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Bike to work and still walk in looking pressed

Ride slower, pack smarter, and keep half your wardrobe at the office. The rumpled part of bike commuting is fixable.

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Test the swimsuit wet before you pack it

Most swimwear fails in the water, not the fitting room. Do the shower test three weeks out, while you can still return it.

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Pressure-test my business idea

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GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

Chelsea, chukka or work boot, and what each one goes with

Your pant hem decides which boot you can wear, and most men get that order backwards. Start with a tape measure.

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Wear a Trench Coat Without Looking Like a Detective

The coat isn't the problem. The length, the belt buckle and whatever you've got on underneath usually are.

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How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20265 min

Skin after fifty is a barrier problem before it's a wrinkle problem

Turn the shower down, fix the cleanser, and understand the one cheap prescription that actually changes skin. Everything else is optional.

GuideStyleDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

What to wear to the bid meeting when you work with your hands

The shirt that fits your shoulders strangles your neck. Fix that, fix the pants, and you can walk into any room straight off a job site.

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GuideMen's GroomingDean ShawSep 23, 20265 min

What Your Face Stops Doing At Thirty, Fifty And Seventy

Oil output drops, skin thins, hair turns wiry. Three short routines that keep up without adding a shelf of bottles.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

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

GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

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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Rehearse the raise conversation with me

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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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GuideBRO for HerNina CastellanSep 23, 20266 min

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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When did you last ask for a raise?

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.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

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

Style5 min

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

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

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Build me a revision plan that I will actually stick to

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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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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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What was your first ever job?

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