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vox pops: The new posh

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It seems style has once again split into two camps – the posh and the grungers. Either you’re pressing your city shorts and polishing your deck shoes, or your attacking your jeans with sandpaper. If you’re part of the posh lot, have a gander at these spiffing specimens, captured at large by street fashion photographer Sami Knight.

First up... Michael, 22.

What makes good men’s style?
Fearlessness

What’s your top men’s styling tip?
Not being afraid to wear women’s clothes, if you think it looks better on you.

What’s the poshest thing about you?
My mum has a horse.
 

 

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Tristan, 24

What makes good men’s style?
Work from the bottom up. Great shoes are the first, everything else is added on. I tend to go for a more classic silhouette - trenches, well-cut trousers and smart shoes over high trend pieces.

What’s your top men’s styling tip?
Smell great, eccentric accessories and a winning smile...

What’s the poshest thing about you?
My blue-blooded chin and my loafers.

 

 

 



 

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Lee, 28

What makes good men’s style?

Rumpled formality.

What’s your top men’s styling tip?
Wearing a bandana is always a really bad idea.

What’s the poshest thing about you?
If I say I think these questions are retarded, that sounds pretty hoity-toity, right? So probably that.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Richard, 28

What makes good men’s style?
Orange shoes. I got these ones in Beijing for eight quid.

What’s your top men’s styling tip?
If you're time-rich and cash-poor, get your hair cut for free at your local hairdressing academy.
Also, never shave the hair between your eyebrows. It will just grow back thicker.

What’s the poshest thing about you?
I'm a lapsed member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. I joined so that I could access their library to read Dietrich Klose's 1965 book Multi-Storey Car Parks And Garages, which is considered the definitive work in its field.

 

 

 

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Alex, 23

What makes good men’s style?
Keeping it simple.

What’s your top men’s styling tip?
Repeat an outfit if it looks great!

What’s the poshest thing about you?
When I was younger, I used to have an Au-Pair

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