Men’s Fashion

Since when has fleece been cool? Like many of the current trends permeating fashion (ugly trainers spring to mind), you probably wouldn’t have been seen dead wearing fleece just a few years ago. Now, it’s everywhere. Once reserved for hikers, bird watchers and teachers on school trips, fleece is today just as likely to be

Sneakers. Surely the most pleasurable purchase a man can make. It’s sort of like the polar opposite of paying your gas bill or shelling out to get the boiler fixed. An outgoing you actually look forward to making whenever the opportunity arises. Well, if said gas bill is due today, don’t worry about it, because

Hair. How difficult can it really be? Quite, it turns out. From using the wrong products to using too much of the right product to using product to create a style you shouldn’t be caught dead with, there’s plenty of scope for getting it wrong. To help bring an end to these follicular #fails, we

The poster boy for one of the dominant trends in menswear right now is a 70-year-old northerner wearing loose dungarees and a big smile. British fashion designer Nigel Cabourn made his name creating clothes based on vintage workwear and military pieces that are as tough as the people who wore them first time around. He’s

When it comes to cold-weather style, there’s one rule to remember: you’ve got to be in knits to win it. Choose the right autumn/winter knitwear and you’ll be bullet nipple-free and look like you’ve got icy style wrapped up. Plus, your mum will be able to stop worrying about you getting ill. Not all knits

We might be going out on a limb by saying this, but it’s not as hard to come up with gift ideas for women as you might think (or as the frantic Google search that led you here might suggest). If you’re a man who likes living on the edge, you could blindly ransack the

November is one those maddening months when it comes to picking out the right clothes. The death throes of autumn means you have to dig out your big coats and winter boots while still enduring swampy conditions on public transport. As well as battling four seasons in the space of an hour, you have to

If you think of your cleanser as your stretching, exfoliator as your warm-up and moisturiser as that post-gym protein shake that builds muscle, then serums are the main event. Filled with active ingredients and formulated to make the most impact, the best serums tone, condition and shape your face in a way no other product

For men of a certain age, corduroy brings to mind only dads and grandads, librarians and geography teachers. For the longest time, it was the fuddy-duddy of fabrics, sober, square and academic. Not any more. That narrow view is increasingly out-of-date and designers are liberally using cord in their collections – on tailoring, shirts and

Brad Pitt shirtless, oiled and gleaming in Fight Club. Admit it, you wanted to be him in that moment back in 1999. Or rather, you wanted the six pack. Every man did – although few had the dedication to get there. This article will help you in that quest, but – and perhaps more importantly

The tall man is lucky in most things. He makes more money than shorter men, he’s happier, has higher levels of life satisfaction, and he’s handy whenever something’s on a high shelf. But it’s not all gravy. Travel can be torture, back pain is inevitable, and clothing choices shrink for every bit of fabric you

Whether you’re ice climbing on alpine glaciers or just braving the drizzle on your morning commute, there’s peace of mind to be found in knowing your jacket was built for the former. A piece of technical outerwear is something that should be hanging up in every man’s wardrobe, and there are more of them around

One of the many good things about dressing for autumn is that a lot of what you wore last autumn and the autumn before that still works. It’s a slow moving season, maybe because you’re dressing for changeable weather more than anything else. What that also means is you don’t have to add much to

We’ve all been there: 13 years young, skateboard tucked self-consciously under arm, and a pair of baggy jeans slung precariously low around the buttocks. To tie the look together, two trainers so puffy they would make a pair of Ugg boots seem positively aerodynamic. Skate shoes. Unless you’re among the 0.000001 per cent of people

It’s winter – time of hibernation, hearty food, warming booze, and long nights in. But just because it’s cold, there’s plenty of film, television, music and other cultural that are still, well, red hot. Can’t be bothered to take the blanket off your legs and seek them out for yourself? No problem. Throw another log

Winter is, on most counts, rubbish. But everything rubbish about it – the cold, the dark, the wet – presents one big bonus: you get to wear big coats again. The right coat is an outfit in itself, a piece that combines practicality and style like nothing else in your wardrobe. They’re also fairly impervious

Oxford cloth, poplin, linen, flannel. Maybe even corduroy if you’ve really got your finger on the pulse. These tend to be the go-to fabrics when we find ourselves in the market for a new shirt, and unless you’re a cattle rancher from the late 19th century, suede probably doesn’t even cross your mind. It may

Wherever you are right now, take a quick look around at people’s footwear. What brands are they wearing? Chances are, the results of your visual sneaker survey will look a little something like this: Adidas, Nike, Converse, New Balance, Nike, maybe a bit of Reebok if you’re lucky, Adidas, Nike, Nike. No matter how classic

If you’ve not yet been accosted by Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ either in the office or walking past the shops, you’ve definitely not got out enough. For ’tis the season, and with the multiplying tinsel comes growing anxieties over presents. In a world where shopping can happen at the click of a button, choosing a memorable

There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and grey hair. But going grey isn’t the end of the world – and it’s certainly not the end of having a good-looking head of hair. Whether you’ve got a dash of salt ‘n’ pepper or gone full silver fox, there are limitless grey hairstyles that you

As far as garment design goes, it’s difficult to imagine two schools of thought more fundamentally opposed than hiking and high fashion. The former is all about functionality, performance, durability, utility and practicality. The latter is pretty much the exact opposite. Yet, in spite of their glaring differences, luxury menswear and outdoor clothing have fostered

Buying a suit online is easy enough, but buying a suit that fits well and looks good is a little more complicated. Though tailoring is an art, it’s also a science of sorts, with endless variables and numbers to input and weigh up. “It is going to be a lot easier for someone that already

Is there any purchase more alluring than a fresh set of sneakers? If there is, we’ve yet to discover it. No matter how many pairs line your shoe rack, there’s always room for more. But with so many new releases hitting the shelves every day, it can be time-consuming to whittle it down to the

If you favour the clean look over facial hair, then shaving is probably the lengthiest part of your getting-ready routine. For something that takes so much effort to then ruin your look with splodgy red marks all over your money-maker seems as unfair as life can get. Don’t panic, ditch the trimmer and go full-on