Can a man wear the color pink? Well, of course he 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 seen the color pink become a very feminine color.
It's used as a gender marker for women and for girls, so a lot of guys stay away from
it. But, in today's video, gents, I want to 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 basically deride Jay Gatsby for wearing a pink suit,
not because it's feminine, but because he said 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 have the feminine attachment to it, instead this
was simply something that servants and working men wore. Now, that doesn't sound feminine
to me. What happened here, when did pink become something that it was associated with women?
Well, it happened in the 1950's. That was the 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 they wanted 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 use colors 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 because blue used to be associated with women. It
was associated with the Virgin Mary. Pink was associated with the color red which was
considered a war-like very strong color. I want 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 pink with confidence, gentlemen, is that you are
a man. You don't need a gender marker of color 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 chiseled jaw, you have built up shoulders a built up
chest, overall the physique of a man. When you 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're under 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 indicate to the world your sex, simply your silhouette,
your build, and who you are should be strong enough.
Now, point number two is closely related to point number one and that is pink has a history
as a masculine color. I talked about it up in the intro, but guys understand that it's
just the last sixty years that it's been hijacked by the ladies. Pink is a great color,
in fact, it's been described many times as a war-like color.
Why is this? Well, think about where does pink 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, how red persuades. Red is something that people
are attracted to. Pink a variation of it and something 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 the working 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, white collar, we could just as easily had a pink
collar maybe be the working class, but it didn't turn out that way and hey, you know,
but don't discriminate against the color pink 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 takes courage because if you look in a room of a
hundred men wearing suits, most of the shirts are going to be white, they're going to
be light blue or they're going to be patterned white shirts maybe with a little bit of blue
in them. But, probably 95% of those shirts are going to be that color and that make sense,
it's understood it's conservative. It's what 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 talking about bright pink here. Try to avoid that
unless you're going to wear it maybe in an accessory in a very minute amount. But,
what we're looking for here is for you to have the courage to set yourself apart. In
fact, one study which I'm going to link to in the support article says that men who
wear pink actually make $1,200 more on average per year.
Now, I attribute that to the confidence that it takes for because if you're going
to wear pink you will have some people ask you about it, maybe make a snide comment.
But, just for just as many people that do that, you're probably going to have two
to three times as many people first off take notice of you and that's important. When
you are in a crowded room, you want to separate yourself, but other a lot of people are
going to say, wow, that guy has a little bit of confidence, I like his style. That color
looks so great. I wish I had the courage to wear 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 through went through read it. We read through a number
of women's magazines talking about things that they like on a man and that color pink
consistently popped up, when they see a man wearing pink, immediately they think confidence.
Women are drawn to confident to men standing out.
So, that's the number two is you simply stand out from the crowd. And the other part
is attraction, women are drawn to the color red and its variants. So, right there they
don't even subconsciously they are drawn to it.
Next stop, we've got a very practical reason for bringing pink into your wardrobe. It is
easy to match. So, a lot of guys are asking me, Antonio, I want to change up my wardrobe
I want to bring in something, but God so hard to bring in all those patterns all those bright
colors. Well, you don't have to bring in a bright color.
Look at the shirt I'm wearing. This is a very light-colored pink. This is going to
work with anything that would pretty much go with a white shirt or a light blue shirt
even. This is actually going to match more in my opinion than a light blue shirt because
a light blue shirt with a charcoal gray suit looks 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 have to be careful with pink and that's basically
if you got a lot of pink in your skin. If you have light-colored skin and you get like
reddish or a little bit reddy, the pink can pull that out a bit more. But for black men,
for Asian men, for Hispanic men that have darker complexions, for men of Indian descent,
you should love the color pink. It is just a 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 can put a picture of yourself wearing a pink shirt,
ask what people think in the store before you buy it. And guess what? What I love about
my free Facebook group is that the guys respond quickly. They give you good positive advice.
I want you to try something new. I want you to push the envelope on your style. I want
you to find what works for you so you can use 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 more detail there. I'll link over to some of
the studies I talked about. And, that's it gentlemen. Take care. I'll see you in
the next video.