5 Belt Mistakes That Make You Look Stupid | Rules For Wearing Belts & When To Go Beltless

About this video

Centeno outlines five common belt-wearing mistakes and provides guidelines for when to wear belts, how to match leather colors, proper belt sizing, and buckle formality levels. He emphasizes that belts should be worn whenever they’re visible and pants have belt loops, explains when going beltless is acceptable, and clarifies that suspenders and belts should not be worn together.

Key takeaways

• Centeno argues that if pants have visible belt loops and aren’t covered by a jacket, a belt should be worn even if leather colors don’t match perfectly—nothing looks worse than pants falling down
• Centeno recommends dress belts be 1 to 1.25 inches wide with 5 inches of excess material after buckling, while casual belts can be 1.5+ inches wide with 5-6 inches of excess
• Centeno teaches that simpler buckles are more formal, while larger buckles with stones or precious metals are casual—never combine belts and suspenders together
• Centeno suggests investing in interchangeable belt systems to solve the problem of matching belt and shoe leather across a variety of colors

Episode details: published January 16, 2018 · 467K views · 8:20 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style advice summarized here is Antonio Centeno’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are his, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.

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