Let me guess, the last time your brogues saw a brush was sometime just before a wedding, job interview or important meeting. Shoe maintenance can be a time consuming affair – but only if you let it. Compiling a care kit is not only simple, but probably a lot less expensive than you think!

Use the following guide to help get the sheen back into your shoes and increase your loafers’ lifespan by several years.

After reading my recent article, “Men’s Oral Health: Controlling Bad Breath”, a regular reader got in contact to ask a quick question relating to the subject. I’m afraid it was part of a longer email, so I’ll have to paraphrase as best I can:


“…I’m constantly having problems with stinky breath, so your article on Men’s Oral Health: Controlling Bad Breath was very useful. Do you know of any way I can check my breath throughout the day so I don’t offend anyone in the office…?”

Picture the scenario; you’re stood in the store, looking for a messenger bag. The sheer range of choice is overwhelming. There are all sorts of materials, textures, sizes and shapes on offer. How on earth do you whittle down the options to one?

Fear not! Today I’m going to teach you how to pick out your perfect bag. Although I’m using messenger bags in this example, the rules still apply to all other styles including briefcases and sports bags.

Over the past few days, I’ve trawled through the archives here at ‘Guy Style Guide’ to create a compact fashion guide including all the male styling hints and tips that you simply cannot afford to ignore if you want to look smart and chic.

Here’s a list of the top fifteen fashion commandments I’ve given you in the past, revised and expanded, so you’ll have no excuse to break them in the future:

As you may have guessed, I’m asked a whole host of questions every day. Some about suits, some about ties, some about bracelets. However, the single most common query I’m asked, on an almost daily basis, is one I’ve already tackled in the Frequently Asked Questions area:

“Why do you never mention specific designers/labels/etc?”

Obviously I’m not explaining myself clearly enough, so I thought I’d author a post to give you guys a better understanding behind my reasoning.

It’s Johnathan here, your loveable ‘Guy Style Guide’ author.

As you know, I’m no stranger to writing e-books; in the past six months I’ve authored two, “Male Wardrobe Essentials” and “Finding The Perfect Suit”. Both of these books came about in an unplanned fashion; to make a long story short, these were blog posts I’d started writing that ultimately spiralled out of control…

In a first for ‘Guy Style Guide’, today I’m featuring a fantastically written guest post: It comes from Sam over at ‘Gambie Clothing’, a fantastic blog that sifts through everything the internet has to offer and serves up only the finest nuggets on men’s fashion, fitness and lifestyle.

So without further ado, take it away Sam…

Continuing in the same vein as my “How to Become More Successful With Women … Instantly!” post, I present my instant weight loss solution: clothing. By altering your appearance, you can shed ‘invisible pounds’ and look like you’ve been dieting, even when you haven’t.

So ditch those online pill merchants, flush those meal replacement shakes, grab yourself a tape measure and make yourself ten pounds lighter today!

In a previous post, I made it clear that you needn’t be hindered by your poor clothing decisions. Correcting the mistakes of the past is relatively simple, and can easily be done in a matter of minutes…

However, today I’m going to give you five good reasons as to why fashion faux pas can sometimes be a very good thing.

I want you to begin our style adventure today by quickly taking stock of what you’re wearing right this second now. Personally, I’m in a white t-shirt and deep indigo jeans with black cotton socks and blue underwear.

I want you to take a good look at your outfit, and ask yourself a really important rhetorical question…

Smart casual is an oxymoron that most men could do without. What part of an outfit should stay formal, and what elements can be relaxed? Can we “pick and mix” colours, and what about fabrics?

Well, in an effort to help sort out the confusion, I present this simple guide to going ‘smart-casual’. Hopefully, you’ll be able to garner enough information from it to sort out your mixed-wardrobe dilemmas.