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The 8 Best Looks From Fashion Month, Judged by Menswear Nerds

The 8 Best Looks From Fashion Month, Judged by Menswear Nerds

Published by Jenni Sidey

Mahalia Chang, senior style editor, British GQ Conner Ives, Look 24 “If I could disappear into any fashion universe, it might be Conner Ives’s. Inside his slinky NYC club, it’s all about maximalism and flamboyance in the laziest, coolest way. I was so into this undone gentleman with his cummerbund over his boxers and his crisp shirt sleeves rolled up.” Angelo Mitakos, fashion editor, British GQ Ferragamo, Look 20 “I love what Maximilian Davis is doing at Ferragamo, and this season’s fisherman’s vests may be a favorite. I love how he has mixed something casual and almost sporty and paired it with tailoring. A couple of seasons ago, Prada put an oversized fisherman’s vest above a blazer, but what Davis has done here, I think is cooler. With the remake of American Psycho on the horizon, I can imagine an updated Patrick Bateman wearing this exact thing.” Adrien Communier, style editor, GQ France Tom Ford, Look 39 “Tom Ford and Haider Ackermann are a match made in heaven and he keeps proving it season after …

Dads and dudes: the two style clans that dominate menswear

Dads and dudes: the two style clans that dominate menswear

Published by Sam Flores

There is a competition going on at the US Open this week and it’s not the one involving rackets and balls. Instead, leading men who are not entered into this year’s draw are serving looks rather than aces. Tennis legend Roger Federer took to the court on Tuesday in navy blue polo shirt and shorts, navy blue sweatbands and navy blue socks. The cuts were trim and the top was tucked in. The young Spanish player Carlos Alcaraz wore a Nike vest, untucked and the colour of Ribena, maroon shorts, and trainers that looked like a sweetshop counter. The players represent two style clans that are dominating current menswear: the dads and the dudes. If you’re not sure what side of the sartorial net they’re on, here’s a quick form guide. Novak Djokovic, Taylor Fritz and Félix Auger-Aliassime are all “dads”, while Arthur Fils and Andre Agassi are “dudes”. Roger Federer – a ‘dad’. Photograph: Guerin Charles/ABACA/Shutterstock Carlos Alcaraz – a ‘dude’. Photograph: Guerin Charles/ABACA/Shutterstock Away from baselines and backhands, David Beckham in his slim, …

Why Do Menswear Guys Always Leave Their Collars Sticking Out?

Why Do Menswear Guys Always Leave Their Collars Sticking Out?

Published by Jenni Sidey

Take Connor Storrie’s recent Saint Laurent campaign, which includes a video snippet of the Heated Rivalry hunk, shot from the shoulders up, bopping along to Milli Vanilli in a shirt whose collar tilts gravity-defyingly upwards. In images from the same shoot, Storrie models a bicep-hugging crewneck sweater and a butch leather jacket, the collar of his striped button-up yanked askew like it was just body-checked into the glass. These are not the brash, haughtily popped collars of a Bruce Weber-era Abercrombie & Fitch catalog. They’re a more self-conscious affectation, a winking signifier that endeavors to telegraph a careless, “this old thing?” energy. (I get the allure. The collar on this $1,200 Phoebe Philo shirt—cut to remain in a state of half up, half down homeostasis—is so ingenious, it almost makes you forgive the price.) What, exactly, do these independent-minded collars say about the state of getting dressed right now? If I had to hazard a guess, they have a lot to do with the wretched, relentless pursuit of “personal style,” that reliable albatross of the …

Shopping for menswear and experimenting with style at Santee Alley

Shopping for menswear and experimenting with style at Santee Alley

Published by Sam Flores

This story is part of Image’s March Outside issue, a celebration of the Los Angeles outdoors and the many lives to be lived under its unencumbered sky. There are old family photos of house parties from the ’70s that I like to stare at, of my uncles looking suave posing in a living room like they’re at the club about to take over the dance floor. Today, I’m thinking of them and of the exaggerated lapels on their leisure suits, of unbuttoned shiny shirts showing hints of a sun-kissed chest, and of a baby blue suit worn with a relaxed brown polo tucked in. As I walk through the Cosmo Plaza Food Court at 935 Santee St., where I parked my car on the roof, I pass a group of young girls eyeing the cotton candy quinceañera dresses and a pair of tourists pointing to their next destination. It’s a warm Friday afternoon in Santee Alley and I’m searching for some menswear. “Se encuentra algo like this?” I ask store owner Pedro Ramirez of RJ …