Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion
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| Rating | : | 4.32 (919 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0060191449 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Uberfiend said Classic book on timeless men's fashion: perfect graduation gift for young men. This is a great book about achieving a timeless look and acquiring quality apparel. Like most men, I was never taught anything at all about color coordination or how to match patterns, let alone judge the quality of clothing. I just assumed that it was a talent that . "A Great and Wonderful Education!" according to Ottawa Wolf. I absolutely fell in love with this book and use it as a regular reference guide. This is a book worth buying and putting on the shelf. The most recent question I answered for myself is "What is ancient madder?" You can give yourself an absolutely wonderful education. "Really helped me to turn over a new leaf!" according to A. Aurelius. About two years ago, my wife purchased this classic book for me by Alan Flusser for Christmas. At first, I planned to store the book in the closet. I had a style already which often consisted of khaki slacks and clean golf shirts and was not keen on considering a new
Flusser believes that "Permanent Fashionability," both his promise and goal for the reader, starts by being accountable to a personal set of physical trademarks and not to any kind of random, seasonally served-up collection of fashion flashes.Unlike fashion, which is obliged to change each season, the face's shape, the neck's height, the shoulder's width, the arm's length, the torso's structure, and the foot's size remain fairly constant over time. Dressing well pivots on two pillars -- proportion and color. Flusser has assembled the largest andmost diverse collection of stylishly mantled men ever found in one book. Once a man learns how to adapt the fundamentals of permanent fashion to his physique and complexion, he's halfway home.Taking the reader through each major clothing classification step-by-step, this user-friendly guide helps you apply your own specifics to a series of dressing options, from business casual and formalwear to pattern-on-pattern coordination, or how to choose the most flattering clothing silhouette for your body type and shirt collar for y
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. 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. From Publishers Weekly During the past 25 years, men have spent m
He is the president of Alan Flusser Designs, a company he founded in 1979. Alan Flusser is the author of a number of books about men's style, including Dressing the Man. In 1988, he was placed as a permanent member on the International Best-Dressed List. He attracted national attention in 1987 for Michael Douglas's wardrobe in Wall Street, as well as later acclaim for his work on the HBO movie Barbarians at the Gate, the Al