Style Guide: Menswear Details

This style guide uses rules on menswear details to show you how to dress like a fucking man. A shirt's a shirt, trousers are trousers and jeans are jeans; the secret is knowing that’s a load of bollocks, men’s style is all about subtle detail.



Covent Garden 28/01 


Rules 


28. Know the power of double breasted. The two rows of buttons will have a slimming effect, as the eye will read this as the silhouette, not your bulbous gut. 


47. Satchels are better than rucksacks. You’re not hiking or homeless. 


43. No Baseball caps. Only Americans and Baseball players should ever wear these. If I see you wearing one, you better be able to recite the words to the seventh inning stretch. 

He looks like he knows his claret from his beaujolais, he’s probably sabred the top off a bottle champagne in the last 24hrs, and more than likely, he’s got an opinion on the best way to gut and de-bone a Milliband brother; basically, he’s a lot more interesting than you look in your baggy jeans, printed tee and trainers. 


I’m not going to lie, he does look a bit like a smug posh twat, but he does show great alternatives to baseball caps, backpacks and single breasted jackets. Women’s fashion is all about overt, grand gestures; men's fashion is all about the understated detail. Here are three great details that elevate the mundane to the interesting, and lets face it we’d all like to be seen to be a little more interesting.