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New Year’s resolutions (style edition) from the He Spoke Style writers.
As we welcome the arrival of 2025 here at HSS, we turn to one of our two favorite annual traditions — professing our New Year’s style resolutions. (Our other favorite article tradition will be published tomorrow so stay tuned!)
We asked our editors to share their personal style resolutions for the year, and once again, they did not disappoint. Read on to see what we’ll be focused on this year and perhaps use this as inspiration is you’re still searching for a style resolution for yourself.
Enjoy!
Brian Sacawa
One of the things that I struggle with as someone who’s been posting my style online for almost 12 years now is to get out of the mindset — or resist the temptation to think — that I always need to be wearing something different.
You guys look to me for inspiration and I feel like I need to constantly refresh that for you, or give you new things to be inspired by.
But I think that’s not practical, it’s not real, and I think it runs counter to the whole ethos of He Spoke Style, which is to build a classic and curated menswear wardrobe that’s timeless and versatile.
So my style resolution for 2025 is to do a little bit better at practicing what I preach. Keep it simple — or even simpler — and when I’m putting an outfit together for something to not overthink it, to not worry that I just wore this suit or that sport coat, and to remember that simple, classic style is always the most powerful.
Mark Remillard
My style resolution in the New Year is to find and take part in more occasions to wear black tie. I recently went to the Met Opera in New York for my anniversary and it was such an amazing experience in general, but the opera is also a wonderful opportunity to break out a proper tuxedo and look like a million bucks!
This resolution has two parts, because I actually need to get a tuxedo since I don’t own one myself. Therefore, my goal is to obtain one and get some good use out of it in the coming year!
John-Paul Stuthridge
Having executed last year’s sartorial resolution (to buy less but better), I intend to continue 2025 in the same spirit with another resolution: to go for bigger fits. The wider, more relaxed fit is fashionable now, but that has never sat right with me. I instinctively want a slimmer fit to accentuate a figure for a nicer silhouette.
This year, I noticed how what felt ‘right’ to my eyes in the mirror, looked odd in photos. I no longer want to feel stuffed in the gills wearing a jumper and shirt underneath too-snug a coat, thus the new year for me will be about more classic, roomier fits.
Drew Chambers
I love shoes. I have far too many of them, and as such I’m making a “two out and one in” resolution for 2025. If I must buy a new pair of shoes, I’m going to make sure that I remove at least two pairs that I do not wear regularly and donate them. I’m currently very interested in the hiker that 3sixteen created, along with the incredibly cool leopard print del toro shoes, so maybe those will be the first new additions.
Ponzio Oliverio
My sartorial resolution for the New Year is one that is long overdue, and is less about style or fashion and leans more to practicality. It is much needed and also much dreaded. I’m talking about going through my closet and wardrobe and culling it of items I no longer wear.
I don’t have a hoarder mentality by any means, and neither do I hold onto things with hope they come back into style. It is more sentimentality than anything. The remembrance of wearing something for a cherished occasion or an item that was a gift makes parting it with it difficult, even if I will no longer wear it.
I still have ties inherited from my father, who has long since passed, that I just cannot toss, but due to the differences in our neck sizes I cannot wear. I don’t feel this way about most things, why clothes?
David Reardon
As a father of two young ones who’s entering his fourth decade in 2025, my style resolution is to find the balance between continuing to show up stylishly and thoughtfully while accepting the inevitable reality my outfits will many times be imperfect.
They will be wrinkled, stained or both; they may not be as novel or interesting as years past (when I had more time and money on my hands); and regarding some of my favorites (many purchased before I took on the title of “Dad”), they may no longer be in the cards thanks to the vicious combination of aging metabolism and less time for the gym.
So, while I will never not put care, thought, and attention into showing up stylishly – out of respect for others and especially for myself – I hope in 2025 I can give myself grace that sometimes the journey (caring) is just as important as the destination (the final result).
Tony Gorga
Since, at the time of this writing, I work largely out of the house, I don’t have much of a reason to wear my ‘nice stuff’ — even though I’ve spent considerable time and effort into procuring it. And, since (also at the time of this writing), I’m parenting a one-year-old, I find other reasons not to wear something. I don’t want to wear that cashmere turtleneck; it’ll get stained. I might bang my Reverso on the changing table.
My style resolution is pretty simple: to wear the ‘nice’ stuff I have and enjoy it. Not because it’s a ‘special day’ or any kind of day, really. Because it’s today, and it’s the only one we’ve got.
How About You?
What are your personal style resolutions for 2025? Join the conversation by sharing them below.
Thanks, as always, for reading and Happy New Year!