10 Things Men Shouldn't Wear After 30

As you transition from your 20s into your 30s and beyond, your wardrobe may have to evolve.

There are just some style elements that you may have been able to pull off at a college party that you'll look ridiculous trying to pull off now. 

#10: Visors

Paul Rudd's character in Forgetting Sarah Marshall wore a visor. Why? Because he was an absolute dolt. If you're afraid of the sun getting in your eyes, go buy some sunglasses. No man should wear the same headgear that the guy who restocks the relish at Nathan's wears. And don't even get me started on wearing a visor backward. That's almost punishable by death.

#9: Ed Hardy Shirts

There is simply no justifiable excuse for a 30-year-old man to wear a T-shirt with a goddamn bedazzled dragon on it. Nothing says "Pathetically clinging to youth" quite like a middle-age man wearing Ed Hardy clothing. Remember a few years back when a post-divorce Jon Gosselin from Jon & Kate Plus 8 was, well, relevant? What was that dope wearing in damn near every paparazzi photo? That's right -- an awful, tacky, shiny, obnoxiously loud Ed Hardy T-shirt. Please, guys, the world doesn’t need another Jon Gosselin. In fact, I'm more or less positive that we didn't need the first one.

#8: Bright Sneakers

Adults can wear sneakers with colors on them. That's fine. We don't live in a black and white world. But there's just something about a 30-year-old guy wearing a pair of electric yellow sneakers with neon green laces that doesn't quite look right. Tone it down.

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INSTANT MBA: Find Out What Has Meaning To You And Go After It

Today's advice comes from Kay Krill, president and CEO of Ann Taylor, via Bloomberg Business Week:

"I graduated from college, and I did not know what I wanted to do. Macy’s came to campus to interview for their training program, and I thought, 'Let me give it a try.' I got the job and fell in love with the industry. The president of Macy’s at the time said, 'If you don’t wake up every morning dying to go to work, then retailing is not for you; it has to be in your blood.' It was in my blood."

Krill says you need to be passionate about what you do. The more you put off pursuing your dreams, the more unhappy you'll be in the long run. The secret is to know what you want and fight for it. Although this is easier said than done, once you embark on the long journey of saying 'no' to those things in life that don't matter, you will find yourself a lot happier. It's a long term investment that is worth the effort and the sooner you realize it, the better. 

"One of my favorite mentors said to me that you have to learn to jettison the people and things out of your life that just don’t matter and put 100 percent of your energy into things that do have meaning to you. That was very liberating for me. I used to go to all these places because I couldn’t say no. Now I pick and choose, and I say no very easily, because I know what’s important to me. I only wish that I learned how to do that earlier in my life."

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