7 Things to Keep In Mind While Shopping For Your Man

Men love it when you shop for them, but they hate going out to shop for themselves. We’ve come out with a handy guide on how to buy the right clothes for your man. Ensure that even if you’re maxing out his credit card, you’re doing with every bit of your fashionable heart in it.

Clothes that Fit Well

For buying well-fitted clothes, you will need the correct measurements of his neck, chest, waist, inseams, and out seams. Clothes that are too tight or too big look ugly. Even bigger guys look better in fitted clothes. Ensure that neither the shirt should be baggy, nor the sleeves should be very loose.

Colours that Suit His Skin Tone

Select colours that suit your man’s personality and be mindful of his taste. If he is conscious about wearing loud colours like pink and purple, buy pastels for him. If he is bulky, then buy clothes in a dark shade and avoid anything with horizontal lines.

Experiment with Bows and Ties

 At every formal setting, the first thing people notice is a man’s tie. Experiment with different tie styles. Striped ties look classy and can be matched with any suit. Silk ties in complementary colours, especially solid colours look great with a tweed suit. If your man likes experimenting, go for a quirky style like a tie with polka dots.

Search for Trends

 If you think you do not have enough knowledge about men’s fashion, subscribe to fashion magazines for men (we recommend Esquire and GQ). This is the best way to study what’s in vogue and what’s not. When you go shopping for him, take those magazines with you so that you have a reference while creating a particular look.

Business Wear for Men

Try matching different shirts, ties and blazers. Be sure he has solid coloured suits and blazers as an essential wardrobe component. Cottons are very useful during summers, while tweed feels comfortable and look stunning during winters.

Don’t Forget the Shoes and the Belt

Men do not wear too many accessories, except a good belt and great shoes, so be careful of including the two in your shopping list. If they do not wear fancy things, we are sure they will like a matt-finish black leather belt. Leather shoes are also a must-have in his wardrobe.

Jackets and Overcoats

A jacket or an overcoat should be able to accommodate a suit underneath. In an overcoat, the thumb rule is to look for any wrinkles when you wear it. Presence of vertical wrinkles means the coat is too large, and horizontal wrinkles indicate it is too small.

Fashion on India Kishmish

10 style imperatives men are getting wrong

India Kishmish - Style is just about being yourself and experimenting with trends – how many designers and celebrities have fed you with this twaddle in modest interviews? However when it comes to style, they know as well as us honest folks know that there are some hard-and-fast rules to the art of dressing. Looking good isn’t just accidental, it’s a process. We give you 10 style imperatives that will help you master the craft

1. Loose suit: You bought a handsome and rather expensive suit and when you tried it on, you just looked a bit… eh in it. That’s because even the best suit – top brands included – requires to be fitted to your exact measurements. Our tip: While trying on a suit, keep going down a size in the jacket until it gets uncomfortable. Then go one size up and buy that. Emgrace your tailor – even when you get your perfect size you will need to decrease your pants length and slim down the suit according to your shoulders and waist size.

2. Matching socks: It isn’t black socks for black shoes and brown socks for brown, your socks  should match your suit or pants. So if you are wearing a grey suit with black shoes, go for grey socks in a shade that’s slightly darker.

3. Tie length: The tip of your tie should never hang below the waistline of your pants, anything above or below that is the wrong length. Go for a tie in a tougher silk so the knot is big and handsome. It should measure about three inches at its widest part.

4. Obese wallet: Clean out your wallet regularly or buy yourself a new slim leather beauty which will only hold a limited amount of cards and ATM slips – and do you really to carry them all around all the time? A fat bulging wallet is an eyesore, it's time you put it on a diet.

5. Wrong belt: The width of your belt should be between an inch and an inch and a half, and the buckle should be subtle. Smell the belt – if it smells buttery, chances are it’ll age better.

6. Tux: The fabric of your tie should match the lapels of your suit and should always, we repeat, always be black.

7. Pants length: Your office pants are not your jeans, they shouldn’t be bundling up at the ankles. They should be falling straight till 1/4th of your shoe is covered sans crease.

8. Undershirts: You can skip these all together, but if your chest looks like a bear's and you tend to perspire a lot, opt for a crewneck which will blend in best with your outfit. A v-neck will only stand out.

9. Wrong fit jeans:Most mens get their jeans wrong. High-waisted white-washed jeans are dorky and the low rise baggy variety which show-off your boxers are better suited to your nephew. Buy yourself a medium-rise pair of denims which sit on your hips, follow your legs (instead of saddle bagging out from your waist) and form-fit to you as you break them in.

10. Adult sneakers: Sure sneaker,s are trendy but only if you are wearing the grown-up versions. Go for a classy pair somewhere in between the geeky Seinfeld variety and the snazzy Jay-Z look-alikes.

What Men Wants in Women

10 Things a man wants in a woman

Are you a single woman who has kissed umpteen toads but not yet landed the Prince? Or are you just holding on to something that was never meant to be? If you want to know what makes a man fall for a woman and willing to walk her down the aisle, read on...

1. A woman with her own life: Ladies, please note that he doesn't want someone clingy. If you are one person who has her own set of friends and can hang out by yourself, you are closer to hitting the jackpot.

2. No first move: OK, so is it ladies first or do men get be gentlemen and ask the lady out? The guy likes a woman who never makes the first move. He wants to decide how he's going to woo you serenade you - so be a lady and let him!

3. Love's in the air: Does your heart beat faster when you see him? Does his voice make you want to see him? While some may experience these, others may feel a sense of comfort and security when with him. This makes for a good foundation to take the relation ship.

4. Show you care: Someone said don't sweat the small stuff. But in a new relationship you definitely need to! Doing little things to show to him that you care will make his heart grow fonder.

5. Sexy yes, slutty no: Don't indulge in PDA right off the bat - you are likely to scare him off! Men like to take it slow and prefer being nonsexual but flirty in the initial stages of the relationship.

6. Wait for sex: Don't jump into bed on your first date. Sex can effectively ruin what could otherwise be a beautiful relationship. Both of you may end up having very little in common other than sex. So wait a while before you seal the deal.

7. No-nonsense: A man wants a woman he can respect. If he knows he can't get away with anything, he's likely not to go down that path. Also, don't date a guy who is seeing other women, married or abusive - they are just not worth it.

8. Be his buddy: Make him feel good in front of his friends and important people. Don't laugh at him but with him.

9. Lay off: If you are the kind who will call, text and mail your man umpteen times a day, rest assured he will run out the door in a jiffy. Don't badger him, especially about the future. Take it as it comes and things will just fall in place!

10. Good attracts good: If he is well-mannered and gentlemanly, then you have scored a 100! As dating experts say, "Good manners are a sign of what kind of man he is." Ensure that you have similar values and he's dependable and truthful.

How to Get Six Pack Abs Like Amir Khan Bollywood Actors

The Six Pack Workout: Get Body like Bollywood Actors

Exercise your core muscles. Once the fat on top of your abs is gone, you'll need washboard abs to be underneath. In the comfort of your home, you can exercise your core muscles -- it helps posture, too!

• The plank: You can't just focus on what's on top -- it's what's behind your abs too -- your back! And doing the plank works both. With your forearms on the floor and your toes into the ground, lift up your core and thighs off the floor. Make sure your elbows are in line with your shoulders. To do it right, keep your butt and abs flexed.
• The reverse crunch: Upper abs are easy; it's the lower ones that are hard. This exercise is much like a crunch, but with your feet in the air. To start, put your arms at your side, keeping your palms down. Place your knees over your hips, using your abs to place your body. Instead of moving your head toward your knees, move your knees toward your head. Hold your knees briefly as close to head as possible and then lower them back towards the mat.
• The Bicycle: This exercise targets your back and sides, in addition to your upper and lower abs. Lie on a soft surface like a yoga mat and make a pedaling motion in the air. Alternate raising shoulders toward the opposite knee. Make sure to work both sides evenly. 2 sets of 12 reps is a good place to start.

Start weight training. If you're going for a six pack, you'll need strong pecs, shoulders, and back too. Your entire body needs to be on track, not just your abs.

• Wood Chop: Using a free weight or medicine ball, kneel down on one knee. Lift the weight up, with both hands, over the shoulder of your leading foot. Lower the weight to the other hip, hold, and bring back up. Always make sure your entire body is facing forward. Aim to use a weight that fatigues the muscle in 12 reps.
• Trunk Rotations: Working with a dumbbell or medicine ball, get into a sitting position, knees bent and feet flat on the floor. Lean back slightly to engage your abs. Bending at the elbows, hold the weight close to your core and twist from side to side. Pause at the end of each rotation.
• Dumbbell fly: Grab some free weights and sit on a stability ball. Walk it forward until it's your head and upper back that are balancing on the ball. Push the dumbbells up and out, directly above your elbows. Swing out and back in, slowly. Keep your abs flexed at all times and your arms loose, not locked.

Blast fat with cardio. The absolute quickest way to get rid of fat is cardio. While it's important to do cardio and it's important to work with weights, it's most important to do both in tandem. You need to burn and blast away the fat to see the results you want.

• This doesn't necessarily mean running. Swimming, boxing, cycling, and tennis are also great alternatives (amongst many) if you don't feel like hitting the concrete.
• Consider high intensity interval training. Most studies have shown that the benefits of cardio are amplified when done in intervals. Work out as hard as you can for 30 seconds, relax for a minute, and repeat 9 more times. And you'll get your workout in super quick.

Keep it varied. You don't want your body to get used to your workouts. Once something becomes easy, step it up a notch. Constantly challenging yourself is the only way you'll see results you've never seen before. Each time you exercise, make sure to target different muscle groups. Do somewhere between four and eight moves and don't repeat the same moves the next day. Keep your muscles guessing by constantly changing up your routine. But, as always, check with your doctor if you're 45 or older.

Enjoy your 6 pack Like any Bollywood actor :)

Get A Beach Body like Bollywood Hunks In Two Weeks

Get A Beach Body Like Salman khan, Hritik Roshan or Varun Dhavan
In Two Weeks

Summer is finally here and its time to head down the beach and show off that body you have been working hard on all through the winter. You have been exercising through the winter haven't you?

Well if not now’s the time to take action and stop putting it off with excuses such as “oh, I’ll start tomorrow” or “just one more biscuit, slice of cake, vodka etc wont hurt”

So to help you get a beach ready body that you can be proud of I’m going to give you my top five tips to give you the best results in the next two weeks.
Now I’m not saying it’s going to be easy but then nothing truly worth having is ever easy. So here are my top five tips...

1, Stop working your abs in the hope that if you do thousands of sit ups/ crunches you will be able to burn loads of fat and get that toned midsection that you desire. It just doesn’t work like that. The body burns fat from genetically determined places which you nor I have control of and doing sit ups/ crunches won’t burn anywhere near enough calories to elicit a fat burning effect.

2, Exercise, sorry if you thought this was going to be some magic tip to help you rid the fat without actually having to put any effort in. You don’t have to spend hours in the gym doing set after set for each body part six days per week followed by hours of endless cardio to see rapid results. What you do need is a 20-25 minute whole body workout done 3-4 times per week using compound exercises that use the largest muscle groups in the body. Using compound exercises will not only help build more muscle you will also speed up your metabolism which will cause you to burn more calories even while you read this!. Stay away from shaping exercises as they don’t burn anywhere near as many calories.

3, Follow your 20-25 minute workout with 15-20 minutes of interval cardio. Interval s can be done on any of the traditional cardio machines or out side. After a five minute warm up on your chosen exercise to get the blood pumping you then go as fast as you can for 30-60 seconds and then rest for the same amount of time. Repeat this for a total of 15-20 minutes for a great fat blasting workout. If you’re up for it try hill sprints or try skipping as fast as you can for a minute then slower to catch your breath then repeat. Interval training will help you to burn more calories post workout than slow steady cardio. Forget the fat burning zone; you want to burn as many calories as you can!

4, Nutrition. Fuel your body with real food. Try to eat as much fresh natural food as possible staying away from processed packaged food which is generally high in fat, salt and sugar. Try to reduce you consumption of caffeine which dehydrates the body and alcohol which is a useless nutrient that the body has to deal with before it can burn any of the calories that you’ve eaten from food. Basically if it wasn’t around when the cavemen where then don’t eat it. Technology may have moved on since then but the body still works on the same principles as it did thousands of years ago.

5, Be sure to drink at least 2 litres of fresh water per day. Did you know that the body is over two thirds water? Water is used by the body for transporting and carrying nutrients between cells, exchanging oxygen in the air we breathe with the carbon dioxide produced in or cells which must be excreted from the lungs. Water helps flush the body of toxins and waste products through urine, sweat and tears. Water helps to keep the skin healthy, helps to reduce wrinkles and helps reduce your chances of getting headaches. Need I say any more about water?

There you have it, my top five tips for getting a beach ready body in two weeks but will you act on them?

Fashion of Bollywood’s 11 best dressed actors you can follow

Smooth dressing and sharp styling is part of an actor’s credo. But who really makes the cut? Here’s our list of the slickest gents in Bollywood today:

Imran Khan
When he came to the GQ office last month to be a guest editor, sporting an artfully manicured beard, an English hunting cap and a Lanvin suit, he was a far-cry away from the modest Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na boy he was 6 years ago. Along with his talent his style has grown and matured into an irresistible combination of goody-two-shoesness and an urbane sophistication.

Ranbeer Kapoor
He’s got the girls, cars, money, unbridled ambition and puppy dog good looks that are stylist’s dream. From a three piece suit to a leather jacket to a towel, this Bollywood actress-magnet has the balls to carry anything off.

Saif Ali Khan
From the floppy haired ole ole chap to the suave tuxedo wearing agent. The prince of Patuadi is all grown up and so is his style. He’s slick, has great hair and looks smashing in a suit or a bandhgala.
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Abhay deol
The only Punjabi-ness in this achingly cool actor is restricted to his last name. His personal style is quirky off-beat and laid back. One of the few men we know who can wear a fedora and pull it off too.

Amitabh Bachchan
A luminary who’s style is beyond labels, trends and time. After 70 years of being stylish he is in a league of his own.

Farhan Akhtar
Making it in Bollywood without a single silly dance move is classy, and classy is what Akhtar junior is all about. His style is deadly serious but not imposing and while he prefers being in jeans, he does like the occasional Prada.

Shahrukh Khan 
People get addicted to movie stars like drugs and Shahrukh is pure cocaine. The effortlessly cool superstar puts everyone around him at ease with his charming banter and well-cut suits that are suave enough to notice but not loud enough to override his personality.

Arjun Kapoor
This star kid has had the transformation of the decade (Google ‘Arjun Kapoor fat’ if you don’t believe us) His effortless swagger seen in his debut film Ishaqzaade carries on to his personal style that’s trendy and effortless. A star in the making?

Hrithik Roshan
If you are that good looking it doesn’t really matter what you wear but this guy needs perfection in everything he does or wears. Even when his hair is unkempt, every hair is exactly as out of place as it should be.

Arjun Rampal

Even after shooting all day and drinking till dawn this man-God usually looks like he just stepped out of the sea onto some golden beach. He’s handsome, has great taste in clothes and managed to land himself a supermodel. That’s what life’s all about.

Prateik
His personal style is whacky, edgy and chilled out. He manages to pull off looking like a puppy dog while maintaining a dark streak. A woman probably can’t decide whether to mother him or take a ride on his bike, but either way, it’s irresistible.