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ressingtheMan is the definitive guide to what
men need to know in. qrd~ tQ dress well and
look stylish. without becoming fashion victims.
Alan FLusser's name is synonymouswi th taste
and style. With his new b ook, he combines his
encyclopedic knowledge of men's clothes with his
signature wit ancl eleg~ce to address the fundamental
paradox of modern men's fashion: 'Why,
after men today have spent more money on
dothes than in any other period of history; -are
there few~r 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 ahle
to acquire the fight person-al-ized Instruction.
Dressing well pivots on two pillars-proportion
and color. Flus,ser believes that '"Permanent
Fashionibillty,J) both hi,s promise and goal for
the reader, starts by being accountable to a personal
set of physical trademarks ·and not to any
Jcind of .random, seasonally se.rved-Llp collection
of fashion .flashes.
Unlike fashic;m. which is obliged to cha:q.ge
each season. the face's shape, the neck's height,
the shoulder ~s width, the arm's length. the torso's
strucwre, and the foot's size reJnain fairly constant
over time. Once a man learlis how to adapt
the :fundamentals of permanent fashion to his
physique a:nd complexion,_he's halfway home.
Taking the reader through each major clothing
das15i£cation step -by-step, tW.s user-friendly
guide helps you apply your own specifics to a
series of dressing options> fro1n business casual
·and fotmalwear to pattern-on-pattern coordination,
or how to choose the m0_st flattetihg doth­
.ingsiihouette for your body type and shirt collar
for your fa~ e.
A man's physical traits represent his individual
.roadmap, and the quickestroute toward forging
an endn ring sty1e of dress is through exposure
to the legendary practitioners of this rare m asculine
art. Flusser has assembled the largest and
most diver-se collectien of sty.lishly mantled 1nen
everfound in one book Nlany nevet-before-seeh
vintage photographs from the ern of Cary Grant,
(aontim1ed fr(:)m front j1a.p) .
Tyrone Power, and Fred Astaire are etn.ployed to
help illustrate the range and diversity of a1,1thentic
men's fashion. Dr~s#tg the Man's sheer rpagnitude
of options will enable the xeader to expand
both d1e grammar and verfuiage o.fhis petmanentfashion
vocabLuary
For thosemen.hoping to find sarto~fu1 -
fillm.ent somewhere down the road, tethering
their journey to the mind-set of permanent
fashion will deiivet them there earlier rather
than later in life.
ALAN FLUS S'ER ls the President of Alan F1usser
Designs, a company he founded in I979- He
received the 1985 Goty Aw~d as Top Mc~.nswear
Designer and the Cut.ty SarkAwardin1987for his
first two books' ''ilni.que contribution tQ the Uteratute
of menswear." He attracmd natiohal attention
for designing Michael DOL~glas"s wardrobe in the
movie Wall Stret;t, as well as acclaim for hJs work on
the HB 0 m0yie Barbarians at th~ Gate and the ·6lm
Scent of a ~ro1.rtatl;
He is the author ·of four books;
Jnduding Style and the Man, clothes and ih.e Mart, and
Mak~rtg the Mq:n. l-Ie has two daughters and lives in
New York.
Jacket design by Joel Avirom and Jason Snyder
&ant cover photograph: Getty Archives.
Back c:::over photographs:
l ondon; m~dcUe: Culver PJ1otqs;
bottom: courtesy of Polo Ralph lauren
top: Illusfirated..Ne~vs ,
Author photograph by James Murray
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