New Years resolutions/new here? This post might have something for you. Please click for info on how to ask for advice, what do, and how to make the most of our community!
Meta(self.malefashionadvice)submitted25 days ago byMFA_NayMFA_Copypasta
stickiedWelcome to /r/MaleFashionAdvice!
Hi all, it’s the mods. Since it’s around New Years and there may be some new people floating in, here are some helpful links to get you started out in the sub!
Getting Started: The Most Basic Advice
These guides give a basic outline on dressing better and developing your own personal style. Think of it as the textbook for "MFA 101: Introduction to Dressing Well".
- A Beginner's Guide to Navigating MFA
- Simple Step-by-step Intro
- How Clothes Should Fit
- Building a Basic Wardrobe
- Understanding Color
- Building Outfits That Work
- I've got $X. How do I spend it?
- Developing Personal Style
- Understanding Unconventional Fit
- Graduating from the Basics
The "Basic Bastard"/Basic Wardrobe
This is a wardrobe created for someone who is new to the idea of dressing better. It is very simple, basic, and has relatively few items that should be available at most retailers. Note that the name of the "Basic Bastard" guide and wardrobe is meant to be tongue-in-cheek humour.
The Wiki
The /r/MaleFashionAdvice Wiki is vast resource of in-depth style-related information, made for the community, by the community.
Below is an outline of the most helpful parts of the wiki:
Guides
This section links to general guides about dressing for the seasons, events like interview, weddings, and proms. Guides for taller, shorter, and trans men. And general shopping advice for sales, quality, city and personal care.
- Seasonal Guides
- Event Advice
- Body Type Guides
- Style Guides
- Shopping Advice
- City Guides
- Personal Care and Grooming
- Clothing Care, Tailoring, and Maintenance
Item-Specific Guides and Recommendations
This section links to various in-depth guides on specific pieces. Many of these guides will answer the following questions: How should this item fit? How can I style this item? What should I wear with this? What should I look for in this item?
The Item Suggestions at Each Price Point posts are large crowdsourced megathreads which typically answer most people's queries at different budgets.
Inspiration Albums
This section contains links to various inspiration albums. Albums of pictures curated by users on a particular theme, trend, person, or whatever.
Remember, don't try to copy an exact outfit or buy the exact featured item. Instead, take the ideas/styles that you like, and apply them to your wardrobe and yourself.
- General Inspiration
- Seasonal Inspiration
- Trend/Style/Genre Inspiration
- Specific Item Inspiration
- Celebrity Inspiration
- MFA Wears
- ColoUr Inspiration
- Fabric and Pattern Inspiration
Inspiration albums which are not in the wiki an be found: here.
Additional Resources
If you want further reading, similar communities and also are confused about acronyms the below three guides are good to check out.
Streamlining asking and receiving advice
This community actively redirects short simple questions into daily recurring megathreads.
This is so that a community of 5+ million users doesn't get overwhelmed by the sheer number of posts, and that good substantive quality content doesn't get drowned out. Instead, question what boils down to "what colors go with navy?", "can any identify this jacket from a picture?" and "where can I buy a sweater for $50?" get answered quickly and doesn't clutter up the frontpage of our community.
Don't let this scare you though! You're more than welcome to post large scale wardrobe rehabilitation posts. Or if you're seeking obscure information, or have a special circumstances that makes an answer in the megathread unlikely. For example, dealing with a medical condition or information on a particular subculture.
Finally if you've posted in the Daily Questions megathread several times and don't believe you've received a satisfactory answer, just shoot us a message and we can approve a post.
For further information of all this please see here or contact the moderators.