For example, if your boss is a family-man, begin your casual talk with how important family is to you.

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If he spoke of the folly of war, of the need for peace, of the idiocy of politicians, they were the casual views of an ordinary man.

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It is easy, of course, for a designer who owns 100 pairs of shoes but Mr. Hardy believes that just 10 styles can cover almost any occasion for which a man needs to dress: "five to six pairs dressy, two to three casual, two sporty not counting sandals, " he says.

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