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Best-dressed trendwatch – knitwear

Best-dressed trendwatch – knitwear

With the Best-Dressed entries coming in thick and fast, we are inevitably spotting more themes and trends amongst the entriesA surprising amount are sporting the kind of knitwear you might previously have associated with geography teachers, despite out segue into summer. Here are three styles that represent their welcome resurgence, courtesy of my-wardobe.com. [Read more...]

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Best-dressed trendwatch – blazers and chinos

Best-dressed trendwatch – blazers and chinos

As the entries come in, some sartorial patterns are taking shape. No surprise that the classic light chinos and jacket combination is starting to feature strongly – it’s a look that can be adapted in a variety of ways, whatever your personal style. Here’s three ways to wear it, courtesy of my-wardobe.com  [Read more...]

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Top Ten – Menswear Day Looks

Click to playTop Ten – Menswear Day Looks

London Fashion week is naught but a distant memory. The BFC tent at Somerset House has long since been dismantled, the clothes are winging their way to the stores, and the models are finally back on solids. [Read more...]

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Prada’s Fantasy Look Book

Prada’s Fantasy Look Book

Every once in a while something lands on our desks that causes a stir. Prada’s ‘Fantasy Fall Winter 2010 Look Book’ has done just that. [Read more...]

Culture,Sport,Trendwatch

Bats out of hell

Bats out of hell

Ping-pong, table tennis, flim flam, wiff waff – whatever you want to call it, the sport is becoming (believably or not) the new star-studded craze to sweep the globe. A-Listers who have tried their hand include Jay-Z, who recently staged a ping-pong themed birthday party, and Susan Sarandon, actress and co-owner of the first ever ping-pong nightclub SPiN. [Read more...]

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Madonna on your face

Madonna on your face

The first summer rays of 2010 were teasing their way through the Esquire windows this week, so we thought we’d bring you the latest from the world of designer sunglasses. [Read more...]

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Can 3/4 length trousers ever be acceptable?

Can 3/4 length trousers ever be acceptable?

And no, this question isn’t rhetorical. With trousers creeping higher by the second, it’s only a matter of time before we reach the 3/4 length stage. It hasn’t happened yet, but it’s starting to pop up amongst the most influential crowd in Japan (aka the birthplace for trends like this). Even folks like Visvim’s founder Hiroki Nakamura (pictured above) are wearing trousers so high they’re cropped a couple of inches above boots. It’s a scary thought, but come next winter your friend with the 3/4 length umbro shorts could end up being the most fashion forward person you know. You’ve been warned.

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Spoilt for stripes

Spoilt for stripes

This spring, like every other spring in eternity, is all about the nautical look. We’re used to competing versions of the classic Breton jumper, but this season has seen things kick up a notch. To make an overstatement, there’s a mind boggling four choices of top quality striped action to choose from.
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