Dress for Success
by John T. Molloy · first published 1975
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…positive intimate relationship with the right person so you Get Over It. If you want to learn about power dressing, there is only one book that I know of which is based on actual research into what works: "Dress for Success" by John T. Malloy. It's apparently been updated a few times. Searching for it on Amazon brings up "New Women's Dress for Success". I've read a lot of clothing books over the years. A lot of them…
on “Dressing for nerds” ↗How one dresses makes a big difference (see "Dress For Success" by Molloy), as well as height and general level of physical attractiveness (for both men and women). Scott Adams notes in "How To Fail" that even altering the timbre of your voice makes a difference,…
on “Male and Female Entrepreneurs Get Asked Different Questions by VCs” ↗…ourselves can be tweaked to better our salesmanship - grooming, dress, posture, getting our teeth fixed, tone of voice, words used, email protocol, etc., the list is endless. This all started with the book "Dress For Success" by Molloy who noted that businessmen wearing tan overcoats did better than those wearing black overcoats.
on “Google Sued by 3 Female Ex-Employees Who Say It Pays Women Less Than Men” ↗P.S. Back around 1975, John Molloy wrote "Dress For Success" in which he noted that men wearing a tan trenchcoat got better jobs and pay than men wearing a black trenchcoat. Black trenchcoats quickly disappeared :-) I still have my London Fog tan trenchcoat circa…
on “Study shows class bias in hiring based on few seconds of speech” ↗Years ago the author of Dress for Success reported a study noting that women say they like men who are "confident," which asked men to go into bars to start up conversations with women, who then rated the men. If the men were prompted to act…
on “Body Language Reveals Wealth” ↗…the best-fitting polo/rugby shirts I've found. They are normally rather pricey, but if you pick them up at the end of summer they are quite reasonable. A book that used to be heavily recommended is "Dress for Success". In essence, the recommendation and instructions are to learn to know and then insist upon certain rather conservative but attractive styles that never go out of fashion. "Dress for Success" appeared…
on “Ask HN: Where to buy men's suits?” ↗If you replace "because" with "bcoz", my assumption would be that you're wrong or sloppy about other things. There was a popular book titled "Dress for Success" that was all about appearances ... Appearances aren't just looks anymore and you should be careful how you represent yourself digitally if you want to advance. EDIT: Rereading that it sounds a bit…
on “Ask HN: Should I get mentored by this guy?” ↗Her first husband said the only book she ever read was “Dress for Success”
on “Why HP Fell” ↗…carpets and ties. Fill your branch offices with clones and drones. But if you want to originate, especially something that is not only technologically but socially challenging, put down your copy of "Dress for Success" and let the spirit of non-conformity and play into the workplace. Conformity in environment and clothing only begets conformity in the mind. Playfulness in spirit does not equal slacking off in productivity,…
on “Food Matters: Building A Startup Office Culture One Meal At A Time” ↗