You can also, at a push, get away with an Adidas Stan Smith to help soften the corporate edges if you want a sneaker that works with tailoring.Ī philosophy to adopt across your entire wardrobe is that less is more (both stylistically and in terms of quantity). Reaching 50 doesn’t mean it’s the end of the road for sneakers – the way forward is to trade up and opt for a quality pair of non-branded shoes from a make like Common Projects, Harrys of London (you can’t go wrong with the Nimble at £295) or Grenson, all of whom have mastered the smart-shoe-to-sneaker hybrid. Having spent years thinking these were a more suitable alternative to a trainer for an older man, they suddenly became a warning sign of somebody desperately trying to hang on to their youth.
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Photograph: Rex/ShutterstockĪnother item I seemed to own in abundance were Converse Jack Purcell sneakers, keeping a pair in almost every conceivable colour. Margaret Howell makes a mean trouser (a washed cotton twill chino will set you back about £165) as does the Swedish high-street mecca for basics, Arket, whose trouser offering ranges from £55 to £90 (I’m a big fan of their relaxed hopsack slacks).Ĭlassy in brown and beige: Oliver Spencer.
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I am thinking here of a classic jean cut made in a luxury fabric, as opposed to denim, or a chino that has a careworn vibe, and isn’t too box-fresh or preppy. My advice is to keep things in the trouser department plain and simple, with a casual/formal edge – that’s fashion speak for more laidback than a suit trouser but more presentable than a pyjama. And while we are on the subject of wardrobe staples that have a military heritage, anything in camouflage print also needs to bow out gracefully. In fact, any trousers that are oversized, have too many pockets or zips, or have too much surface decoration are a definite no-no. I lived in combats through the 1990s and 2000s, quietly phasing them out and only giving them the odd guest appearance in recent years. I get that now.įirst to hit the deck were my combat trousers, which seem to breed if left alone in a dark closet.
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A lot of men entering their 50s fall into one of two camps (with a minority bridging the divide): those who have given up, and those who don’t know when to give it up, with the old me falling uncomfortably into the latter. Photograph: Rex/ShutterstockĬrossing over to the wrong side of a half-centenary turns out to be a pivotal junction: you are forced to make decisions on what you should not, as opposed to should, be wearing. Get the look: on the catwalk at Junya Watanabe.