by There has never been a better time to be a guy in the fifties who wanted to dress well. You can see it in the various advertising campaigns of large fashion brands that men in the fifties (and older) more often. For example, J. Crew has just made 51 years of young Oscar winner Adrien Brody’s face of his new men’s fashion collection.
In fact, almost all of the men in Hollywood are currently in Hollywood: Colman Domingo, Javier Bardem, Vincent Cassel, Walton Goggins … The list continues.
There is a ease associated with age – and a feeling of self -ibbanity that has established itself for decades of style errors and style victories. Lessons learned in other words. But there can also be pitfalls. Great clothing is for everyone, but state -of -the -art trends are usually the game of a younger man. What you need in your 50s is a concise, reliable arsenal of pieces and styling hacks that make you look good and make you feel good without even a thought of the mine field of avant-garde fashion.
Keep it just – and elegant
Here is the most uncomplicated hack in style to get dressed in the 50s: Find a simple but elegant combination that can be dressed up or down.
Jeremy Langmead – a writer, consultant and former editor -in -chief of Esquire – saw hundreds of fashion show shows in his life. This can be dangerous to your personal style. Langmead admits that he fell in love with fashion trends that are not well aged. However, his cloakroom has simplified in his 50s. “I found the work that works, filled them down and mainly hold on a uniform,” he says.
Langmead’s uniform consists of pleated naval pants, a striped or simple white T-shirt, a sweatshirt or a simple cashmere crew and white sneakers. It is “versatile, a child’s play, hybrid dressing, which is going everywhere for almost every occasion,” he says. The only time that Langmead becomes “adventurous”, he says, is when there are true adventures on the cards: mountains, hiking trails, hiking, etc.
Most modern lifestyles fit a wardrobe like Langmeads. It’s simple and comfortable; It can be dressed up and down if necessary. For example, you can exchange the white sneakers for derbies or boots. You can throw a soft shoulder blazer over the cashmere knitting to delete things. It’s great for a day at home, a day of the trip and a day of meetings. It is also perfect for the boundary between formal and casual and means that they feel compiled but are not overwear. If boys aging, they tend to dress up or dress up. The former is preferred to the latter, David Bowie has nailed the dressed look when he adopted with increasing age with increasing age, but it is possible to build a cloakroom that is both formally adjacent and loose.
In this milieu, Denim should be slim (but not thin) and not desperate, shirts are soft collar and collegiate, and sneakers are reserved and retro inspires more sambas than Jordans fresh. They are looking for what the men’s fashion industry refers to as “increased essentials”, namely the building blocks of a great wardrobe, but are manufactured while wearing duration and improvement: beautiful knitting, heavyweight -T -shirts, simple but generous tailor -made, timeless coats. The brands that best do this are not surprising that they are at the more expensive end of the spectrum, but paradoxically, they also offer great value. You could spend less for a cashmere -j who develops pills after their first wear or invested a few hundred more for a sweater that will take years (as long as they keep the moths away). Some of the brands that shop are Massimo Alba, Officine Générale, Beams Plus, Sunspel, Lemaire, Oliver Spencer, Ralph Lauren, Drake and Todd Snyder. If your budget allows you to consider luxury brands at the even higher end like Brioni, Brunello Cucinelli, Hermès and Loro Piana.
Take a uniform
The concept of a uniform must also be considered. Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs and Tom Wolfe wore pretty much the same every day. This creates a convinced personal style and publishes it by the daily rigor marole when they are put on. Style without thinking essentially.
Sure, you could avoid wearing a white suit every day (like Tom Wolfe) or having a cabinet full of turtlovers and new equilibrium trainers (such as Steve Jobs), but consider to stick to variations of the pieces you know to work for you: a naval blazer or a house coat, a few peaks or just a peacock. Men are lucky because people don’t notice that they wear the same thing every day. So why not lean on?
Langmead, the former editor-in-chief of Esquire, also suggests that men can always carry out a simple, reserved wardrobe with strange styling details in the fifties (and beyond (and beyond)), which help to raise an otherwise reserved look. “Bright pops of colors – will or sweatshirts – can bring an outfit to life,” he says, “and simple white sneakers make formal suits and pants appear.
“I love it when you see older people with patterns, color and silhouette,” he adds. Elastic or cord string straps can be your friend, he says, especially with snacking.
Of course there are dangers. Fluorescent colors and animal prints, for example, can serve as a perfect accent for a look, but they rarely work as the main event. The same applies to unorthodox shapes and pieces that are simply designed for younger, moody demography. Langmead admits the abuse of elongated knitting goods and sneakers that “shouldn’t have recognized the light of the day”. Ultimately, he is anti-prohibition and suggests that there is no strict doctrine for what you can wear and what not, regardless of your age.
“The rules are no longer strong, age is less meaningful, and when they get older, they give less damn what others think.” He says. “Wear what you want.”
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