Polo Life

This summer, I am all about the polos. I love a nice fitted polo that accentuates your upper body. It helps show off your chest and shoulder. It lets people know that you have been in the gym hitting it hard each day.

A tailored polo is a quick get up to looking posh but without the effort. I am a firm believer that you cannot go wrong with a polo. When in doubt rock it out.  

Today's look is a full-on outfit from Banana Republic Spring/Summer 2018 collection. The main piece from this look is the printed polo shirt. What I love the most about this polo are the solid black collar and the black banded sleeve hems. It just makes this polo pops.

I love to play with different prints and see how they mesh together. When you have two busy prints you want to stick with the same colour in both pieces. In this case, it is black and grey. Since each of the pieces has those colours in their prints. They are not fighting each other but compliment each other.

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Polo: Banana Republic

Pants: Banana Republic

Chelsea Boots: Aldo

Love In Capri

Dolce & Gabbana welcome Summer 2016 by launching its annual limited editions of their famous fragrances Light Blue from 2001 and Light Blue Pour Homme from 2007.

Both fragrances inspired by the summer atmosphere in the Italian island of Capri. Perfect for the summer with its light and fresh aromas. A great melody of citrus fruits and musk wood from white flowers.

Dolce & Gabbana known for putting on a show. They partnered with Condé Nast Traveler to take us to Capri in Los Angeles in The Hills. The event is a theme party where guests show up in Capri inspired outfits.

Keeping my outfit in theme with Capri. I wore linen pants with floral prints shirt and white kicks. You can never go wrong with linen for summer as it is light and breezy. If you know me, you'd know that I am pretty simple at times. I do not like to do overboard in prints. I love to have one big statement piece with simple everything else; like my shirt and pants combination.

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Pants: Perry Ellis
Shirt: H&M
Suspenders: Thifted
Shoes: H&M
Watch: Daniel Wellington

Camden

It is the beginning of August and people are already feeling the summer blues as the weather beginning to cool down. Saying goodbye to those summer festivals and nights are hard.

Looking for the perfect shirt to wear every season is tough. Luckily, Banana Republic have that cover for you. Their new shirt collection is the perfect fit for casual and dress up. You can wear them simply with just a nice pair of jeans or tailored slacks. For layering, you can wear it with a solid color suit or pair it with a great jacket of your choice.

The Camden-Fit shirt is my favorite for the summer. As the shirt is made to fit you perfectly like it is tailored perfectly for you. The fabric is soft and breathable that you can wear it separately or layer with a blazer. Amazing fit and color that goes well with jeans and dress pants.

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Forthwith

Mother nature can be a trip! Nowadays, you cannot even trust your weather app to tell you the temperature anymore. It may looks nice and beautiful outside, but once you step out there it's a whole different story.

Dressing appropriate for the weather can be tough as you never know what day might hold. Spring is a very interesting season can it can be cold, cool, warm, or hot. You just never know how it is going to be. One thing I love about my Uniqlo lightweight vest is the fact that it is lightweight, and it keeps me warm when it gets a bit chilly.

A trend during the summer that always come back is khaki. It is the comeback trend that everyone loves because earth tones are easy to wear and style. My khaki pants goes with every color of shirts I own. Styling is simple and I love that I do not have to overthink what goes with it.

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Vest: Uniqlo

Shirt: Bar III

Jeans: Levi's

Boots: Jack Erwin

Watch: Daniel Wellington

Settled

I've recently decided to take a unexpected turn in my life and moved across the states to California. I've been living back and forth between New York City and Michigan for while and it has been exhausted yet comfortable as I was used to the routines that I was doing. I've grew bored of the cities as everything is the same. I lost the passion and excitement I had for New York City. I needed a change of everything and just moved to California with an unclear future...I didn't have a job or anything line up in California. But I wanted to get back to who I was when I first moved to New York City. A young kid who was hungry for success and determined to make a name for myself.

Today's blog post is about keeping your outfit simple by playing with texture. Recently purchased this rigged texture sweater from H&M as part of the Selected By Beckham collection. I don't think I need to say much about this sweater as it speaks for itself. A simple design but bold piece to wear. The perfect bottom to wear with this sweater is just a simple back slacks and white sneakers.

Blending two different pattern pieces can be hard, but it can work when the two pattern compliments each other by having similar color tone. Playing up the patterns can bring your outfit from okay to phenomenal.

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Jacket: Forever 21 Men

Shirt: Bar III

Sweater: H&M

Pants: Perry Ellis

Shoes: Adidas

Redefine

We could be and do anything we want. That's what I have been telling a lot of my friends. I know that It sound really cliché, but we really have to seize the moment. So...that's why I've decided to move to Los Angeles, CA. I am scare to start over again, but I am excited for what to come here. I don't know what is going to happen or if I will do well. I just know that I want this. Sometimes fear is a good thing. It pushes me to succeed.

Today's blog post is about mixing the new and old pieces in your closet to create a new look. Mixing two of my favorite suits from Darkoh and Perry Ellis to create a bold suit.

I am not the kind of person to wear an outfit once. I always recycle my looks by changing up a few things about it. If you remember from my previous blog post, this red double breast suit was a made for my birthday. I have worn it a few times by styling it with different shirts and shoes with it. This time I decided to just wear the blazer only.

I decided to pair the blazer with a simple pair of black dress pants that is part of my Perry Ellis suit. I love the color combination of red and black. It is just a bold and powerful look that you can wear to an event that you want to stand out in.

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Blazer: Darkoh

Pants: Perry Ellis

Coat: Tiger of Sweden

Shoes: Tiger of Sweden

Casually Winter

Winter in college does not have to be just sweatpants and sweaters all year. Play it up and layer it with some basic essentials that you will get attention on campus.

Of course, a puffy winter coat is the main essential of winter fashion, but you need the perfect one. I love my green and orange contrast coat from Aeropostale. The fit is great with a fur lining hoodie to keep my face warm for the chilly wind.

Another great winter essential is an oversize cardigan. One of my favorites is from 21 Men. A simple solid color with prints for contrast. The cardigan that is going to keep you cozy throughout winter as you will be wearing it not just going to class, but lounging in your apartment. I love wearing this cardigan with my jeans from American Eagle Outfitters. The jean with the perfect fit and soft fabric that is harsh against your skin.

The boots that can be worn all year long is one my favorites to go boots. The Clarks Desert Boots is my absolute favorite. The comfortable and stylish boots that you can wear all day walking around campus. They are sure to keep your socks dry from snow.

A fun watch at it own right, Shore Projects watch offers a wide range of watch faces and straps that you can switch to go with ALL of your looks. I went for a polka dots strap for my Shore Project watch to add some boldness to my causal campus look.

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Jacket: Aeropostale

Cardigan: 21 Men

Shirt: Gap

Jeans: American Eagle Outfitters

Boots: Clarks Shoes

Watch: Shore Projects

Challenge

Happy New Years everyone!!

This year, I want to start challenging myself, I want to push my creativity and comfort zone in what I can do and cannot do. 2015 was a great year for me as I left behind a 9am-5pm job to focus on doing what I love and to be "free". I have never regrets any of decisions I made as I know that it will help me learn and succeed.

2016 will be a game changer for me as I want to inspire others more and give back. I want to have a voice and share my experiences, struggles, and overcomes. I am lucky to have a platform like this blog and my social media channel to do so.

As part of my new year goal I have teamed up with Bulova newest campaign #BeBulova to showcase their Military Collection (shown above). The idea behind #BeBulova is that as visual storytellers, we want to tell the stories of innovators and creators who embody the DNA of the Bulova brand. They want people to showcase lifestyle to accompany their content that speaks directly to their brand.

I am giving away a brand new watch from the Military Collection on my instagram. All you need to do is share your #BeBulova with an instagram post tagging me (@datswhatupp) and (@bulavo) in that post. Also, make sure you are following both of us on Instagram to be consider in the contest. The contest will ends a week from now. See below for the guidelines;

Guidelines:

1: Follow @Bulova and myself (@datswhatupp) on Instagram.
2. Make a post on your IG sharing your #BeBulova story and tagging both @Bulova and myself (@datswhatupp) to be consider in the contest. Also, tag some friends you think would be interested in entering.
3. Winner will be announced a week later.

Today's style post is how to style the Bulova watch for a sporty chic look. The Bulova watch from the Military Collection have a very sport feel to it with the nato strap. It allows you to dress casual or dressy depending on the occasion.

I decided to style this watch with a double-breated blazer from one of my suits. I am a huge fan of mixing and matching suits as you get more looks from it. I paired the blazer with a blue and white checkered print pants. For accessories, you can always trust SprezzaBox to help you add some boldness to your looks like the tie and handkerchief. Finish the look up with your favorite pairs of white sneakers.

Photographed by Kim G.

Get The Look:

Blazer: Darkoh

Pants: H&M

Tie and Handkerchief: Sprezzabox

Watch: Bulova

Sneakers: American Eagle Outfitters

Audacious

I often get asked what is my style? And I honestly do not have the correct answer as my style is forever changing. I do not think that I should just stick to one style as I am always growing and changing myself.

With each looks that I do, it is all me and not me playing dress up. I love being able to be versatile and not just be one style.

When it come to fashion it is okay to be simple and not so over the top. I want to style my outfit in a way that show off the pieces and let it come together as one. I don't want my clothes to clash.

When you have such a bold suit like this one from Darkoh. You want to keep it simple and let the suit be the main focus because it is already is with such a beautiful color (that is why red is my favorite color).

So with this suit, I'd like to keep it very simple with a plain black shirt to help contrast with the red. A white shirt would be okay, but it wouldn't have the same affect as the black since the buttons on the suit is black. It is better to match it with a black shirt. 

Finish off this look with a black wingtip shoes from Windsor Smith and a simple watch from Daniel Wellington.

Photo By Erika Dickstein

Get The Look:

Suit: Darkoh

Shirt: Mack Weldon

Shoes: Windsor Smith

Watch: Daniel Wellington

Genesis

Summer is official over. Now we can all go and be basic with our pumpkin spice latte as fall begins. But not really on the basic part because I really do like Starbucks Pumpkin Spice latte. It's one of the things that I look forward to in the fall as well as layering and great jackets.

Also, I can wear suits without dying from the heat. Some times it is hard being dapper. That is why I choose not to be dapper all the time. There are ways to wear suits without looking all stiff and uptight.

One way is to keep it casual with a nice tee shirt with patterns to add some contrast and boldness to the outfit.

Keeping it casual in a suit is one of my favorite looks. It is just a quick and easy change to the dapper suit look. You can add a lot of personality to it by wearing sneakers or adding a pin to the blazer like I did.

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Suit: Calvin Klein

Shirt: Gap

Shoes: Adidas

Laconic

Sometime you just got to let your outfit do the talking for you. Growing up I had a hard time expressing myself because of my insecurities. I was very shy, reserve, and not as out going as I am now. I use clothes to express myself and I still do to this day.

Today's blog post is about letting loose. One of the best things about owning a nice suit is the ability to style it many ways. Today, I am letting loose from the dapper look into a more relax look for the summer.

Let's start with a nice shirt and unbutton 3-4 of the top buttons to let the breeze in your chest so it can glister in the sun. By not buttoning all the button you are already letting a cool and casual vibe for this suit.

Keeping it classy with the accessories with a pattern handkerchief and a gold watch for that pop of color to your full on solid color suit. I'd love to wear sneakers with my suit when I like to dress down. A pair of clean white sneakers are best to compliment a casual look.

I'd would wear this look around town as it is easy to wear and very comfortable. A great look for dinner and the club/bars after.

Photos by Lam Matt Nguyen

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Suit: Tiger of Sweden

Shirt: Tahaanga

Hankerchief: Sprezzabox

Watch: Triwa

Sneakers: Nike

Simplicity

Suns out, guns out, right? Is that the new thing to say now when wearing tanks? Either way it is tank season and we should let our arm breathe after hiding it during the winter time.

Today's blog post we are talking about the secrets to a great outfit that you can repeat all season!

During the summer I'd like to wear baggy shirts as it help keeps me cooler and breathable during those humid days (which is basically everyday because it is summer). Keeping it loose and basic allows you to wear it all season long. You get to layer them with a nice jacket or blazer during the fall. No need to keep updating your closet with new clothes.

Another great piece to add to your wardrobe is are great tailor pants. These are pants you can wear styled casual with a simple loose shirt or a dress shirt tucked in for a more office look. Either way these pants can give you many options in term of looks.

The last secret to a great outfit is the shoes! Honestly, the perfect shoes will put your whole outfit together. Wearing the wrong footwear can ruin the whole outfit, so make sure you try on as many as you can in the mirror to see which ones you want. I love a nice clean white pair of sneakers (I have about 5 pairs). But keeping it clean with each wear is a full time job! I got to always make sure that I am not stepping into anything that can get it dirty.

Photo by Matthew Lam Nguyen

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Shirt: H&M

Pants: Uniqlo

Sneakers: Nike

Watch: TID Watches

Admirably

In partnering up with Perry Ellis, I am asking you how do you #VeryPerry in Perry Ellis.

Got chosen to style the mesh polo from their Spring Summer 2015 collection as it is perfect for the summer heat. The polo is very soft and easy to move in. Plus, it does not stick to your body as it keeps your body breezy from the windy.

One of my favorite tops to wear year-long are polos. Personally, I love to dress preppy as I've been dressing preppy throughout all my years in middle school, high school, and even college. If you know me from before I would always be in polos. They are so easy to wear and style.

For this style post, I simply style it with a subtle plaid blue suit as black and blue combo should get more love! Most people likes to stray away from those two colors together, but I believe they look amazing together.

Photography By: Hague NYC

Get The Look:

Polo: Perry Ellis

Suit: Tiger of Sweden

Shoes: Windsor Smith

#CKMinute

Last month I had the honor of working with Calvin Klein showcasing their new campaign called #CKMinute showcasing their newest watch line, which is now available online and in store.

“I don’t always know where life takes me, but one thing I know for sure is my Calvin Klein watch will get me there on time. ”

— Dathias Hoang

Calvin Klein #CKMinute campaign is about showcasing the minutes in your life, your city, and the way you live. Find your moment with Calvin Klein.

In this blog post I am wearing the SS15 suit collection from Calvin Klein. It's soft and light material makes it easy to wear for the summer because you don't feel hot in it. By keeping up the summer theme I added a white shirt with a mesh shirt from the Calvin Klein SS15 collection. I figured that this outfit needed a pop of color so I added my favorite red slip on to put the whole look together. An easy summer look that anyone can put together.

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Suit: Calvin Klein

White Shirt: Topman

Mesh Shirt: Calvin Klein

Shoes: ASOS

Watch: Calvin Klein

Sunglasses: Calvin Klein

Savvy

Warm weather is approaching us soon. Time for us to dress appropriately for it.

Winter may be over, but that doesn't mean we can't still rock a good suit despite the heat. I love playing it casual with my suits during the summer. One of the simple looks I love to do with suit is just pairing it with a nice cotton shirt like this white tee from Mack Weldon. It has a slim fit, soft, enzyme washed, and 100% Peruvian Pima Cotton. They are essentials to my daily wear.

Part of my summer look is having a nice pairs of sneakers that is minimal and clean. For that I always trust my original vans. They are my go to sneakers this summer as they go well with any of my looks.

As for accessories, I like to keep it minimal and simple with my Daniel Wellington watch. In which you can get 20% off of all their product using my promo code "datswhatupp".

Photography By: HAGUE NYC

Get The Look:

Suit: Darkoh

Shirt: Mack Weldon

Watch: Daniel Wellington

Shoes: Vans

Derring-Do

Whoever seeks good finds favor, but evil comes to one who searches for it. But sometimes it is fun to be bad.

The second installment of my style post in styling your favorite suit into different looks. In my previous blog post I kept it very minimal and easy to wear from day time to night time.

Today's style post is more edgy and stylish than the first. I'd like to say that this look is about bringing the edgy side of you out. The dark side where you don't let it shine much, but now you can in how you dress. Sometime being bad is just half as fun as doing good. Style is about being creative and often time you get to play with it.

One of the best thing about a simple suit like this one, you can play with it by styling it with  pattern/print shirts to add some edge or contrast to the suit. In this look, I added a a tribal influenced shirt to pair it with the blue suit. With just one piece of clothing I turned this suit into more of a night out outfit rather than something you would wear at the office.

Now let's talk about adding accessories to this outfit to complete the look. This made sound weird, but this fur lining leather jacket is one of my accessories to this look that helps bring the edgy feel. If you ever want to feel like a bad-ass I recommend you investing in a pair of leather jackets. They are the ultimate bad-ass jacket that is trending every spring. Adding some two chains to the mix helps bring out the gold prints in my shirt. Keeping my wrist game on point with the helps of the Daniel Wellington team by providing me with this rose gold watch.

This year footwear is all about the monk straps. They are the men's stylish dress shoes as they bring class and touch of masculine to your look overall. They are very easy to pair with casual look or formal.

As I my style evolve through out the years I like to experience and see what works for me. I am becoming more daring on how I style my suits because I do not like to be typical with it and play it safe. It does not always have to be suit and tie. So have fun and add some prints and leather to your suit. Be bold with it.

Photography By: Hague NYC

Get The Look:

Jacket: 21 Men

Shirt: 21 Men

Suit: Darkoh

Chain: Thifted

Shoes: Topman

Watch: Daniel Wellington

Basic

Over the past few years, we have come to a conclusion that to dress boring or normal is "basic". Why do we have to dress for attention, but rather just dress in whatever we feel comfortable with. Dress for yourself not for others. To dress “normal” is the height of chic, yet to call someone “basic” is the chicest put-down, one that shows no signs of disappearing.

Today's style post is very "basic" or I'd like to call it chic. It is an easy look that is easily put together when you are in a hurry or don't have time to put something together but you still want to look effortless. One of my must have essentials in my wardrobe is the basics, which are, clean white shirts, tailored black slacks, an overcoat, and your to-go-to black shoes.

Whenever I am traveling away for the weekend I always pack my basics because it is light packing and can be put together in many ways. They go with any shirts, slacks, and occasions. During the last leg of winter, this grey overcoat is my everyday coat to withstand the chilling wind and cold. The reason why I love this coat is the way it is made. So simple and practically. It has a great shade of grey and really does go with all of my looks (as you can see from my previous style posts). Plus I am a sucker for long coat. But who isn't right? When putting it on you just feel chic.

The last accessory for this look is a nice pair of watch that adds to the outfit and isn't there for display. The Filippo Loreti watch is the watch with a story. It is an unique and personal piece of jewelry that holds valuable memories.

 Photography by: Hague NYC

Get The Look:

Overcoat: H&M

Shirt: Topman

Pants: Topman

Shoes: Tiger of Sweden

Watch: Flippo Loreti

Bold

Bold choices and bold moves.

While on my vacation back home to Michigan, my friends and family kept asking me, “So, what do you do in New York City?” My responses were very stoic. I didn't sound excited about it nor did my expression make it seem like I loved it. I started to rethink my career and what my purposes were when I first moved to New York City, I needed to stop masking how I felt about the company and hoping it would get better. I mean, I love what I did as Digital Marketing Coordinator but the company...that I wasn’t too sure about. I did not want to waste my learning years at a place I wasn't happy in nor did I look forward to being there anymore. After my vacation, I made a bold move and decided to leave the company. I knew that I owed it to myself to stop pretending that I loved it there and to just be happy. I do not know what my next moves are, but I am excited for what is to come my way!

As you already know today's blog post is about being bold. Standing out from the rest with bold pieces. My look today is inspired by the Lacoste FW15 collection that I had the privilege of attending. It was all about bold colors, sporty chic outfits, and high socks.

Taking inspiration from that runway show, I have created a look that is easy to wear; each piece can be worn separately into different looks. One piece that is very wearable are the jogger pants, they are essentially a cinched chino. They are probably my favorite type of pants to wear because they are just so comfortable and the fit is unreal. Pairing my jogger pants with an oversized sport jacket and white button shirt to create contrast with my fitted pants and loose tops. I finished this look with my white high socks and white high top sneakers for some color contrast to my all black ensemble.

Photography By: HAGUE NYC

Get The Look:

Overcoat: H&M

Jacket: Trend Clothing

Shirt: Topman

Jogger: Brooklyn Cloth

Sneakers: 21men

Watch: TID Watches