All it takes is just a little bit of effort...

1) Not taking the effort to smell nice
Or worse still , smell bad. It is not going to kill you to invest in a small bottle of perfume and deodorant.

2) Wearing shirts that are too long
I don't see why you should buy a top that looks like pyjamas on you. Long sleeves should be cuff-linked instead of rolled up during formal dates. My dad used to do it until I got him a nice pair of silver cufflinks from Raoul.

3) Wearing polo tees with their collars up
It is unfortunately only serves to make you look like you're trying too hard instead of suave.

4) Tees with explicit/offending captions on them
Not only does it make you look like a walking poster-boy for turn-offs, such trends are incredibly passé too. Wait, was it even a trend in the first place ? Let me think. NO!

5) Shoes make an outfit
I don't care if you're wearing an awesome Bape tee and sculptured Diesel jeans if what’s on your feet are your well-worn pair of basketball shoes.. Neither am I going to be impressed if you're wearing your military New Balance sneakers. Or that smelly old heap you hit the gym with. Don't even think about buying that $40 pair of fake Nike dunks. If a non-discerning Nike person like me can suss out a fake , so can the rest. $40 is not a bargain , it is a fake. Its as fake as Pamela Anderson’s breasts.

6) Clean teeth
Oral hygiene is very important. I have seen people with teeth so caked with built-up plague that it looks as if someone smeared greyish yellow clay on them. Not to mention the ultra funky breath that goes hand in hand. No way am I (or anyone else for that matter) is going to kiss you.

7) Tight-fitting shirts
Not even if you have a physique to die for. And especially not if you have man-boobs.

8) Slippers
If you thought jeans with slippers is a serious faux paux, how about jeans with $2-a-pair slippers?
If you really have to, please, get a decent pair from Project Shop or Havainas.

9) Fabric belts
The surfer-dude look with one end of a fabric belt hanging loose is so ten seasons ago. Stop it. Please.

10) Imma P-I-M-P !
There was once when I saw someone in a COMPLETELY white outfit , from his white old-school sneakers to his white porter bag. I don't know what went through his head because he looks like a fashion victim who has succumbed to a colour crime. I think the only forgiving same-colour outfit is the all-black get-up. Any other colour and you'll just look like one of those guys in a boyband singing in a cheesy MTV.