General style advice from.... me.

Just wanted to share some of my personal philosophies in regard to fashion/upkeep/grooming.

• Never leave your house not feeling good about your outfit. If you don't care, you don't care, but if you're someone like me, it will bother you the rest of the day, and may even have an influence on how you feel and present yourself to others. The right outfit can be quite the confidence booster.

• If you sweat, you must shower, simple as that.

• Keep your body in check, under control. Trim your nails, clean behind your ears, get rid of excess body hair (Andrew Scarcella). Keep it neat and trim. Exercise. Be active, in every possible way.

• The most important factor when picking out clothes is the fit. Know your body/body type and only buy what suits you, what compliments your strengths, and disguises your weaknesses.

• When considering a new hairstyle, don't bring a photo of your favorite celebrity (that looks nothing like you) with an extreme hairdo to your stylist, unless you really think you can pull it off. If you look like David Letterman you'll never look like David Beckham, so don't frost your tips. Actually, no one should ever frost their tips.

• Keep your eye on the trends, but don't live and die by the trends. It's ok to like and wear something that is "of the moment," but you don't want to look like everyone else that shops at the trendiest of stores. Mix things up. Check out vintage shops, look for original items online. Having your own personal style is like having your own unique personality. Do you want to be boring and predictable or do you want to be interesting and slightly mysterious?

• Discovering new scents can be an exciting experience. It's ok to own more than one cologne, in fact you should definitely own more than one. Daytime vs. night time, different occasions, different moods. Oh, and you can mix them up too, experiment, but don't overdo it. Two sprays is the MAX.

• Take care of your skin, it's your largest organ. No one wants to run their fingers along a dry patch of flesh. Don't forget about your hands/feet, and most importantly, your face.

• You don't have to match. Just put something together and take a look in the mirror, if there's hesitation then something is probably off. But at least try, don't play it safe, at least not all the time.

• Look and act your age. Seriously.

• If you wear a loud item of clothing make sure it's the ONLY loud item of clothing, everything else on your body should act as a diffuser.

• Lastly, you can look incredible, and still be an asshole. So don't be an asshole, be a gentleman.

- Phillip Istomin