Look # 1 Khaki and Purple

Suit: Banana Republic

Shirt: Banana Republic

Shades: Puma

Tie: Express

Pocket Square: J. W. Nordstrom

Shoes: Banana Republic

Get a Tailor

if you have accepted the fact that you are short the next thing to happen will be this: you are gonna realize that there's very little stuff made for your exact height. I am a 33/28 in pants and i never find anybody making pants that size, at least here in Miami. So, what do i do? Tailor my pants.

Some stores will offer to hem the pants but if I'm buying

a suit, the jacket sleeves will also be too long and not every store does that. So I just prefer to take the whole thing down to my tailor. This way i make sure that the suit will fit me like it should.

Everybody has a different build and mass produced clothes are made following certain standards; that is why a suit will not fit everybody the same way. Some are broader in the shoulders (like me), some are thin, etc; so to ensure that your clothes fit perfectly find yourself a tailor.

Finding a tailor is not as easy as finding somebody that knows how to alter clothes, is just as complex as to find a tattoo artist: you need to feel comfortable and confident in his expertise, after all you are putting your clothes on his hands to cut and sew at will and if he makes a mistake, well…too bad.

So take your time looking for a tailor and once you find him try to build a relationship with him. Italians for example are as close to their tailors than to their mothers, ergo, they are always sharply dressed.

Also, those models you see in the ads? Everything they're wearing has also been tailored, so don't think that if you look like a model everything will look perfect on you.

So go ahead and Google within your area for a tailor or ask around if you have any sharp dressed friends.

Live and Miami and can't find a good tailor? Try mine!

John the Tailor is Located in 5609 sw 74th st. (305) 667- 8768

Embrace your shortness

Accept it. Look at yourself in the mirror. Don’t lie to yourself.
You need to stand on your toes to reach certain things. You can never be in the back of a group photo.
Don’t call it “being average” , say it with me: I AM SHORT
So? Does being short mean that automatically you became evil, stupid or handicapped? NO
I’m not going to mention all the remarkable short people that existed through history, because being short doesn’t mean you are by default smart or rich either.
But if you are short and make peace with that fact of life, you should also dress accordingly.
Do not wear clothes that are baggy on you, they don’t make you look taller (or thinner). They make you look like you borrowed your dad’s clothes. They make you look shorter. They make you look sloppy, non professional and not worth of any special attention (because you’d be hiding in those horrid clothes).
You should look like what you are: a unique being.
Regarding fashion currents, this is the perfect time to embrace your shortness: trouser pleats are finally “out” and skinny jeans, tapered pants and 2-button suits are in fashion; and because of the times, there’s an ever growing number of brands that make them at very accessible prices like Uniqlo, H&M and Topman.
So, go ahead, embrace your shortness. You are off to a great start.

Intro

Congratulations! You are part of the largest group of people in the world: short people (that’s 5’6 and below and yes, it includes a lot of Chinese people).

If you, like me, are a fashion minded person, odds are you have a very hard time looking for clothes: not only you need to look for style and fit and color (and nowadays price) but, guess what? If you are a little late, you won’t find your size, thanks to the other thousand short people that arrived first. Yes, we short people don’t have it easy.

On the other hand, when you are short it’s super easy to be NOT fashion minded: countless guys all over town dragging their pants and sporting shirts that make them look like they are bagged up instead of dressed testify to this.

Being short shouldn’t be a reason why not to dress well. So I’ve started this blog in order to lend a hand to all short people out there that want to amp up their style. I’m not here to decide what’s chic and what is not; every guy has a different taste, but every guy should aim to be and dress like a gentleman. Therefore I will not necessarily post on the latest on what’s going on with the fashion world but mostly just how to achieve a classic yet modern look, something that will always look good.

I will post tips on how to survive as a short well dressed man and also some looks that I like, mostly on me.

If you like or dislike something about it, don’t hesitate on dropping me a line about it.

Hope you enjoy this blog as much as I will making it.