Style
Sunnies in vogue
Madonna designs sunglasses for Dolce & Gabbana
Madonna has teamed up with Italian fashion house Dolce & Gabbana to design a collection of sunglasses.
Revenue boost
Calvin Klein owner buys Tommy Hilfiger brand
The company behind Calvin Klein has bought fellow US fashion brand Tommy Hilfiger for E2.2 billion ($A3.3 billion), Hilfiger's current owner said in a statement on Monday.
Bulgari slumped into net loss in 2009: company
Italian luxury jeweller Bulgari said on Monday it fell into a net loss of E47 million ($A70.52 million) last year and its turnover plunged 13.8 per cent to E926.6 million euros ($A1.39 billion).
Shape wear
Fancy footwear raises the tone
Manufacturers pin hopes on shoes that tone legs, buttocks, back and abdominal muscles.
Eco-friendly
Aussiebum goes bananas
Australian underwear company AussieBum has launched a range of men's underwear made with bananas.
On the radar
The trouser tuck
RACHEL WELLS This winter's hottest look for men involves tucking your trousers into your boots, writes Rachel Wells.
Oh, brother
Walk like a man
BRYCE CORBETT Bryce Corbett tries to make sense of babushka scarves and bruises on the catwalk at Paris Men's Fashion Week.
High pants
Pants up as men enter waist land
LONDON Middle age is when your age starts to show around your middle. And for men, it seems, the moment is marked by a rise in the position of their trouser waistband.
Age hits below the belt, or above: just go with your gut instinct
Middle age, it is oft said, is when your years start to show around your middle. And for men, it seems, the moment is marked by the rise in the position of their trouser waistband.
How to wear
Men's wear smarts
WORDS: NATASHA SILVA-JELLY, STYLED BY: SOPHIE CHANDLER It's the classic dress code for the trans-seasonal months ahead. Here are four fail-safe ways to do smart casual.
Fashion
Timeless elegance at French luxury leader Hermes
Hermes has stepped back from the fashion fray by delivering a collection of timeless pieces that willfully snubbed trendiness.
Poll leader
British PM Gordon Brown named worst-dressed
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown has been named the worst-dressed man of the year by his country's edition of GQ magazine.
Shop tactics
Shop tactics: pennies for poetry
ANNABELLE ROSS Captains of Industry is not so much a shop as a modern-day men's club - a place where men can have their suits, shirts and shoes made to measure while they shoot the breeze at the in-store cafe.
Power shift
Fashion's new power brokers
When Dolce and Gabbana positioned bloggers in the front row at their 2010 Spring/Summer show, they signalled the arrival on the scene of a new set of fashion industry power-brokers.
Keeping cool
Summer fashion heads into the comfort zone
JANICE BREEN BURNS Just as women re-embrace the mother of all discomforts - elastic "shapewear" - men's wear opts for comfort. Go for long-line tanks and loose-fitting pants or mid-thigh shorts cut boxy and wide on the legs.
On the radar
Budgies versus boardies: the verdict
RACHEL WELLS Budgie smugglers are out, in favour of boardies and short shorts, writes Rachel Wells.
On the scent
Zegna Colonia Ermenegildo Zegna (L'Oreal)
REVIEWED BY HELEN GREENWOOD Blokes who like a light, sophisticated scent will gravitate to this. Gals who fancy citrusy colognes should check it out, too.
Fashion police
Home-grown talent
KELLIE HUSH A Danielle Wallace tie adorned Roger Federer on the cover of Men's Vogue. She is back in Australia and has opened a pop-up store in Sydney.
On the radar
Short shorts
RACHEL WELLS Short shorts, not unlike the Stubbies your dad used to wear, make a retro return this summer, writes Rachel Wells.
Mo bros
Celebrity hirsute pursuits offer inspiraton for Movember
SARAH MCINERNEY Hollywood may be a trend setter but it's Movember, not the current crop of celebrity moustaches, that can take credit for the rise in male facial hair this month.
