Design & Technology

The Esquire Guide to Good Design – Episode Five

Click to playThe Esquire Guide to Good Design – Episode Five

September is a busy time in magazine land. From Fashion week to Frieze, there’s almost too much to take in, and this year has been no exception. [Read more...]

Style,Where to buy

Menswear finally hits The Hambledon

Menswear finally hits The Hambledon

Ahh, Winchester. The name alone is redolent of lazy summer weekends, green spaces and cricketing whites – or maybe we’re just jaded Londoners. Regardless, Winchester is an ideal escape; a county town an hour outside of London brimming with history, culture and, most importantly, shopping… [Read more...]

The bespoke column

Crepe-ing back into fashion

Crepe-ing back into fashion

The reemergence of the desert boot has led to several small changes in menswear, the biggest being crepe being seen as a worth sole alternative again. Usually shunned in favour of leather soles, there’s a few companies working to bring back the crepe sole into favour this autumn.

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How Tos

The Manual – How to turn away a Jehovas’ Witness

The Manual – How to turn away a Jehovas’ Witness

If your goal in a communication is to be polite, but you’re not interested in what the other person is saying, the trick is to acknowledge “intent” and not “content”. [Read more...]

Style,Style & Grooming

London Fashion Week Blog – Part Two

London Fashion Week Blog – Part Two

James Long’s baggy knits and bold use of colour won him points with the fashion team.

In the second installment of our Men’s Day blog we unveil E.Tautz’s mod-meets-Mr Ripley-inspired collection (complete with requisite ankle flashing), the nut-bar street stylings of New Power Studio (complete with toilet roll and children) and the minimal elegance of Felipe Rojas Llanos’ MAN show (complete with blouses, capes and – you guessed it – an Aladdin’s cave of cropped trousers). [Read more...]

Style

London Fashion Week Blog – Part One

London Fashion Week Blog – Part One

Bulbs popped at Christopher Shannon

Considering the breadth of fashion ideas to be found in the studios and workshops of London’s colleges, it seems something of a travesty that menswear is only afforded one, rather measly, day at London Fashion Week. [Read more...]

How Tos,Sex

Tough love with Tanya Gold

Tough love with Tanya Gold

Every month in the mag our resident sexpert Tanya Gold imparts her libidinous wisdom to all who care to listen. [Read more...]

Design & Technology,Motoring

A triumph of Minimalism

A triumph of Minimalism

The automotive gurus at MINI have never been afraid of a little blue sky thought. At a private soiree in London’s Soho yesterday evening the BMW-owned company unveiled the newest addition to its automotive family; the MINI Scooter E Concept. [Read more...]