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How to Dress for your Valentine’s Date
By: Teronce’ Styyles
mrstylles@excapethematrix.com
The day of love is quickly approaching now that the major holidays are over and 2007 is now in full effect. February 14th has been known to be the day of love, sharing of gifts between loved ones, spending quality time together, committment and appreciation. My question to the readers is "Why do we need a special day to let someone know that we love them?" "Why do we need a special day to let that loved one know how much we are committed to them and appreciate them?" Doesn’t make much sense to me, we should be letting our significant others know all of these things everyday, not just on Valentine’s Day. Oops, I do apologize for rambling and preaching about the whole love thing, I’m suppose to talk about how you should dress for your Valentine’s Date, so let me get into the business at hand.
I’m going to begin with those who have significant others. Since Valentine’s Day is the time to spend with your significant other you should do your best, and please that person to the fullest. What I mean by that is if you are the type of person in your relationship where you don’t care about your appearance and attire then this is the day that all of that needs to change. You need to look your very best for that special someone in your life, even if it’s something you aren’t use to doing. There is nothing wrong with pleasing the one you love, even if it’s only for one night. So do yourself a favor, keep the one you love by taking the time to look your best and go that extra mile. In my opinion there should be no guidelines to go by in determining how to dress on Valentine’s Day. Just dress what you feel will impress your significant other and my only requirement is just make sure you are presentable and tasteful, especially if you are going out in the public. Always remember that PAPARAZZI are everywhere.
This is for my single folks that are going out on their first date, group date or even a blind date (I guess people still go on blind dates, lol). Anyway, you must know that if you are trying to impress the person you are having a date with you must look your best. That requires ladies to take the time and get your hair, nails, feet and make-up done (if you are the type to wear make up), go out and find that "perfect outfit" that doesn’t show off too much because you want to leave some things to the imagination. Again, I just want to remind you when you are looking for that "perfect outfit" remember a few keywords; tasteful, presentable, originality and creativity. Along with your appearance try to have a positive attitude even if you are not impressed or enjoying your date.
Now for the gentleman, there are some things that are required of you. I know you may think you don’t have much to do, but I’m here to tell you that you are wrong. There are a few things that you need to do. The requirements for you are making sure the head is tight, no matter if it’s going to the barbershop, or if you have locks, getting them maintained. There’s nothing like going on a date looking rough and rugged; you definitely won’t be scoring any points. Now what I’m about to say you may not agree with but I think differently. For my fellas that have professions that require you to work with your hands, please go and get a manicure. It’s disgusting seeing dirt and fungus under your nails, "YES I SAID IT". Go and have Kim Lee give you a manicure and while you are at it get a pedicure as well, if your hands are horrible I’m quite sure your feet are worse.
I’m going to say this one time and one time only, going to get a manicure and/or pedicure does not make you a homosexual, it means you take pride in what you look like. I actually think it’s cool that men take time for their appearance these days. Now that you have that out of the way, it’s time to find something to wear for your date. I’ve mentioned before that there are no excuses why men can’t look presentable in 2007. We as men have just as many options as the women. It is up to us on what we do with the options that has been presented to us. I’m not going to preach to you on what to wear because it’s your date and it’s up to you if you want to score points and impress your special person.
With that being said I want all of you to take time out and really focus on you and your appearance for Valentine’s Day. Make sure that you are representing yourself in a respectful manner because your date will treat you how you treat yourself. So that’s something to think about. If you just look any kind of way on your date, guess what your date will treat you any kind of way. Just fashion for thought. Be safe and enjoy yourself on Valentine’s Day.
Fashionably yours,
Teronce’ Styyles