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Walking into a business meeting, one thing that you want to exude is confidence, power and intelligence. When you are the one conducting the meeting, these become ever more so prevalent. This could be hard for us gay men because that some of us accentuate our finer assets are not the same way that others do so. A neutral way to tell the others that you are here for business, (but not opposed to having a bit of fun) would be wear your heart, in this case, confidence, on your sleeve.

The Shirts Have It
A power shirt can make or break an entire outfit. This is more so true now that business dress is becoming less formal and more casual. The three piece business suit is a thing of the past, with the arena moving towards jeans and a tee shirt. Though tees may be nice to wear on casual Fridays, it is no place for a high-powered business meeting. Select a shirt that accentuates your body, coupled with a bold, un orthodox color should bring a confident first impression. I would choose a dark purple, long sleeve buttoned down collard dress shirt to pull this off.

Gap It Out
Here in the United States, it is very difficult to find well fitting jeans, especially if you live in some conservative mid-western city like Cincinnati, Ohio. The average over sized butt of a mid-western male coupled with a heterosexual male’s low self-esteem both add to this fact. One way to get around this is to take a weekend vacation to some of the larger, more metropolitan cities such as Chicago, Austin, Los Angeles or dare I even say it, Columbus Ohio. If the size of your wallet does not warrant such an extravagant weekend trip head to the Gap and pick up a nice pair of boot cut jeans.

Shoes Off To You
Usually the last thing that you put on when you are getting ready to head out the door is the covering for your feet. Though these are the last thing that you put on, they are at the forefront of most peoples minds when it comes to accessorizing for the day’s jaunt. According to Mens Health, all a man needs is four pairs of shoes. As most of us gay men already know, we could go through four pairs of shoes in just one day so this bit of advice is lost on the likes of us. However, one pair of shoes that you should always have is a pair of killer boots. I would suggest picking up a pair of Kenneth Cole's Men's Mix Match Boot.

Watch Out
Exuding confidence and intelligence in a business meeting also warrants knowing how much time you have to get your point across. So having a stylish timepiece affixed to your body can give you a leg up on the people that you are trying to impress. Pick up a means Movado watch to accentuate your bold purple top.

Tie One On
Not being a staunch supporter of wearing a tie, I am not usually the one to suggest wearing one. Saying that, for some reason, wring your neck with a piece of fabric brings another since of power and prowess to your stature. Here is another way to be successful in you business meeting. I would choose a tie that has a hint of the same color as your shirt, but is mostly a very different color. A great place to find neat and colorful ties is at Target.

Brown Bag It
In the ever-elusive world of computer and information science, the need for stacks and stacks of paper is almost obsolete. We can place information that we used to save on 10 CD's all on one flash drive and still have room to spare. The need to carry all of those paper and pens have somewhat gone out the window, but as with wearing a tie, carrying some sort of 'case' or 'bag' could also go along way with exuding power. I would suggest heading to Urban Outfitters and picking up a Washed Leather Messenger in brown or tan. The light color will be a welcomed change from the office black and blue.

I hope that this insight into gay men's business attire will give you the flare that you need to knock them dead at your next company business meeting.