{"id":24694,"date":"2012-05-16T12:42:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-16T17:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/artofmanliness.com\/?p=24694"},"modified":"2021-06-10T09:49:07","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T14:49:07","slug":"what-to-wear-on-first-date","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/featured\/what-to-wear-on-first-date\/","title":{"rendered":"What to Wear on a First Date: Your 60 Second Visual Guide (Spring\/Summer Edition)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Illustration by Ted Slampyak<\/em><\/p>\n

The go-to: sports coat+jeans\/khakis<\/p>\n

– Lighter weight cotton sport coat.<\/p>\n

– White light-colored, or checked button-down shirt.<\/p>\n

– Wear a stylish accessory like a watch or pocket square.<\/p>\n

– Fingernails cleaned and trimmed.<\/p>\n

– Always dress in layers. If it gets chilly, you can offer your date your coat.<\/p>\n

The more casual date<\/p>\n

– Well-fitting polo shirt or casual button-down shirt.<\/p>\n

– Get your hair cut the week before the date and don\u2019t try something new with it for your date. Go with your usual routine.<\/p>\n

– Field watch.<\/p>\n

– Dark denim jeans or khakis.<\/p>\n

– Choose your shoes carefully — they say a lot about you and women always notice them.<\/p>\n

– Canvas shoes or Top-siders.<\/p>\n

Like this illustrated guide? Then you\u2019re going to love our book The Illustrated Art of Manliness<\/em><\/a>! Pick up a copy on Amazon<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Have any other first date style tips?<\/a> Share them with us in the comments!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Illustration by Ted Slampyak The go-to: sports coat+jeans\/khakis – Lighter weight cotton sport coat. – White light-colored, or checked button-down shirt. – Wear a stylish accessory like a watch or pocket square. – Fingernails cleaned and trimmed. – Always dress in layers. If it gets chilly, you can offer your date your coat. The more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":37724,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,227],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-24694","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-style"],"featured_image_urls":{"large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/12\/First-Date-2-538x280.jpg","medium_large":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/12\/First-Date-2-768x624.jpg","aom":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/12\/First-Date-2-372x230.jpg","reactor-320":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/12\/First-Date-2-320x260.jpg","reactor-640":"https:\/\/content.artofmanliness.com\/uploads\/2013\/12\/First-Date-2-640x520.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24694","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24694"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171137,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24694\/revisions\/171137"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37724"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24694"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24694"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24694"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/beta.artofmanliness.com\/app-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=24694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}