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Color for Men

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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.

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that the book is almost twenty years old, it is one of the few where I find the illustrations do not seem particularly out of date.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.

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.

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.

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.

This book is a practical guide for any man who hates shopping like I did. An easy read, it lays out simple techniques to make your shopping quicker and easier. Gone are the endless meanderings through malls that leave you bleary-eyed,headachey,and hating your wife. Did I say wife? Sorry honey, I meant life. The time you save and how great you'll look consistently has made this chore a more enjoyable and smart experience.

I was introduced to the book in the 80's when it first came out, and actually attended a seminar when it was something people did. I have been looking for the book since. I still have my identifiers and color swatches from when I went through the seminar to discover the best colors for me to wear.

I would recommend reading the book and really putting it to use. Typically there are shirts and items we all wear that we love. Usually these are the items that hold a key to what you really should be buying in color and style. I would also recommend the book.. "More Dash than Cash" since it is a good way to take the practices into the arena of usage and style.

Though the models & fashions are a bit dated and you feel out of place imagining yourself in those clothes, the book is helpful in breaking the barrier of the typical guy understanding, "his color."

It is full of examples and different, expressive ways of relaying the material so that with a few tries you can at least feel that you are starting to get the principles. It is helpful that multiple angles are approached to determining your palette so that if you are not sure if you did it right after two or three different approaches you can be rather confident that you are on the right road and that if for some reason you are not exactly spot on that you are at least in the right ball park.

The basic philosophy is that everyone can wear most colors, its just about determining which shade of each color looks best on you and with each other. Once that is figured out you can then safely combine several different colors in the same scheme together with relative impunity. A great read for the beginner or person lacking confidence in selecting their wardrobe.

I never realized that white and black looked so bad on me, and that bright navy, warm brown, and gray would be good choices for me. I never really thought about what colors were neutral and why they are good for the foundation of one's wardrobe. One could get too caught up in detailed following of the advice about what colors to wear, but on the whole it helped me because I had never really thought about it.

"Color For Men" is an excellent book, well written, filled with valuable information, a really enjoyable read. The book is also very practical. As such, I've used it when buying clothes for years. The author shows how everyone, depending on the their skin and hair coloring, look best in one of four different seasonal palettes. The summer and winter palettes are the cool colors, while the spring and autumn palettes are the warm ones. To break it down further, the summer palettes have muted, cool colors (the autumns have have muted, warm colors) and the winters have vibrant, cool colors (the springs have vibrant, warm colors). I am a winter and look best in the vibrant, cool colors of that season, such as royal blue, charcoal gray, bright lemon yellow, blue red, emerald green, icy blue and green, white and black. For example every season gets a shade of while, but only winters get pure white. Also, only winters get black in their palette. For example, wearing beiges, which the winter palette has none of makes me look sallow, with dark circles under my eyes. Knowing your best colors saves shopping time and when you wear your most flattering colors, you will exude confidence. I took a class to help people find the right seasonal palette for them. I really enjoy helping people look their best by discovering their seasonal palette.