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  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Literary issue
    Grace Wales Bonner on James Baldwin, Paris and bringing an ‘Afro-Atlantic spirit’ to luxury

    Paris allowed Baldwin ‘to become perhaps even more of himself’, the British designer says of her muse

    Grace Wales Bonner posing for a portrait
  • Tuesday, 22 August, 2023
    The Art of FashionThe Art of Fashion: the Literary issue
    Writer Brandon Taylor: ‘My characters often begin with an outfit’

    ‘The Late Americans’ author speaks about his love of ‘Project Runway’ and the role that fashion plays in his fiction

    Photographed for the FT by Kemka Ajoku. Stylist: El-Shaddai Nyagodzi
  • Thursday, 1 June, 2023
    Fashion
    It’s time to reconsider the shirt collar

    Unconventional twists are challenging classic ideas around event dressing for men

    A man wearing a white shirt and dark jacket
  • Monday, 22 May, 2023
    HTSI
    In praise of the silver fox

    Because white hair is the only hair we want

  • Wednesday, 30 November, 2022
    HTSI
    Designer denim you’ll want to wear all winter

    We round up the jeans of the season

    Brunello Cucinelli cotton jacket, £1,480, cotton shirt, £490, and cotton jeans, £650. John Lobb leather shoes, £1,295
  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    HTSI
    Are you ready to go full moustache?

    It’s time to talk facial hair

    Pedro Pascal in The Last of Us
  • Friday, 12 August, 2022
    HTSI
    The gorgeous world of Oscar Ghiglia

    A little-known Italian colourist is finally getting his dues at a Florence exhibition

    La camicia bianca, 1909, by Oscar Ghiglia
  • Friday, 11 March, 2022
    HTSIThe men’s style issue: spring 2022
    Gender fluidity in fashion is older than you think

    A new exhibition at the V&A suggests menswear has always been radical. We compare past and present

    Portrait of Captain Gilbert Heathcote RN, 1801-05, by William Owen and Emmanuel wears Louis Vuitton wool coat, £4,450, leather blouson, £5,250, and leather tracksuit trousers, £4,850. Petit Bateau cotton T-shirt, £17. Lucy Barlow wool felt Uptown Rocker hat, POA. Port Tanger acetate Mektoub sunglasses, £240. Earring, stylist’s own
  • Monday, 28 February, 2022
    HTSI
    Vested interests – the case for the sleeveless sweater

    Are you ready to get your arms out?

  • Tuesday, 2 November, 2021
    HTSI
    Meet the Erdem man

    We talk to the designer about his move into menswear, and get an exclusive first look at the new collection

  • Monday, 20 September, 2021
    HTSI
    Wear yellow, for the good of your mood

    It’s time to embrace a bit of solar power

  • Sunday, 14 March, 2021
    HTSI
    The perfect pare – menswear’s new minimalism

    Strip away the hype in the name of sophisticated simplicity this season

  • Sunday, 3 January, 2021
    HTSI
    A brief history of the man bag

    An exhibition at the V&A proves that men have long clutched a ‘burse’

    Winston Churchill, chancellor of the exchequer, carries the despatch box in April 1929
  • Thursday, 17 September, 2020
    HTSI
    Pleat wave: the cult of Issey Miyake

    The designer’s lightweight, creaseproof menswear is commanding a growing army of eclectic superfans

    Fashion critic Tim Blanks at home in London
  • Thursday, 21 May, 2020
    HTSI
    Could you rock the kaftan?

    Relaxed, long-line silhouettes are bringing a new mood to menswear

    At ease, gentlemen… Loewe cotton sailor tunic, £1,100, and cotton shorts, £495
  • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
    HTSI
    How winter jumpers became artists’ canvasses

    Why this season’s woolly sweater is inspired by artworks

    From left: Dylan wears Paria Farzaneh mohair jumper, £575. Bali wears Marni wool jumper, £690
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