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Capsule Wardrobe Additions: Autumn 2014
Recommended Autumn Wardrobe Additions Once the weather starts to take a turn for the worst, it can become difficult to maintain your style standards. There are still leaves on the trees, the middle of the day is still relatively warm and public transport can still be a sticky, sweaty challenge. But there is now also … Continue reading Capsule Wardrobe Additions: Autumn 2014
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Men’s Autumn/Winter Trouser Alternatives
Cold-Weather Trouser Alternatives It’s safe to say that autumn has finally arrived in the UK. Sure, it may have taken a little longer than expected, but all hopes of an Indian summer have well and truly disappeared over the last week. And with the onset of colder weather comes a whole new set of sartorial … Continue reading Men’s Autumn/Winter Trouser Alternatives
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Men’s Autumn/Winter Essential Fabrics: Corduroy
Essential Cold-Weather Fabrics As outlined in the first part of our autumn/winter essential fabrics series, if you want to survive a full year in the UK as a stylish gent, you should begin to dress seasonally. Not only do seasonal pieces ensure comfort – keeping you warm in the winter and cool in the summer … Continue reading Men’s Autumn/Winter Essential Fabrics: Corduroy
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Men’s Autumn/Winter Essential Fabrics: Tweed
Cold-Weather Fabrics Often, the main flaw in any man’s clothing collection is a lack of pieces made from seasonally-appropriate fabrics – the type of items that will invigorate and lift your already substantial year-round wardrobe. In spring/summer, lightweight, breathable materials like linen, madras and seersucker help you stay cool and avoid sweat. In autumn/winter, on … Continue reading Men’s Autumn/Winter Essential Fabrics: Tweed
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Key Business-Casual Pieces For Autumn/Winter
Autumn Business-Casual Survival Guide Earlier this week we published an article that was designed to help you boost your university style, just in time for freshers’ week. Yet while a lot young men will soon be leaving the safety and comfort of home and striking out on their own for the very first time, many … Continue reading Key Business-Casual Pieces For Autumn/Winter
Men's Fashion Guides
Upgrading Your University Style
Easy Ways To Boost Your Campus Style Ah yes, it’s nearly that time again. With summer quickly coming to a close, young style-minded gentleman everywhere are going to either be starting, or returning to university. It’s an experience filled with equal parts excitement and uncertainty. But as much as your parents would like you to … Continue reading Upgrading Your University Style
Men's Fashion Guides
Top 5 Men’s Autumn/Winter Boots
Practical Boots To Survive Autumn/Winter The weather has taken a turn for the worse, the rain is setting in and it seems summer is well and truly over. If I was anything even remotely resembling a cool #menswear blogger, I’d make some awesome Game of Thrones reference about winter coming. But I’m not, so I … Continue reading Top 5 Men’s Autumn/Winter Boots
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5 Ways To Boost Your Autumn/Winter Style
Refresh Your Cold-Weather Style Oscar Wilde once said fashion is a form of ugliness so intolerable that we have to alter it every six months. And it’s starting to look like that time has come once again, with autumn/winter fast approaching. But frustration at fashion cycles aside, this autumn/winter is definitely one to get excited … Continue reading 5 Ways To Boost Your Autumn/Winter Style
Men's Fashion Guides
The Summer Holiday Capsule Wardrobe
The Art Of Packing Going on holiday can be a bit of a double-edged sword sometimes. Of course it’s nice to get away from all the hustle and bustle, concrete and crowds, morning wake-ups and Monday blues. But with the opportunity to get away from it all also comes the stress of having to pack … Continue reading The Summer Holiday Capsule Wardrobe
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30 Pieces To Reinvent Your Wardrobe – Part 2
A New, More Stylish You Yesterday, in part one, we began running down thirty key items that any man can use to completely reinvent his wardrobe. We kept a strong focus on pieces that are simple, versatile and classic that you know will never fall out of style. As we are set to break down … Continue reading 30 Pieces To Reinvent Your Wardrobe – Part 2
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30 Pieces To Reinvent Your Wardrobe – Part 1
Make A Change The more time that passes, the more I feel like I’m finally getting a handle on the way I dress. When I first started out, I was directionless: buying every item that took my fancy at relatively disposable prices in places like H&M, Uniqlo and TK Maxx. It was a period of … Continue reading 30 Pieces To Reinvent Your Wardrobe – Part 1
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Men’s Alternative Summer Jackets
Womenswear Envy As a style-conscious male, I regularly find myself jealous of our female counterparts. I mean, obviously women are incredibly graceful creatures that can seemingly create beauty out of the most simple and humble of moments. And who wouldn’t want that ability? But more often than not, I’m just envious of the sheer amount … Continue reading Men’s Alternative Summer Jackets
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Men’s Waistcoats: A Modern Essential
A Modern Must-Own Over the last couple of weeks, we here at FashionBeans have been focusing on how to put together looks for the summer. We’ve tackled a wide range of topics, from linen suits and short-sleeved shirts to the art of summer layering and dress-down Friday. But something we’ve yet to cover is the … Continue reading Men’s Waistcoats: A Modern Essential
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Capsule Wardrobe Additions: High Summer 2014
High Summer Additions During the high summer season, when temperatures regularly rise above the mid-twenties, thoughts of layering and wearing anything long-sleeved are forgotten as comfort and circulation become our main priorities. The majority of (sane) men will resort to a simple shorts, polo/tee and shoes/trainers formula – it’s inevitable. We hate to break it … Continue reading Capsule Wardrobe Additions: High Summer 2014
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The New Spring/Summer Power Suits
Suiting In The Summer In reality, a man doesn’t need wardrobes and wardrobes full of clothing to be considered well dressed. In fact, with enough information and careful deliberation, most guys will be able to live a stylish lifestyle with as little as thirty pieces (more to come on this in the next few weeks). … Continue reading The New Spring/Summer Power Suits
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Men’s Spring/Summer Fabrics Guide
Developing A Seasonal Wardrobe Although it may not seem like it here in Britain, summer is nearly upon us. Admittedly, it’s likely to be a typical summer full of sudden bursts of heat and humidity followed by unexplainable downpours and showers, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get excited. And it doesn’t mean we shouldn’t … Continue reading Men’s Spring/Summer Fabrics Guide
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5 Ways To Boost Your SS14 Style
Easy Style Upgrades It’s safe to say that spring has well and truly sprung here in the UK. And, in typical fashion, it happened without any of us really noticing, like the sneaky ninja season that it is. This sudden temperature change has left many sartorially-inclined men (myself included) underprepared. And, as is the case … Continue reading 5 Ways To Boost Your SS14 Style
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Capsule Wardrobe Additions: SS14
Introduction A few months backs, FashionBeans hand-picked a selection of pieces for autumn/winter 2013 that would make a great addition to any capsule wardrobe, keeping the total cost under three distinct price points. The idea was to demonstrate how easy it is to reinvent and revitalise your style for a new season with just a … Continue reading Capsule Wardrobe Additions: SS14
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Practical Fashion – Going Out In Style
Drinking & Dressing Sometimes, being into men’s fashion can be a real pain. Whether it’s slowly becoming more and more obsessed with the way your clothes fit, a steady lean towards luxurious fabrics or a body shape that just doesn’t match off-the-peg tailoring, things really start to take their sartorial toll. After spending a few … Continue reading Practical Fashion – Going Out In Style
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Best Value For Money Menswear Brands/Retailers
Value For Money Recently our very own Marcus Jaye wrote an article on the wardrobe basics that are considered to be the best of their type. The kind of items that are at the apex of quality, fit and style, will never go out of fashion and could potentially last you a lifetime. However, if … Continue reading Best Value For Money Menswear Brands/Retailers
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Essential Spring Layering Piece: The Shawl Neck Cardigan
Shawl So Hard Bloggers Wanna Fine Me It looks like the worst of the cold weather is finally behind us. After months of bitter winds, falling temperatures and the ever-present threats of flooding and snow, the northern hemisphere can breathe a sigh of relief as the sun finally peaks it head out. That’s right, with … Continue reading Essential Spring Layering Piece: The Shawl Neck Cardigan
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The ‘All Navy Everything’ Look
The Power Of Navy There are some things that every man looks good in. Whether it’s a pair of dark selvedge denim jeans, a white dress shirt or solid grey suit, certain pieces and styles work for any guy who is willing to try them. There a few colours which fall into this category too … Continue reading The ‘All Navy Everything’ Look
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In Defence Of The Grey Suit
The Only Suit You’ll Ever Need? A lot of the questions I get asked by guys who are new to men’s fashion and style revolve around tailoring. Whether it’s the way a certain piece should fit (very important) or what hues will go with their new oddly-colored blazer, it seems that many struggle when it … Continue reading In Defence Of The Grey Suit
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5 Menswear Trends To Keep From 2013
The Top 5 Styles That Will Continue Into 2014 If you have even a passing interest in the world of men’s fashion, it can often feel like you’re constantly playing catch up. Each change of season brings with it a hoard of new trends and styles that are begging to be explored, and if you … Continue reading 5 Menswear Trends To Keep From 2013
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5 Of The Best Sneakers Of All Time
Introduction I suppose this article should could be called something like ‘My Top 5 Favourite Sneakers That I Think Every Guy Should Own’, but the title chosen gives the piece a sense of grandeur that I quite like. If you read my 2014 Fashion & Style Resolutions article, you will know that something I am … Continue reading 5 Of The Best Sneakers Of All Time
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Men’s Fashion & Style Resolutions 2014
New Year’s Style Resolutions So Christmas Day has come and gone, the decorations are soon to be back up in the loft and you’re considering the very real possibility of having to go up a waist size. And as you try to shake the lingering taste of pigs in blankets and eggnog from your lips, … Continue reading Men’s Fashion & Style Resolutions 2014
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How To Be A Menswear Blogger
Your New Career Starts Here So you’ve been into men’s fashion and style for a couple of years now and like to think that you know a thing or two about how guys should dress themselves. You’ve read every article on FashionBeans, Put This On and US GQ and even stay up late/get up early … Continue reading How To Be A Menswear Blogger
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Dear Santa: Style Edition
Introduction Now that we’re right in the thick of December, it’s about time we all scratched our heads and produced a half decent Christmas list. The only trouble with a list written by a self confessed menswear addict is that there is a lot of room for (other people’s) error. Based on personal experience and … Continue reading Dear Santa: Style Edition
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Dressing For The Festive Period
Introduction Sometimes it feels like winter gets a lot of bad press. The inevitable drop in temperature combined with the British public’s fear of snow can often lead to plenty of undesirable situations: transport delays, salt stained leather shoes and increasingly less reliable umbrellas, to name but a few. All of which can leave us … Continue reading Dressing For The Festive Period
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Dispelling Men’s Fashion Myths – Part 3
Introduction At the end of last year I produced a two-part article that set about dispelling some common fashion myths and rules. Or as I like to refer to it: ‘Sh*t My Dad Says’. With 2013 quickly coming to a close, I thought now would be the perfect time to release another edition in the … Continue reading Dispelling Men’s Fashion Myths – Part 3
