what 5 items you believe every stylish man should have ?

[Raz]

Gentlemen,

I am raising a very old topic this topic was raised by a style forum member RainCityClotheshound on March 18th, 2002 the topic is

what 5 items you believe every stylish man should have ?

I am interested to know that if you Gentlemen still have the same style or over the 4 years your style has been changed

Thank you in advance for your responses.

 

[well-kept]

toothbrush
razor
comb
nail clippers
bar of soap

After that, feel free to make choices.

 

[kitonbrioni]

Compassion
Manners
Taste
Eye for color
Attractive woman

 

[DocHolliday]

Following on the two fine answers above, I'll add five items that I consider essential because they're so entirely non-essential. No charcoal suit here.

1. A really fine, full-length umbrella. One of the most luxurious things a man can buy, in my book. I have a few I love. One I found at a junk store for $7.50, and it probably didn't cost much more than that new. But it's sturdy, pencil-thin and has a lovely handle. So much nicer than parading around with a cheap plastic model. I actually look forward to rainy days.

2. A nice pen. Something thick enough to write with comfortably, and just expensive enough to warrant keeping up with.

3. A good razor. It's nice to begin the day with a small touch of elegance, and with a razor with enough weight to be felt in the hand.

4. A sportcoat not fit for serious business. I'm thinking of one I have in particular. It's a tatty old hacking jacket, with a wasp waist and a bold pattern. It's had the daylights beaten out of it, and I love it all the more for that very reason. (Substitute any other clothing item for "sportcoat," as long as it's unwearable to the office. And if you do wear it to the office anyway, all the better.)

5. Mechanical watch, particularly a manual wind. There's something soothing about the ritual of winding a watch, and it's one of the more pleasant reminders of our mortality.

I could come up with tons of others, but I'll stop at the requested five.

 

[designprofessor]

One thing for sure: Salma Hayek's phone number!

 

[sho'nuff]

1 good character kept when under fire and when no one is watching

2 good wife/gf by your side

3 confidence/intelligence/talent/sows his talent to help others not just to show off or to say:"hey, i still can do better than you by pure talent alone"
that is not good.
i rather be the person who had less talent and tried hard.

4 santoni fam split toes. $950 nordstrom ones

5 correctly sized u lasted Vass shoes

 

[Soph]

1. MONEY and the ability to make more of it
2. This can solve most of your problems and allow you to hire the best, wear the best, travel the best, live the best.
3. You will pay alot of taxes which will then go on to help our country and those less fortunate
4. You can then give to help others
5. Always improve in 1. career 2. health and fitness 3. social skills (dressing better manners Mixed Martial Arts

4. financial management / investment 5. Read and take classes 6. Have healthy sex

 

[acidboy]

wit
humor
humility
honesty
clean underwear

 

[masqueofhastur]

Originally Posted by acidicboy

wit
humor
humility
honesty
clean underwear

just in case you get hit by a bus?

 

[well-kept]

If you can't make a good joke after being flattened by a bus you have no right to call yourself a stand-up.

 

[vanity]

Humor
Intelligence
The ability to laugh at yourself
As many styles of great shoes you can afford.

 

[Mr. Checks]

1. The ability to distinguish between having style and being stylish.

2. The self-confidence to follow rule #1.

3. Copy of Manton's book

4. Copy of Present at the Creation

5. Good dog (okay, okay, or a cat, but only the late, great one...)

 

[LARon]

Hard to top any of the above responses -- which just goes to show the talent, humility and frankness of the members of this forum -- yet I'll offer my two cents:

1. a navy suit
2. a white shirt and white linen hankie
3. an elegant tie (color/pattern tbd)
4. a good mechanical watch
5. and the best pair of brown shoes you can afford

 

[Nantucket Red]

1. A scathing wit capable of putting boorish people in their place.

2. Good grooming habits.

3. An adequate rotation of suits that fit well.

4. At least one very heirloom-quality mechanical watch.

5. An adequate rotation of high-quality shoes, both dress and casual.

And don't forget, every gentleman should have a handgun.

 

[lawyerdad]

Originally Posted by vanity

Humor
Intelligence
The ability to laugh at yourself
As many styles of great shoes you can afford.
And basic math skills makes five.

(The first four sound pretty good.)