Do Clothes Horses Wear Polo Shirts?
If clothes make the man, dressing for success is done one pant leg at a time. A scientist needs a white lab coat. Both male and female executives need to be well coiffed in tailored suits, but the female executive has a chip on her shoulder from hitting her head on the glass ceiling. Politicians, with their hands out and talking out both sides of their mouths, should wear conservative suits accessorized, of course, with flag pins. Accessories are an important part of the look. A professor with a worn briefcase looks like he knows more than a professor with a new briefcase. Add patches to the elbows of the professor’s tweed jacket and gray, unruly hair and you’ve got a professor who looks more than tenured. He’s looks twelveured. Patches on a NASCAR driver’s jacket and badges on an eagle scout’s uniform, however, aren’t accessories. They are real signs of achievement. A few years ago yellow was the power color. To look powerfully successful men wore yellow ties. I knew yellow was a powe
