Stay Classy

Holy hell, I’ve never seen a dark-collared shirt before… It’s like reverse trump! I often post H&M stuff, but I’ve never been so determined to get one of their products like this. I just called my local store, and I’ll be grabbing it tomorrow… Stupendous idea. Oh, yeah, and that dress is pretty classy too.

So simple, and so beautiful. The Mirrored Truths dress at Anthropologie will be sure to cause pause. The level of class endowed with wearing something so definitive (dark, streamlined, and minimalist) will accentuate everything about a fine woman’s body and taste.

I realize now that I’ve neglected the finer of humanity’s genders. Females have been defining fashion in the modern world in a much stronger manner than males have in any period of time and at any point on the globe. At any rate, I’m not very educated upon the intricacies of fashion for women, so please consider submitting (submit for anything for that matter) your own preferences of gender-specific items (dresses, purses, etc.). For now, I submit to you an evening dress designed and sold (for only £45.00) by ASOS online. Mmmm, classy scallops.

Another fashionable spring is coming at us, thanks to my H&M. Indeed blacks, whites, and grays strike the classy-fancy often, but it’s spring and it’s time for color. Grab some tan and beige accents to go on top of spring color items, and reek of class.

Van Heusen Fall ‘11 Outfit. I’ll let the picture be the words.

Now that the holiday season is over, we can focus on material goods once more. In the past, the items show-cased have been well out of an average person’s price-range. Today, that all changes: ASOS, the UK’s largest online-only fashion store, brings you an affordable assortment of skinny-fit merchandise. For a mere £85.00 (that’s about $135), you can dress in quite the classy manner. As I brought up earlier, I’m going to steer this blog in a more functional sense - you should be able to afford classy.

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Last weekend, I took my facebook wife (best friend) on an early Valentine’s escapade. First, we ate at a Japanese restaurant that we frequent. I had ramen, and she ate a tofu bowl - with love. Afterwards, we visited the classiest of establishments (for irony’s sake) Cafe Lu. Before I am bombarded with shameful gazes from female individuals with a profound sense of disdain for this place, I would like to state that one of the waitresses is a friend of mine and we were visiting to see her! Our friend, yeilding 8-inch heels, served us tea and we relaxed for a short while before journeying to the main event - the gun range. Yes, classy men shoot guns - of this, I am certain. Wielding a Colt Woodsman (circa 1950) we shot to our heart’s content. After an hour of target practice, we ventured back to my humble abode where we proceeded to watch (500) Days of Summer - my favorite roco (Romantic Comedy). My classy valentine and I enjoyed our evening, so make yours as strange and unique as possible!

Tonight, I have no plans. I went to physics class, chocolate cupcake in hand, and gave a very cute girl the dessert (a vessel of comparative sweetness). At first she fought me, urging that I keep my creation. However, in time she yielded to the smell of vanilla and chocolate cake mix. I asked for her phone number in trade, and she obliged. Unfortunately, she had plans tonight, so I will wish her a good evening through text and proceed to do some homework and drink beer.

For all of you that are piercing hearts with your arrows of love, may your aim stay true. The classiest of individuals deserve only the best, and I hope you all are working for it, with your significant other. Stay classy, my friends.

I will obviously be making a post in honor of Valentine’s Day, and the ideals behind it. However, I always consider the biggest problem being what to do on that lovely day. Rest assured, most girlfriends/boyfriends will not be upset with tradition (chocolates, roses, dinner/movie); most girlfriends/boyfriends will, however, give extra credit to those of you who can think of something original. The main objective, is to do something that requires a selfless effort - something you gentlemen and women should have no problem achieving. Remember, also, that you needn’t be in a relationship to express a degree of attraction to another individual. In fact, I’d say that my more memorable endeavors consisted of no previous relationships.

For the coming day of love, I will list a multitude of ideas that I have utilized with success. This is not a list, it’s a playbook - try and compare the idea to the girl/boy and figure out which one will have more success. Realize that I chose these ideas because of the girl that I chose, these ideas are not one-size-fits-all. If you do intend on using any of my ideas, please do so in a classy manner!

(1 - 4 are for individuals still in High School)

1) My goal was to make my girl stand out the most. I payed for 6 candy grams to be sent to her - 1 in each of class, with every card progressively stating, “Will you please be my valentine?” one word per card. I also put balloons all over her locker. Freshman year, and she said yes when I asked her in person at the end of the day. Although at the age of 14, one cannot do to much and nothing except a good story became of it.

2) Consider this idea, if you have students that play music during lunch or any other break period. During every lunch, my school had a student that would be playing music through his/her iPod. While I didnt plan ahead enough to be that student, I did convince the “DJ” to play Can You Feel The Love Tonight? and allow me to use the microphone to ask the girl to be my valentine. She, laughingly, agreed (The song was an inside joke of sorts).

3) With a car now available as a place of advertisement (and a mode of transportation), I took idea 1 to another extreme. In addition to variations of previous actions, I proceeded to engulf her sedan in pink sticky notes (without writing, mind you). I pulled up next to her with some kind of rave-like song going, and asked her if she needed a ride. While at first she said no, I told her that it’d be a shame if I wasted so many of my valuable pink sticky-notes for no reason. Once she realized I was the culprit, she also allowed me to be her valentine. We proceeded to eat and drink at a cafe, and then I returned her to her vehicle. Of course, I did help to remove the sticky-notes before I left.

4) The most enjoyable Valentine’s Day experience for me, was in my senior year of High School. All the previous years had been girls that I was dating at the time, but this time I went for a girl that had no knowledge that I liked her. Through friends, I discovered her favorite coffee (as she had coffee fairly often, and I knew she liked it), type of chocolate, and flower. I also discovered what room her first class took place in. I laid out posters along the walls leading to her classroom asking for her to go with me to the upcoming dance, and to be my valentine. On her desk lay the Nonfat Caffè Mocha, next to a wrapped group of daisies, and a note expressing my intentions, and what I expected her to do next - meet me at lunch so that I may reveal myself. She arrived at the expressed location and I had a divine time that evening gorging on sushi and watching Star Wars - believe it or not. The dance was just as divine, and she looked absolutely stunning. Classy times were had.

Alas, my hands tire and my evening plans have been made. I will finish at a later date, and give more pertinent, real-world examples (a world with which you have access to more freedom without parents).

As we near our 50th classy follower, I find myself defining the topic of this tumblr. My dictionary says that class is defined as: “of high quality, integrity, status, or style.” I feel that the explanation doesn’t cover enough.

Gentlemen and fine women are not built upon their appearance, rather they are the ultimate social figure - experienced and researched in fashion and social tastes, wrapped around an unbending moral and ethical code. Being classy entails both handsome looks and attractive personalities, but only one ingredient of the two is absolutely necessary… In my opinion, if you believe that character is the prime factor in holding the essence of class, you are correct. Observe that the ugliest men and women can earn respect and the eventual love of another human being through their conduct and ideology. Also observe that the most gorgeous being on Earth looks less appealing after every poor choice of heart. This does not mean that every homeless fellow can woo the hearts of many, nor does it mean that every beautiful celebrity is catty and selfish (even though the media might lead us to believe this). There is no direct correlation to looks and personality, regardless of Hollywood’s trite instances of case or the exact opposite (beautiful shining knights and people who are mean and ugly). The point of this article is to realize that although material items will be highlighted, and that stereotypically gentlemanly ideas may also be posted, the attractiveness of an individual is revealed from the outside, in. Know that the art of being classy isn’t behind the purchase of clothes, or the knowledge of any fine topic, but that being classy is a lifestyle.

Stay classy.