Produktinformation

• Amazon-Verkaufsrang: #22019 in Bücher
• Veröffentlicht am: 2002-10-01
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002-10-01
• Originalsprache: Englisch
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• 320 Seiten

From 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.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Pressestimmen
"A Hoyle's, a Fowler's, a Webster's, a Baedeker's, a Machiavelli's, a von Clausewitz's guide to men's dress." (Tom Wolfe )

"If it's male elegance and sophistication you aspire to, DRESSING THE MAN will suit you perfectly." (Art Cooper, Editor in Chief, GQ )

Kurzbeschreibung

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.

Alan Flusser's name is synonymous with taste and style. With his new book, he combines his encyclopedic knowledge of men's clothes with his signature wit and elegance to address the fundamental paradox of modern men's fashion: Why, after men today have spent more money on clothes than in any other period of history, are there fewer well-dressed men than at any time ever before?

According to Flusser, dressing well is not all that difficult, the real challenge lies in being able to acquire the right personalized instruction. Dressing well pivots on two pillars -- proportion and color. 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. 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 your face.

A man's physical traits represent his individual road map, and the quickest route toward forging an enduring style of dress is through exposure to the legendary practitioners of this rare masculine art. Flusser has assembled the largest andmost diverse collection of stylishly mantled men ever found in one book. Many never-before-seen vintage photographs from the era of Cary Grant, Tyrone Power, and Fred Astaire are employed to help illustrate the range and diversity of authentic men's fashion. Dressing the Man's sheer magnitude of options will enable the reader to expand both the grammar and verbiage of his permanent-fashion vocabulary.

For those men hoping to find sartorial fulfillment somewhere down the road, tethering their journey to the mind-set of permanent fashion will deliver them earlier rather than later in life.

Kundenrezensionen

A must for every man conscious about clothing
I have read several books on clothes for men, starting with "The Gentleman" (from Bernhard Roetzel), but none of them provided any helpful practical information that can be used on a day-to-day basis. They show nice pictures and present the leading brands of luxury in an average magazine styled writing.
This is where "Dressing the Man" comes very helpful. The book is full of practical tips, how-tos and what-to-avoids, from telling how to recognize a jacket small in size to which colors fit well together in a sporty-office style jumper-jeans combination.
This book is much ahead of the competition, delivers not just stunning photos and sketches, but valuable content covering the whole range from luxury clothes to down to Earth budgets.

The Bible on Men's Fashion
If you are looking for the perfect book on men's fashion, this is the one to buy. It is as simple as that!

#2 on my list would be Bernhard Roetzel's "Der Gentleman".

Ein MUSS für den Mann.
Für jeden Mann, der schon den "Gentleman" von Herr Roetzel besitzt, ist die Anschaffung dieses Buches obligatorisch und definitv zu empfehlen.

Beide Werke zusammen bilden die beste Basis für jeden (!) Mann, der sein Wissen in Sachen Mode grundsätzlich aufbauen und vor allem erweitern will.

Auf vielen, vielen Seiten werden en détail und reich bebildert die Historie und die Regeln der klassischen Herrenmode besprochen, sodass am Ende keine Frage mehr offen bleibt.

Alan Flusser bedient sich in seinem Buch einer Sprache, die teilweise doch etwas sehr "sophisticated" ist und beim "Nicht-Englisch-Muttersprachler" nicht gerade für einen problemlosen Lesefluss sorgt, was jedoch das Problem des deutschen Lesers ist und bei meiner Bewertung selbstverständlich nicht berücksichtigt wird.

Würde das Buch in einer deutschen Übersetzung erscheinen, wäre es aus meiner Sicht ein absoluter Verkaufsschlager.

Fazit: Kaufen, kaufen, kaufen.