Men's Style Guide: Accessories For Winter
As it always is in the world of fashion, every new season brings with it a whole
collection of styles that the men's fashion industry insists you should have. This year's winter is no different. Although you're not exactly forced to dispose of every last shirt or necktie from last spring, there are certain pieces that you'll definitely want to consider getting. Chosen properly, they're the kind of accessories that you'll be using long after the snow melts.
Style Squared
In the seasons leading up to this one, men's fashion has seen more than its fair share of bags and accessories that took every definition of 'slouchy' and 'relaxed'. This season, you'd better remember how to do that four-in-hand on your necktie because the sharply dressed sophisticate is coming back big time.
Bohemian and artisanal bags are slowly getting replaced by more businesslike options such as briefcases and hard luggage. Even duffels and carry-alls are getting structure in them with the help of a hard frame and a bottom shaper. The adherence to the definite form and structure of the bag has been a concept in men's fashion since time immemorial, and hearkens to a time when everything a respectable gentleman owned was bespoke.
Of course, you can't just leave the style to just your framed bags and well shaped shoes. You've got to have the outfit to match, and that calls for something equally sharp like a three-piece suit or a power tie. You don't exactly have to look like some power monger while you're at it, but that's the effect many want from this kind of accessory anyway.
Croc Commandment
Texture rarely loses its value. After all, men's fashion is a rather restricted field; pieces like knit neckties and tweed suits are a rarity because they manage to have texture while remaining masculine at the same time. This season, the best accessories that strike that same kind of balance are croc everything - croc bags, watch straps, belts and shoes.
No, this doesn't require you to pay for the skin of some endangered reptile. Now that real croc skin is scarce (and illegal in many cases), many men's fashion labels have come out with embossed versions that use regular leather stamped with a croc pattern. Since you're going for this trend for just the texture anyway, a stamped croc piece should fit the bill.
Countless leather items look great in croc. Belts, wallets, bags and watch straps all look so much more luxurious when stamped with that famous crocodile skin pattern. What you should know about getting on with this trend, though, is that you should never wear more than a couple of accessories in croc. You want to appear rich and sophisticated, not as if you're some pimp or mafia boss.
Seeing Stripes
Every now and then, the men's fashion industry gets a liking for stripes. Look around in any shopping mall right now and you'll see that quite a few retailers have the lot from Repp stripe ties to striped shirts. It's a trend worth carrying over to your accessories, too.
Numerous men's fashion brands now carry a whole gamut of striped accessories, from a striped fabric watch strap at J. Crew to one-off duffel bags with bright racing stripes from Tod's. They're not exactly the most formal of pieces, but they can give your most boring outfits a bit of a style update without changing too much. In accessories, the value of the stripe isn't its horizontal or vertical pattern, but rather the contrast it provides in the piece.
Since your style selection is most probably comprised largely of white shirts and silk ties, accessories always provide an easily changeable point of interest in any outfit. Whether you have a plain office ensemble or an over the top couture assemblage on, always think about what accessories you could use to finish off your look. It's already 2009, and the real fashion-conscious man today isn't afraid to bring a bag to work.
by: Hendrik Pohl
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