@gabbywheels 2014. The book is valid, but it has a bunch of stuff that makes me roll me eyes, LOL. (MOSTLY, his statements on how important it is to pay attention to your look and his many very white, neurotypical, wealth/class/race driven statements, IMHO).

The valid stuff that I have distilled so far: 1. Certain colors look better on people than others. 2. Don't keep around anything that makes you look terrible, i.e. wrong color. 3. Fit is very important, don't wear stuff that doesn't fit (it typically too big... though some guys, maybe too small LOL). 4. If you want to subscribe to his philosophy, don't own and wear clothing you haven't thought about and how you look in it.

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Yeah I agree that distillation is solid!

The color thing is important. And yeah, a lot of color stuff is written for white people, which is stupid. But you don't need a list of what colors you should wear, anyway. You just need to hold them up to your face and look in the mirror

Subtle differences in shade matter a lot

For example, I can't wear most yellow, but there are some shades of yellow I can wear

And one shirt I kept around for decades, for situations where a doctor was likely to give me the in your head bullshit. Because the shade makes me look real sickly 😂

@NilaJones @gabbywheels Part of my reading this is to figure out colors... but he does not cover anyone near my skin tone. 🙄 And he says "you'll know it when you see it", which is ABSOLUTELY not true, because I have spent my life (even recently) with comments like "WHY ARE YOU WEARING THOSE TOGETHER?!" and "YOU'RE NOT GOING OUT LIKE THAT DAD, ARE YOU?!" It just does not come naturally to me.

That said, I do know the strongest color now for me (dark green). I actually could do purple, except purple is definitely calling attention to yourself (ie the purple jacket would look fine on me, but it would be a statement). The traditional color to go with my skin/hair tone (which I will not wear) is black... because it strongly suggests, ethnically, someone who is visiting from overseas vs. domestic, which is not great in this current US climate (and will get you hassled).

This is one of those times when I would be sorely tempted to throw the stuff in a cup of 50/50 filtered water and ethanol and put it in an Instant Pot for 2 minutes.

Run it through a blender immediately after.

Yeah, I think this definitely needs filtration to remove solids to prevent splotchy color.

Ugh, I didn't realize this stuff was used in cranberry juice. Who knew cranberries weren't red enough?

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👆 D'ailleurs c'est "marrant", mais on parle jamais de la science économique comme d'une science "molle", alors qu'en vrai, c'est peut-être la science la moins pertinente de toutes.

(change mon esprit)