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Took this photo at Sabolai Radio Music Festival 2014. Wanlov (and Villy) were gearing up to perform.
Prior to that set, PappyKojo had wowed the crowd.
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Thursday, July 30, 2015
Egg-Fried Rice Noodles with Chicken - Gordon Ramsay
Definitely trying this...where to get rice noodles in Ghana though...
101 Men's Fashion Mistakes
You've had 101 men's fashion tips so now it's time for the men's fashion mistakes. We see these mistakes so often that theyre well worth pointing out. If it so happens you've committed an error then we suggest you head on over to our 101 men's fashion tips to see if you can correct your sartorial errors. We've included a wide spectrum of fashion mistakes however the biggest men's fashion mistake, especially in summer is wearing socks with sandals, it's so much of a problem we haven't put it on the 101 list, we've put it right at at the top here. Chaps, don't do it.
1. Bad fit is bad.
2. Replacement – A common symptom of the fashion ignorant. This is where men replace a garment that’s worn out with one that’s identical. This means the man’s style never gets out of its rut.
3. Don’t ever wear a short sleeved shirt with a tie – Short sleeves are for hot weather and holidays, you wouldn’t want to wear your work tie on holiday now would you? So why are you wearing you’re holiday wear to work?builders-arse
4. The Builders Arse – Visible Butt Crack – don’t let it happen to you.
5. Unnaturally fake tan – if you didn’t get bronzed on the beach in St. Tropez it’s going to be blindingly obvious – you’ve been tangoed.
6. The backwards baseball cap. Unless you’re Justin Bieber or Kid Rock we don’t recommend this look to anyone.
7. Bum Bags or Fanny packs – What!!! No! Unless you’re backpacking around the world and buy one of the discreet type ones to keep your money safe then a bum bag is definitely never acceptable.
8. High Pants – Pants, trousers, jeans or any other leg covering garment should always sit on your natural waistline and not under your arm pits, Simon Cowell style.
9. Saggy Pants or ‘Jailin’ – Where the pants are hanging off your ass. This originates from prisons where the wearers belt is removed to prevent suicide attempts. Are you going for the death row look? It won’t bring you much happiness.saggy_pants
10. Comb over’s – Unless you’re football (soccer to our American readers) legend Bobby Charlton you can’t sport the comb over, and in all fairness Sir Bobby didn’t look too great with it either.
11. Hanging on to your hair. Especially those with pony tails and a bald head, a pony tail is a sign of good thick hair, but when it’s made up of the last 6 or 7 strands on your head, just lose it.
12. A white tie and a black shirt makes you look like you’re in the American-Italian mafia. Either that or you’re Mickey Pierce from only fools and horses.
13. Button Down collars shouldn’t be worn with double breasted suits or formal wear. The idea of the button down shirt was to stop the collar flapping up in the faces of polo players waving their polo sticks at each other howling, ‘hoorah henry!’.
14. Sports tops – no football, rugby, soccer or team shirts unless you’re going to the game.
15. White Socks with black shoes are a definite NO. Aren’t they Michael… Michael?
16. Ugg boots shouldn’t be worn by any man.
17. Never leave your shirt un-tucked unless you’re on holiday.
18. Don’t let your tie touch or go below your belt line.
19. Never wear free give-away company branded T-shirts or polo’s unless you’re repainting your house. Not only are the T-shirts the WORST fitting things ever, they make you look cheap.
20. Budgie Smugglers – No.
21. Wife Beaters – No.
22. Wife Beaters and Budgie Smugglers? Are you an East End gangster living in the Spanish Costa’s?
23. Guy lights – Bleached hair, bleached tips – a very common mistake to make for a man who thinks himself to be pretty.
24. Trousers or jeans that touch the floor. This just shows a total lack of care and conjures up images of mid 90’s moshers.
25. Leather anything – Any item of clothing that isn’t a leather jacket shouldn’t be leather.gordon_ramsay_trainers
26. Oakley’s sunglasses – For cycling, climbing or any other sport, fine. If you’re having a midlife crisis, think you look cool or have no sense of style then you know who you are. Get rid of the oakley’s and the knackered 80’s sports car too magnum.
27. Big fat pockets on shorts – just image you had a pair of trousers that had big pockets all the way down the leg, just like this type of short does. Would you wear them? We hope not, so don’t do it with shorts either.
28. Too much Aftershave (Cologne to our American readers) – Both men and women hate it, if you can’t talk to women then you aren’t going to make too many drinking buddies either.
29. Trainers are meant for the gym and not for going out in. Casual shoes instead.
30. Flip flops belong in two places – the beach and the swimming pool – don’t make them your wardrobe staple.
31. Dress for the occasion – When it’s -5˚ outside don’t dress in summer clothes. Espadrilles in winter will leave your feet like blocks of ice, the same goes for T-shirts.
32. Mob Mentality – A common thing the world over, common being both the noun and adjective all at once. This denotes large groups of lads who dress exactly alike, the ‘safety in numbers’ approach, guys, women will look at you and think “I have 12 options right there” and not one of you will stand out!
33. Don’t wear short sleeves if you’ve got skinny arms.
34. Super tight underwear – the last thing a woman see’s before you get into bed with her. Trust us it’s not the best aphrodisiac.
35. See through clothes –mesh baseball tops etc , things made of mesh– just don’t do it.
36. Bulky shoes – big fat bricks of shoes are in no way attractive and do nothing for your image.
37. Un-ironed shirts. It’s inexcusable.
38. The hat doesn’t make you cool. Throwing a trilby or a fedora with an outfit doesn’t automatically make you well dressed or cool.
39. Dirty shoes – not only will it shorten their lifespan but it just looks plain tatty ‘n’ ‘orrible.
40. Skinny guys don’t wear a big fat wide tie – it’ll make you look completely out of proportion.
41. VERY large tie knots – such as seen by premiership footballers should be prohibited, it looks cheese ball.
42. Mis-matched colours. Getting the belt, shoes and bag in different shades looks like your look has been thrown together with very little care or attention.
43. Slogan T-shirts – T-shirts that say things like ‘Miami beach club under 9’s reserve surf team’ have nothing whatsoever to do with you or your personality and worst of all some men are guilty of trying to let these things speak for their personality.
44. Humour T-shirts – T-shirts with jokes on them are a terrible way of attracting the wrong sort of attention, they’re only good for joke style presents at Christmas and if they’re lucky should graduate into the ‘lounging about or decorating’ section of your wardrobe.
45. Worn out clothes – Worn out clothes look terrible and you’ll look totally uncared for, and if you’re single this is made worse by the fact you look like you can’t care for yourself, so how can you care for that lingerie model you’ve been pursuing?
46. Backpacks – Excellent for camping or going round Europe meeting Australian bar tenders who are also travelling. A bit too child like for the office. A classic messenger or a satchel works much better.
47. Coloured contact lenses – they just look totally false and will attract the completely wrong sort of attention. Unless it’s Halloween, if it is, go mad.
48. Super-uber-mega-grooming – Joey Essex would be a good example with his man make-up, overly straightened hair and most likely feminine beauty routine. Women don’t like men who take more time to get ready than themselves.Too much jewellery
49. BIG Jewellery. It’s often noted that pub landlords of old would buy excess jewellery, sovereign rings, gold chains etc. They did it so their money was locked up in gold rather than in the taxman’s safe. You don’t want to go for the 70’s landlord chic.
50. Tucking in your T-shirt – This is never going to be a flattering look and seems to become more common as a bloke progresses through the years, don’t do it, get a t-shirt that lands on your belt line.
51. Clothes on the floor – clothes should be kept on hangers so that they keep their shape and maintain a good condition longer.
52. The dirty mark from last time you wore something should have been washed off. If you can’t get a stain off then seek professional help. Not for your head, the stain we mean.
53. The mobile phone on the belt – do you also drive a BMW and sell windows?
54. Filthy hands – Especially the nails. A woman will notice and so will anyone at any business appointment or social event. To the engineers, mechanics and tradesmen amongst you, you have all the more work to do.
55. FULL pockets – completely ruin the line of your trousers and your whole look, not to mention it looks like you just robbed a candy store.
56. You’re a big guy and you’ve got big muscles. It doesn’t mean we want to see you parading around half naked though does it, so the V neck jumper you have, the one where the V finishes at your belly button, yeah that one. Throw it away and get some proper clothes.
57. Wallets full with cards and receipts. A wallet is a refined and expensive item and shouldn’t be stuffed up with rubbish. Us men complain about women’s handbags – well it’s the same here, have a clear out!
58. Playing with your watch – a gentleman should always have a watch and shouldn’t need to play with it. Get used to wearing one.
59. Perpetual Sunglasses – Take them off when you’re indoors or when the sun has gone down! It’s like you’re saying, ‘I know and I admit I look better when you can’t see my face’.
60. Preening – excessive preening and self adoration are unattractive whatever sex you are.
61. Branded Wallets – the type of wallets made from material with a pocket for every eventuality are big and bulky enough on their own, when they’re filled with everything you don’t need they’re even bigger.
62. Excess body hair – especially on the upper chest and neck. There’s nothing wrong with a rugged display of masculinity, but when your body hair looks like it’s eating your face from the front and back it won’t do you much good.
63. Tucking jeans, trousers or whatever into your socks. If you're riding a bike and you don’t want to get your trousers caught in the bike then get a trouser leg cuff clip – it won’t crease your trousers up like tucking in does.
64. White jeans – probably the least versatile and most Euro-trash item you could buy.
65. Oversized baggy shirts – A shirts shoulder seems should line up with your own shoulders and the collar shouldn’t fall halfway down your chest.
66. Don’t wear walking boots with anything other than walking gear.
67. Trainers with a suit. Gordon Ramsey has to be one of the most famous advocates of wearing a suit jacket, jeans and…a big old pair of running shoes.
68. Men with a large beer gut should make sure their T-shirt covers the belly. The belly that protrudes from under a t-shirt is unsightly.
69. Don’t wear both a belt and a set of braces.
70. Not trying clothes on in the store is like not test driving a car.
71. Novelty ties should be avoided. A tie was designed for authoritarian and notable men, not designed to be a point of humour.
72. Don’t be a billboard – Having Armani or D&G slapped across your chest looks like your trying to make yourself look wealthy. It does the opposite.
73. In relation to the above – No Ed Hardy. He’s done such wonderful things for the tattoo industry but for crying out loud, leave fashion to those who know what they’re doing.
74. Fake Tan hands and excess fake tan on your clothes just isn’t attractive and looks like you’ve been finger painting with the honey monster.
75. Don’t leave excess hair product in your hair. Globules of wax, gel, putty or anything for that matter are just plain awful.
76. White Kids dressing like they’re from the Ghetto, ‘you ain’t street bruvva is it’.white_guy_dressing_black
77. Never leave your tie loose with a shirt button undone. In a casual situation then it’s more acceptable, but at a formal occasion it just isn’t.
78. Shaving the false jaw line in won’t make you look more cut, it just emphasises your double chin more. If done properly with stubble it can work.
79. Overly straightened hair is just as bad as wearing a lot of man make-up. It looks shocking and over powering.
80. Ginger hair dyed black. Don’t dye your hair black, there’s a lot of stigma around ginger or red hair but the fact is it’s one of the rarest colours of hair going! Rare is good.
81. The Ultra-low T-shirt neckline as seen in Geordie shore is terrible and shouldn’t be replicated.
82. Anything you see on Geordie shore is wrong.
83. Anything you see on Jersey shore is wrong.
84. Anything you see on The Only Way Is Essex is wrong.
85. Don’t dress in a constant state of ‘I just got up’. We see it all the time, the oversize hoody, jogging bottoms and flip flops are a definite NO.
86. A Gilet (body warmer) is meant to keep you warm in cold weather, such as for ski-in and outdoor sports, it’s not every day fashion and don’t make it your signature.
87. Big Vivian Westwood ear rings. We like Vivian and we like her clothes but the huge brash ear ring has become the talisman of every wannabe pretty boy. It’s as obvious as a chav in a fake Burberry cap.
88. Tracksuits and sportswear should be worn for their purpose and not as a fashion statement.geordie_shore_low_neckline
89. ‘Peacocking’ – as made famous in the book ‘The Game’ by Neil Strauss is no way to attract the type of woman you want to marry.
90. Don’t get a tattoo just to be fashionable, it’s on your arm, ass or your back for the rest of your life. Will fiddy-cent be remembered in 2065???
91. Just because you can’t be bothered to button up your button fly it doesn’t mean we want to see it.
92. Old school running shorts are not meant for fashion purposes.
93. Vintage shopping does not mean pulling out your dads old jumper.
94. A T-shirt, jumper or cardigan that’s longer than your jacket looks weird and makes you look short.
95. Let your own style develop and don’t be dictated to on what you should be wearing, be it an over demanding partner or a friend or your mother.
96. Don’t have your mother do your shopping.
97. Mismatched colours on top and bottom in a suit are terrible, either go for something in two very noticeably different colours or not at all.
98. An oversized suit is possibly the biggest sartorial faux pas. A well fitted suit will work wonders for your image. Get your free guide to mens suits here.
99. Don’t wear a tartan wedding outfit if you’re not Scottish.
100. Don’t wear the same outfit for every occasion. Casual for casual, smart for smart.
101. Don’t go buying clothes that you think you MIGHT fit into one day. Stick to your size!
1. Bad fit is bad.
2. Replacement – A common symptom of the fashion ignorant. This is where men replace a garment that’s worn out with one that’s identical. This means the man’s style never gets out of its rut.
3. Don’t ever wear a short sleeved shirt with a tie – Short sleeves are for hot weather and holidays, you wouldn’t want to wear your work tie on holiday now would you? So why are you wearing you’re holiday wear to work?builders-arse
4. The Builders Arse – Visible Butt Crack – don’t let it happen to you.
5. Unnaturally fake tan – if you didn’t get bronzed on the beach in St. Tropez it’s going to be blindingly obvious – you’ve been tangoed.
6. The backwards baseball cap. Unless you’re Justin Bieber or Kid Rock we don’t recommend this look to anyone.
7. Bum Bags or Fanny packs – What!!! No! Unless you’re backpacking around the world and buy one of the discreet type ones to keep your money safe then a bum bag is definitely never acceptable.
8. High Pants – Pants, trousers, jeans or any other leg covering garment should always sit on your natural waistline and not under your arm pits, Simon Cowell style.
9. Saggy Pants or ‘Jailin’ – Where the pants are hanging off your ass. This originates from prisons where the wearers belt is removed to prevent suicide attempts. Are you going for the death row look? It won’t bring you much happiness.saggy_pants
10. Comb over’s – Unless you’re football (soccer to our American readers) legend Bobby Charlton you can’t sport the comb over, and in all fairness Sir Bobby didn’t look too great with it either.
11. Hanging on to your hair. Especially those with pony tails and a bald head, a pony tail is a sign of good thick hair, but when it’s made up of the last 6 or 7 strands on your head, just lose it.
12. A white tie and a black shirt makes you look like you’re in the American-Italian mafia. Either that or you’re Mickey Pierce from only fools and horses.
13. Button Down collars shouldn’t be worn with double breasted suits or formal wear. The idea of the button down shirt was to stop the collar flapping up in the faces of polo players waving their polo sticks at each other howling, ‘hoorah henry!’.
14. Sports tops – no football, rugby, soccer or team shirts unless you’re going to the game.
15. White Socks with black shoes are a definite NO. Aren’t they Michael… Michael?
16. Ugg boots shouldn’t be worn by any man.
17. Never leave your shirt un-tucked unless you’re on holiday.
18. Don’t let your tie touch or go below your belt line.
19. Never wear free give-away company branded T-shirts or polo’s unless you’re repainting your house. Not only are the T-shirts the WORST fitting things ever, they make you look cheap.
20. Budgie Smugglers – No.
21. Wife Beaters – No.
22. Wife Beaters and Budgie Smugglers? Are you an East End gangster living in the Spanish Costa’s?
23. Guy lights – Bleached hair, bleached tips – a very common mistake to make for a man who thinks himself to be pretty.
24. Trousers or jeans that touch the floor. This just shows a total lack of care and conjures up images of mid 90’s moshers.
25. Leather anything – Any item of clothing that isn’t a leather jacket shouldn’t be leather.gordon_ramsay_trainers
26. Oakley’s sunglasses – For cycling, climbing or any other sport, fine. If you’re having a midlife crisis, think you look cool or have no sense of style then you know who you are. Get rid of the oakley’s and the knackered 80’s sports car too magnum.
27. Big fat pockets on shorts – just image you had a pair of trousers that had big pockets all the way down the leg, just like this type of short does. Would you wear them? We hope not, so don’t do it with shorts either.
28. Too much Aftershave (Cologne to our American readers) – Both men and women hate it, if you can’t talk to women then you aren’t going to make too many drinking buddies either.
29. Trainers are meant for the gym and not for going out in. Casual shoes instead.
30. Flip flops belong in two places – the beach and the swimming pool – don’t make them your wardrobe staple.
31. Dress for the occasion – When it’s -5˚ outside don’t dress in summer clothes. Espadrilles in winter will leave your feet like blocks of ice, the same goes for T-shirts.
32. Mob Mentality – A common thing the world over, common being both the noun and adjective all at once. This denotes large groups of lads who dress exactly alike, the ‘safety in numbers’ approach, guys, women will look at you and think “I have 12 options right there” and not one of you will stand out!
33. Don’t wear short sleeves if you’ve got skinny arms.
34. Super tight underwear – the last thing a woman see’s before you get into bed with her. Trust us it’s not the best aphrodisiac.
35. See through clothes –mesh baseball tops etc , things made of mesh– just don’t do it.
36. Bulky shoes – big fat bricks of shoes are in no way attractive and do nothing for your image.
37. Un-ironed shirts. It’s inexcusable.
38. The hat doesn’t make you cool. Throwing a trilby or a fedora with an outfit doesn’t automatically make you well dressed or cool.
39. Dirty shoes – not only will it shorten their lifespan but it just looks plain tatty ‘n’ ‘orrible.
40. Skinny guys don’t wear a big fat wide tie – it’ll make you look completely out of proportion.
41. VERY large tie knots – such as seen by premiership footballers should be prohibited, it looks cheese ball.
42. Mis-matched colours. Getting the belt, shoes and bag in different shades looks like your look has been thrown together with very little care or attention.
43. Slogan T-shirts – T-shirts that say things like ‘Miami beach club under 9’s reserve surf team’ have nothing whatsoever to do with you or your personality and worst of all some men are guilty of trying to let these things speak for their personality.
44. Humour T-shirts – T-shirts with jokes on them are a terrible way of attracting the wrong sort of attention, they’re only good for joke style presents at Christmas and if they’re lucky should graduate into the ‘lounging about or decorating’ section of your wardrobe.
45. Worn out clothes – Worn out clothes look terrible and you’ll look totally uncared for, and if you’re single this is made worse by the fact you look like you can’t care for yourself, so how can you care for that lingerie model you’ve been pursuing?
46. Backpacks – Excellent for camping or going round Europe meeting Australian bar tenders who are also travelling. A bit too child like for the office. A classic messenger or a satchel works much better.
47. Coloured contact lenses – they just look totally false and will attract the completely wrong sort of attention. Unless it’s Halloween, if it is, go mad.
48. Super-uber-mega-grooming – Joey Essex would be a good example with his man make-up, overly straightened hair and most likely feminine beauty routine. Women don’t like men who take more time to get ready than themselves.Too much jewellery
49. BIG Jewellery. It’s often noted that pub landlords of old would buy excess jewellery, sovereign rings, gold chains etc. They did it so their money was locked up in gold rather than in the taxman’s safe. You don’t want to go for the 70’s landlord chic.
50. Tucking in your T-shirt – This is never going to be a flattering look and seems to become more common as a bloke progresses through the years, don’t do it, get a t-shirt that lands on your belt line.
51. Clothes on the floor – clothes should be kept on hangers so that they keep their shape and maintain a good condition longer.
52. The dirty mark from last time you wore something should have been washed off. If you can’t get a stain off then seek professional help. Not for your head, the stain we mean.
53. The mobile phone on the belt – do you also drive a BMW and sell windows?
54. Filthy hands – Especially the nails. A woman will notice and so will anyone at any business appointment or social event. To the engineers, mechanics and tradesmen amongst you, you have all the more work to do.
55. FULL pockets – completely ruin the line of your trousers and your whole look, not to mention it looks like you just robbed a candy store.
56. You’re a big guy and you’ve got big muscles. It doesn’t mean we want to see you parading around half naked though does it, so the V neck jumper you have, the one where the V finishes at your belly button, yeah that one. Throw it away and get some proper clothes.
57. Wallets full with cards and receipts. A wallet is a refined and expensive item and shouldn’t be stuffed up with rubbish. Us men complain about women’s handbags – well it’s the same here, have a clear out!
58. Playing with your watch – a gentleman should always have a watch and shouldn’t need to play with it. Get used to wearing one.
59. Perpetual Sunglasses – Take them off when you’re indoors or when the sun has gone down! It’s like you’re saying, ‘I know and I admit I look better when you can’t see my face’.
60. Preening – excessive preening and self adoration are unattractive whatever sex you are.
61. Branded Wallets – the type of wallets made from material with a pocket for every eventuality are big and bulky enough on their own, when they’re filled with everything you don’t need they’re even bigger.
62. Excess body hair – especially on the upper chest and neck. There’s nothing wrong with a rugged display of masculinity, but when your body hair looks like it’s eating your face from the front and back it won’t do you much good.
63. Tucking jeans, trousers or whatever into your socks. If you're riding a bike and you don’t want to get your trousers caught in the bike then get a trouser leg cuff clip – it won’t crease your trousers up like tucking in does.
64. White jeans – probably the least versatile and most Euro-trash item you could buy.
65. Oversized baggy shirts – A shirts shoulder seems should line up with your own shoulders and the collar shouldn’t fall halfway down your chest.
66. Don’t wear walking boots with anything other than walking gear.
67. Trainers with a suit. Gordon Ramsey has to be one of the most famous advocates of wearing a suit jacket, jeans and…a big old pair of running shoes.
68. Men with a large beer gut should make sure their T-shirt covers the belly. The belly that protrudes from under a t-shirt is unsightly.
69. Don’t wear both a belt and a set of braces.
70. Not trying clothes on in the store is like not test driving a car.
71. Novelty ties should be avoided. A tie was designed for authoritarian and notable men, not designed to be a point of humour.
72. Don’t be a billboard – Having Armani or D&G slapped across your chest looks like your trying to make yourself look wealthy. It does the opposite.
73. In relation to the above – No Ed Hardy. He’s done such wonderful things for the tattoo industry but for crying out loud, leave fashion to those who know what they’re doing.
74. Fake Tan hands and excess fake tan on your clothes just isn’t attractive and looks like you’ve been finger painting with the honey monster.
75. Don’t leave excess hair product in your hair. Globules of wax, gel, putty or anything for that matter are just plain awful.
76. White Kids dressing like they’re from the Ghetto, ‘you ain’t street bruvva is it’.white_guy_dressing_black
77. Never leave your tie loose with a shirt button undone. In a casual situation then it’s more acceptable, but at a formal occasion it just isn’t.
78. Shaving the false jaw line in won’t make you look more cut, it just emphasises your double chin more. If done properly with stubble it can work.
79. Overly straightened hair is just as bad as wearing a lot of man make-up. It looks shocking and over powering.
80. Ginger hair dyed black. Don’t dye your hair black, there’s a lot of stigma around ginger or red hair but the fact is it’s one of the rarest colours of hair going! Rare is good.
81. The Ultra-low T-shirt neckline as seen in Geordie shore is terrible and shouldn’t be replicated.
82. Anything you see on Geordie shore is wrong.
83. Anything you see on Jersey shore is wrong.
84. Anything you see on The Only Way Is Essex is wrong.
85. Don’t dress in a constant state of ‘I just got up’. We see it all the time, the oversize hoody, jogging bottoms and flip flops are a definite NO.
86. A Gilet (body warmer) is meant to keep you warm in cold weather, such as for ski-in and outdoor sports, it’s not every day fashion and don’t make it your signature.
87. Big Vivian Westwood ear rings. We like Vivian and we like her clothes but the huge brash ear ring has become the talisman of every wannabe pretty boy. It’s as obvious as a chav in a fake Burberry cap.
88. Tracksuits and sportswear should be worn for their purpose and not as a fashion statement.geordie_shore_low_neckline
89. ‘Peacocking’ – as made famous in the book ‘The Game’ by Neil Strauss is no way to attract the type of woman you want to marry.
90. Don’t get a tattoo just to be fashionable, it’s on your arm, ass or your back for the rest of your life. Will fiddy-cent be remembered in 2065???
91. Just because you can’t be bothered to button up your button fly it doesn’t mean we want to see it.
92. Old school running shorts are not meant for fashion purposes.
93. Vintage shopping does not mean pulling out your dads old jumper.
94. A T-shirt, jumper or cardigan that’s longer than your jacket looks weird and makes you look short.
95. Let your own style develop and don’t be dictated to on what you should be wearing, be it an over demanding partner or a friend or your mother.
96. Don’t have your mother do your shopping.
97. Mismatched colours on top and bottom in a suit are terrible, either go for something in two very noticeably different colours or not at all.
98. An oversized suit is possibly the biggest sartorial faux pas. A well fitted suit will work wonders for your image. Get your free guide to mens suits here.
99. Don’t wear a tartan wedding outfit if you’re not Scottish.
100. Don’t wear the same outfit for every occasion. Casual for casual, smart for smart.
101. Don’t go buying clothes that you think you MIGHT fit into one day. Stick to your size!
5 Benefits of Kissing
5 Benefits of Kissing
Kissing is great for romantic bonding and just as awesome for your health.
We know kissing as a social pleasantry, the appropriate ending to a date and a means of connecting with our main squeeze. The collision of lips and tongues that we often take for granted has a whole lot more bubbling under the surface than what meets the eye. Swine flu scares and mono aside, kissing actually does a body very, very good.
1. Kissing boosts immunity. A recent study reported in the journal Medical Hypotheses says kissing may increase a woman’s immunity from Cytomegalovirus. Cytomegalovirus, contracted through mouth to mouth contact, can cause infant blindness and other birth defects if the mother is a carrier during pregnancy. Otherwise, the bug is relatively harmless in adults. Kissing has long been thought to be a way to pass along bugs and thus strengthen the body’s defenses.
Read: How to Kiss Well
2. Kissing helps you pick the best mate. Anthropologist Helen Fisher describes kissing as a “mate assessment tool.” Much of the cortex is devoted to picking up sensations from around the lips, cheeks, tongue and nose. Out of 12 cranial nerves, five of them are picking up the data from around the mouth. It is built to pick up the most sensitive feelings—the most intricate tastes and smells and touch and temperature. And when you’re kissing somebody, you can really hear them and see them and feel them. So kissing is not just kissing. It is a profound advertisement of who you are, what you want and what you can give.
Other researchers note that kissing is biology’s way of determining who in nature you are most genetically compatible with. “At the moment of the kiss, there are hard-wired mechanisms that assess health, reproductive status and genetic compatibility,” says Gordon G. Gallup Jr., a professor of evolutionary psychology at the State University of New York at Albany who studies reproductive competition and the biology of interpersonal attraction. “Therefore, what happens during that first kiss can be a make-or-break proposition.”
3. Kissing burns calories! Depending on different reports, anywhere from 2 to 6 calories a minute. Not quite a jog on the treadmill, but an hours worth of smooching may burn off half a handful of M&Ms or half a glass of wine. Hey, it’s something. Being On Top
4. Kissing keeps facial muscles strong. Sure tight abs or cellulite-free thighs may be first on the Tone Up list, but don’t underestimate the workout your mouth gets during a makeout session. Researchers say you use 30 muscles while kissing and the smooching helps keep your cheeks tight. Nice. We’ll take what we can get.
5. Kissing naturally relaxes you. Scientific reports say kissing increases the levels of oxytocin, the body’s natural calming chemical and also increased endorphins, the body’s feel-good chemicals. Swapping spit is also noted to increase dopamine, which aids in feelings of romantic attachment.
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