The Gillet

Looking around online shops and the high street, there are clearly more gilet’s available this season compared to previous years. Gilet’s did come to my attention last Autumn / Winter but I didn’t end up grabbing one, which was a good thing, as this season they have clearly grown in popularity within men’s fashion, resulting in a bigger variety too choose from.

I believe the reason Gilet’s have become more fashionable this year is probably due to the popular trends we have seen come forward this autumn and winter, trends and styles such as the worker trend, preppy trend and the british heritage trend currently featured on ASOS. The gilet works well with the rugged worker trend as it is a great item to wear over the top of a checked lumberjack style shirt, with a pair of roughed up jeans. The Ralph Lauren Gilet I have featured in this post will probably work better with the preppy trend, due to it’s simple style and just being the brand Ralph Lauren, which is often associate with the uni / preppy scene.

Ralph Lauren Gilet available from www.my-wardrobe.com

Looking at how the gilet can work with this years popular Autumn and Winter Trends I believe it’s a good item to add to the wardrobe. Let me know what you think by leaving a comment.

There has recently been alot of attention on more formal men’s fashion trends and the sophisticated look, I wanted to take a step back and look at the more rugged working class trend that All Saints seem to concentrate on. Looking through this seasons All Saints collection, they rarely break into any bright colours and add a rough and or dirty finish to some of the denim, footwear and shirts.

All Saints are still taking advantage of the popularity of the checked shirts, with a variety of styles and colour combinations in their new collection. All Saints shirts are generally thicker than other similar checked shirts on the market, adding to that ‘worker’ look and on a technical level making them more durable, they have also designed a padded quilted checked shirt which gives a real lumberjack look. When you have a checked shirt sorted the next step towards that rugged ‘worker’ look is pair of rough looking boots, All Saints is probably the best place to get a pair of these, as they have some good designs in their collection, different designs and different colours most of them with a rough/used finish.

With this worker look, it is one of the only times you can get away with wearing double denim, jeans with a similar colour denim jacket. As seen in the image above, where the model is wearing double denim with a burgundy checked shirt and rugged brown boots. It’s another look to think about and we’ve seen the likes of Justin Timberlake wearing denim jackets recently, as discussed in an earlier post.

All Saints also offer a range of accessories that can top off that working class trend, e.g. rough leather wallets, metal trimmed and washed leather belts, beanies and if you don’t fancy boots, they have rough looking hi-tops or plimsolls.

Visit    www.allsaints.com to get yourself some worker trend clothing.

In the UK as most of you may know, considering you are reading this because you are into fashion, the skinny jean is a wardrobe essential. Whether you’ve got an indie style or you consider yourself a lad about town. If you’re reading this because you’re thinking of investing a pair, i highly recommend it. The only jeans i own are all slim or skinny jeans, i couldn’t think of stepping outside in a pair of bootcut or flared jean in my life again! In my city, the skinny jean is considered the typical pair of jeans for the ‘Fashionable’ and ‘Trend setting’ minds. Don’t be fooled! though the jeans may be getting easier to wear, the look isn’t easy to pull off. The trick is to wear skinny jeans with slim-fitting shirts and pointy-toed dress shoes or dressy boots. Any squarish, loose or, worse still, boxy-fit sweater or shirt can make a man’s proportions look out of whack and his legs way too skinny. Today i’m going to put together a few outfits, ranging from Smart to Casual.

Smart Look

This look is more for when were coming into Autumn/winter but can still very much be pulled off at the moment. Starting with the left outfit, a very smart look. The blazer is From All Saints, Black Skinny Jeans are from Topman, and The Bass tassle loafers are from ASOS The Online Fashion Store. Underneath the blazer a good look would be a smart solid colour shirt or a crisp white Deep V-neck.

The Right outfit, Still smart but a little more casual. The Military Peacoat is fromTopman, Grey skinny cords are also from Topman, Winkle Picker Boots are Tuesday Night Band Practice from ASOS The Online Fashion Store. a nice touch with this outfit would be a navy and white striped nautical style t-shirt and a thin scarf.

Casual Look

The Left Outfit, which has been quite popular recently is the denim shirt, sometimes wore open with a very large white scoop neck basically revealing your chest. The Denim shirt is from All Saints, The Black Skinny Pipe-fit jeans are also from All Saints, and at a reasonable £55 it’s definetly worth buying two pairs and going to the tailor to get one cut off and rolled to just below the knee as it’s a great look, The Sebago Spinnaker Dockside Shoes are availiable from ASOS The Online Fashion Store.

The Right out fit is a very good look at the moment, Layered with a smart navy cardigan and maybe a white skinny belt. The Jeans also look very fashionable rolled up a few turns revealing the ankle. The T-shirt is from www.topman.com, The Jeans are the ones previous from ASOS, and the Timberland Boat shoes are also availiable at ASOS.

Mens Fashion Bible would love to hear peoples thoughts on our looks and tips.

Last Autumn and Winter the quilted Barbour jacket became a popular men’s fashion trend, moving from the British countryside to the city streets and it seems the quilted style will be back this year. Many designers have predicted the return of this trend and have added quilted style jackets, bombers and gilets to their collections, meaning their will be large variety to choose from with a large price range. I have noticed designers such as Ralph Lauren and Burberry add the quilted style jackets to their collections and at the lower end of the price range ASOS have added the quilted jacket to their line. The quilted jacket will work well with a pair of slim jeans and a pair of boat shoes or tasseled loafers.

Available at ASOS The Online Fashion Store	Available at my wardrobe