Pan­tone (global color author­ity) named hon­ey­suckle pink color-of-the-year (COTY) for 2011.  The hue sup­pos­edly encour­aged us to face every­day trou­bles with “verve and vigor”.

For 2012 Pan­tone named Tan­ger­ine Tango as COTY and if you’re curi­ous to know how this came about, read here.

If you’re look­ing to out­fit your home with color / fur­ni­ture, read here.

If you’re seek­ing inspi­ra­tion on sport­ing color, look no further.

Mrs. Ari com­pli­mented Ari Gold very well…  what’s that Ari, seer­sucker?  You make girls’ lips pucker.  The real Ari and his sib­ling Rahm Emanuel (mayor of Chicago) were raised in such a man­ner that it was manda­tory for them to have debate at the din­ner table.  It makes for good suc­cess, I like the idea.  This year after eight sea­sons we finally  bid adieu to Entourage.  HBO rocks.

The Golden Rule is, “Never wear a crew neck under­shirt under your plaid shirt.”  Tur­tle did well.

Matt Damon is always good will hunt­ing, always stunt­ing.  If there’s one thing cam­era­men and teach­ers learned in 2011 it’s that, if you have a point to make you bet­ter know what you’re talk­ing about.  If you missed it check out this video… Matt Damon Addresses Teacher & Cam­era Man.  That’s a good laugh.

I refuse to sport sweaters over dress shirts when suited in a blazer.  The sweaters never drape well when lay­er­ing and v-neck sweaters should never replace a vest.  That color coor­di­na­tion def­i­nitely employed cre­ative think­ing Lloyd, whomever dressed you.

The stout, heavy statured look best in dou­ble breasted suits; when slim, go sin­gle breasted.  I like that rich blue as it’d serve as a benev­o­lent coat of paint on a Maserati.
We love Yeezy and tight is in, but really Yeezy?  Leather tights?  Mr. West now runs a women’s fash­ion label enti­tled “Dw Kanye West”.  It’s had mixed reviews… read here and here.  He’s headed in the right direc­tion if you ask me.   Kanye dresses young but if we’ve learned any­thing from the ilk that res­onates in his music he may very likely grad­u­ate to the top of the fash­ion class in no time.  Although, it’s odd he’s con­cen­trat­ing on women’s fash­ion given he’s not a designer by pro­fes­sion.  Any­one think Yeezy needs a swag­ger coach?  I hope he finds this as face­tious as I.  As for time­less attire you can find Jigga dressed in casual Timberland’s and tee’s all the time.

Both artists col­lab­o­rated to cre­ate great music this year, they’re Ivy Lea­guers.  ‘No Church in The Wild’ is a favorite song.  It was a good year for hip hop sales in com­par­i­son to other music gen­res.

Dw Kanye West, cat­walk album
Aziz Ansari Swag­ger Coach

 

Sonny Crocket and Ricardo Tubbs… see those white loafers and white oxfords / point­ers.  See that pink polo with popped col­lars.  I can only imag­ine the nightlife in Miami in the roar­ing 80’s after those sets, wow!

Hey Suit, you got my mula?  Don John­son aka Crocket is one of the high­est paid stars in tele­vi­sion his­tory.  “To say that the series failed to cat­a­pult Philip Michael Thomas (Ricardo Tubbs) to star­dom would be an under­state­ment. He has only done a small hand­ful of act­ing roles in the 20 years since Miami Vice ended,” cour­tesy of Redriver­pak.

 What’s up with that girly-pink-top Tom Sel­l­eck?  Really?

No one made wear­ing a base­ball cap as gen­uine than Thomas Mag­num.  Pay heed to the clas­sic mil­i­tary dress shirt (epaulettes & two but­toned front pockets).

Cow­boy stunt­ing…  check print, clas­sic blazer, slap-ya-face-and-leave-an-imprint cow­boy belt and cow­boy hat.  We’d love to see his sil­ver / gold tip boots.

Hig­gins must be say­ing to Mag­num, “Oh my, Mag­num!”  The Mag­num P.I. tv series goes down in the his­tory books as one of the greats.  Read this dialogue…

Thomas Sul­li­van Mag­num III: [voiceover] Hawaii is one of those places that keeps top­ping itself — just when you think you’ll never see a sun­set as beau­ti­ful, there comes a sun­rise that even Gau­guin can only imag­ine. It kind of makes unem­ploy­ment eas­ier to take.
Jonathan Quayle Hig­gins III: Mag­num…
[see­ing him sun­bathing]
Jonathan Quayle Hig­gins III: oh, Mag­num.
Thomas Sul­li­van Mag­num III: Hi, Hig­gins, Di.
Jonathan Quayle Hig­gins III: I have a propo­si­tion for you, Mag­num.
Thomas Sul­li­van Mag­num III: Now wait a minute, just wait a sec­ond, Hig­gins. Now this is really get­ting depress­ing, this con­stant deal mak­ing — I’ll give you this if you give me that, it’s so unnec­es­sary. Now here we are in par­adise, we have every­thing we could ever pos­si­bly want out of life just here. So why, why can’t we just do things for one another sim­ply because we want to, sim­ply because we’re friends, sim­ply because we feel like help­ing each other?
Jonathan Quayle Hig­gins III: Mag­num, I want you to know I’m quite touched, I never thought you were capa­ble of those admirable sen­ti­ments, I really mean that.
Thomas Sul­li­van Mag­num III: Thank you.
Jonathan Quayle Hig­gins III: I came here this morn­ing to, just as you so aptly describe it, make a deal. You see the lads have been under the weather and I need to pick up some paper­work from the club. I was going to ask you to fetch it for me and in return I was going to give you the use of the ten­nis court for one week. Now I’m just ask­ing you as a friend.
Thomas Sul­li­van Mag­num III: Make it two weeks.

Mike Tyson’s had a good year… in the press, in the pre­miere of Hang­over Part II and in the news.  He’s witty too.  If you want a chuckle check out his Her­man Cain par­ody and his CNN Joe Fra­zier inter­view.  I’d sport those with dark blue jeans, a choco­late v-neck and a choco­late vel­vet blazer any­where, any day of the week!  V-neck tees with blaz­ers are con­sid­ered a favorite casual ensem­ble.  Gar­ment color should always be mind­ful of skin color.  Tyson looks good in cream.

More infor­ma­tion on 2012 color trends:

a) Con­tem­po­rary men’s color trends (Fall 2012) at Fashionising.com
b) Weconnectfashion.com
c) Pan­tone, men’s fash­ion (Spring 2012)

When shop­ping, stick to sta­ple hues that mesh well with your skin and pieces of attire you already own.  You can’t con­vince me to wear tan­ger­ine tango.  The fit, drape and qual­ity is what mat­ters most.

Return to our home­page to learn more about cus­tom dress shirts.

–Jay

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