Men who want to look high class have a large range of models to follow. Brad Pitt keeps things cool with killer accessories like Carrera sunglasses and odd frosting like scarves and male jewelry. If that creative, metrosexual look isn’t what you dig, then think George Clooney, with his overly serious expressions and addiction to white dress shirts and Police sunglasses. He also looks great in Carrera, but then its George Clooney—he looks pretty high class in whatever he wears even though he never alters his look even one iota.
If you are the rugged type there are still ways to stay high fashion without compromising your flannel and beard combo. First, don’t wear zip off pants as real mountain men don’t wear shorts, and there are alternatives to hiking boots that are a bit more retro and cool, like cloth shoes or even designer boots that are a bit less combat and more diverse, shoes you could wear with a suit or out in the woods. The real rugged man would want to have a limited number of items in his wardrobe, so they would all need to be able to be worn with multiple outfits.
Finally, accessories for men are coming into fashion but that doesn’t mean that it’s cool for all men to start wearing jewelry. For example, a cool, retro wallet is a neat addition to any male wardrobe, but wearing a matching leather bracelet and seashell necklace makes you one of those people we wish would be sacrificed into the volcano of some cannibal island. Keep that in mind next time you stop to look at male accessories. Handkerchiefs and wallets are good, jewelry and an overly large hat collection are not.
The best accessory of all though is designer sunglasses. Pick Ray-Ban, Tom Ford or Oakley to really step up your game and show the world that you’re awesome.
