The common wisdom of "dressing for the body you have" seems to make sense for the common man. After all, clothes look better when they suit the wearer. However, when I started getting into MTM and bespoke garments, I decided that I wanted to go the other way — to get my (mostly) perfect body before I spend too much money on garments, so I can make sure they fit the body that I want to keep for the next 20-30 years. Advantages of this approach: 1. Having a motivation to improve our physique. 2. Not being demotivated to improve our physique due to already having plenty of clothes designed for our current, inferior one. 3. Avoiding the cost of future alterations (or remakes). 4. In the end, looking better. Because if you're obese, all the tailoring in the world won't make it look *good*, it can just camouflage it and make it look *passable*. So I started training. Since I didn't have any belly to lose, for me, the key areas were: 1. Neck thickness — since that's what determines what shirt collar you can button. I wanted to optimize it. I've mostly been using a simple routine of neck curls, side flexions, and extensions. I found out that once you can neck curl ~5 kg at ~30 reps, this looks like the sweet spot (the neck should optimally be around the width of the jaw). 2. Shoulder positioning — which determines the shoulder position of all shirts and jackets. I focused on upper traps and serratus anterior through Lu raises and similar exercises. This made it so I have much less sloped shoulders than before — their default position looks much healthier and more masculine. 3. Pelvis positioning — not sure how much it affects the pants fit, but I have been training muscles around my pelvis (mostly the inner stomach muscles and the glutes) through exercises like stomach vacuums to counteract the excess lordosis I've developed. Now I've gotten so much into it that I'm also training less important muscles like chest, biceps, and triceps to balance out the huge neck that I grew. 💪

I remember a time when I would just grab whatever shirt was close whatever pants that were close, throw them on grab the closet shoes and out the door. No attention to style or detail, I was covered and that is all that mattered. Then as I started this journey, I became more focused, intentional in my clothes and appearance. But now, I have noticed in my choice in shirts have changed. Don’t get me wrong I love to wear a polo shirt when playing golf, and I still have some old t-shirts that I use strictly for workouts and yard work, camping and outdoor activities. But I find myself wanting and liking wearing dress shirts and button down shirts. They for me are so much practical for almost any situation. You can wear them with almost anything even shirts. But you can add a tie, throw a jacket and go from casual to semi casual or business casual in a short time. But I love the look, the feel, and style or wearing them. So gentlemen, my question to you what is your go to shirt? Do you have a particular style polo vs. dress shirts? Do you prefer one over the other? And tells us why you selected this category.