The New Year has already started to make its presence felt before its dawn. I’m sure u can smell the excitement as much as I do and hence let’s resolve to unchain some of our inhibitions so as to enter the New Year with style and confidence of looking our best ever!

Here are some don’ts you must completely avoid if you want the forth coming year to bring in maximum successes for you! Here are some suggestions!

Fear of the fitting room!

Whether they agree or not, I have seen most

Men avoiding to get into the trial room when they go out shopping. If you also fit in the same league, its time you make yourself a little more flexible on this. This is because until you wear and see you’ll never know that the orchid print woven shirt with pearl buttons in your hand is a huge mistake. You like something hanging on the hanger, feel it looks great and pick it up, pay for it and barge out of the store. However, if you don’t take time to see whether it really fits you or even suits you for that matter, you only have to double the time wasted if you have to come all the way back to exchange the piece. One more things at this end is that it is not necessary that the things on the counter less noticeable will not look good on you. You muse be open in your approach and until you try out, you’ll never know how amazing it actually looks on you.

Stop imitating celebrities!

If you have your eyes on something that Brad Pitt wore in a particular movie and think it’ll look equally dashing on you as well, you need to have your facts right, my friend. You are not Brad Pitt nor do you have a personality like his, hence how do you think the same piece will look the same on you? This is to say that you have a personality of your own and until you truly know your body type and accurate body measurements, you won’t be able to look you best, even if you imitate clothing donned by others. It is only when you know what is your skin tone, your built and your assets, you will be able to accentuate them with your clothing!

Don’t be afraid to experiment!

Nothing is worse than being in your twenties or thirties and still stuck in your college glory days. So take this conscious opportunity to realize that you’ll look good only if you dress according to your age.
So here we are! I hope you’ll usher into the New Year sans any of these to make the best of the Year 2009!

Contrary to the belief posed by men at one point in time about pink color being a social stigma for men and that it is a luxury only meant for the women, present times are writing a different story. Today the markets are swarming with clothing lines dominated with shades of pink for all kinds of menswear, whether it be shirts, kurtas or t-shirts of all kinds. Pink has finally casted its spell and is doing wonders to the wardrobes of fashion vistas and the younger breed of men in particular.

Though I must not say the pink is liked only by the younger brass; it has found its place in the closets of the older men as well and today stands as one of the major option of solid colors chosen for formal wear.

My last write-up spoke about pink used as a base color and in this article I’ll be talking about how pink forms a beautiful combination when used as an accent color. Shades of pink when mixed with autumn colors such as chocolate browns or a very light gold spells high end style and fashion statement most men dreamt of. One thing that men must first imprint in their mind before wearing pink color is that they should be confident enough to flaunt it with élan or else they’ll end up looking sissy. A fine combination for a necktie will be a chocolate brown woven silk tie with distinctive pink stripes matched with a medium blue cotton shirt, or even a pink contrast collar if the tie is also offering alternating white stripes.

If you want to delve in higher realm of fashion then, a baby pink dress shirt matched with a mocha colored garment will look extremely dapper and elegant on you.

Pink’s strength as an accent color lies in its ability to infuse the garment with a more playful and unorthodox edge. Pink has always been uncommon among men up until quite recently and it is this element of the unexpected that plays perfectly in the ultimate goal of creating a stylish, memorable image.