Men's Fashion

I often air my views on women's fashion on this blog, but this time I would like to talk about men's fashion. I suppose there is a ring of truth to it when men complain that there is not as much choice in fashion for them as there is for women. However I do not think that this is a good excuse for men to throw on a Jack Wills hoodie and jeans and call it an outfit.

PLEASE DON'T DO IT!

Ok well I accept that no one would ever wear these colours together, but if you just changed the colour scheme to navy-white and swapped the brogues for some canvas plimsoles, it could be any self-assured polo playing wannabe in Guildford.

I must stress that obviously this is my own opinion on male fashion and that I understand that there are probably people who do like the looks that I slating.

I must admit that I am definitely not a t-shirt kind of girl, I love shirts. And shirts are definitely a good basis for a man's outfit. As demonstrated by the amazing Adrian Cano on Lookbook :

Even though a shirt and brogues are featured in this outfit it is still looks casual; as the shirt is denim and he is not wearing chinos (or a pretentious cardigan slung around his shoulders).

Or one could go for the sharp cut suit as modelled here by the (used to be) lovely Mark Ronson:

I say 'used to be' as I have learned recently that he has now bleached his hair blonde and has now gone for an 80s look, what a traitor. 

But anyway the skinny tie and sharp cut suit, reminiscent of late 1950s attire, always look amazing to me. A suit shouldn't be restrained to only evening wear,we should look back to the classic times when wearing a suit was normal attire for a man, what ever the occasion. If a guy was wearing this walking down the highstreet, I would be incredibly impressed.

Finally we have, what is to me, the creme de la creme of men's fashion: The Ivy Style. 

This style originates, as the name suggests, from the Ivy League universities in America from the late 50s to early 60s. This being my favourite era I suppose I would be biased towards it, in terms of men's fashion, but i really do think it is a classic style. 

Many of the indie kids of today don't realise where their turned up jeans and boating shoes came from. And although (from my indie post bellow) you can see how I feel this look hasn't progressed necessarily in the right direction today, I still love the fundamentals of the quintessentially 50s look.

Men of the world take note, study this website (www.ivy-style.com) and I don't want to see another Jack Wills body-warmer as long as I live!

xxx