The New Articulate Executive: Look, Act and Sound Like a Leader, 2nd Edition

What Men Should Wear

In general, men would be safe wearing:

• Better-quality business suits, dark blues or shades of gray.

• White dress shirts, preferably without the button-down collar (a plain collar is more elegant). White is a universal fashion standard and offends almost no one. It’s even OK to wear on TV—though for years white shirts tended to “flare” and “ghost” on TV screens. Today the technology is so advanced that white is all right. White also defines good skin color contrast—especially in those wan winter months when many of us who happen to be Caucasian tend to lose that healthy outdoor glow. An alternative is pale blue, with or without pinstripes.

• Dark knee-length sheer socks in blue or black (you don’t want those pasty, hairy calves ...