Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion

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Like everyone, I’ve noticed that guys such as Ethan Newton and Simon Crompton have been wearing Western denim shirts, often with tweed. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. I discuss why I think this book is one of the best in its class, and where I feel it could be improved.

His sport coats have a curvier silhouette, sweeping quarters, and lapels that are either razor straight or slightly concave (a style that’s influenced by both Neapolitan and Florentine tailoring). All these things talk about the things you need in your wardrobe, but they don’t talk about the journey.

In fact, he's even got [Laughs] almost kind the kind of a centerfold pullout but it's more in fabrics than it is on [Laughs] what normally you would see on a…on a centerfold. He’s long abandoned the “dapper” look, and no longer tries to dress like a character in a French New Wave film.

I’ve since bought two more pairs of Needles pants — a pair of velvet climbing pants with a dark brown paisley pattern, and then a pair of faux-leather, python-embossed pants. And the difference, he's very clear, is that style is about knowing your body type, about knowing what colors suit you, what clothing styles suit you. It covers everything from tailoring to casualwear, but even the book’s editors don’t discuss how to dress for one’s personality.

According to Flusser, dressing well is not all that difficult, the real challenge lies in being able to acquire the right personalized instruction. Alan Flusser’s Dressing the Man is widely considered to be the single best book on how to wear tailored clothing. His other books have similar-sounding titles: Making the Man, Clothes and the Man, and Style and the Man. There is something about that look that is both sexy and utilitarian, and I feel very drawn to that right now. Sometimes you’ll see something that looks cool, but then revisit the photo, and you’ll see small details that you overlooked before — things that might change your perception of the outfit.

This was around 2008, so during the Great Recession and around the time when there were still epic sales. Some of Marco’s other go-tos include a mutton fleece rider jacket (pictured above), star-motif pants from Arts in Education (also pictured above), a drunk striped “work suit” from Kapital , and a vintage pair of black Tyrolean shoes by Galibier. I'm a former Marine Corps Officer with a BA in Evolutionary Biology and Philosophy (Cornell College 98') and an MBA from The University Of Texas at Austin (07'). His blog is a good guide for how younger men can wear classic clothing in a way that feels relevant , but without losing the spirit of what makes classic tailoring so great. The full title of the book is “Dressing the man – mastering the art of permanent fashion” and content-wise this is quite different from books covered in recent reviews.

He wears his sport coats with slim-straight jeans , some of which are from shockingly affordable brands such as American Eagle (the blue-washed jeans are AE; the white jeans are from Sid Mashburn). He’s an avid motorcyclist, drives a Yamaha Scrambler 950cc, and attends warehouse parties on weekends. 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 your face. No battle plan ever survives contact with the enemy, and no idea about style escapes contact with your actual body.