Men’s clothing can be a bit limited in scope – trousers, shirt, jacket, repeat – but with some nifty little tweaks the most basic combinations can be transformed. The simplest combo of a shirt and jeans is transformed just by rolling up the shirt cuffs or leave the shirt back hanging out for the ‘French tuck’.
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Hugo Boss shirt £89, Diesel jeans £120, plaited leather belt £29.95 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk, Chelsea boots model’s own
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Hugo Boss shirt £89, Diesel jeans £120, plaited leather belt £29.95 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk, Chelsea boots model’s own
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Slip a jacket over an untucked shirt for a relaxed look that isn't sloppy. Shirt £85, blazer £325, GANT gant.co.uk, Diesel jeans £120 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk
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Shirt £85, fine knit cardigan £135, trainers £105 GANT gant.co.uk
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Hugo Boss jacket £449 Fenwick as above, spotted shirt £85
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Collarless shirt £42 Charity Farm Countrystore charityfarmcountrystore.com
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Turn shirt cuffs back over the edge of the jacket sleeves
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T shirt £35 and leather bag £270 St Leonards Modern Goods stleonardsonline.com Instagram @stleonardsmoderngoods, slim jeans £100 GANT gant.co.uk, watch Boss £150 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk
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A messenger bag sharpens the most casual combo of T shirt and jeans
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Jacket Hugo Boss £449, Diesel jeans, Boss watch £150 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk
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Paul Smith shirt £120, Diesel jeans £120, Boss Watch £150 Fenwick as above, leather berry cardholder £28 St Leonards Modern Good stleonardsonline.com Instagram @stleonardsmoderngoods
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Silk pocket square Laslett England laslettengland.com
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A denim jacket works under or over a jacket. Blazer £325, jeans £100 GANT, T shirt as above, Levi’s denim jacket, similar available from Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk
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Jacket £60 Capsule, Instagram @capsulehastings, 07772 056945, blazer £325, jeans £100 GANT as before, sweatshirt and T shirt as above
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Striped top £30, socks £5.95 Capsule
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Shirt £85, chinos £90 GANT
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Collarless shirt £40, T shirt £35, plimsolls £50 St Leonards Modern Goods stleonardsonline.com Instagram @stleonardsmoderngoods, Boss watch £150 Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk, chinos £90 GANT gant.co.uk, socks Capsule, Instagram @capsulehastings 07772 056945
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Build up layers with a sweatshirt over a classic T, under a jacket. Blazer £325, chinos £90 GANT gant.co.uk, sweatshirt £35 St Leonards Modern Goods stleonardsonline.com Instagram @stleonardsmoderngoods, T shirt £22.95 Charity Farm Countrystore charityfarmcountrystore.co,uk
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Barbour jacket, similar available from Fenwick Tunbridge Wells fenwick.co.uk, shirt £85 GANT gant.co.uk, Diesel jeans £120 Fenwick as before, boots model’s own
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