Deo Veritas – Dress Shirts and Lifestyle

After a New Year’s booze bash, we remember our fresh resolutions and make grand plans, euphoria evaporating our hangover.  Soon, however, optimism fades, boredom sets in and we dismiss our hopes, facing long nights and short days, plodding towards Spring. We see the sun and consider it a minor miracle.

This year it’s going to be different. Instead of overwhelming yourself with a list and the inevitable let down, we’re going to provide you some tips on how to make things happen. We know it’s the dead of winter but so what. Let’s get it done and do it with purpose.

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Deo Veritas wants to wish our readers a Merry Christmas. We hope you’re enjoying the holidays with family, loved ones and friends. Thank you for your support and we hope to continue to provide you with helpful content on men’s fashion and lifestyle.

And remember, lay off the Eggnog. Have an Old Fashioned instead, slip on a crisp dress shirt and then position yourself beneath the Mistletoe. Good things will happen, promise.

It was frigid when I stepped outside, but I was feeling mellow, content. I had left Old Town Social after a few Manhattan’s, the mood still lingering. I was doing good, mid winter nothing but a rumor.

I had planned to be there for only a short while and needed something to give me a kick, something to stir the consciousness. Beer wouldn’t do it but a Manhattan would – a classic that gets the job done. The attractive waitress purred rye or bourbon? Wild Turkey Rye please.

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I was faced with the dilemma of buying a new pair of dress shoes, replacing my dear Ecco’s, or having them repaired. I first bought them about four years ago because I was developing plantar fasciitis, caused by wearing poorly designed dress shoes while pounding the city streets to and from work. My doctor prescribed insoles and recommended I get a pair of Ecco’s: my feet haven’t stopped thanking me since

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When looking for a dress shirt, it can be confusing sometimes because there can be too many choices. After narrowing it down to the right color, collar and fit, the dress shirt’s fabric comes into the equation. I’m going to give you a primer on what to look for regarding fabrics, since it can determine how you keep your cool during a summer afternoon or how you look at that swanky new restaurant with the lady friend.

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