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MATT MOSSMAN SPECIAL TO THE JEWISH NEWS
I
bought this great sport jacket
recently. It's navy, with vertical
and horizontal stripes. It's
lightweight, so I can wear it in
the summer, but the dark color
makes it great for the winter. And
I got it on sale, too.
I had in mind several candidates
from my tie collection that might
love hanging out with my new
jacket, but when putting them to-
gether, renli zed they didn't work.
After two weeks of searching
through my closet, the mall, as-
sorted boutiques and street ven-
dors, I've found no tie that
matches. I'm a frustrated, beaten
man, and my jacket mocks me
from its lofty perch in the closet.
I learned several lessons from
this unfortunate clothing experi-
ence. Lesson No. 1: Never go shop-
ping without using the buddy
system. Lesson No. 2: Find a friend
who knows about this stuff
I might be a smart, ftmny or cool
guy (at least according to my moth-
er), but one thing I don't have is
the instinct for fashion. And since
I can't wear jeans and a golf shirt
to work, that's really a handicap.
I suspect I'm not the only guy
with this problem.
Thirigs have come a long way
since casual Fridays began— gone
are the days when a navy blazer,
some shade of light brown pants
and a diagonally striped tie on a
white shirt sufficed. Men's fash-
ions are starting to evolve at the
same pace as women's, and men
are drowning in the new options.
We need help adjusting to this new
reality.
(Attention female readers: I
know you're very skeptical right
now, but please stay with me.
You're probably thinking some-
thing like: "Hey, I've dealt with this
since I was 5. No sympathy, pal."
But if you had to suddenly learn
something manly, you might be
lost too. And besides, we can al-
ways use your help.)
For years, women have been in-
tegrating various items of cloth-
ing: blouses, skirts, hose, earrings,
brooches, makeup and more. Men
aren't used to this stuff — look
around, and you'll quickly agree.
We wear checks with stripes,
purple with green and orange, and
we think all of it goes with a pair
of Dockers.
It's easy to pick out men's fash-
ions today: We've all heard of
khakis and deep-blue dress shirts.
Those metallic ties are the rage, as
Matt Mossman, a Windsor,
Ontario, native, has been stuck
in his closet for days, trying to
find a matching tie.
are jackets with more than two
buttons. But trying to merge these
trendy items into one nonclnshing
outfit is rocket science.
Pattern sizes and shapes, col-
ors, fabrics plus maybe 47 other
factors need careful consideration
before a tie and coat can be con-
sidered a match. That's not exact-
ly easy, especially at 7:30 a.m.
While dressing in the morning is
the best time to think up a good ex-
cuse to leave work early that day,
so there's no time for complicated
clothing decisions.
Sure, there's a little help offered
in the men's magazines. GQ used
to be pretty lonely on the rack, but
now there are lots to choose from:
Esquire, Details and so on. And
there's even a men's fashion mag-
azine in disguise for those who feel
like weenies reading about fash-
ion: I picked up a copy of Men's
Journal last week because it
looked like a manly reading expe-
rience. But right after the South
Pole adventure epic, those model
guys were showing me how easy
it was for their ties to match.
Still, following the magazines
would require a whole new
wardrobe every season, and that's
not going to happen. Speaking for
the group, I can say that men have
other important things to spend
money on, such as dates or all the
extra food we have to eat and the
football games we have to go to.
The women around us should
step up to the plate on this one.
We've been eagerly teaching you
about touchdowns and field goals
for years, whether you already
knew it or not. Please return that
dubious favor. Reach out to your
guy friends, and let them know
you'll be a source for fashion advice
without making them feel dumb.
We're honestly trying to become
fashion literate, and that's to your
own advantage.
Just think: with some reason-
able training, there won't be a need
to fight wardrobe battles before im-
portant parties. And walking down
the street will be much easier with-
out those clashing combinations
visible only to the female eye.
Women are all we have to turn
to. We certainly can't bounce ideas
off each other: It just wouldn't
work.
So if you help us look sharp, we'll
be forever appreciative. Make sure
our ties match, and that we don't
wear silly socks. Help us recognize
brazen clashes. That's the sort of
support we need to get over this
rough stage of fashion infancy.
And while you're at, maybe
someone can please help me find
a tie for my jacket? ❑
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