Color for Men

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Summary: A great money saver, a solid value.
Review: Avoiding to buy wrong colored clothes you never end up using easily saves up the price of this great book! It is very nicely written with excellent photos. I only wish they had included a more complete tear-away palette for shopping! My initial response was that many colors especially in the spring and summer palettes appeared very bright and kind of "feminine" (say bright orchid, raspberry, lavender), but perhaps I'll get used to the idea. I bet the only one's really using those colors are the guys that have read the book!?

My main complaint is the discussion about facial color or tone and other problems related to determining one's own season. It is confusing. The book distinguishes between blue and yellow (golden) based facial prototypes, but also maintains that "cool types" (blueish) may appear yellowish in appearance ("sappy"). Then how can I tell whether yellow or orange clothes harmonize with my own (natural) yellowness or produce the exact opposite, i.e "make me look even more sappy"? How can I tell a "sappy summer" or a "pastel autumn" from a "olive-skinned winter"? Help! The differences seem very subtle indeed. It seems like there actually was a need for more intermediate palettes for all us "between-seasons" types?

I found the manly styles discussion in the end of the book a bit silly. Those prototypes seemed very unreal to me.

These are actually very minor complaints, even if they may not sound like they were, as I was very positively influenced by this book. It has saved me loads of money.

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Summary: Don't buy from [e-mail]
Review: Beware, I bought this book thru an Amazon bookseller, [e-mail] one month ago and it still has not arrived.

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Summary: Very good detailed descriptions of men vs. clothing color
Review: Great book! After finishing Color for Men I was amazed by the information contained in the book. Through trial and error (for the past three decades) I'd roughly figured out which colors look better on me. I wish I'd had this book 20 years ago. It does a very good job of showing which colors look good on various men's face colors through numerous color photo examples. Althrough it tries dilligently to walk the reader through the process of determining face color type, I still had a hard time determining which I am; but this is probably not the book's fault. I wish the on-line Internet clothing vendors would use the information in this book; it would make men's clothing shopping much easier. If you've ever wondered why that green shirt looks great on your brother but terrible on you, now you'll know.

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Summary: Don't buy from [e-mail]
Review: I have not quite finished reading this book but am very excited about it. It really is a good comprehensive guide for men. These are difficult lessons for men to digest and they are presented fairly straightforwardly and in a manner that is simple to understand. Despite the fact that the book is almost twenty years old, it is one of the few where I find the illustrations do not seem particularly out of date. On one point I may have to disagree with Ms Jackson. She states that a man should not mix three patterns when wearing a suit, shirt, and tie. I find that in modern dress, this can distinguish the men from the boys. I do agree that this is somehting that not all men will be able to do effectively so it may be best to avoid it (which may be the authors point in discouraging it). If you want to go one step beyond this book, pick up Alan Flusser's Style and the Man. With these two resources, you will have no excuse for not looking your best every day.

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Summary: A complete guide with clear color and selection advice
Review: I'm excited about this book. I love to buy clothes and I often dislike what I have bought almost right away. This gives a comprehensive guide to choosing colors and designing a complete wardrobe. It allows up to 2 years to phase out old and unmatching stuff. The book allows for people who dress casually and are on a moderate budget.

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Summary: A book that no man that wears clothes should be without...
Review: I've bought several 'men's guide to fashion' books over the last couple of years, and this is simply the best book on this subject I've ever read. This book will help you determine what you look best in (colors, fit, etc.), and how to coordinate your purchases so that everything you buy will go with everything else. It's a book that no man should be without--ESPECIALLY IF YOU HATE TO SHOP. This book will teach you what you need to know so you can spend less time looking for clothes, and more time receiving complements for how you look in them!

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Summary: A great money saver, a solid value.
Review: It's very informative as it gives us a method to adequately dress according to the color and style of clothing that flatters us most. Very good book, straightforward, no beating round the bush, worth it's weight in gold for all that you'll save over the years in the 'correct' clothing for you.

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Summary: Absolutely brilliant book for men
Review: This is a great style book for men since there are few good ones out there for us and, if we spend too much time thinking about it, some people think we're you know what!

The main thrust of this book is: different color and shades look best on certain people depending on their skin coloring but that isn't limited to race either. The four areas are: winter, spring, summer and fall. Few variations in each one, too.

Now, that alone would give this a four star but the author goes beyond that: she covers hair styles based on face shapes, combining colors, clothes to buy based on your dressing style (these are broken down, too) and advice for what to seek out based on your color styles and your dressing styles. For instance, a more formal type gets certain types of jackets and slacks whereas a casual type gets more jeans and the like.

Excellent book. Highly recommend.