A player friend of ours who is not typically sartorially challenged recently showed off his latest purchase: a silver winter ski jacket. And we mean really silver. Like, aluminum foil silver. Space-suit silver. Total dork jacket, in other words. "But you should see what happens when I wear this out to the clubs!" he said. "It's the ultimate ice-breaker. Girls just walk right up and talk to me!" Sure, they might be rolling their eyes and saying, "Houston, we have a problem"--but everyone knows that we only tease the ones we lust after.

Turns out our player friend had inadvertently stumbled upon one of the cornerstones of the art of the pick-up. VH1's master pick-up artist (PUA) Mystery calls it peacocking: wearing something flamboyant (an item of "flair," in Office Space lingo) in order to attract female attention. He's fond of a pink boa or a top-hat. Because unless you look like Bill Gates or have tape on your coke-bottle glasses, women will assume that you must be sure of yourself to wear something like that. And confidence = sexy. Meaning, yes, our player friend would like to dedicate this season of casual sex to his space suit. Ladies, do you think you've ever fallen for a peacock move? Men, have you ever tried it? And would it work the other way around--can women peacock, too? If so, what might qualify as lady-flair?