What to say in your intro? Share where you're from, your reason for joining, perhaps your favorite fragrance, watch or a picture of you dressed sharp! It's a small action, but a HUGE step in you getting value from this community becasue you go from being a lurker to an ACTIVE member. In fact men that introduce themselves are 10X more likely to the actions to becoming their best selves. Bonus Point - By introducing yourself you're guaranteed to level-up. Seriously, you'll get at least 5-20 likes/points (oftentimes more) which will move you to level 2 and possibly level 3. And just like that you have access to more of this community!

These last two lessons, finish off the Wardrobe building module. Online shopping for clothing is not really something I do. I spend a lot of time online looking at clothing combinations and if I am not on Pinterest I am looking at J. Press and Ben Silver. But actually shopping? I have only bought one by pair of trousers from Ben Silver and an EBay J. press tweed sport coat (my only thrifted garment ever online). I am a go-into-a-store try on kind of guy. While I appreciate the info., (like be very aware of your measurements) online is not my thing. I am more of a tactile guy, who likes the catalogs. The last lesson in this wardrobe building entitled practice dressing sharply is something that I see you brothers doing daily with your posts. Personally this is something I began doing 50 years ago except for the brief period 2001-2008 I got a bit fat and lazy, I practiced dressing well pretty consistently. Joining this community was kind of like Rocky breaking the raw egg and running up the Philadelphia steps: hard slow start but It don’t take me long to get my mojo back. This stuff works, the Style System, even helped this old 50 years old in the game veteran clothes guy and I know it can help you. If you haven’t done so already , make the investment. While there are two remaining modules in TSS with ten more lessons, there are a lot of guys more qualified than I to discuss its valuable info., regarding grooming and appearances (watches, scents, hair products etc), as well as the social skills and presentation module. FYI, I am working on a series in my head of expanding discussion into living space with the concept of real men real LIFEstyle. I have some home projects that I have started (similar vein to the lesson on The Style System called Wardrobe Assessment and Purging). I am attacking parts of the house to up grade the “style” of my environment. Let me know if this would be of interest to you.

For those of us who dress up for Trick-or-Treating and/or Halloween parties, what are your costumes going to be this year? My wife and I will be dressing as a Firefly duo: Captain Malcolm Reynolds and mechanic Kaylee Frye...

Since @Antonio Cent suggested a 3-piece safety razor instead of a butterfly to start with because it holds the blade more securely, I decided on a King C. Gillette model. It was available locally so I could get started right away, it was inexpensive enough that I wouldn't worry if I didn't like the experience, and it came with 5 blades. This may not be the razor I eventually end up with, but it will do for now. I only use it on weekends (and days when I'm off work due to being ill like today) and I'm still refining my technique. I'm only shaving with the grain and have finally learned what that is on different parts of my face. At least I can get through a full shave now without nicking myself, even though it may not be as close as I'd like. 😆 However, I was wise enough to buy a styptic pencil BEFORE I started in with the safety razor, and it certainly came in handy for those first few shaves. My first shave was nick-free, but I was being VERY careful. I grew bolder and more confident over the next few, at the expense of a little bloodletting. Time will tell if I can get as close as I want without reaching for the alum.

A few months ago I popped into the one mens store in our small community. I do that periodically to grab some Pendleton items if on sale. Their tailored garments are clearly on the low end of the spectrum but this is the second time I have found a miss-sized (Chinese made) coat with a massive mark down. The first time about 5 years ago was a brushed cotton burgundy blazer allegedly a 46R marked down to $60. This time I saw a 40R (really a 42) already marked down to $89 with another discount (forgot the exact amount). I have paid more for pocket squares. So I jumped on this wool (or so it says) gunclub check coat. Getting dressed using a flashlight in my closet at 5:30 AM for a 6:30 meeting I was inspired the other day of combining it with a denim shirt. I had flipped the frayed collar on 30 year old Harold’s denim shirt that sufficed, grabbed my Orvis Duck cloth heavy khakis, Alden Indiana Jones boots, Pendleton socks, Weneger field watch. The Scotch Tape tailoring 😉, on the sleeves made me a few minutes late to the meeting.