Esquire's Things a Man Should Know About Style

by Scott Omelianuk, Ted Allen

The most useful advice from Esquire's popular style column is collected here, answering such timeless questions as, "Do women notice shoes?" and "What should you do if someone calls you a dandy?"

Genres: Nonfiction, Lifestyle

152 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1999

Reviews

[Kale Mosley]

The best styles are timeless. This book gives the guidelines to what those timeless styles are.

You won’t agree with all of it. There will be “no-no’s” you simply refuse to give up. That’s okay. For example, I consider that every man should have a single Hawaiian shirt, and a shirt for each of his favorite sports teams- in those teams’ colors.

Simply realize that exercising your exceptions must be the exception— to be done sparingly, wisely, and with full understanding of the ramifications. For me, the Kansas City Chiefs mean more to me than my fashion image— but only 16 Sundays per year. Okay, 19 Sundays this year.

Strongly recommend this book.

[Spencer]

Not my sense of humor -- mostly mean spirited and listing 'rules of fashion.' But I could see this being a really good gift for an older professional type of person.

[DoctorM]

Quick, fun, dryly amusing. And...good advice. Fourteen years later, much of the advice is still dead on point. Not a bad little primer for thinking about style and what it means.