5 Unarguable Men's Fashion Rules
Most style rules are anything but. They’re aesthetic calls, judgements steered by the most recent thing to come down a runway. Some arise then evaporate in weeks. Others have more sticking power. Time can bestow an air of permanence, but trends will always dissipate eventually. Take slim silhouettes, the default for a decade, now challenged by wider legs and loose fits. For some men, this is an attack on style itself. A tapered trouser is correct, they rail. It suits the male body, enhances and flatters. A close-cut jacket is menswear’s platonic ideal. But that’s not true – it’s just a look that had more sticking power than most. Long-banished pieces are also subjective calls. Those bastions of bad style...