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Dress Casually for Success. . .For Men

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Luckily this book can be read in a sitting...big text and few pages. Too bad there isn't enough information to make it worth sitting long enough to read. This book commits the single biggest mistake that any fashion book can commit: it doesn't have pictures (especially color pictures) of the things it is talking about. Wonder what worsted wool gabardine is? I sure do! They give a definition but no picture is present for me to understand how this is different from some other kind of lightweight wool.

The book does a few guidelines about kinds of clothing to consider wearing and ways to care for them. However, we're talking about a few dozen pages of information. That's the kind of thing I would expect to find on a webpage for free.

The biggest problem is they don't offer a lot of guidelines and never seem to tell you what things you absolutely shouldn't do. So what you're left with is a few ideas but not really enough to build a wardrobe on. You'd do just as well browsing through a few GQ magazines while waiting in line at the supermarket and then heading to a nice clothing store to figure out what worsted wool gabardine is on your own.

While this book does a good job telling you ABOUT clothes, fabrics, care, it does next to nothing when it comes to suggestions on starting a person's wardrobe, a dress scheme or plan, etc. Sure, they dedicate a chapter to those subjects, but they just end up rambling about concepts rather than some concrete suggestions. This book is kind of a dissapointment and not worth a purchase.

The first third or half of the book is a waste of time. But the rest makes it worth buying.

Most books only give a passing explanation on casual friday. This one analyzes it to death. They give names for four different types of casual dress, and give guides and even wardrobe lists for each of those styles. It definitely helped me figure out what image I want to present.

My criticism is that like many magazines, movie reviews, entertainment shows, etc, it hates to say "don't." There are too many "you could try this" or "some would prefer that" type answers, and it doesn't really tell about the gaffes people might commit. Also, more and colored photos would help, but most any book on the subject would likely have that same flaw.

I don't believe there to be a better resource on business casual dress, and to the Van Heusen group's credit they don't plug their stores much at all (aside from a few Bass Weejun mentions). Buy it, tear out the first 3-4 chapters, and be happy.

This is a good book for people who want to dress better at casual work places or, in my case, men who are looking to improve their style.

That's one of the problems: not a lot of good style books out there for men. This one does a pretty good job, showing illustrations to help you along and giving some key points.

Definitely worth a look. Also, even better, check out Carole Jackson's COLOR FOR MEN. I wrote a review over there, too.

I thought this was a good reference book. It offers good points on casual dressing for men of all sizes. I have two jobs, one as a male dancer and the other as a real estate agent. I must wear casual dress wear and sometimes I just don't match. This book provided me with information on how to wear anything from jeans and tennis to slacks and sports jackets.

I have seldom been so disappointed in a book. Why? Several "no-brainer" aspects of the book gone bad. I was looking for a book with lots of basic information re: men's casual clothes/how to judge quality, rules of thumb for care and building a wardrobe, etc. It just wasn't there. I know enough to know I don't know much about clothes and fashion, but in the entire book there was maybe one or two things that were news to me. The rest was obvious stuff. And the no-brainers? How about an entire chapter on all the different kinds of fabrics and their characteristics and no pictures of any of them? Duh! Overall the book feels like it was written over a three-day weekend. Buy something else instead of this dog.

A big question on the minds of many is, "How can I look my best without overdoing it?" This book provides many ideas where one can get started.

Some people tend to equate the word "casual" with "Anything Goes." That's only one level of definition. As this book demonstrates, you have a big array of possibilities, from dressy casual to more relaxed, informal casual. Beyond the text description, pictures also show you what suggested combinations look like together. Other helpful pictures show you where one may go to either extreme, either too formal or too outgoing, unbeknowingly. Most importantly, I like how this book shows how you can appear tastefully without always having to wear a tie, esp. because a tie is a "no-no" in some places of work nowadays.

The book also explains how society in general is becoming more casual and how that gets reflected in many things we engage with, such as our clothes.

If any improvement could be made to this book, it would be that the photographs appear in color.

I work for a company that allows me to dress "business casual" every day. I have to admit that I was not sure what that ment, before reading this book. I have to say that many things in the book are "no brainers" when you think about them. The book is good because it brings it all together. It is a good guide to help you avoid the mines in the mine field called "casual business"

I find the book of reasonable interest & logic regarding casual dress. However,we should provide more information on 'WHY' many men & boys prefer the 'casual pathway'in clothing. My book 'Fashion Freedom'explains 'WHY' boys & men should 'go casual' See the editorial note.