How To Build A FIRE Wardrobe Properly (Essentials /Grails) — Transcript

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1. 0:00You ever open up your closet and you
2. 0:01feel like you got nothing to wear even
3. 0:02though your closet is full? In this
4. 0:04video, I'm going to teach you everything
5. 0:05you need to know about how to building
6. 0:06your wardrobe. From actually building a
7. 0:07wardrobe, from what pieces to buy to how
8. 0:09to balance exotic pieces and regular
9. 0:11pieces. I'm J. Alexander. Let's get to
10. 0:13it. Now, before we get to anything, the
11. 0:14first thing we going to talk about is
12. 0:16how to select your right basics. So, the
13. 0:18problem is they either under buy or they
14. 0:20over buy and they just got too too much
15. 0:21dumb stuff going on in their wardrobe.
16. 0:23Bro, the solution is to stock your
17. 0:24wardrobe with essentials. Essentials
18. 0:26that you can repeat and combine with
19. 0:28your exotic pieces. Now, let me tell you
20. 0:29exactly what you should get. Now, coming
21. 0:31from somebody who has styled many people
22. 0:33and I can dress myself. You know what
23. 0:35I'm saying? I'm going to tell you
24. 0:36exactly what to do and exactly where to
25. 0:37start. You need two white TE's, two
26. 0:39black TE's. Each of one needs to be
27. 0:41cropped and one needs to be fitted
28. 0:43because being fit is also being in
29. 0:45shape. We're going to get into that. All
30. 0:46right, that's ball knowledge. If you
31. 0:47know, you know. You need four pair of
32. 0:49jeans. And these jeans can be style
33. 0:51however you want. You can go flare
34. 0:52denim, you can go skinny denim, you can
35. 0:54go baggy. It don't matter what you do.
36. 0:55Buet, it don't matter. But you need two
37. 0:57of each. You need two black ones and you
38. 0:59need two blue ones. You need a blazer,
39. 1:01preferably a black one because nine
40. 1:02times out of 10, black is usually
41. 1:04accepted everywhere that you go. You
42. 1:05need two sweaters. And you can mix and
43. 1:07match these. We going to get into how to
44. 1:08pick the color palette way later in the
45. 1:10video. Don't worry, we going to get into
46. 1:11that. I got you, my brother. I got you.
47. 1:13Or a sister, cuz I know my girls be
48. 1:15watching. I didn't count y'all out.
49. 1:17Okay, I know y'all be watching. I love
50. 1:18y'all. Ja sisters, too. I love y'all.
51. 1:20But you need two sweaters. And these
52. 1:21sweaters can come from different
53. 1:23materials. You can get you a cotton one.
54. 1:24If you balling, if you hooping, get you
55. 1:26a Kashmir joint. Now, me personally, I'm
56. 1:28not hooping. So, I don't know nothing
57. 1:29about that Kashmir lifestyle yet. But go
58. 1:32Kashmir if you want to go cashmere.
59. 1:34Preferably brown, blue, black. But like
60. 1:36I said, we're going to get into color
61. 1:37palettes later. All right. You need two
62. 1:39dress shirts, one black and one white
63. 1:40one, especially a white one. You're
64. 1:43going to need two pair of sweatpants.
65. 1:44That's for the color palette thing later
66. 1:46in this video. Sweats are very, very
67. 1:47important though. Very important.
68. 1:50Preferably baggy sweats [music] because
69. 1:52I don't know about y'all. I me
70. 1:53personally, I'm not a skinny ribbed
71. 1:55bottom type of sweat guy. I don't think
72. 1:57that they offer that much versatility
73. 1:59compared to how much baggy sweats can.
74. 2:01Cuz if you want that skinny look, you
75. 2:02could easily just tuck it in your sock.
76. 2:03[music] If you're a hooper, you know
77. 2:05that baggy sweats look way better on the
78. 2:06court as well. They do not offer as much
79. 2:08accessibility. But bro, we not trying to
80. 2:10be Jason Bor gang. We trying to be fly.
81. 2:12All of us, we came here to be fly
82. 2:14suitable and bag that girl or bag that
83. 2:16guy. But whatever it is, you know what
84. 2:17I'm saying? That's what we came for. We
85. 2:19ain't come to go drop 30. All right. So
86. 2:20get them baggy sweats. Okay. Don't ask
87. 2:22me about no brands. We going to get into
88. 2:24that. Get you a white and a black tank
89. 2:26[music] top. Okay, white and black.
90. 2:29Specifically them two colors. Then we
91. 2:31going to get into the jackets, more
92. 2:32casual, of course. We going to get into
93. 2:34statement pieces in this video as well
94. 2:35and how to balance the exotics with the
95. 2:37regulars. All right, you're going to get
96. 2:38you a trench coat, a leather jacket, and
97. 2:40a puffer. We not talking about dropping
98. 2:4215,000 on the wardrobe right now. All
99. 2:44right, we talking about the basics, what
100. 2:46you need. And anybody who got real deal
101. 2:48style will tell you this is what you
102. 2:50need. Okay, the key here is to mix and
103. 2:52match your statement pieces with your
104. 2:54basics. Ja, you didn't even talk about
105. 2:56statement pieces. We gonna [music] get
106. 2:57into that, but balance is everything.
107. 2:59Balance provides a good foundation for
108. 3:01your outfits. And the basics are really
109. 3:03what provide a foundation. And the
110. 3:04exotic pieces are the ones that add
111. 3:06personality and versatility to your
112. 3:08clothes. But what about Balenciaga and
113. 3:10Rick Owen? And we look, bro, we not
114. 3:12worried about that right now. We going
115. 3:13to get into that. That's my last time
116. 3:14saying that. We going to get into it. I
117. 3:16promise you. I got you. I love you. I
118. 3:18know what you looking for. I got you, my
119. 3:20brother. I've been there. Okay, look at
120. 3:21my old fits. Okay, I've been there.
121. 3:24Okay, but I want to prove to y'all.
122. 3:26Y'all got to think people people main
123. 3:28excuse that they use to not dress and
124. 3:29not do this is I don't have [music]
125. 3:31enough money. But the whole time you
126. 3:33don't even need that much money to
127. 3:34dress. It's about what's in here and
128. 3:36it's about the videos and the things
129. 3:37that you consume and the inspiration
130. 3:39that you take to dress, [music] not how
131. 3:40much money you got. Bro, do you know how
132. 3:42many people on the internet have way
133. 3:44more money than me? [ __ ] I'M POOR. I
134. 3:46DON'T KNOW WHY Y'ALL BE THINKING I'M
135. 3:48RICH. I'M NOT RICH, BRO. I don't know
136. 3:49why y'all be thinking I'm rich. I don't
137. 3:51got it like that. And I'm still one of
138. 3:52the most best dressed. So, y'all got to
139. 3:54stop with this. Oh, I need money. I need
140. 3:57No, you don't. You don't. That's an
141. 3:59excuse. And by the way, if you really
142. 4:00need if you want to know where I get any
143. 4:02of my clothes from, a specific piece, if
144. 4:04you need help with mental, fashion,
145. 4:06getting bullied, anything of them sorts,
146. 4:08DM me on Instagram. Here's my Instagram
147. 4:10on screen. I reply to literally all my
148. 4:12DMs. If I have not replied to you, I
149. 4:14will be replying to you. Don't like Jay
150. 4:16didn't reply to me. I got you. I love
151. 4:18you. Welcome to the JA fam. I reply to
152. 4:20all of y'all. And I mean all of y'all.
153. 4:21Don't be scared. Don't be Man, don't
154. 4:23don't don't text my DMs talking about
155. 4:25some Yo, bro. I I'm sorry I'm What you
156. 4:28sorry for? I'M TRYING TO HELP Y'ALL.
157. 4:29Y'all think cuz I got these thousands of
158. 4:31views on YouTube that I don't want to
159. 4:33help y'all no more. I'm going celebrity.
160. 4:34Bro, I I built my foundation on y'all.
161. 4:37So, put the DM in my inbox. Follow my
162. 4:40following me and I'm going to get back
163. 4:41to you. I got you. I got you. And if you
164. 4:44really want to take it a step further,
165. 4:45Discord in the description. Join the
166. 4:47Discord. We got a thousand up. We got a
167. 4:49thousand JA family members up in there
168. 4:51and we'll help you get your friends.
169. 4:52We'll help you anything and it's for
170. 4:53free. I'm not charging you nothing. It's
171. 4:55for free. Next thing we're going to be
172. 4:56talking about is where to shop from.
173. 4:59Now, the problem is most people don't
174. 5:00know how to buy clothes that actually
175. 5:02fit and last. The solution is to shop
176. 5:04smart. Splitting your payments from
177. 5:05affordable, basic to premium, okay? Or
178. 5:08that mid-range area. That's like the
179. 5:09sweet spot. I'm gonna give y'all
180. 5:11everything that I wear and then I'mma
181. 5:13tell y'all my actual secret at the end
182. 5:14of this section on what I do to get most
183. 5:16of my clothes. Good Fellow and Hannes
184. 5:18are perfect for TE's. Good Fellow is
185. 5:20where you're going to get them fitted
186. 5:21TE's. Hes is where you're going to get
187. 5:22those affordable crop TE's. These TE's
188. 5:25will not last you forever, but they will
189. 5:27do the job and they will hold up for
190. 5:29probably about a year, 6 months to a
191. 5:31year. For hoodies and sweaters, you can
192. 5:32shop at H&M and Unilo. I'm specifically
193. 5:35I'm going to bring Uniqlo up again in
194. 5:37this video, but I just want to say that
195. 5:38Uniqlo and specifically regarding to the
196. 5:41hoodies and the sweaters, they are mad
197. 5:43affordable and for what the quality that
198. 5:45you get. I ain't going to lie, this is
199. 5:46one of the ones that's like one of the
200. 5:47godfather. It's just golded, bro. It
201. 5:49don't matter where it sat is golded. I
202. 5:51can assure you even if I was rich and I
203. 5:53was spending 10,000 on clothes, I would
204. 5:55still go to Union Club for my TE's and
205. 5:56my sweaters. I'm That's just me, though.
206. 5:58For affordability, if you really want
207. 5:59some good denim, I know this is like an
208. 6:01obvious one, but I feel like for some
209. 6:02reason we all overlook it. Levis's.
210. 6:05Levis's. They offer so many different
211. 6:07versatility from boot cuts, which is
212. 6:08like literally everybody's eating that
213. 6:10up on the internet right now. From baggy
214. 6:12to skinny. [music] And if you know how
215. 6:13to sew, you really could cook it up.
216. 6:15That's another thing for another video.
217. 6:16I know y'all want that video. I'm going
218. 6:17to get y'all that video. That's another
219. 6:19thing, another lane, another topic. But
220. 6:20for mid-range, like I said, Quinc is
221. 6:21really good. Zara is really good. Zara
222. 6:24used to be cheap, but I don't know what
223. 6:26happened. Ever since they went
224. 6:27mainstream and blew up, bro, the prices
225. 6:29have shot up. So that we going to go
226. 6:30ahead and say mid-range. But the quality
227. 6:32is decent. It's not the best. It's not
228. 6:34going to last, you know, two, three
229. 6:35years like a Ralph Lauren sweater will,
230. 6:37but it will get you through what you
231. 6:38need to do. And let's be honest, bro,
232. 6:40two, three years from now, you gonna be
233. 6:42able to afford that Ralph Lauren. You
234. 6:43going to be able to afford that Burberry
235. 6:45Berry. So, don't worry about it. Do what
236. 6:46you got to do right now. So, you can
237. 6:47slide on through. Keep it going, man. I
238. 6:50hate these the people on the internet,
239. 6:52bro. Don't be shopping from this place,
240. 6:53bro. Cuz this place we didn't come up
241. 6:54with headspun parents like you. If you
242. 6:56did, that's cool. No offense to you. Do
243. 6:58what you do. You blessed. I still f you.
244. 7:00You still part of the family. But not
245. 7:02all of us came from that. We all can't
246. 7:03afford, bro, to go Ralph Lauren every
247. 7:05single year. Some of us got single
248. 7:07parents. Some of us, you know, hey, do
249. 7:10what you got to do. Do what you got to
250. 7:11do. Ain't no judgment here. That's why
251. 7:12it's Ja Fanfo L. Discord in the
252. 7:14description. Big community. They help
253. 7:15you get right. Banana Republic, Uniqlo,
254. 7:18cuz Uniqlo is definitely in the
255. 7:19mid-range. They do get a little up
256. 7:21there, but it is worth it. All Saints
257. 7:23Hours are really good brands that aren't
258. 7:25like super duper mainstream. They're
259. 7:26more of like they came up in the
260. 7:28internet culture, the Instagram culture,
261. 7:29but they're tough. And I shot I get my
262. 7:31bases from ours. Black Taylor, a lot of
263. 7:33my jackets are from there. A lot of
264. 7:34y'all ask me where my jackets are from.
265. 7:35Black Taylor, that's another brand that
266. 7:37fits into what I just said. Aloe and
267. 7:39then Carheart. Now for the premium range
268. 7:41for them who really balling, who really
269. 7:43got it like that. Northace, Fear of God.
270. 7:45I don't want to hear nothing about Fear
271. 7:46of God. Oh, Fear of God. Listen, if you
272. 7:48know fashion, you know about Fear of
273. 7:50God. Polo, Ralph Lauren, Todd Snder,
274. 7:53Laurel Piana, St. Laurent, obviously
275. 7:55Margella, Acne Studios, Tom Ford, and
276. 7:58Jay Alexander, which I don't know if
277. 8:01y'all know about Jay Alexander, but it
278. 8:02hasn't came out yet, but it's going to
279. 8:04be tough when it come out, and the
280. 8:05quality [music] going to be up there for
281. 8:06affordable prices when you're shopping
282. 8:08in the in the in the in the in the in
283. 8:10the when you're shopping in the
284. 8:11affordable range, you're going to be
285. 8:12coming off about $100 to $500. Being
286. 8:15realistic, if you're trying to build a
287. 8:17full wardrobe, okay, from the mid-range,
288. 8:19a,000 and from the premium, I don't
289. 8:22know. All right, bro. You You might be
290. 8:24spending anywhere from from from uh 3K
291. 8:28to 10K to get up there, bro. I said
292. 8:31Margello, bro. So, and notice how I
293. 8:34didn't say Balenciaga and all this other
294. 8:36stuff. Come here. Come here. Balenciaga
295. 8:39is a statement brand. [music] Louis
296. 8:41Vuitton is a statement brand. YSL and
297. 8:45all these other things, I [music] did
298. 8:46include them because they do have
299. 8:47basics, okay? They do have the
300. 8:50essentials that you need, but these are
301. 8:52statement things. J8, what is a
302. 8:55statement piece? No problem. A statement
303. 8:57piece is a fashion item that stands out
304. 8:59because it's the main focus of your
305. 9:00outfit. It's usually bold, eye-catching,
306. 9:03is crazy memorable, and for the most
307. 9:05part, there's a high chance that it's
308. 9:06the most expensive thing on your
309. 9:08clothes. Hence, Balenciaga. Like, bro,
310. 9:10let me show you an example. This these
311. 9:12are literally by definition a statement
312. 9:15piece. Cuz I wore basic fish to the
313. 9:17airport. You know how people be wearing
314. 9:18Uggs? But instead, I threw these in
315. 9:21there. You know, cuz I have a beauty
316. 9:22thing where like wherever I go, you got
317. 9:23to know I'm in the swag. [music] You got
318. 9:25to know I'm in the fashion. So, I wear
319. 9:26these to the airport. These are
320. 9:29literally the definition of a statement
321. 9:30piece. They're extremely loud, extremely
322. 9:33memorable. Bro, you don't understand how
323. 9:34many compliments and looks I [music] get
324. 9:36from just wearing these. The fit could
325. 9:37legit be basic. And these will make the
326. 9:40fit not basic. Statement [music] piece.
327. 9:43But these go for about like $750 upwards
328. 9:46to $1,000. These did come out like three
329. 9:48years a two years ago. So the price on
330. 9:50these, they kind of range. But statement
331. 9:53piece up there. Statement piece. Those
332. 9:55used to be a statement piece as well
333. 9:57before everybody started to act like CDG
334. 9:59wasn't the goat and that is overplayed
335. 10:00and da da da. Those used to be a
336. 10:02statement places. They used to go for
337. 10:03like 175 200 some back in the day. So at
338. 10:06this point, picture this. You just spend
339. 10:07about $500 to $1,000 on clothes.
340. 10:09Honestly, you're going to upwardsly
341. 10:11spend that much money anyway in a year
342. 10:12without even realizing it. Like you
343. 10:14could tell yourself, "I'm not spending
344. 10:15$1,000 on clothes. Are you crazy? But I
345. 10:17can assure you this, my brother. Go
346. 10:19through the whole year. All right. You
347. 10:20going to keep buying clothes and boom,
348. 10:22$1,000. Okay. So, at this point, you
349. 10:24know what I'm saying? You done got some
350. 10:25clothes. You got some wardrobe. You
351. 10:27getting a little bit of the hus. You
352. 10:28ain't going too crazy. But the h they
353. 10:30starting to recognize you a little.
354. 10:31Okay. He got a little bit of swag,
355. 10:32right? Let me tell you the secrets. Come
356. 10:34here. Come here. Come here. I'm one of
357. 10:35the best dressed [ __ ] on here.
358. 10:36Let me tell you what I do. Most clothes,
359. 10:39anything you could think of that's
360. 10:40goated. These clothes 99% of the time
361. 10:42are made through China. No, I'm not
362. 10:45about to talk about reps, but instead
363. 10:46what I'm about to talk about is Alibaba.
364. 10:48Okay? Now, if you go on Alibaba, bro,
365. 10:50you can legit get the clothes directly
366. 10:52sourced from the people who make these
367. 10:54other brands. Your favorite Instagram
368. 10:56brand, they probably use Alibaba. Your
369. 10:58favorite uh clothing brand, da da, they
370. 11:00probably don't use Alibaba cuz Alibaba
371. 11:02is just it's like agents that talk to
372. 11:04other people, right? But they probably
373. 11:06manufacture, they get their clothes made
374. 11:07in China. So, you could go on there and
375. 11:09indirectly shop on China and get it.
376. 11:11Like you can get a leather jacket from
377. 11:13China. Now don't get me wrong. Yes,
378. 11:15you're not going to have the history
379. 11:16artifact. There's no feelings behind the
380. 11:18clothes. Like this leather jacket was
381. 11:20made back in 1990, bro. And back in
382. 11:221990, it was a communist who wore this
383. 11:24jacket and he then went on to save
384. 11:26America. Listen, bro. It's just a
385. 11:27regular real leather jacket you can get
386. 11:29straight from China. Okay? If you don't
387. 11:30care about that, which I know you don't
388. 11:32care about that [ __ ] bro, then go to
389. 11:34Ali.
390. 11:36Get on Alibaba, bro, and get you some
391. 11:39drip then. And you knew this was coming.
392. 11:42Thrifting. Thrifting. Thrifting.
393. 11:44Thrifting is the method. Every f bro,
394. 11:47there's this influencer on here, bro.
395. 11:49Name is Yes, I love Mari. He made a full
396. 11:51series, blew up on YouTube um about
397. 11:54thrifting. Literally about thrifting.
398. 11:55Bro, thrifting is the meta. Thrifting is
399. 11:58the wave, bro. Thrifting your the best
400. 12:00the best people you know that are
401. 12:02dressed that probably aren't celebrities
402. 12:03because the best dressed celebrities are
403. 12:05usually styled, okay? the best dress
404. 12:07people, you know, like real day-to-day
405. 12:08life people, they probably thrift. So,
406. 12:10get used to thrifting. And I'm not
407. 12:12talking about the the upward scale
408. 12:14thrift stores that some people own and
409. 12:16it's like, oh, they're just taking
410. 12:17clothes and then they're upselling it
411. 12:18orop. I'm not talking about that. Depop
412. 12:20is a great place to shop as well. I'm
413. 12:21not talking about that though. I'm
414. 12:23specifically talking about going to
415. 12:24places like Family Thrift, the outlet
416. 12:26centers that have everything for a
417. 12:28dollar or going to places like the
418. 12:30Goodwill bins. Not actually Goodwill,
419. 12:32but the Goodwill [music] bins. going to
420. 12:33these places, going to um Salvation
421. 12:36Army, going to places where you actually
422. 12:37get real deals, real thrifted clothes.
423. 12:39Go there. And lastly is going to be Dep
424. 12:41Depot because now it be a lot of
425. 12:43scammers on Depot. Matter of fact, look,
426. 12:45if if it's not like some legit like
427. 12:47random like Levi jeans or all this other
428. 12:49stuff, don't buy don't buy from anybody
429. 12:51that don't got a 4.5 rating or higher
430. 12:52[music] and that don't got reviews and
431. 12:54don't got a bunch of items. So, anything
432. 12:56designer, bro, never in your life ever
433. 12:58buy designer on depot. That is like
434. 13:00you're getting, bro. I can guarant Bro,
435. 13:02give me your money to me. Just give it
436. 13:03to me. I'm going I'm going to do I'm
437. 13:05GOING TO DO BETTER WITH IT. I'm just
438. 13:06saying. You got some clothes, you got
439. 13:08some drip, but you realize there
440. 13:09something missing at your wardrobe. I
441. 13:10got the clothes, J8, but now I ain't got
442. 13:12no shoes. That's going to be the next
443. 13:13thing we talk about. Shoes. Now, the
444. 13:15problem is thinking that you need about
445. 13:1715 different pair of shoes when you
446. 13:19really only need about six, seven
447. 13:20different shoes. Now, I'm going to
448. 13:21perfectly tell you every type of shoe
449. 13:23that you need in [music] your wardrobe.
450. 13:24Let's do it. You going to need three
451. 13:25pair of casual sneakers. These this can
452. 13:28range from your Pumas to your Adidas
453. 13:30sambas to your Chuck Taylor to your
454. 13:32Margellas to your AS6 or your New
455. 13:34Balances, your Jordan fours, your
456. 13:37Bapstas, whatever. You're going to need
457. 13:38a heavy boot. For example, heavy boots.
458. 13:41Any form of Doc Martin platform like a
459. 13:44combat boot or maybe even like a like a
460. 13:46work boot [music] like a Timberland.
461. 13:48What about Balenciaga? No. No, you don't
462. 13:50got to go that crazy. You're going to
463. 13:51need a pair of slides. You're going to
464. 13:52need a pair of loafers. You're going to
465. 13:54need a pair of dress shoes. I'm not.
466. 13:55Dress shoes and loafers are two
467. 13:57different things. By the way, if you
468. 13:58want real sauce, I say get you a pair
469. 14:00[music] of pointy Chelsea boots. Them
470. 14:02them so hard. I ain't going to lie. Them
471. 14:04so tough. Get you a pair of cowboy
472. 14:06boots. This is like I said, this is me.
473. 14:08Get you a pair of combat boots. This is
474. 14:10me. Like I said, you don't got to do
475. 14:11this, but if you want real swag, [music]
476. 14:13I'm just saying this what I would do.
477. 14:14And then you can get you some
478. 14:15statements. We going to talk about
479. 14:17statements later on in this video,
480. 14:18though. Very short and simple. Like I
481. 14:20said, that was a very short and simple
482. 14:21[music] session, but it had to Hey, we
483. 14:23got to get it in there, right? I'm not
484. 14:25trying to make you watch a thousand
485. 14:26videos. I'm trying to get you right
486. 14:28right here, right now. Number four is
487. 14:29going to be accessorizing. Now, before I
488. 14:32tell you about accessorizing, let me
489. 14:33just tell you something, okay? I have
490. 14:35literally went and dropped a 23minute
491. 14:37[music]
492. 14:38video specifically on how to
493. 14:39accessorize. I'm going to put it right
494. 14:41here. If you really want to know the
495. 14:43in-depth and details on how to
496. 14:44accessorize to [music] a tea, watch that
497. 14:47video. And I'm not even saying that to
498. 14:48just like get more views. I'm legit
499. 14:50telling you like, bro, that video I
500. 14:52really broke it down and accessorize.
501. 14:53So, check that out. And if you coming
502. 14:54from this video, leave a comment. I will
503. 14:56reply to you. By the way, if y'all
504. 14:57haven't noticed, I reply to legit all
505. 14:59the comments that I get. Literally,
506. 15:01there's no comments on my videos that I
507. 15:02don't reply to unless the video is like
508. 15:043 months old. So, don't hesitate to ask
509. 15:06me questions down there as well. Now,
510. 15:08accessories is like the cherry on top,
511. 15:10the icing on the cake, something that
512. 15:11you need to finish off. It's like when
513. 15:13your coach tell you to finish strong.
514. 15:15That's exactly what accessorizing is.
515. 15:16Cuz accessories is actually the part
516. 15:18that most people skip. They get the
517. 15:19clothes in and they skip over this part
518. 15:20thinking that the clothes is going to be
519. 15:22enough to make them fly. You're going to
520. 15:23need your basics like watches, rings,
521. 15:25and the minimal jewelry, glasses, pair
522. 15:27of shades, scarfves, gloves. Bro,
523. 15:29scarfves are really tough. And if you
524. 15:31know how to really use a scarf to
525. 15:33elevate your fit, bro, I'm telling you,
526. 15:36scarfves add a whole different look onto
527. 15:38your fashion. I'm talking about you can
528. 15:40wear your scarf around your neck. You
529. 15:41can put it in your pocket and have it
530. 15:42hang. You can wear it like this and have
531. 15:44one side hanging lower than the other. I
532. 15:46do that. That's my swag. Scarfves are
533. 15:47extremely versatile. Gloves, headphones,
534. 15:50AirPod Max. Do y'all remember in 2020
535. 15:52like 22 23 when everybody was like
536. 15:55genuinely obsessed bro with AirPod Maxes
537. 15:57and now they kind of just like they
538. 15:58exist now it's kind of like regular now.
539. 16:00Y'all remember that bro? Maybe it's cuz
540. 16:01everybody got more money now. So it
541. 16:03doesn't seem like it's these $500 pair
542. 16:05of headphones that everybody's talking
543. 16:06about. Maybe that's what it is. I don't
544. 16:07know. But headphones, bags, and when I
545. 16:09say bags, I mean anything ranging from a
546. 16:11suitcase. Y'all miss that suitcase I did
547. 16:12back there. A suitcase, a bag, like a
548. 16:15cross body bag, maybe even a purse.
549. 16:17Purses ain't gay, by the way. Let's stop
550. 16:19right there and talk about this. Anybody
551. 16:20who is telling you, "Oh, what you're
552. 16:22doing is gay. Getting into fashion is
553. 16:24gay." Da da da.
554. 16:27In 2025, my brother, you really judging
555. 16:29another man for what he wear. Who really
556. 16:30gay for real? How clothes make you gay?
557. 16:32That don't even make sense. I mean,
558. 16:34maybe if you overdoing it, if you going
559. 16:35like super flamboyant and no, no, no
560. 16:37judgment to y'all. Y'all, y'all boys,
561. 16:39y'all girls do what y'all do. But don't
562. 16:41let these these these people out here
563. 16:42try to define you by your clothes. All
564. 16:44right, bro. You gay cuz you Nobody
565. 16:46trying to hear none of that, bro. And if
566. 16:48you deal with that, DM me on Instagram.
567. 16:49I got you. But bags, especially bags,
568. 16:51add a lot of character and versatility
569. 16:52to your fits. And it can be bags like
570. 16:54the cross body ones, the ones that hang
571. 16:56like you were on the runway. It could be
572. 16:57a suitcase. It could be a carry-on
573. 17:00luggage, a purse. It could be it could
574. 17:02be like the satchel bags, fanny packs.
575. 17:04It's just up to you. It really it's on
576. 17:05your style. It really depends what you
577. 17:06want to do. I know that. And and by the
578. 17:08way, I want you to understand no matter
579. 17:09what your wardrobe is, it all comes down
580. 17:11to style, which I will talk about later
581. 17:13in this video as well. And lastly,
582. 17:15earrings. Now, obviously, there's a lot
583. 17:17more accessories. I didn't talk about
584. 17:18like hats, chains, and all that because
585. 17:20that's like common knowledge, right? But
586. 17:22I want you to understand that it's not
587. 17:24about how many accessories that you wear
588. 17:26because there's minimalist accessorizing
589. 17:28and there's maximum accessorizing, which
590. 17:29is two different things, by the way,
591. 17:30right?
592. 17:33Come on, bro. Hey, I'm trying to help
593. 17:35everybody. This [ __ ] falling, bro. I got
594. 17:37interrupted, bro. Two interruptions in
595. 17:39one video was crazy. But earrings now,
596. 17:41like I was saying, there's maximalist
597. 17:43and there's minimalist. Minimalist being
598. 17:45sub tool. That's like the old money guys
599. 17:47or the very subtle classy guys. I ain't
600. 17:49going to lie. Look, minimalistic styling
601. 17:51is definitely way more catered towards
602. 17:53getting women. Women love minimalist
603. 17:55styling. Unless, of course, it's a woman
604. 17:56who's into fashion, which in 2025, not
605. 17:59everybody's into fashion. Like, [music]
606. 18:00the community is still mad niche. So, it
607. 18:02could really be the subtle things. And I
608. 18:04recommend you be sub, especially if
609. 18:06you're just getting into fashion [music]
610. 18:08or you're in the mid-range. be sub
611. 18:09because sub accessorizing is usually way
612. 18:12more successful when you're building an
613. 18:13outfit. [music]
614. 18:14Especially if the clothes you're wearing
615. 18:16are actually really good because like I
616. 18:17said, accessorizing is not the thing
617. 18:19that makes your outfits. It is the small
618. 18:21detail on top of everything that just
619. 18:24add it's like fine wine like a nice sip
620. 18:26of Chardonnay. Like it's really really
621. 18:28tough. It's really really tough. It's
622. 18:30the cake. It's the icing on the damn
623. 18:32cake literally cuz your outfit should be
624. 18:34treated like a masterpiece. And a
625. 18:35masterpiece is when everything is right.
626. 18:37Meaning every detail got to be right.
627. 18:39Shoes, accessories, clothes, all of that
628. 18:41is got to be right. We losers, okay?
629. 18:45This fashion stuff not no joke. This is
630. 18:46life.
631. 18:48We used to be chopped back in the day.
632. 18:49Then we got clothes and now we fly and
633. 18:51we getting women. You know what I'm
634. 18:52saying? These clothes, it's everything.
635. 18:55I'm done. I'm done. Next topic, BRO. AT
636. 18:57LAST, statement pieces. Now, the main
637. 19:00issue everybody focuses is they either
638. 19:01avoid statement pieces, thinking that
639. 19:03they don't need exotic things about
640. 19:04their outfits, or they overdo it. They
641. 19:07go full Louis Vuitton top to bottom or
642. 19:09they go full designer, bro. I went proud
643. 19:11on the socks. I went lincy on the pants.
644. 19:12[music] Louisie on the You don't need
645. 19:14all that, my brother. And half the time
646. 19:16the people who got the most bread don't
647. 19:17know how to dress. That's why these
648. 19:18people got stylist. That's why I'm a
649. 19:20stylist.
650. 19:22I'm a stylist. Yo, boy. Craig 20 years
651. 19:25old. That's why. You should be using
652. 19:27exotic/statement pieces to add [music]
653. 19:29character, liveless, and the beauty in
654. 19:32your outfits. Okay? If you don't
655. 19:33understand what I'm saying, think of
656. 19:35[music] it as this. I'm gonna put an
657. 19:36outfit on screen. This is one of my
658. 19:38favorite outfits. I've rewor tons and
659. 19:39tons of times. But what makes this
660. 19:41outfit good, right? Obviously, there's
661. 19:43no shirt under the blazer, but what
662. 19:45really [music] makes this outfit good is
663. 19:47the chain. It is the double cross
664. 19:49pendant in the middle of this outfit
665. 19:50that adds that chic and that character
666. 19:52[music] look. I can assure you, if I did
667. 19:54not have this cross, this outfit would
668. 19:56not be as good. Like [music] I said,
669. 19:58statement pieces, they add character.
670. 19:59And yes, a statement piece don't got to
671. 20:01just be clothes. It don't got to be this
672. 20:03giant suitcase in the back. It could
673. 20:05just be the Santa Claus hat. This ass
674. 20:07character, right? I'm in I'm in I'm in
675. 20:08JA Christmas mode. Layer them smart and
676. 20:11mix them properly [music] to create the
677. 20:12perfect masterpiece for your clothes.
678. 20:14Think about my wardrobe. Yes, I got St.
679. 20:16Lauron. Yes, I got Valencia and all
680. 20:17these different things, right? But I
681. 20:18want you to understand, for the most
682. 20:20part, all my fits are dumb. Like [music]
683. 20:22from a surface level, it's basic. Look
684. 20:24at the fit on screen. Black jacket,
685. 20:27black pants, [music] black shoes. Let's
686. 20:30get closer. Chromeart Tims, right?
687. 20:33Double cross pendant, [music] right?
688. 20:35Staint Laurent glasses. You probably
689. 20:37know that though, but Staint Laurent
690. 20:38glasses, [music] right? These things,
691. 20:41they add character, they add style, they
692. 20:43add the pop, they make the fits not
693. 20:45exot, not basic. If you all black type
694. 20:47of guy, but guess [music] what? You just
695. 20:49seen a scarf and this scarf is blue,
696. 20:50red, and yellow. Hey, you were all
697. 20:53black, but you could just boom, throw it
698. 20:54in there, pop. Add some style. Add some
699. 20:56swag. Add some new some new stuff to
700. 20:57your wardrobe. Number six is going to be
701. 20:59style. what we just talked about. That's
702. 21:02why I love doing my videos like this
703. 21:03because everything makes sense. These
704. 21:05creators, they give you random, bro. Do
705. 21:06this. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
706. 21:08Why would I tell you where to get the
707. 21:10clothes from and where to do all this
708. 21:11other stuff, you're just going to keep
709. 21:13coming back to me, my brother. I want
710. 21:15you to know yourself. I want you to be
711. 21:17swag yourself. I'm not going to teach
712. 21:19you a skill. I'm not going to just hold
713. 21:22withhold some information so you keep
714. 21:23coming back to me. No, that's why my
715. 21:26videos be mad different. Style. Let's
716. 21:28get to it. You see how I just locked in
717. 21:29right there? Now, the problem is most
718. 21:31people don't know how to actually build
719. 21:33style. They just get on Pinterest, they
720. 21:34see what everybody else wearing, and
721. 21:36then they just copy that. When that's
722. 21:38not the case. Style is the fine-tuning
723. 21:40things. It's the knowledge on things.
724. 21:42It's the characteristics of your fits to
725. 21:44actually make your fit better. You can't
726. 21:45buy swag. You can't buy style. You just
727. 21:47got to know. And I'm about to educate
728. 21:49you. And I'm going to give y'all
729. 21:50multiple different ways you can add swag
730. 21:51to your clothes. The first one being
731. 21:53proportioning and layering. Put this fit
732. 21:54back on screen, Ja. Now, this fit right
733. 21:56here is perfect. But let me tell you why
734. 21:58this fit is perfect. It's not perfect
735. 21:59because the pieces, although if you if
736. 22:01you pee what I saw earlier in this
737. 22:02video, the pieces what I said, get you a
738. 22:04black blazer, get you a pair of heavy
739. 22:06shoes, get you a pair of pants, right?
740. 22:08But let's take a look at the actual fit.
741. 22:10Okay, this fit has a open blazer, right?
742. 22:13That's swag. There's a heavy chain
743. 22:14instead. That's swag. Look at the pants.
744. 22:17The pants have a flare. So, this creates
745. 22:19an hourglass silhouette. That's swag.
746. 22:21Then the heavy chrome heart tims. That
747. 22:23is swag. But it's all basic, right? It's
748. 22:26all basic. It's just black shoes, black
749. 22:28pants, and a black blazer. That's it,
750. 22:30right? But we all can see that that's
751. 22:32not it. I'm not trying to hype my head
752. 22:33up. I'm trying to use me as an example
753. 22:36because I've had a lot of people in my
754. 22:37community literally say that they got
755. 22:39inspired by this fit, right? And I'm
756. 22:41telling y'all, what make this fit good
757. 22:43is the swag of it. It is not the pieces
758. 22:45of it, my brother. It is the swag. The
759. 22:47next thing is going to be, like I talked
760. 22:48about earlier in this video, your color
761. 22:49palette. But if I'm you, and especially
762. 22:51if I'm getting into fashion, I would say
763. 22:53stick to neutrals. There is no reason
764. 22:55you should have a all yellow, orange,
765. 22:57and red wardrobe. We have issues. Now,
766. 23:00I'm not going to tell you what colors to
767. 23:01stick to in the neutral range, but if I
768. 23:03was you, I would recommend blue and
769. 23:05black and white. It's the perfect things
770. 23:07that create the base of your outfits and
771. 23:09then you add the things that pop. You
772. 23:11add the swag that pop, right? I was blue
773. 23:13and black last year. The year before
774. 23:15that, I was just blue. I was a denim
775. 23:16type guy and now I'm a all black type
776. 23:18guy. I don't know what I'm going to do
777. 23:19uh for next year. It might be a all
778. 23:22black year again next year cuz I really
779. 23:24love this year, man. I'm so happy I got
780. 23:25y'all. I love y'all, man, with my whole
781. 23:27heart. Ja fam for Lel. By the way, if
782. 23:29you don't know what's going on, it's Ja
783. 23:31Christmas. You should have You should
784. 23:32have went and go watch that first video.
785. 23:34I'm literally doing a giveaway. All you
786. 23:35got to do is drop a comment on this
787. 23:36video, go on Instagram, send me a
788. 23:38screenshot of a comment, follow me, and
789. 23:40just say I came from this video. And
790. 23:42just like that, you end. But colors is a
791. 23:44nice way to add swag to your things.
792. 23:46Proportions is a nice way to add swag to
793. 23:47your thing. But most importantly, swag
794. 23:50itself. Okay? Having the mindset to be
795. 23:53able to look at something, take the
796. 23:54inspiration, and then add it to your own
797. 23:55pace. This this whole look right here is
798. 23:57inspired by Brad Pit Fight Club
799. 23:59specifically. Okay? And I've had this
800. 24:01jacket, bro, for years. That thing in my
801. 24:03brain has transferred from then all the
802. 24:05way to now to then influence me now to
803. 24:07wear my clothes like this. Style ain't
804. 24:08just about clothes. It's about how you
805. 24:09carry yourself straight like that.
806. 24:11Number seven is going to be versatility
807. 24:13testing. Now, the problem is most people
808. 24:14buy clothes and they don't even think
809. 24:16about what they got at the crib. you
810. 24:17buying you on Instagram getting
811. 24:18Instagram clothes and getting Instagram
812. 24:20merch talking man I'm I'm going to go
813. 24:22shop here I'm gonna go shop here you
814. 24:23don't even know if the clothes going to
815. 24:24work with your wardrobe at the crib you
816. 24:26don't even know the solution is before
817. 24:28buying imagine [music] three different
818. 24:29outfits at the crib can you make three
819. 24:31different outfits with these pieces and
820. 24:33unless you plan to build a wardrobe
821. 24:34that's [music] specifically all
822. 24:35statement pieces which I highly do not
823. 24:38recommend unless you're rich right but
824. 24:40even the rich that actually got styled
825. 24:42don't do that can I pair it with [music]
826. 24:43basics which for the most part if you
827. 24:45follow the basic list I said earlier in
828. 24:46the You can. If you can't layer with
829. 24:48hoodies, don't buy it. If you can't
830. 24:50layer with with shorts and pants, don't
831. 24:51buy it. If you can't mix it with staving
832. 24:53pieces, don't buy it. You need strategic
833. 24:55buying. All right. The problem is most
834. 24:57people they end up they shop randomly,
835. 24:59bro. They just see what everybody else
836. 25:00buying and they like, "Okay, cool. I'mma
837. 25:02buy it, bro, cuz everybody else buying
838. 25:03it." Sure, you want to be versatile and
839. 25:04I get it. And you can prioritize that as
840. 25:06well. But make sure you got the basics
841. 25:08and a nice foundation to create a
842. 25:09structured versatility foundation
843. 25:11because it's not always going to be hot
844. 25:12outside. So why is your whole wardrobe
845. 25:14only shorts and shirts? Map your closet
846. 25:16out. Be serious. Be intentional about
847. 25:17it, bro. I get it. It might not be that
848. 25:19serious, but when it's time to go
849. 25:20outside, when it's time to go on them
850. 25:22dates, when it's time to go with your
851. 25:23guys, your girls, when it's time to step
852. 25:25out, when it's time to do something, you
853. 25:26going to think about your fit and you
854. 25:27going to be like, "Dang, I should have
855. 25:28just bought this. I should have." It's
856. 25:30always better to invest in yourself, to
857. 25:31be honest. If you really think about it,
858. 25:33cuz if you don't spend, y'all ever just
859. 25:34be wanting to spend money on yourself,
860. 25:36but then you be like, "Man, I'm not I'm
861. 25:37not trying to spend money. I'm just
862. 25:38trying to invest in myself." And then
863. 25:39you end up spending the money on
864. 25:40something dumb and temporary. Anyway,
865. 25:42y'all get what I'm trying to say,
866. 25:43though. Now, the last thing we're gonna
867. 25:44be talking about for my JA fam who isn't
868. 25:46new here, if you watch all the way to
869. 25:48the video, you are now a part of the JA
870. 25:50ecosystem. JA stands for J Alexander.
871. 25:52That's my name, by the way. You're now a
872. 25:54part of the ecosystem. And we're going
873. 25:56to talk about the mental part of
874. 25:57building a wardrobe. These things are a
875. 25:59part of you. And I'm not saying they
876. 26:00define you, but they definitely define a
877. 26:02small portion of your life. When you're
878. 26:03getting into these things, understand
879. 26:04that you probably will fail. [music] You
880. 26:06probably will buy certain pieces from
881. 26:07certain brands that I probably didn't
882. 26:09say or did say. They might not fit. They
883. 26:10might fit you. They might [music] not.
884. 26:11But that's what comes with the game. It
885. 26:13took me 3 years, all right, 3 years to
886. 26:15get to this point of being a veteran at
887. 26:16this at [music] this, bro. I'm not going
888. 26:18to lie, right? And in times, it can mess
889. 26:20with your mental. You thinking, bro, I
890. 26:22need to buy these clothes so I can get
891. 26:23this girl. I can impress [music] this
892. 26:24guy. I can impress these people that you
893. 26:26probably don't even care about. Do it
894. 26:27for yourself. Go into this, go into
895. 26:29building your wardrobe with confidence
896. 26:30and creativity, bro. Of course, I'm here
897. 26:32to help you and I'm here to guide you.
898. 26:33That's my sole purpose on this planet is
899. 26:35to help y'all get into fashion, help you
900. 26:36build your mentals, but use me and use
901. 26:38my videos as a [music] blueprint, okay?
902. 26:41a blueprint to go and elevate and go out
903. 26:43there and go crazy. Stops in your head.
904. 26:46Remember that. J A J.
905. 26:52What's up with y'all? Man, get this off
906. 26:54me, bro. Ja fam, what's good with y'all?
907. 26:58First of all, [music] if you not part of
908. 27:01the JA fam, if you're not part of the
909. 27:02ecosystem, now is your time to leave. I
910. 27:04helped you out and I love you. I wish
911. 27:05blessings upon your life. Merry
912. 27:07Christmas if you don't see me again. My
913. 27:08JA fam that's here though. First of all,
914. 27:10I'mma [music] comment. Look, look. First
915. 27:12of all, if you want to participate in
916. 27:14the giveaway, okay, I'm giving away a
917. 27:16full pair of denim. It is 100% cotton,
918. 27:19same quality as Lindy LB, all of that.
919. 27:22All right? It's going to be about $120
920. 27:24when it actually drop. I'm giving it to
921. 27:26you for free. All you got to do, go on
922. 27:28there, DM me, send me a screenshot, and
923. 27:32you're entered in the giveaway. Join the
924. 27:33Discord, bro. Get in there and get
925. 27:36active, bro. We got a thousand people in
926. 27:38there. It's a lot of people. They all
927. 27:39sitting there waiting for y'all to join.
928. 27:40Y'all need help with style, you need
929. 27:41help with anything, it's for free. This
930. 27:43a no judgment zone. This is a come into
931. 27:45the community, bro, and show some love.
932. 27:48Get some love back. Join the community.
933. 27:50It's free and you stay up to date when
934. 27:52I'm posting videos, when I got
935. 27:53giveaways, when I'm doing things. We
936. 27:54have meetings on the first of every
937. 27:56single month. I just want to let y'all
938. 27:58know I love y'all, man. I'm very happy
939. 27:59to do this series. More videos coming.
940. 28:02Comment a video that you want cuz I'm
941. 28:04selecting videos from the comment
942. 28:05section to make. All right. So, comment
943. 28:08a video so I can help you out. As usual,
944. 28:11stay authentic. DM me Instagram if you
945. 28:12need anything. I love you. [music] Next
946. 28:14video coming next week. Peace.