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Size guide for men

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How to Measure your Chest

Raising your arms slightly, measure around your chest Be sure to cross over your shoulder blades and the fullest part of your chest, keeping the tape parallel to the ground. This chest measurement will both indicate your correct blazer size and also guide you in choosing the right size in shirts, sweaters and outerwear.

How to Measure your Waist

Your waist is the smallest part of your torso, so instead measure round where your trousers usually fall. Keep one finger between the tape and your body to ensure an accurate fit.

How to Measure your Neck

Measure around the middle of your neck (at the Adam's apple), keeping one finger between your neck and the tape measure for a comfortable fit.

How to Measure your Sleeve

Measure from the middle of the back of your neck, across your shoulder and down your arm to your wrist making sure that your arm is at a 90 degree angle with your hand resting on your hip.

How to Measure your Inseam

Using a pair of trousers that fit you well (and if possible of a similar material to those you are buying), measure along the inside of the trouser leg from the crotch to the bottom opening. The number of inches is the inseam length, rounded to the nearest ½.

Fab Fabrics: Glossary of fashion terms

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Applique
embellishment on a garment where the decoration is made by cutting pieces of one material and applying them to the surface of another.

Argyle
A popular design for knitted fabrics (both hand and machine knit), most often used on sweaters and socks. Usually two or three colours appear in this diamond shaped plaid patter, named for the tartan of a clan in the county of Argyle, western Scotland.

Binding
A strip of fabric sewn over or attached along an edge to secure or protect.

Canvas
A strong, durable, closely woven cotton fabric popular for raincoats, handbags and boots. Originally made of unbleached hemp or flax used for sails, tents, etc.

Corduroy
Medium to heavyweight cotton pile fabric with Wales usually cut vertically. This is strong, durable fabric, originally used by the household staff of French kings, was called corde du roi or "cord of the king".

Crepe
Used to describe all kinds of fabrics – wool, cotton, silk, rayon, synthetics and blends – that have a crinkly, crimped or grained surface. From the French word creper, which means, "to crimp of frizz".

Crepe De Chine
(krepp deh sheen) A fine lightweight crepe usually made of silk.

Crochet
Loose, open knit made by looping thread with a hooked needle. Used for light, summer sweaters.

Dobby
Type of woven fabric that contains simple geometric forms or motifs, where the design on the fabric is created in the weaving process.

Embroidery
fancy needlework or trimming consisting of a coloured yarn, embroidery floss, soft cotton, silk or metallic thread. Although hand embroidery is still widely practiced, most commercially produced embroidered clothes are by machine.

Engineered Print
Also called a place print, because it is integrated into a specific area of design. Border prints are often engineered into place.

Eyelet
Fabric that is designed with a series of finished small holes or perforations, adding beauty and breath ability to the garment.

Facing
A piece of fabric sewn to the inside of a garment for the lining purposes to add structure.

Flannel
A warm, soft fabric, made in tightly woven twill or plain weave, and finished with a light napping. Derived from the Welsh word gwlanen, which means wool.

Georgette
A sheer, lightweight plain weave fabric with a fine crepe surface. Also called georgette or georgette crepe.

Herringbone
A twill weave made up of parallel lines balanced evenly in each direction to create a zigzag effect.

Interlock
A type of cut and sew fabric that is characterised by the interconnecting of the knit stitches.

Jacquard
(ja-card) Elaborate woven or knitted pattern made on a jacquard loom. Invented by Joseph Marie Jacquard in France 1801, the loom uses a punch card much like a player piano does. Some Jacquard fabrics have specific names (e.g. Brocade, Damask, Tapestry).

Jersey
A generic term for a plain knit fabric without a distinct rib. Originally made of wool, jersey fabric was first manufactured on the island of jersey.

Linen
Fibres of the flex plant, woven into the fabric that are cooler, stronger and more absorbent than cotton.

Marled Yard
two single yarns of different colours twisted together. You see this mottled effect most often in sweaters.

Merino Wool
This is high quality wool yarn made from the fleece of merino sheep. It is fine, strong, and elastic, and takes dye well.

Modal
a generic category of manufactured fibres that have a greater ability to retain shape when wet, as well as a high breaking strength.

Non-iron
This finish allows a garment to stay smooth without ironing, and stay crisp throughout the day.

Ombre
A shaded effect of colour ranging from light to dark tones of one colour, and used in a striped motif.

Piece Dyed
Fabrics that are dyed in piece form after they are woven, and usually offer just a single colour.

Pique
(Peekay) A knitted cotton fabric with a waffle (or diamond shaped) pattern.

Placket
The piece of cloth that reinforces a split or opening in a garment; and that usually also serves as the closure (i.e. the button packet for a shirt).

Pointelle
Delicate looking rib knit fabric made with a pattern of openings.

Poplin
A durable, plain weave fabric similar to broad cloth, But with a heavier

Smelly

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some women like it hairy, some women like it smooth. but what most women dont like is Smelly...

but what do i know. i am not even cute.

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DUDE!

wear something that suits you... not something that u think is ... nice.

Dude! Take A Shower!!!

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Dude!!!

Take a shower after a day's hard work!!

not only is it hygenic, it makes you feel better!

Cheers..

The Face

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First let us look at the basics of facial care.

1- Wash your face daily.
Because of its exposure to the weather and environment, the face should at least be washed twice daily, before going out and at the end of the day.

The ritual should be aided by a facial exfoliate and a facial wash. The exfoliating weeds out foreign bodies while the facial wash freshens it.

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The face should include the back of the ears and the neck.

2- Protect the face.

Use a cream or a lotion that moisturizes the facial skin.

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Apply it immediately after a shower or a face wash. Make sure the face is dry.

Areas to note.
Nose, around the mouth, back of the ears, and neck.

These are the places that we would habitually miss out.

It does not matter how cheap or expensive the product is but like many other things it should fit you. It defeats the purpose if you buy a thousand dollar product but your skin is allergic to its ingredients.

It is a good thing to buy them in a set. This is because they have been designed to complement each other. Unless of course if you a chemist professor. I am sure you would have gone through secondary/high school chemistry. You know certain chemicals do not mix. Surely you do not want your face to explode?

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