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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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Short Shrift

Short Shrift

We’re frequently told by purveyors of very short, and therefore unpractically proportioned, overcoats (ie any formal coat that finishes above the knee) that the abbreviated length is informed by the advent of central heating and the fact that men don’t spend much time out in the elements anymore. [Read more...]

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Top five leather bracelets

Top five leather bracelets

Why have a watch when you can have a fine piece of styled leather wrapped round your wrist instead? Here are five choice examples from the current crop of leather bracelets: [Read more...]

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The Bespokesman — Inside the brave world of the bow tie wearer

The Bespokesman — Inside the brave world of the bow tie wearer

Esquire’s Style Editor explains the long and arduous journey that culminated in him taking his bow tie on to the streets this week: [Read more...]

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Top five bow tie wearers

Top five bow tie wearers

Esquire’s Art Director David McKendrick and Style Editor Mansel Fletcher have both bowled into the office this week sporting rather fetching blue and white bow ties. After the wisecracks ran out (‘Foul… and a miss’, ‘Where’s the button to make it twirl?’, etc) it got us thinking about the greatest bow tie wearers of all time: [Read more...]

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The rise of the snood

The rise of the snood

Historically worn as a turban-cum-hood contraption by women in cold climates, the Snood has been enjoying something of a resurgence of late. [Read more...]

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The trouble with hats

The trouble with hats

We like hats, and we have to admit that Pete Doherty did a great job a few years ago of at least putting them back on the style agenda. However, despite their popularity among trendy young men so far we have seen little sign of them successfully re-entering the mainstream – maybe their presence on the catwalks of Paris and Milan will go some way to persuading grown up men that they can start to wear hats and not look ridiculous. [Read more...]