Fashion’s Secret Agent is Back!

Tom Julian

I like to think of my friend Tom Julian as a fashion secret-agent, of sorts.  As President and Founder of Tom Julian Group, he scopes-out and targets, then guides global trend strategies for Madison Avenue heavyweights Fallon Worldwide and McCann Erickson North America, as well as a roster of A-list clients including Johnson & Johnson, Tiffany & Co., MasterCard, Starbucks, Nestlé, Kohl’s, BMW, and Liz Claiborne, Inc.

Now, the author of last year’s terrific Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Style is back with his follow-up, Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Everyday Dressing, and its simple-to-apply mantra of “Forget the rules.  Think occasions.”

Tom Julian

To achieve this, Julian separates men’s casual attire into four occasion-types: work day, after-hours, weekend, and travel.  After this, he breaks things down further by highlighting the half-dozen essentials of a man’s casual wardrobe, including jeans, outerwear, pants, shorts, sports-shirts and sweaters.

As Julian poignantly posits, “Sometimes, dressing casually can require more thought than wearing a suit…”

Nordstrom Guide To Men's Everyday Dressing by Tom Julian

In the book, Tom steers men toward stylishness with a series of easy-to-follow tips, including:

•  Three easy pieces for every closet
•  The iconic standbys men can always stand by
•  The details that make the difference
•  Key footwear styles
•  Solutions to the everyday dressing blues

Now, in time for MAGIC (and all of the ancillary fashion-related conventions that have sprouted-up around it), Tom Julian is returning to Las Vegas for a book-signing.  If you want to meet Julian, get a copy of his new book, or to query him about a look over which you’ve been struggling, or then hightail it over to Nordstrom at Fashion Show on Thursday, August 19th, from 4-6pm. 

Tom Julian signs a copy of his book for menswear maestro Giorgio Canali (Photo: David X. Prutting)

Me?  I’m convinced that Julian’s buddy, Tim Gunn has made him privy to the behind-the-scenes goings-on at Project Runway; so I’m gonna be trying my darndest to wheedle some juicy gossip from him. 

Of course, knowing Tom, I'm sure he’ll probably just hum a few bars of “Our Lips are Sealed” by The Go-Go’s, while smiling and shrugging innocently (impeccably attired in a navy blazer, white shirt, blue jeans and driving moccasins; or something as timelessly chic).

In-store Appearance by Tom Julian
Author of Nordstrom Guide to Men’s Everyday Dressing
Nordstrom at Fashion Show
Thursday, August 19th
4-6pm

Get into it!