提升个人价值：穿衣风格的关键误区

• Dressing to look high value doesn't require expensive clothing.
• Key elements include cleanliness and proper fit.
• Avoid wearing outdated or worn-out items.
• Accessories like watches and hats impact perception.
• Personal grooming and maintenance matter significantly.

So dressing to look high value doesn't mean that you're wearing super premium expensive clothing, but it does mean you don't have cat hair on your jacket. It does mean that you're not wearing worn-out underwear, and it does mean you're not wearing an Apple Watch. I'm just kidding! Not not not kidding actually at all. The fact is, guys, there are some things that you are wearing that, unfortunately, are making you look low value to other people. The sooner you excommunicate them from your life and wardrobe, the sooner you will look and be perceived as a high value dude.

All right, guys, so first up are the three things I already mentioned. If you've got lint, hair, or anything fuzzy in terms of like fuzzy balls on your body, you got to shave them. If you got fuzzy balls on your sweater, your jacket like a peacoat or a sweater, you got to shave them, gentlemen. You got to remove them because it looks terrible. If you've got cat hair, dog hair, or dander, you got to get one of these bad boys, a lint roller. Literally, you get them on Amazon for three bucks. You'll use it before you go out of the house, and you'll look a lot higher value as opposed to a dude that looks crusty and nasty.

Number two is nasty undies. All right, if you're wearing underwear that is worn out, and some spicy C-R-E-A-M is like, "Oh Brian, I want to get sexy," you get down to your boxers. If you're wearing boxers that are actually also worn out, that makes you look low value. No self-respecting dude wears big baggy boxers; you wear boxer briefs. If you're wearing underwear like this, it's worn out tidy whities—you also look low value.

Number three is a tech watch. The truth is I'm not saying it makes you look low value; I'm saying, though, that it does make you look unstylish. Whenever I look down at a dude's wrist, 'cause I'm a watch guy, and I see he's rocking a tech watch, I automatically know he only likes to do it missionary. What am I even talking about?

Exactly. Number four, we got to talk about baseball hats. Here's the deal: if it's dirty, it's low value. Nothing makes you look scuzzier than a dirty hat that's got like tears and rips. It makes you look like you don't care about life.

I'm kidding! I actually really like the smell of S-A-G-E. I know I give it a hard time in these videos, but the truth is it's a good fragrance! But what I don't like about is that everybody wears it. So if you're wearing too much of it, this makes you look low value. Even if the fragrance is high value, wearing too much of anything, even a good thing, makes you low value.

A bad tattoo makes you look low value. Now you're like, "Yo Alpha, all tattoos these days are pretty bad," and you wouldn't be wrong. I did a video talking about why not having a tattoo in today's world makes you the badass. The reality is I'm not saying that tattoos look bad on everybody, but a lot of tattoos these days are bad.

When someone sees you covered with tattoos, they perceive you as uneducated and possibly lower value. I'm not saying you are, but this is the perception. Facial piercings, whether they're in the eyebrow, nose, lip, or just piercings all over your body, make people perceive you as low value too. If you've got blue hair or pink hair or red hair—low value.

Here, one more time for the kids in the back: I'm not saying you are; I'm just saying that other people perceive you as lower value. Now, once again, don't get twisted. I am not saying you are. I'm just saying that this is the perception of other people. All right? It's a fact.

Something else that's a fact is if you have an unkempt beard. If your beard is super big, nasty, and unkempt, this makes you look low value. It also makes you look stinky. If you got a neck beard growing down—low value. If it's not edged up and it's growing up your face—low value. If you got nose hair, crazy eyebrows, or effed up skin—low value.

And yes, people can tell. I'm just saying, it looks bad. If you are losing your hair and trying to cover it with weird things—also a little bit low value, gentlemen. Embrace it! Grow a beard, shave your head, get some cool frames—period.

Next up, let's talk about some suits. If you're wearing a big baggy suit—low value. If you're wearing pants that puddle down by your ankle—low value. You've got to tailor them; you got to taper them. If you're wearing a little boy Polo, "who mama?" Now we're talking low value! Gentlemen, you got to upgrade that!

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Collars and Co make more than just perfect pols; that’s how they got started. I first heard about them when I was watching Shark Tank. Mark Cuban invested literally a million dollars in this company because he knew it solved the problem so many dudes are facing: how do you wear a polo and not look low value?

Ninety-nine percent of the polos on the market are gentlemen because they look terrible, and you also can't dress them up. That's one of the things that Collars and Co basically solves. You can wear their Polo underneath a sport coat or a suit or even a sweater and look amazing. The collar—look at that rigid, sexy, perfect dress shirt collar. The fabric—buttery soft and sexy.

Next, let's address clothing that doesn't fit your body. Whether it's pants that are too big, too bulky, or hanging down with a big super long crotch—low value, gentlemen! Your shirt is big, baggy, or the collar is all effed up—low value.

The fact is how your clothing fits matters greatly. It's going to make you look taller; it's going to make you look sexier. This outfit, one of my favorite old money style outfits: I've got the Navy Blazer, this boy is also from Collars and Co, and I've got a great pair of slim-fit pants that I had tailored.

Next, we're talking about your belt, gentlemen! Here’s the deal—belts totally mess up your look and value proposition. If it's beat up or worn out—no, low value! Make sure your belt looks good, not worn out! If it has holes, upgrade it!

If your belt doesn't match your shoes and you're wearing leather shoes—got to do better, guys! Belts are either casual or dressy; some are fabric, some are leather. When matching leather, make sure they match in finish and texture. If you’re wearing shiny black shoes, your belt needs to be shiny and black. If you're wearing a matte leather shoe, your belt needs to be matte.

Earrings on dudes? Low value. Just saying. The bigger the earrings, the bigger the gauges—the lower the value. I'm just being honest.

Next, let’s talk about denim jeans. Jeans that are skin-tight? Low value. Big, baggy jeans? Also low value. You got to make sure those jeans fit you properly. The fit of the clothing matters; the color of the clothing matters.

If you're wearing clothing with a lot of patterns, it might make you look a little funny and possibly low value. High value dudes aren’t wearing a bunch of fun, zany patterns, and they also don't wear fun ties or fun socks because nobody stylish or high value does.

This brings me to graphic t-shirts. If you’re wearing something with anything offensive—low value! If you’re wearing anything that has fun leaves of things that you smoke—low value.

Also, not dressing age-appropriate is low value. There are things some dudes wear that make them look like they're trying way too hard. Nothing makes a guy look more awkward than when you can tell he’s trying super hard to look young. It makes everybody else realize he’s probably a little desperate and insecure about getting older.

There's nothing wrong with age, gentlemen. It's going to happen to all of us. But the way you age—this is optional.

Take care of yourself, work out, take care of your skin, and dress well. You don't need to dress super trendy. You don't need to wear heavy branded things to show off your money because, in my opinion, that looks desperate and desperate looks low value.

Bottom line is this: you don’t need a ton of cash to look high value. It’s about wearing clothing that fits your body, that’s not wrinkled, worn out, or stained, and that is consistent with the way you want to be perceived by others. If you do this, you look high value.