Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion by Alan Flusser

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Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in order to dress well and look stylish without becoming fashion victims.

Richard Nalley - Forbes

Author and haberdasher Alan Flusser's Dressing the Man is an authoritative guide to the modern man's wardrobe, a surprisingly newsworthy subject thanks to the recent rise and fall of Silicon Valley's influence, and the cor-responding shifts at many companies from business wear to "business casual" and back again. Flusser leads off with the fundamentals, color and proportion, and builds all other associations from there. "Once you learn which colors enhance your complexion and why specific proportions flatter your physique," he writes, "you are halfway home." But Flusser is just warming up: The encyclopedic book continues with chapter-by-chapter discussions of everything a man might put on his body. With each description of socks, shoes, dress shirts and pocket squares, Flusser returns to his main point: that a man's clothes should harmonize with the tones of his skin and hair and with his physique. Style, like anything else a man wants to improve--his golf game, his public speaking, or his appreciation of fine wines--is a talent that can be learned.

Publishers Weekly

During the past 25 years, men have spent more money on clothing for themselves than in any other period of modern history, says Alan Flusser (Style and the Man). The time has "never been more propitious for the emergence of a standing army of well-heeled swells," he believes, and in Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion, he takes readers on a tour of men's clothing that he attests will never go out of style. Flusser carefully explains how to mix patterns, what to look for when trying on clothes in the fitting room, what kind of jacket to wear with a straight-point collar, the history of the monk-strap shoe, the correct position for a bow tie and what "business casual" really means. Heavily illustrated with photographs of dapper dans from Humphrey Bogart to the Duke of Windsor and drawings depicting neckwear, suit jackets, coat sleeves and trouser creases, this is a superb reference for any man.

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