I am not a blueblood. I grew up in a trailer house in an area so rural that there were five kids in my 8th grade graduating class. Transitioning from wearing t-shirts, jeans, and tennis shoes to something more formal has taken a long time.

We recently took a trip to an out-of-state club, and I was fortunate to have two women with me. I was privy to their conversations about which guys were hot enough to talk to and which guys were in the “meh” category.

It came down to how well they dressed.

There is more to a man than his clothes, but appearances matter when someone is weighing if you’re a potential sex partner or not. Clothes impact your appearance more than anything.

If you’re a tennis shoe, jeans and t-shirt guy, totally overwhelmed by the call to “dress better,” my advice to you is to buy these things:

Two dress shirts

One plain white shirt and one white shirt with some light-colored stripes.

Two pairs of wool pants

Navy and dark grey

A high-quality pair of brown leather men’s dress shoes

A brown belt

I know that’s not much, and it’s elementary. You can always buy more, but with those few things, you can kill it almost anywhere.

Here is the essential part. Get both shirts and pants tailored. If you aren’t willing to pay $50 to get those things tailored, don’t even buy them. The fit will make all the difference in the world, and they will not fit perfectly off the shelf.

Get.

Them.

Tailored.

Here is the cool part. You’ll skyrocket to the top 10% of men at virtually any party without doing anything else differently. Dress like an adult who is attempting to look good. Who knew that was the secret weapon of which many swinger men were unaware!