How-To Basics

The Other Shift how-to shelf: the small skills that make a working dad look like he means it. Tying the tie, the right pant length, the details nobody teaches you. Short, plain, and shown on real clothes.

Coming to the shelf

  • How to tie a tie: four-in-hand, half Windsor, full Windsor
  • Dress pants: how they should break and how long is right
  • Shirt fit and the clean tuck
  • Belt and shoes: the matching rules
  • Suit jacket buttons: which ones, when
  • Watch fit: how a watch should sit on your wrist
  • Cologne: enough, not too much
  • At the barber: what to actually ask for