Want To Up Your Style? Learn How with the ebook Gentlemen of The Golden Age
About this video
The Gazette team introduces their eBook ‘Gentlemen of the Golden Age,’ a 170-page collection of 79 vintage men’s fashion illustrations from the 1930s. The team explains how these historical style examples can teach modern men the principles of color coordination, pattern matching, and confident outfit combinations.
Key takeaways
- The Gazette team argues that vintage 1930s men’s fashion illustrations offer superior guidance on color, pattern, style and detail coordination
- The team recommends studying classic menswear from the era of Fred Astaire, Clark Gable and Cary Grant as inspiration for building a timeless wardrobe
- Each illustration in the eBook includes historical context and practical guidance on applying 1930s style principles to contemporary outfits
Episode details: published December 19, 2015 · 44K views · 2:57 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. The style guidance summarized here is the Gentleman’s Gazette team’s own teaching and opinion, presented for education; product recommendations are theirs, not ours. Summaries are written by Self Growth Videos from each video itself.
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