Men's Style

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 and sexier.
I’d love to be able to tell you all the exciting upcoming features that are going [...]

Feet Up
Ask the majority of women what’s first thing they look at when meeting a man and you may be surprised by the answer.
SHOES.
I happen to agree. The single most important part of any gentleman’s attire is his shoes. All that effort into honing one’s appearance can be rendered useless in an instant if a [...]

Have some style
Style – what does that mean? To most men it means high end, high priced and highly unattainable. When did this happen? Style should be a mind set, a feeling that you have when you wake up. Look at some of the best dressed men of all time, and I mean the classic [...]

Once again fashion is causing a stir for people who have no intention in following it.
As the man skirt gets more and more popular, and we’re not talking traditional native kilts here, it is certainly causing a controversial debate not only among fashionistas but Liberal human rights organisations.
I am not yet sure if I am [...]

Slim Line
Hi guys, just a quick one for you here, but it’s definitely a style for anyone out there trying to look good but not to make a statement or go with a stereotype, one for those Sunday mornings when you just want to sling something on and still look amazing.
One of the best ways [...]

BIG LOGO, BIG STYLE
Designer logos… Cheap and Desperate or Stylish and Chic?
Waking up still drunk to find stale beer all over your t-shirt isn’t sexy. It is however, a great way to ‘borrow’ a new tee if you have good mates. Marc Jacobs phone box/monster ‘07 tee, (Fearne Cotton wore it once in Heat…) yes [...]

Editor Note: A Saturday update? What is wrong with me?! Anyway Based on all the comments below I think I probably need to come back to this subject and explain a few things. Mark is in his thirties and wrote this article with the Title: “Fashion can be bought, style one must possess”. I changed [...]

Best Dressed Introduction
With 2009 done and dusted its time to look back through the year and give you Fashion Beans’ 5 Best Dressed Men of 2009. To find the Top 5 I have been asking the same question everywhere and to everyone, “Who do you think are the 5 best dressed men of 2009?” I [...]

Best Dressed Introduction
With 2009 done and dusted its time to look back through the year and give you Fashion Beans’ 5 Best Dressed Men of 2009. To find the Top 5 I have been asking the same question everywhere and to everyone, “Who do you think are the 5 best dressed men of 2009?” I [...]

Best Dressed Introduction
With 2009 done and dusted its time to look back through the year and give you Fashion Beans’ 5 Best Dressed Men of 2009. To find the Top 5 I have been asking the same question everywhere and to everyone, “Who do you think are the 5 best dressed men of 2009?” I [...]

Best Dressed Introduction
With 2009 done and dusted its time to look back through the year and give you Fashion Beans’ 5 Best Dressed Men of 2009. To find the Top 5 I have been asking the same question everywhere and to everyone, “Who do you think are the 5 best dressed men of 2009?” I [...]

Editor Feature Introduction
Lee has been working extremely hard on this set of articles which involved gathering the opinion of literally 1000’s of our readers and followers. He started out with a large list of top best dressed males of 2009 and then gathered the popular opinion from REAL men who LOVE fashion. This isn’t a [...]

While most of us chaps take time to grow into ourselves, learning to understand our physiques and wardrobe choices with advancing years, there was one man who achieved effortless sartorial perfection with an almost pathological aversion to following fashion and, well, crap clothes in general.
In his time Steve McQueen was the highest paid actor in [...]

Fashion Resolutions We should All Stick To
So with the New Year upon us it’s that time when everybody has a good hard think and decides to make a load of promises they will never keep. You know the ones I’m talking about, drink less, work out more, eat healthier, snap that crack-pipe; all the classics. [...]

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 the help of the not so ‘costa del sol’ British weather).
I was out shopping, and rocking [...]

So a new round up this week from yours truly. I hope you are enjoying the articles from my newly assembled crack writing team?! I have been ploughing on a lot recently trying to get the site as perfect as it can be, although this is my third article this week and it seems I [...]

There comes a time in every guys life when wearing those novelty pyjama bottoms just isn’t cool anymore, so today we are going to look into men’s loungewear. From sweatpants and an old t-shirt to a designer pair of cotton pyjamas, loungewear is definitely an item in any guys wardrobe that should not go unattended. [...]

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 underground members clubs’ – make this year’s festive celebrations mingle amongst the extravagant and dabble in [...]

This week you might have noticed that we have had a story most days from our new writing team. I hope you have enjoyed all of them so far, and I certainly think the quality has been excellent. It has taken the pressure off me and allowed me to redesign the actual article pages so [...]

So another week and another round-up from yours truly about what has been going on that we have missed in our articles. It’s like your Sunday paper but without it being the weekend and not on paper. Anyway, hopefully this will be a welcome break from your regular work day and/or studying, so sit back [...]

So another week and another roundup of all the stories we have missed this week in men’s fashion. There was not too much news this week as it is just about to ramp up for the true Winter season and retailers are trying to get out the last of the collections. It has been a [...]

So another week and another news round up from yours truly. Next week I am hoping to have some changes to the site in place whereby we have stories every day from guest writers and then another 2/3 from me on top of that. This means I get time to spend developing the site and [...]

It’s time once again to let you know about all the stories and new launches we couldn’t feature this week in easy to digest news bullets. This week we have new collections from high fashion collections at Oki-ni, new season Penguin available at Urban Outfitters, an outfit of the week by myself and MyWardrobe and [...]

There is a lot going on this week in men’s fashion. Some big retailers and brands are having mid season sales already so there are some bargains to be had. Plus we have an outfit and new collection launch by YMC at Mywardrobe, Topman winter colour picks, new leather jackets by All Saints, Urban Outfitter’s [...]

I love doing the weekly news round up. Once I get my team of guest contributors together you can count on me to still do 2 or 3 articles myself a week and this will be one I definitely keep along with the look books/how to wear items. I like doing the news so much [...]

A slightly dry week this week I think in terms of new releases and general fashion news. I have managed to get together a collection of mini news bullets for you though which include: high fashion boots from Christian Peau, the Maison Martin Margiela archive and new season drops, a few special offers for you [...]

This is one of my favourite new features. Each week I am going to do a selection of picks from around the web out of the new ranges from each retailer. But like last week I am also going to be sprinkling in some news from the men’s fashion world that I have been told [...]

Over the coming weeks I am going to be producing a few more articles that relate to work wear and how to dress in the office. You will have to bear with me a little bit because I have never worked in a truly formal corporation environment with budgets, reports, targets and general a**holes who [...]

It’s been a couple weeks since we featured Pharrell on this site and showcased him to the world as a style icon. The feature went down very well with a lot of you and I thought it was a good start because he is very much a slightly under the radar that some of you [...]

I had to change my original post today because as I write this there is only 3 of these Exclusive Mackintosh jackets left in stock at MyWardrobe. One in a Small, Large and XL. Sophia at MyWardrobe let me know about it this morning because she knows I love my readers and am always trying [...]

The “man bag” has become a bit of a global phenomenon throughout the world of men’s fashion. It used to be that only women carried around handbags and purses but with the needs of the modern man evolving constantly, it is often necessary to carry round a form of bag at all times. Think about [...]

After Friday when I featured the black watches, I spent most of the weekend looking for more and more accessories, jewellery and the like. Mainly because I wanted to see if I could find any new trends or inspiration as I haven’t featured many for a while. Whilst I was looking a few items seemed [...]

Welcome to another edition of clothing picks from around the web. As you probably know by now these are items I have had my eye on, bought recently or I just think are great examples for their type and style of garment. I will normally pick 4 or 5 retailers which are my favourite and [...]

I have wanted to do this for a long time, and so think I will start my series of styles icons today. I want to showcase famous people who I think just have amazing fashion sense and effortless style, in order to give you some ideas about what works for them and why. I will [...]

Summer and hot weather brings about men with their legs out. However I think shorts are probably one of the hardest items to put a decent outfit together with and this is even more obvious when you see other people “trying” to rock them. With jeans there are so many shapes, cuts and washes and [...]

Last week I put together a collection of items I had bought over the weekend or stuff I definitely wanted to add to my wardrobe when I get the chance (read: funds). This week I have put together a selection of new items and SALE items which I really like and think would be a [...]

AskMen.com got in touch with us recently to ask us to partner with them in their GREAT MALE SURVEY 2009. I agreed because I think it is important to see how the attitudes and opinions of males has changed over the years. Plus it helps me keep in touch with my audience and see exactly [...]

A lot of you may never have considered wearing sandals and this is probably because of the stigma surrounding them that they are “uncool” or “for old people”. However, this couldn’t be further from the truth now a days as designers actually start advancing men’s fashion by producing some amazing new styles of sandals which [...]

Father’s Day is this Sunday over here in the UK so if you are struggling to find your Dad a nice present, I have come up with the answer for you today. I am going to show you some amazing fashion items that would be perfect for any Dad no matter their age. Most Dad’s [...]

Well well, these beautiful boots just dropped right on my lap this morning, and my God do I love them already! For those that don’t know, ATO is the brain child of designer Ato Matsumoto and he has created an amazing take on the regular high top trainer. The cow hide boot is his most [...]