If you can slip two fingers between your neck and the buttoned collar of a new dress shirt, the shirt will fit comfortably after laundering.
The shirt placket, the belt buckle, and the trouser fly should all line up.
Speaking of belt buckles, the point of your tie should never fall below it.
Rent no clothing.
Women notice shoes.
Neckties decorated with cartoon characters, golf tees, or the paintings of dead rock musicians coordinate with nothing.
You can't wear a bow tie with anything other than a tuxedo if you're under forty-five or not a famous novelist or not a total geek, professor.
Very few people want to see you in black leather pants, and those who do might not be your target audience.
One ring, maximum. On a finger. Silver or platinum, not gold.
It is far better to arrive at an event overdressed than underdressed: People will think you've got somewhere more important to go afterward.
The only thing worse than wearing socks that don't cover one's calves is wearing patterned socks that don't cover one's calves!
If you lose one cuff link, remove the remaining orphan!
Your belt and shoes should match in color, if not in material.
Whether a tie is too fat or too skinny should be decided by you, on a tie-by-tie basis.
When in doubt, ask a woman!
There is no foot pain so severe, no dress shoe so fragile, no commute so arduous, as to justify the sartorial holocaust that is wearing sneakers with a suit.
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