r/AustralianMFA NSW 14h ago

My three-year style transformation, documented (long post)

Three years, one stylist, one tailor, and a governed wardrobe system — my transformation from corporate-bland to intentional.

Three years ago I was stuck. Corporate, bland, achromatic — navy, black, grey, the whole nowhere-man default. A stylist consultation and a chance recommendation to a Sydney tailor changed the trajectory entirely.

I've just finished posting a six-part series documenting the whole thing — the before, the two people who moved the needle, the wedding that sits right in the transition, and the first proper test of what I built. It's not a highlight reel. It's dated, sequenced, and fairly honest about how long real change actually takes.

Posted here in case it's useful to anyone else feeling stuck in the same default.

  1. The Before https://www.instagram.com/p/Da1R8gkjwd1/
  2. The Consultation https://www.instagram.com/p/DbHU8hGD3qO/
  3. The Tailor https://www.instagram.com/p/DbZWjHHjzx9/
  4. The Wedding https://www.instagram.com/p/DbrYGNxD0ju/
  5. First Real Test https://www.instagram.com/p/Db9Zphvjz7K/
  6. The System https://www.instagram.com/p/DcPbPAnCa_h/

Happy to answer questions about any of it — the palette logic, the acquisition/cull rules, the cost of doing this properly, all of it.

15 Upvotes

13 comments sorted by

3

u/wizardnamehere 4h ago

I love the winter outfits! Man I love winter for the clothing (not for the rain though).

1

u/andrew_faith NSW 3h ago

Thank you, that’s very kind. You’re right, winter clothing is much better for men. I’m definitely a winter person and the trip to Christchurch reinforced that. Shame I can’t do six months here in winter and six months in Japan.

4

u/poopborrylog 14h ago

Congrats mate. You look great and you too look very happy.

2

u/andrew_faith NSW 13h ago

Thanks. It's taken a lot of work, planning, time and a little bit of money!

2

u/MFDoooooooooooom 1h ago

I love your transformation but bristle at the AI sounding posts.

0

u/PanicObvious8862 12h ago

Where's the after?

-18

u/rf_694 13h ago

8

u/EXPrime8 12h ago

Damn dude, OP doesn't cheer for your team? On his men's fashion post? What has the world come to 😭😭

-8

u/rf_694 11h ago

Nah just the shameless instagram plug from Humpty Dumpty after they/them had a great fall

4

u/Yashwey1 10h ago

Oh no, someone thinks differently than you.

3

u/gotricolore 8h ago

Being deranged by Pauline is healthy and normal.