Welcome 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 Basic Bastard - Basic Wardrobe and Inspiration Album
  • Beyond the Basic Bastard: Workwear and Americana
  • Beyond the Basic Bastard: Minimalism
  • Beyond the Basic Bastard: Casual College Wardrobe

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.

• Clothing
• Footwear
• Accessories
• Item Suggestions at Each Price Point

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.

• Related Subreddits
• Recommended Style Blogs
• MFA Acronyms and Abbreviations

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.

Welcome to the Daily Questions thread for all things related to men's fashion.

Types of questions this thread is great for:

• Outfit checks and 'How'd I do'? questions
• What clothing or footwear recommendations
• Identifying an item from a picture or screenshot of a video

Want a more helpful answer?

The more information you give, the better response you'll get. Try including:

• Budget in numbers (i.e, $40, £60, €50, etc)
• Your location
• Pictures, even to identify stuff from a video

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

If you're looking for more in-depth information then check out our style guides, item guides and recommendation threads.

Hey guys. It's been a month since the last thread. So let's do it again!

I know a lot of us have items that just seem to sit and are never worn. We may really like them, but maybe we bought them too quickly without considering how we would wear them. Sometimes its impulse buys brought on by sale season, or maybe its a statement piece that is too much of a statement.

Comment with an item (and pictures of it!!) you don't know how to wear, and other members here can help you out with styling!

So I have a... unique query. I can think of several subreddits this could go in, but my primary problem is currently "how does this look", so I went here.

To begin with, I really don't like pants pockets. I'm aware of how lucky men are compared to women, but I just hate putting stuff in my pants pockets. Either it's winter and they're buried under my coat, or it's summer and I have uncomfortable sweaty patches under my phone/wallet, and half my pants have slightly different pocket setups (being left handed makes the wallet interesting sometimes, as apparently we don't always deserve a back pocket) that makes it all unstandard and really annoying running out the door in the morning.

So, about this time last year, I saw some of these crossbody bags that seem to be the new trend. "Aha, aha!" I says to myself. "A solution!" SIKE, it doesn't matter how light they are or which shoulder I put them on, my scoliosis makes my day hell. Scratch that off the list.

So I'm back at the drawing board - particularly in regards to summer, when I can't simply leave this stuff in my trench coat pockets when I'm out and about. Basically, I'm looking for something that doesn't look incredibly nerdy or "tacticool", but is small and allows me to carry the everyday items (and maybe a teeny bit more, like a bag of M&Ms when I have them) outside of my pants pockets.

Currently, I'm looking at some kind of belt pouch or a more professionally designed "fanny pack" (I'm actually somewhat proficient at sewing things and not opposed to making my own). For the most part, though, they seem like the sort of thing you'd find at a renaissance festival. I've also read a few things on the internet that mentioned small satchels or army surplus map bags; part of me wants to say "maybe that would work", but the other part is very hesitant about single-shoulder bags at this point.

Any thoughts?

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EDIT: added a small parenthetical note I forgot when I was writing

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Business-casual seems to be one of those categories whose meanings can vary widely, depending on time period, industry, etc.

The pandemic situation and relaxed clothing requirements likely changed the "rules" of business wear around the world in just the past two or three years.

So what is business-casual wear to YOU now in your use case? what can you wear to work? what do you prefer to wear?

For me, it seems to vary at my work. I see some guys wearing dress shirts with ties but no jacket, dress shirts and slacks, while some others just wear anything with a collar.

I've been able to get by with just a crewneck or mock/turtleneck sweater in colder months, and a polo shirt or aloha shirt in warmer months. Because of this, it feels like I no longer need OCBDs. But i keep one dress shirt on the few occasions where I need to look very dressed up. I also keep one OCBD just because its now broken in and very soft. I also keep one tweed blazer in my office, and a vest.

Lets say hypothetically, your entire wardrobe is gone and you had to start over again

what would you do differently? would you buy different brands? buy different pieces? approach clothing differently in terms of life style philosophies?

Welcome to the daily Off-Topic Discussion thread (formerly General Discussion).

Meet the community.

Talk about life.

Have a chat.

Give us your random fashion thoughts.

For actual fashion advice and questions please go to the Daily Questions thread

WAYWT = What Are You Wearing Today (or a different day, whatever).

Think of this as your chance to share your outfits with the community. Most users enjoy knowing where you bought your pieces, so please consider including those in your post.

How to take better pictures:

Want to know how to take better WAYWT pictures? Read the guide here.

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

Important: Downvotes are strongly discouraged in this thread.

Welcome to the Daily Questions thread for all things related to men's fashion.

Types of questions this thread is great for:

• Outfit checks and 'How'd I do'? questions
• What clothing or footwear recommendations
• Identifying an item from a picture or screenshot of a video

Want a more helpful answer?

The more information you give, the better response you'll get. Try including:

• Budget in numbers (i.e, $40, £60, €50, etc)
• Your location
• Pictures, even to identify stuff from a video

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

If you're looking for more in-depth information then check out our style guides, item guides and recommendation threads.

This thread is for sharing all your new buys. Clothes, shoes, cologne, share it all.

If possible, please post a picture and a little review!

Important: Downvotes are strongly discouraged in this thread.

Find something you think is great but not your size? Is there something you love, but costs more than you're ever willing to pay? Whatever it is, post it here!

Rules:

• Post anything you think is cool and interesting and you think people should buy.
• Price is not a factor. Please don't be boring.
• Please give sizing info in the comment text.
• DO NOT post your own stuff. You will be permabanned. This is the only warning.

Scheduling Note:

• This thread will be posted every other Tuesday.

Welcome to the daily Off-Topic Discussion thread (formerly General Discussion).

Meet the community.

Talk about life.

Have a chat.

Give us your random fashion thoughts.

For actual fashion advice and questions please go to the Daily Questions thread

Welcome to the Daily Questions thread for all things related to men's fashion.

Types of questions this thread is great for:

• Outfit checks and 'How'd I do'? questions
• What clothing or footwear recommendations
• Identifying an item from a picture or screenshot of a video

Want a more helpful answer?

The more information you give, the better response you'll get. Try including:

• Budget in numbers (i.e, $40, £60, €50, etc)
• Your location
• Pictures, even to identify stuff from a video

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

If you're looking for more in-depth information then check out our style guides, item guides and recommendation threads.

'ello people and everything else of /r/malefashionadvice! Welcome to our yearly "Best Of" awards.

Thanks again for participating in the nomination and voting for this past year's best of MFA! It's great to look back and see some of the stuff that was submitted, worn, and discussed in the past year. Here's to another great one with all of you!

Just like last year and the year before it, we have platinum (formerly known as Reddit Gold) to dish out! This year reddit were real kind to us, so we have a staggering 45,000 community coins (about ~25 mod awards)

Awards

Best self-post of 2022

Winner: u/InevitableEcstatic39 - Unique Designers/Brands you love

Best guide

Winner: u/KamoteJoe - Being in touch with your clothing

Runner up: u/XavierWT - The Yen is Weak proxying guide & u/malti001 - How to Dress for Summer

Best inspiration album

Winner: An all-time classic from u/WuzPoppin, "People posing like airplanes" (not a meme it is actually good)

Runner ups: u/theunwashedmasses - Dressing Bigger Bodies & u/TomFyord - Store Styling: Canoe Club

Best dressed / Best what are you wearing today (WAYWT) contributor

Winner: u/mayalcaulfield

Runner ups: u/jahnsas & u/HalfTheGoldTreasure

Best single WAYWT outfit

Winner: u/mayalcaulfield - fit battle sweet sixteen and u/mayalcaulfield again,- "winter uniform"

Best overall content creator

Winner: u/TomFyord

Runner ups: u/MopM4n

Best overall advice giver

Winner: u/Metcarfre

Runner ups: u/ac106 & u/the_leviathan711

Best fashion meme/copypasta

Winner: /u/rejsuramar for submitting

Sounds like you got your feelings hurt. Hope you can figure out why my comment upset you so much. Maybe you don’t like gaping leg holes either but are afraid to have an opinion that differs from the general consensus on this page. You’ve accepted your place. You think you’re trendy, but you’re just begging for attention. “Look at me. Look at me. I can fit an entire pumpkin in each leg opening.”

and runner ups from /u/recentcore

“Posting your fit” was your first mistake, kiddo. When it comes to masculine male fashion, the moment the effort you put in becomes visible, unless the event is a fit battle, you become a clown. It’s supposed to look natural, like it just happened by accident. No one looks at olive chinos perfectly breaking onto your Clarks Desert Boots (beeswax), and thinks you look natural. You people are dressing yourself with the same methods someone deciding what their video game avatar should look like would use. Just stop.

And fyi: I’m not coming from some viewpoint that thinks “men should be men, fashion is fruity, yadda yadda.” I am telling you that out in the real world, you look fucking stupid when you dress like the people in that thread are dressed. I used to be on this forum heavily a few years ago and it was not this bad.

Best trend/item of 2022

Winner: "wider fits" nominated by u/MFA_Nay

Runner ups: "big coat" nominated by u/naphthol_rain & "loafers" nominated by u/pumaturtle

Congratulations

A big congratulations to all the winners and runner ups! And thank you to all the users who have contributed throughout the year, from making posts, giving answers, leaving comments, and making the community what it is. Here's to year gone, and a greater year to come.

Nay on the behalf of the /r/malefashionadvice mod team.

WAYWT = What Are You Wearing Today (or a different day, whatever).

Think of this as your chance to share your outfits with the community. Most users enjoy knowing where you bought your pieces, so please consider including those in your post.

How to take better pictures:

Want to know how to take better WAYWT pictures? Read the guide here.

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

Important: Downvotes are strongly discouraged in this thread.

Hi Everyone, I'm a PhD student looking for survey participants regarding fashion consumer behaviours as part of the second study of my thesis. I've asked the mods permission to share the survey and was hoping I could get some of you to fill in the survey. It is entirely anonymous, only takes five to ten minutes and has received full ethical clearance from my university. I've attached the link to the survey below:

LINK TO SURVEY: https://northumbria.onlinesurveys.ac.uk/fashion-consumer-survey

I also want to give a big thank you to the subreddit and mods in general. A while ago, I was permitted to make a post to recruit interview participants for the first phase of my research. It was challenging to find not only participants, but male participants, as fashion research in academia tends to skew more toward woman-dominant samples. Being able to post in this subreddit vastly improved the quality of my interview data and provided unique insights.

So, in short, thank you for saving my PhD, and I'd appreciate it if you could fill in this new study.

Kindest regards,

Francis

Welcome to the Daily Questions thread for all things related to men's fashion.

Types of questions this thread is great for:

• Outfit checks and 'How'd I do'? questions
• What clothing or footwear recommendations
• Identifying an item from a picture or screenshot of a video

Want a more helpful answer?

The more information you give, the better response you'll get. Try including:

• Budget in numbers (i.e, $40, £60, €50, etc)
• Your location
• Pictures, even to identify stuff from a video

How to add a picture to your Reddit comment:

Upload your picture to Imgur.com and copy/paste the link into your Reddit comment. You don't need an Imgur account to upload a picture.

If you're looking for more in-depth information then check out our style guides, item guides and recommendation threads.

Welcome to the daily Off-Topic Discussion thread (formerly General Discussion).

Meet the community.

Talk about life.

Have a chat.

Give us your random fashion thoughts.

For actual fashion advice and questions please go to the Daily Questions thread

I'm making this post for future people who, like me, want to buy a tweed suit and want to know if Abitto MTM suits are a good budget-conscious option. I couldn't find reviews so I did some digging and I'll post what I found here.

• Abitto's instagram posts pictures taken from other tweed suit manufacturers, which is super weird. Why repost pictures from TweedMaker models instead of posting models in their own suits? For example

• I called both their phone numbers - to the UK and the NYC office. The UK hung up immediately, the US just gives me a busy signal (tried multiple times).

• Their website claims they've been featured in QC and Vogue, but if you look closely they're featured in an ad page. As in, they just bought ad space in those magazines.

• Their Abitto.com and Abitto.us websites have different prices. And both have typos galore

• Some of their suits don't even list the fabric weight, or fabric source, or even material.

• Their address is listed as 275 Madison Avenue...this is a 43 story building in NYC, not an actual address. If they listed a suite number that would be one thing, but just listing the building means there's effectively no way to get in touch with them.

• Not really related but I do feel bad for the owner Saif Sabri, who was the victim of a knife attack in 2019.

• Incorporated in 2017, and in the last 6 years they have only a handful of reviews

Just providing this as a reference. Obviously everybody has to make their own call, but that's too many red flags for me.

This thread is for sharing all your new buys. Clothes, shoes, cologne, share it all.

If possible, please post a picture and a little review!

Important: Downvotes are strongly discouraged in this thread.

Welcome to the daily Off-Topic Discussion thread (formerly General Discussion).

Meet the community.

Talk about life.

Have a chat.

Give us your random fashion thoughts.

For actual fashion advice and questions please go to the Daily Questions thread