100 Things Every...

The series. One hundred things every man, woman, dad, mom, young person and grandparent should know, do or own.

Adult acne isn't teenage acne and it won't take teenage advice

Why it lands on your jaw at 34, what actually works on the drugstore shelf, and the point where you stop experimenting and book a dermatologist.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20267 min

Fold the knits, hang the wovens, and starve the moths

The sweater you lost to a pinhole was either clean when you put it away, or it wasn't. Almost everything else about storing clothes follows from that.

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Plan a cook for eight people

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Stop Pulling Your Shoulders Back, It Never Holds

Good posture collapses by 9:15 because you're holding a pose. Four minutes in the morning and one cue you can actually carry all day.

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Pay the tailor before you buy the fifth cardigan

Most of a capsule wardrobe is arithmetic and a tape measure. The rest is knowing which fabrics quit on you by March.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The clothes worth buying in your twenties, in the right order

Your body's still moving, your budget's thin, and the trend cycle is loud. Buy for your calendar, fix the fit, and the rest sorts itself out.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your Wave Dies In The Seven Minutes After The Shower

Wavy hair sets while it dries, not while you style it. Fix the drying and the rest of your morning gets easier.

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Going gray takes three years, unless you cut it off

The grow-out math nobody does before they start, what to ask your colorist for by name, and why silver hair is really a texture problem.

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Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next two weeks.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

How to dress for a graduation, a baptism or a christening

Three ceremonies, three different problems, and the folding chair in the sun is the one almost everybody gets wrong.

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Your Flakes Aren't Dryness, And Conditioner Won't Fix Them

Four active ingredients do the work, the rest is perfume. What to buy, how long to leave it on, and when the flakes mean something else.

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Build me a 30-day training plan around two sessions a week

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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

Brittle nails, ridges and the six months it takes to fix them

Vertical ridges are usually just age. Horizontal ones are a date stamp. And the gloves under your sink matter more than any supplement you can buy.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Dress your family for a photo you'll still like in ten years

The clothes that date a family photo aren't the cheap ones. They're the trendy ones, the shiny ones, and the ones that didn't fit.

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How often do you see your closest friends?

GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

The Haircut Goes Five Days Out, Not The Night Before

A day-by-day plan for the week before a wedding, an interview or a photo, and the four last-minute moves that wreck it.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Turn the iron down and stop taking the same pass twice

Most heat damage isn't the tool, it's the temperature you never changed and the third pass you take because the first two didn't hold.

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Fix the clothes you own before you buy anything new

An hour with your closet, one trip to a tailor and about sixty bucks will do more for how you look than another jacket will.

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Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

Men's Grooming5 min

The Same Face Works Monday In A Tie And Thursday In A Hard Hat

BRO for Her5 min

Cap the edge and your manicure makes it to Friday

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Rewrite my résumé so it actually gets read

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20266 min

Linen, Short Sleeves and Staying Presentable in the Heat

Most summer shirts fail in the same two inches. Fix the sleeve, pick the right weave, and you can look put together at 95 degrees.

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Men's Grooming6 min read

Wet It, Aim It, Set It, And Thick Hair Behaves

Coarse hair that stands up all day isn't a product failure. It's a drying failure, and the fix takes about ninety seconds.

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What was your first ever job?

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