can a man wear the color pink? well, of coursehe can, a man can wear whatever he wants. but why don't more men wear the color pink,what's wrong with it? well, in the last sixty years, we have seenthe color pink become a very feminine color. it's used as a gender marker for women andfor girls, so a lot of guys stay away from it. but, in today's video, gents, i wantto give you five reasons why i think pink should be in every man's wardrobe.so, in the classic novel the great gatsby, there's a part when tom buchanan basicallyderide jay gatsby for wearing a pink suit, not because it's feminine, but because hesaid he was an oxford man and that pink suit was worn by the working class.now, think about that, so we're in 1920's
here, obviously the pink suit didn't havethe feminine attachment to it, instead this was simply something that servants and workingmen wore. now, that doesn't sound feminine to me. what happened here, when did pink becomesomething that it was associated with women? well, it happened in the 1950's. that wasthe big time period when we saw basically people wanting to put gender markers on children.it used to be, okay, it's wear white clothing especially babies, but then theywanted to be able to separate because how have you ever looked at a one-year old,oftentimes difficult to tell is this a boy, is this a girl. so, we use clothing we usecolors to easily break this up so that they are addressed properly.now, this is translated into a and it's
kind of arbitrary if you think about it becauseblue used to be associated with women. it was associated with the virgin mary. pinkwas associated with the color red which was considered a war-like very strong color. iwant you to understand that history so that you can wear pink with confidence.now, let's get into the five tips. tip number one for wearing the color pinkwith confidence, gentlemen, is that you are a man. you don't need a gender marker ofcolor to indicate to the world that you are a man. think about look in the mirror,you've got some facial hair, you got the potential for facial hair. you have a chiseledjaw, you have built up shoulders a built up chest, overall the physique of a man. whenyou walk outside, people are very clear that
this guy is masculine that he is a male.now, you don't need colors to indicate that. children i can get i get it when they'reunder the age of one or two, their hair isn't super long. you're looking at this kid,is it a boy or a girl? but the point is is that you don't need a color to indicateto the world your sex, simply your silhouette, your build, and who you are should be strongenough. now, point number two is closely related topoint number one and that is pink has a history as a masculine color. i talked about it upin the intro, but guys understand that it's just the last sixty years that it's beenhijacked by the ladies. pink is a great color, in fact, it's been described many timesas a war-like color.
why is this? well, think about where doespink come from. take the color red add a little bit white to it, what do we got? we get pink.we get and you think about red; power, strength. you think about the power tie, howred persuades. red is something that people are attracted to. pink a variation of it andsomething that has many of the same characteristics. now, let's go back to the working class.you look in 1890, 1900, 1910, 1920, even into 1930, we saw that pink was a color of theworking class. servants would oftentimes wear a pink suit. you saw pink shirts, you know,it was simply one of the colors that was used. and think about it, so blue collar, whitecollar, we could just as easily had a pink collar maybe be the working class, but itdidn't turn out that way and hey, you know,
but don't discriminate against the colorpink simply because in the last sixty years it has simply gone one direction.now, point number three for wearing pink, gentlemen, is to stand out. now, this takescourage because if you look in a room of a hundred men wearing suits, most of the shirtsare going to be white, they're going to be light blue or they're going to be patternedwhite shirts maybe with a little bit of blue in them. but, probably 95% of those shirtsare going to be that color and that make sense, it's understood it's conservative. it'swhat a lot of guys they don't want to stand out from the crowd,but, if you want to, you know, wearing a pink like this, a pastel pink and i'm not talkingabout bright pink here. try to avoid that
unless you're going to wear it maybe inan accessory in a very minute amount. but, what we're looking for here is for you tohave the courage to set yourself apart. in fact, one study which i'm going to linkto in the support article says that men who wear pink actually make $1,200 more on averageper year. now, i attribute that to the confidence thatit takes for because if you're going to wear pink you will have some people askyou about it, maybe make a snide comment. but, just for just as many people thatdo that, you're probably going to have two to three times as many people first off takenotice of you and that's important. when you are in a crowded room, you want to separateyourself, but other a lot of people are
going to say, wow, that guy has a little bitof confidence, i like his style. that color looks so great. i wish i had the courage towear pink. tip number four, women love the color pink.so, i've got a number of studies in which i've read this and, i've gone throughwent through read it. we read through a number of women's magazines talking about thingsthat they like on a man and that color pink consistently popped up, when they see a manwearing pink, immediately they think confidence. women are drawn to confident to men standingout. so, that's the number two is you simplystand out from the crowd. and the other part is attraction, women are drawn to the colorred and its variants. so, right there they
don't even subconsciously they are drawnto it. next stop, we've got a very practical reasonfor bringing pink into your wardrobe. it is easy to match. so, a lot of guys are askingme, antonio, i want to change up my wardrobe i want to bring in something, but god so hardto bring in all those patterns all those bright colors. well, you don't have to bring ina bright color. look at the shirt i'm wearing. this is avery light-colored pink. this is going to work with anything that would pretty muchgo with a white shirt or a light blue shirt even. this is actually going to match morein my opinion than a light blue shirt because a light blue shirt with a charcoal gray suitlooks okay, but i bring in pink, all of a
sudden this brings a bit of body.now, depending on what your complexion is, there are only a few complexions that haveto be careful with pink and that's basically if you got a lot of pink in your skin. ifyou have light-colored skin and you get like reddish or a little bit reddy, the pink canpull that out a bit more. but for black men, for asian men, for hispanic men that havedarker complexions, for men of indian descent, you should love the color pink. it is justa great way it's going to help you stand out i think is a very strong color.and, guys, i don't know what else to say about this, but if you want more, guess what?i've got a community of over 20,000 men who can help you can go in there you canput a picture of yourself wearing a pink shirt,
ask what people think in the store beforeyou buy it. and guess what? what i love about my free facebook group is that the guys respondquickly. they give you good positive advice. i want you to try something new. i want youto push the envelope on your style. i want you to find what works for you so you canuse clothing as a weapon to get what you want out of life.gentlemen, that's it. definitely go check out the support article. i go into a lot moredetail there. i'll link over to some of the studies i talked about. and, that'sit gentlemen. take care. i'll see you in the next video.
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