Robert van Tongeren

10 Rookie Mistakes That Keep You Looking Sloppy

April 3, 2013
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Being a rookie is brutal.

You want to fix your style, but you don’t know where to start. Let’s face it; you don’t even know what needs fixing.

But it’s not your fault. You’re a rookie and you’ll always make rookie mistakes.

Unless of course, someone who’s already made them all tells you exactly what they are. Then you could just skip them altogether…

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Seven Shameful Confessions of an Embarrassed Style Blogger

January 22, 2013
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The time is never quite right to take your style to the next level, is it?

You always have one more thing to take care of before you begin.

You have some excess gut you need to burn off, you need to get your finances in tip-top shape, or you simply have more to learn.

So you never get started.

You wait until the time is perfect. You read, you read, and you read some more, thinking once that perfect time comes, you’ll be fully prepared. You’ll know everything you need to know.

But the time will never be perfect.

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The Zombie Survivor’s Guide to Expanding Your Comfort Zone and Rocking Your Own Look

November 28, 2012
Zombie in a tie!

You have an awesome look in mind. A look you’d love to have, but just can’t pull off.

You sometimes spot clothes that could help you create this look, but you never buy them. You may take them off the rack, examine them, or even try them on, but you always hang them back.

You’d love to create this look for yourself, but you’re just more of a T-shirt-and-jeans guy. The look is just not you.

Bullshit!

The look is you. It’s the real you. It’s just not you now.

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How a Good Wardrobe Foundation Will Make Your Style Reinvention Much Easier

June 5, 2012

There’s an easy way for you to make your style reinvention a lot easier, and it’s simply by establishing a good wardrobe foundation.

Very few men do this when they start working on their style. Instead they start investing in all the latest trends, without any know-how to pull them off.

Building a good foundation first is a much better way to go about it. It not only teaches you the basics on putting an outfit together, but you’ll have a wardrobe that trendy items can easily be added to.

I’ll explain how this all works, but first I’ll tell you…

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