That is actually a very good read.


I seem to come to loggerheads with iGents often who think that a) Fashion isn't cyclical and b) that men are on some linear track away from what is "correct". Formality and dress has always cycled, and each iteration is a reinterpretation of what came before.

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Er...no.

"dudebrah"

I have the 1988 edition of Molloy's book. It's kind of "trippy" (for want of a better word) and probably rather dated nowadays. Very sales oriented. Still a fun read. Some of his precepts would make any self-respecting iGent cringe!

Does anybody have any idea whether Molloy is still with us? I know that he was putting out a blog and talking about bringing out a new edition of "Dress for Success" not too long ago--after the 2012 election, at any rate, but when I did a web search on him the other day, I couldn't find any evidence of current activity on his part.

Speaking of proofreading, that article has one egregious error: It was Bobby Kennedy, not Ted, who was assassinated in 1968. As a matter of interest, the father of one of my very best friends was the defense attorney for Sirhan B. Sirhan.

I haven't been able to get hold of a copy of DFS to read but any excerpts I've read have given me a good chuckle. I'm not sure if his all humour is intentional or not but he can be funny.

He is very gung ho on his blog and certainly believes in the American Dream. I tend to think he shoehorns his "research" into his beliefs a lot and there is confirmation bias in heaps,  but for all that he has a few insights into a limited context that are worthwhile.

I might order a copy second hand off Amazon.

Molloy was very much a man for his time. The late 70s through 80's he really embodied American sentiment.

I always went a little more forcefully. "dudebroman"