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The 'alta borghesia' look is a name for classic Italian dressing, with soft tailoring, muted colours, fine knitwear,…

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Cape Cod style is relaxed New England summer dressing, built on navy blazers, Oxford shirts, chinos, faded red…

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Southern preppy is the warm-weather version of American preppy, using seersucker, linen and madras with brighter colours and…

Old-money style

Amsterdam Chic is this guide's name for smart, practical city clothes in quiet colours that work on a…

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Slow fashion for men means buying fewer, better-made clothes and keeping them in use, and this guide shows…

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These 25 high-fashion names cover current men's collections and an archive label, with what each is known for…

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Japanese Trad, or ametora, is Japan's careful take on the sack jackets, button-down shirts, repp ties, chinos, Shetland…

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Steampunk fashion mixes Victorian and Edwardian clothing with imagined steam-age technology, from waistcoats and long coats to brass,…

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The punk aesthetic is the visual vocabulary of punk dress: black leather, tartan, safety pins, studs and chains,…

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