I need a general fashion advice, please help
Hi, 18 year old student here. I always like to dress well, but unfortunately i dont know the essentials. I will attend university in autumn and i need some advice on how to dress up good. I like to dress business casual, especially the combinations where I can wear a sweater over a shirt and tie, but I don't know what kind of pants to wear under it. Also, I don't know much about colour palette, I always preferred colors such as navy, blue, black for shirts and green for sweaters. Due to my body (I'm big lol), I also cant find good pants to wear. In general, I need a big fashion advice.
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Where are you from?
Turkey
I'd generally try to steer an 18 year old away from business casual... Are you looking for day to day clothes? Or specifically for days where you actually need to dress up?
I can always use advice, I am looking for day to day clothes
I'd probably start by reading some of the stuff in #fashion-guides
This is a good guide for options starting out, but a lot of stuff is gonna be geared toward North American shoppers
I will try to adapt it to Turkey/EU a little more, thank you very much!
Good to look through waywt and the waywt highlights threads to see if there are styles you like as well
This could be a good read https://twitter.com/dieworkwear/status/1615828613731078146?t=-IcDP8GWnUQncyKLMg8UgQ&s=19 along with more of derek guy's content. I don't think there is anything wrong with leaning towards typical business casual as your style of preference
derek guy (@dieworkwear)
DRESSING FOR LARGER MALE FIGURES 🧵
Want to do a quick thread on how to dress if you're a larger guy. There's not a lot of info or inspiration online about this, and I feel this leads people to think that they don't have options or can't dress well bc of their body type.
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It might be advantageous to have a look at some Turkish brands and see if they have a personal shopping service. If you simply want to look good for the start of university, asking a personal shopper what looks good on you, can be a quick way to get a good outfit together
For university, you can start off by getting a capsule style wardrobe together. If this is something that resonates with you, you’re best of looking at the fashion guides, such as the famed basic b**tard series.
For getting fashion inspiration, I’ve found Turkish actors surprisingly fashion forward (for a university student, the likes of Tolga Mendi come to mind). It might be worth getting a Pin Interest account and finding aesthetics and styles you like.
Thank you for you response, I will look for the basic b**tard series.
https://malefashionadvice.substack.com/p/building-a-basic-wardrobe-v70 this is the current version, note that it's not exactly tailored to 18 year old students, but it is kinda "business casual"
Building A Basic Wardrobe v7.0
Version 7 of the classic MFA post