Urban Purush: United Colors of Benetton

Alright gents, its summer time, the sun is shining bright and the temperature is soaring. You as a stylish gent, as an Urban Purush, want to dress better, take your game to the next level. But pulling off a suit in the scorching heat could be a bit too much. What is the next best thing?

The next best thing is a Sports Jacket. Pairing it up with Jeans has been very popular for some time now. It is super versatile, meaning you can run a Friday board meeting in it and you can also chill out with the boys at the local bar in it. The Jeans and Sports Jacket combo is easily going to drive you home out of all situations.

Consider Urban Purush's top 7 tips to ensure you are crushing it every time when it comes to this style,

1. The first tip is actually a 'style don't'. Don't try to pair your suit jacket with jeans especially if that is your only suit. Your suit needs to be ready at all times and shouldn't be paired separately as it may lead to it being worn out. Same applies to those suit pants

2. Look into the patterns available out there. This will not only help your sports jacket stand out but will also ensure it doesn't look like a suit jacket. Consider herringbone, birdseye, stripes or checks

3. Make sure you are buying the right jeans that suit your body type. Skinny jeans would suit a much more fitting jacket than something on the looser side

4. While your jeans are mostly blue, you can always experiment with the color of the sports jacket. Grey, black, tan, navy almost anything will work. Just avoid a color similar to your jeans, you don't want to give out an impression that you are trying to put together a suit

5. When it comes to shoes, and we hope you are not committing the single biggest men's shoe sin, this is where formal shoes can be made use of. But if you want to avoid the major work of making sure the formal shoes look good on jeans you can always bring in leather loafers, monk straps, or chelsea boots. Casual sneakers might not work well, avoid if possible

6. When it comes to upperwear, you can definitely pull off a round neck or even v-neck tee. A polo t-shirt can do wonders but nothing like a formal long sleeve shirt. The long sleeve shirt will compliment the entire outfit much better and complete your look

7. Time and again, Urban Purush has taught you that accessories maketh the man! Sports jackets and jeans is no different. Try to bring in the details with a solid pocket square, a metal chronograph or even a slim tie

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Gentlemen, Sports Jacket and Jeans is definitely an outfit that is a step above the average. It might not be totally formal or casual but it is just about right for all occasions.

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All of us men have our off time. An off time is when we are not in the shape we would like to be. The fact is we cannot really be in our best shape throughout the year. Maybe its the result of a wild vacation or its just a few extra KGs gained due to all the sweets at a festival. While we must exercise at all times, take care of what we are consuming and be responsible, there are times when its best to let loose and enjoy life as it comes!

So this article will help you when you have those extra KGs in the midsection and you want to manage it well. Below are Urban Purush's top 5 tips,

1. Dark color upperwear / Monochromatic look
Colors are more important than we think. Women know it and often sport all black to appear leaner. Dark colors have a tendency to make you appear a little slimmer than you actually are. So what are you waiting for? Take out all your dark colored upperwear because there couldn't be a better time to wear them

2. Low-rise bottomwear
Now you need to go a bit easy on that paunch. Let it breath. Don't buckle it up with tight pants. Wear low rise bottomwear and give that paunch the extra space that it needs

3. Untucked upperwear
Obviously this isn't something you can sport while in formal settings but when it comes to casual fridays and weekends, by all means, try to go untucked. Additional tip, when you are going untucked forget that belt which only adds up to the already quite bulked up mid-section

4. V-neck Tees
Going v-neck (and not the way too deep v-neck which simply raises the douchebag-looks level) can draw attention to the neck and face keeping your mid-section out of sight. When it comes to the fitting of the tee, do remember to avoid anything which seems too tight. And avoiding tight clothes brings us to our last tip

5. Avoid tight clothes
Avoiding tight clothes means taking care of two things. Number 1 is to simply avoid tight clothes while number 2 is to dress for the body that you currently have. While it is good to have weight loss and inch loss goals, if you are a size 34 today, buy size 34 and not size 32 (just because you will be reaching there soon)

And those were our top 5 tips on how you can manage that paunch. Although these are all good tricks, don't forget the master of them all - Exercise!

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