Some guys wouldn't ever think of pink as a great ally in the fashion world. However, pink provides all the same effects on your wardrobe as it does for women. Pink is a great complimentary color for all of the traditional suit colors like navy, gray and black.
Pink also exudes a confidence in the wearer. It shows you aren't afraid to be noticed and adds a sensitive touch that everyone wants in a partner.
When in doubt look to mens fashion publications for guidance.
Nick Sullivan Fashion Director from Esquire answers your questions at Esquire.com.
Why do boys get the blue clothes and girls get the pink? I recently made the point that this wasn't always the case and have been trying to find out whether it's true. Can you help?
— Mitchell Miller, Milwaukee, Wis.
You're dead right. Until the middle of the 20th century, it was traditional for boys to be dressed in pink (a derivative of red, thought to be the most decisive, masculine color) and girls in light blue (which in Christian circles symbolizes virginity, with the Virgin Mary often depicted in light-blue robes). What caused the switch is hard to make out — we suspect it might have something to do with the appearance of Superman in his blue jumpsuit — but men can still pull off pink, so long as the particular shade is restrained (avoid anything too light or bright) and the number of pink items in an outfit is strictly limited to one (i.e., a tie, a striped shirt, a pair of pants).
So maybe dressing in pink from head to toe wouldn't be the best idea, but why not start by adding a little confidence to your cuff.
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One hundred and fifty five years ago in Ripon, Wisconsin, former members of the Whig Party meet to establish a new party to oppose the spread of slavery into the western territories. The Whig Party, which was formed in 1834 to oppose the "tyranny" of then President Andrew Jackson, had shown itself incapable of coping with the national crisis over slavery.
The Republicans rapidly gained supporters in the North, and in 1856 their first presidential candidate, John C. Fremont, won 11 of the 16 Northern states. By 1860, the majority of the Southern slave states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans won the presidency. In November 1860, Republican Abraham Lincoln was elected president over a divided Democratic Party, and six weeks later South Carolina formally seceded from the Union. Within six more weeks, five other Southern states had followed South Carolina's lead, and in April 1861 the Civil War began when Confederate shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay.
The Civil War firmly identified the Republican Party as the party of the victorious North, and after the war the Republican-dominated Congress forced a "Radical Reconstruction" policy on the South, which saw the passage of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution and the granting of equal rights to all Southern citizens. By 1876, the Republican Party had lost control of the South, but it continued to dominate the presidency until the election of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933.
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