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When it comes to doing up a necktie, the knot is usually left to the wearer’s discretion. Should you create a massive knot that dominates your neck, or one so tiny you’d need a magnifying glass to find it? It used to be all up to you. But in these increasingly precise times of men’s [...]

Face it: when it comes to fashion, men are at a disadvantage with accessories. Not only does the sex as a whole have a narrower selection, but finding that stylish sweet spot is also very difficult for most. It gets even harder when your age starts breaching the 30- and 40-something limits, after faux pas [...]

Black suits are right up there with black neckties on the list of things you shouldn’t wear outside funeral homes while the sun is up. With the right pieces, though, a style piece as classic as the black two-piece suit need never be limited to dusk and deaths. It’s all a matter of perfecting the [...]

In modern men’s fashion, vests are practically vestigial to a lot of guys. The vest-less two piece suit is the norm, and they’re a rarity even when you go to black tie events. However, the vest remains a very stylish and debonair article of clothing, especially when worn properly. It’s a great way to add [...]

There’s a widespread notion that black ties suggest mourning, and that they should only be worn for wakes and funerals. Believing that, however, will make you miss out on one of the most popular style staples of modern men’s fashion. In the last few years alone, noir neckties have gained both status and ubiquity throughout [...]

Few things in men’s fashion have evolved as much as the shoe department. When you look at the heeled, ornate men’s shoes of the Victorian era, the minimalist Florsheims of today are almost unrecognizable from their predecessors. But some things, as they say, never change, and the high bar for respectable make footwear is one [...]

While women’s fashion is all about labels and size zeros, men’s fashion focuses more on heritage and craftsmen. In fact, few things in the typical male wardrobe has the prestige of a bespoke suit or pair of leather shoes. Style is defined by how your clothes fit you, so there’s a premium on pieces custom-made [...]

The rules of men’s fashion change, and they can change fast. Some of the most exalted from a few decades ago no longer apply. Big shoulder pads are passe, Thom Browne can wear pants that show ankle and Marc Jacobs can not wear pants at all. Neckties, however, have changed little since their introduction into [...]

Pants, and men’s bottoms, in general, have changed much in the last few decades. Bell bottoms gave way to loose boxy cuts, which were driven to extinction by today’s figure-hugging styles. Yet many of these changes are targeted at the trendy twentysomething crowd; for older male demographics, the fashion scene isn’t in as much of [...]

With the kind of dress code policies enforced in most offices, you’d think that few men could mess up their office outfits. But even with the defined rules on workday clothes, a lot of guys still show up at their cubicles with ensembles that are nowhere near stylish. Real friends don’t let friends wear manpris [...]