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Dressing the Man: Mastering the Art of Permanent Fashion

Alan Flusser · design

Recommended by @dominik

@dominik · read in 2016

Only available in hardcover, but worth it. Beautiful photos and timeless principles for permanent fashion. Focused pretty heavily on professional attire (think law firms more than tech companies, let alone startups), but the underlying principles (color matching across skin tone/eye color/clothing/accents) apply everywhere. As a bonus, it delves into how many of the “standards” have come about, with fascinating history lessons into why things are the way they are (when in doubt, blame the Duke of Windsor). I don’t wear a suit to work nowadays, but this book was still a fascinating, eye-opening, and ultimately quite useful read.