't complete the look without the right accessories. In keeping with the minimal theme, I am rocking the new Publish x Timex watch collection and Jack Erwin "Hubert" wingtip shoes.

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Jacket: Forever 21 Men

Sweater: Forever 21 Men

Pants: Uniqlo

Shoes: Jack Erwin

Watch: Publish x Timex