New Jacket Required

This is what a country jacket looks like when it comes from Paris. Refined but fully functioning,
it is the work of the design gurus at A.P.C.

If you already love the brand – and why wouldn’t you? – then that is because, like us, you appreciate the way the French studio takes classic categories and redefines them. Its clean lines and refined personality are all about fuss free, sophisticated looks. Even when taking on the traditional country gent’s favourite waxed jacket, that mantra remains.
The Parisian take on the popular British heritage style ticks all the boxes. With stud fastening pocket flaps, a zip-covering placket, corduroy collar and even the checked lining, this takes the DNA of the style strips it back to its minimalist bones for a modernised update. see more

Style Sums

Layering is the ultimate tactic for flexing your sartorial muscles through whatever the weather throws at you, and at this time of year that’s crucial. If you’re in the UK, your chance of experiencing rain this weekend veers from 60% on Saturday to 20% on Sunday. Temperatures will be between 2 degrees and 8 degrees Celsius and guess what – there will be gusts of wind. (Source: weather.com) Mild, wet, dry, cold, gusty and still. It’s a typical weekend right?

So, what to wear? You’ll need an inventory of thin and mid weight layers to can calibrate your regular wardrobe for any temperature. By adding up the same elements that work for much warmer climes and times, you can construct outfits for any thermal feel with pieces that will work for later in the year. see more

Style Icon: Gary Cooper

A new book about the style of Hollywood legend and cowboy icon Gary Cooper reveals a man halfway between Savile Row (where he was a regular customer) and the Wild West. Understated and manly, Cooper’s sartorial chops were very much a blend of English heritage and Western frontier influence. The side-effect of a ridiculously successful Hollywood career, Cooper’s social circle took in the elegant (the Duke and Duchess of Windsor) the arty (Pablo Picasso) and the truly American (Ernest Hemingway, no less). The result is a man as happy in formal European wear as he was in the casual classics of Americana.
Though the details have changed, that remains the template of how all modern men dress, switching with ease from outdoorsy see more

Feeling Blue

Do not let the January blues get you down. Embrace them. In menswear terms, the shade is the sartorial equivalent of oxygen; not only in its ubiquity but also in how it helps everything else to breathe. And just why is blue such a popular hue with men? Because like the best chaps, it is restrained, unpretentious and versatile. Which is another way of saying it goes with all the other colours. That’s great cost per wear. It works with black and white, grey, tan, browns and a whole host of neutrals plus supporting the sunny brights of red, yellow orange and more.

So when it comes to warming up your winter, think thick shirts and knit layers in the shades from mid blue to navy.
So because now is the perfect time to get knitted out see more

Appetite for style

Feed both your style and your taste-buds this Christmas with a gourmet treat from The Renaissance, plus walking style solutions

Get Xmas party perfect

Exclusive cocktail recipes from Sketch … and the outfits to match

Present and Correct

This year go for menswear staples for gifts at Christmas

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Sound and vision for Christmas day - The Sound

We asked Paul Rees, editor of Q magazine, what will be the big musical gifts this Christmas and he gave us a line up to suit any and every (credible) taste. No Aled Jones required, thanks.

Florence + The Machine – Ceremonials… “The follow-up to Lungs and even more of an epic exercise in boho-pop. Full of songs that make you want to run up the nearest mountain and holler along with them from the summit… and all the better for it.”

Coldplay – Mylo Xyloto… “Chris Martin and his merry men seem destined to forever attract the ire of so-called tastemakers. Ignore them. Song for song this is their best record and in Charlie Brown they’ve conjured up the year’s most euphoric anthem. see more

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Sound and vision for Christmas day

This week, we’re bringing you all you need to dress, wear, eat, drink and listen-to for the most stylish Christmas yet. Today, we’re starting with the inside track on this year’s most desirable tunes, plus the most plugged in styling for a very merry and musical, tech savvy Christmas.
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