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26/10/10 Men's Fashion News and Round-Up

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Introduction So here I am, back again. Attempting to put a few shoddy words together, emanate Michael Caine's 'Alfie' chap (charm-check, wardrobe-check, dapper eccentricity- I'm half there), pedal a few insights and aphorisms and hope no one shouts at me…

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Fashionbeans: Ask The Expert

Article by: Luke Todd

The Experts’ Introduction Life is a battlefield; yet wielding any description of prehistoric war paraphernalia at your boss/ co-workers/ friends/ potential love interests is deemed to be socially unacceptable. Going into any battle well dressed is going into a battle…

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The Gentleman’s Guide

Article by: Luke Todd

A GENTLEMANLY INTRODUCTION: From the etymology of the Latin gentili-s: belonging to the same gens or stock. The concise hyphenation of gen-tle-man, aided by the received IPA pronunciation along with offering the pluralisation of gentlemen. The noun form of a…

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Men's Fashion Colours SS10: Pastels & Neutrals

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What is…? Colour | [kuhl-er] | -Noun The quality of an object or substance with respect to light reflected by the object, usually determined visually by measurement of hue, saturation, and brightness of the reflected light; saturation or chroma; hue….

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Sportswear and Men's Fashion

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Sportswear Introduction I decided to write this piece based on a predisposed idea I have found myself pedalling. Sportswear brands have been an emblem for so many generations, so many icons and so many trends. With this in mind I…

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Dr Martens 50th Anniversary Range

Article by: Luke Todd

The doctor will see you now… There be nout more British than a few quaint. Teenage pregnancies, cheap cider and our Monarch's Union Jack draped undies. There stands those few that staple 'this is what us British produce' onto our…

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Twitter Men’s Style Shrink

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Style Shrink Introduction “So tell me when you first developed your fear of socks and sandals…” Over the next few months you will see the FashionBeans site grow even bigger and sexier. And the writers… well they’ll just grow sexier…

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Men's Fashion News and Round-up

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Introduction Hello to you who I now collectively refer to as ‘fashion beaners’. Welcome to the men's fashion round-up of the past weeks. This edition contains everything from news & shoes from your fashion gurus and jeans for the man…

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Labels We LOVE: ASOS

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Labels We LOVE Introduction There's like this label that we sorta like love and stuff because it’s nice because we wear it as clothes and that, and I'm gonna like tell you about it and stuff because we like clothes…

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PANTONE – Colour of the Year & Men's Fashion

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The Colour… “Pantone is pleased to announce PANTONE 15-5519 Turquoise, an inviting, luminous hue, as the Colour of the Year for 2010. Combining the serene qualities of blue and the invigorating aspects of green, Turquoise inspires thoughts of soothing, tropical…

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Get SALE Savvy

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PLEASE NOTE: This is only a short article and does become serious at some point. Somewhere around the middle. No a little further. Further. There we go…enjoy! Now that the ceremonial kissing of random people & distant relatives (whose breath…

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What To Keep in the Man Bag

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So many times has the same question been asked, “What the hell do you put in there?” I started this article because the other day I had the joy of teaching a friend the wonders of a man-bag (albeit with…

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The Office Party Handbook

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Fresh off the back of this year's blazer-filled and tailored trends; take note as I show you how to jingle all the way into the office party. Inspired by the nostalgic values of the aristocracy and sleek vibe of the…

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