The Three F

Written by Filippo Fiora and Filippo Cirulli since 2010, The Three F is one of the most read men’s fashion blog in Italy. The blog is dedicated to men’s fashion in general, lifestyle, but it is mainly about showing their look inspirations. The Three F also hosts a “Girl’s corner” where girls have the right to speak. Uncluttered, chic style, nice pictures and nice items, a good reading!

http://www.thethreef.com/

Men’s Reverie

Men’s Reverie describes itself as a “small Milanese webzine dedicated to male style, taste and personal lifestyle.“. That’s all about it: hand made products, histories, art, design, music and a bunch of cool stuff selected over the internet. They love denim, with is an essential point. Amongst other things, their clean homepage and quality pictures makes Men’s Reverie one of our favorite Italian blog.

http://www.mensreverie.com

Your Mirror

Lorenzo Liverani is 24 years old. Most of all he likes to take classics with his own modern twist. He writes on Your Mirror since October 2012, and in only 4 months he had 40.000 readers ! This is a real source of inspiration for us coming from all across Italy.

http://www.your-mirror.com

MDV Style

Mariano Di Vaio began to write his blog in 2009. It is mainly about fashion for men and street culture. Working as a fashion blogger and a model (last year he appeared in a Roberto Cavalli’s perfume campaign), he shares many pictures giving a true representation of his own style: man, italian, elegant, which we like.

http://www.mdvstyle.com

The Blonde Salade

Written by the beautiful Chiara Ferragni, The Blonde Salad is the kind of blog you immediately bookmark. Fresh and sparkling, she posts looks almost everyday, gives us her beauty tips, shares her trips and professional projects. The blog is available in 4 different languages: English, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. We’ll keep keep following her!

http://www.theblondesalad.com

The Trend Book

The Trend Books is kind of Giulia Bardimarti’s diary. Since September 2010, she shares her personal pictures, news she selects, cool videos and beauty advices. More than focusing on simple products, it is all about style. This in mind, she decrypts fashion show for men and women and adds many quirky upcomming designers to her shootings – that’s what we love the most from her.

http://www.thetrendbook.org

The Chili Cool

Alessia Milanese lives in a very quirky world. Whether it is flashy or pastel, she can easily dare wearing the most surprising outfits without making any mistake. Her style is vintage inspired, she mixes new clothes with vintage second-hand looking ones. We have to admit that she rarely fails.

http://www.thechilicool.com

The Fashion Fruit

Veronica Ferraro was born in 1987, she is studying Modern Litterature in Milan. She opened her blog in 2010 to mixtwo of her passions: fashion and writing. She posts her personal outfits by revisiting trends seen on catwalks with her own touch. She wants to offer her readers advices and everyday inspirations. She has already worked with many “big names” in Fashion such as Dior, Chanel, Tommy Hilfiger, etc. and she is currently working for Louis Vuitton.

http://thefashionfruit.com

Scent of Obsession

Nicoletta Regio was born in 1985, she created her blog in 2010 to share her passion for fashion. Since then she made many collaborations with famous brands such as Dior or Diesel. We like her style: chic with a bit of rock. She shares her daily outfits, travels, some food recipes and make trend reports. Entering her wardrobe is a pure pleasure.

http://www.scentofobsession.com/

Think.Bigchief

Think.Bigchief is the personal blog of Luca Gentile, a freelance designer 32 year old guy living in Milan. His blog is about artistic projects, events, interior design and cool books or magazine releases. All Lucas discoveries and nice stuff is a great source of inspiration for us. Keep doing the good job!

http://think.bigchief.it

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Jacket: J Brand
Sweater: Bold Boys
Belt: Anderson’s
Jeans: Burberry
Shoes: Schmoove
Bag: Coach
Watch: Marvin M125
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The right fit

As an introduction, let’s review few advices to get a better look according to the body shape. Always think it is often better to dress in a simple though elegant way. Prefer blazers to sweatshirts.

If you don’t find the perfect fitting piece, know that a good seamstress can help you get a better fit for a shirt, to short a jacket sleeve or to slim trousers legs for a few euros (most of the time for €10-20). Avoid long clothes like coats shrinkng your silhouette. Favour short jackets (over the belt) or at least not longer than your butt. In the summer, prefer shorter shorts wearing them over the knees.

A v-neck t-shirt with a blazer.
Picture: this model comes from YesStyle

Tops

As far as possible, it is better wearing fitted clothes when you are short. In general, this works for all body parts among which tops. Large t-shirts, polos or shirts would give the impression you stole them from your older brother (even if you are the older). Avoid too narrow collar t-shirts. Prefer wider ones like v-necks.

For jackets and coats, bet on short pieces. Again, a too long jacket would make you shorter than you are, as they “cut” you legs in two. Wear single breasts 2 buttons jackets (even 1 button) to enphasize a scoop neckline. Be tough of the size, checking the same points you would for a suit: shoulders, lenght, sleeves and avoid eye-catching pieces like double-breasted jackets.

Where to find some?

The first tip is to check from major brands which propose wider size options. For example from Banana Republic, Gap, H&M, Uniqlo. Think about the kids area where you can sometimes make nice discoveries. Online, you will find many choice from the English ASOS and Topman. Also check the Asian website YeStyle! We recommend brands such as American Apparel, Eleven Paris, The Kooples as well. But go for tailored clothes if you can afford it.

Bottom

Wear fitted trousers like slim jeans which will get your silhouette look taller. Find the right balance avoiding to choose too skinny trousers, because if you have thin legs, people will notice them. Never hem your trousers as the goal here is to try making your legs look longer.

These Levi’s 510 jeans are available from size 27

Regarding shorts, better choose over the knee models. Again, long shorts will make your legs look shorter. Wide shorts like baggues would give a “crushed” render. So, whether it is for casual shorts or swimming trunks, just check their length.

Where to find some?

Acne
American Apparel
APC
April 77
Cheap Monday
Eleven
Levis
The Kooples

Shoes

Again, finding the right size for a pair of shoes is no easy task. You could want to try elevator shoes. But quality and price are never really met. Tell yourself it is better paying the price for a reliable and beautiful pair than putting your money into some tallish dreams!

Marvin & Co offers size UK 4.
Here is the Actua

Don’t try too look someone you are not. Avoid items such as oversized shoes (taking half a size over your real size is no good tip), massive shoes, pointed shoes or square shapes. Prefer rounded toes and always bet on quality. Most of all remember that shoes (nice like ugly) are the first thing you notice when you meet someone new, so better making a good first impression.

Where to find some?

If msot sneaker brands propose small sizes, it gets complicated to find formal shoes. Note that Clarks or Marvin & Co offer UK 4-5 sizes. Well, if you whish to go for elevator shoes to get 5/10cm taller, Bertulli and Don’s Footwear are a top choice in that field.

Colors and patterns

We have now come to the hardest part of this article, as we are going to focus more on style than we did with practical things. Until now, we agree that it was always necessary to favour elegant clothes and choose the size punctiliously. An important thing is to prefer them in plain colors, sober colors and discreet prints. Because quirky matchings or flashy patterns would draw attention on you in a bad way, as it is better to look for a certain consistency and try to get a taller visual render. According to this perspective, horizontal patterns enlarging the silhouette should be avoided for vertical prints.

Finally, keep in mind that, if you are short but elegant, people will always remember you as someone more elegant than short :-)

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Tony wears:
Jacket: H&M Conscious
Tshirt: Acne
Chinos: Cuisse de Grenouille
shoes: Bobbies
Bag: Coach
Hankerchief: Derek Rose

Christina wears:
Dress: Let them Stare
Boots: Topshop
Hat: Otte NY
Bag: Supertrash

Photos by Frederic Dith. Thanks again Christina for taking us trough Midtown!
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Clothing stores

Accessories stores

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Sunglasses: Vuarnet
Shirt Wrangler
Backpack: Sandqvist
Watch: AG Spalding
Chinos: Banana Republic
Shoes: Sperry Top-sider
Photos by Romano

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Kate Loves Me

Pelayo Diaz Zapico is a 24 years old fashion blogger and a student at one of the best world’s fashion schools, Central Saint Martins. From Paris to Milan, London to Barcelona, we discover his singular life, while he keeps on working with big names such as Rihanna, Vogue, L’Officiel Hommes, GQ… He has a very unique style with very quirky looks, which we like!

http://www.katelovesme.net

Tener Clase

Since 2008, Lucas Garcia speaks about fashion and lifestyle for men. He regularly updates his blog with selection of new products, trend analysis and sports, health advices. Everything there, is always tastefully chosen and suits the blog uncluttered design.

http://www.tenerclase.com

Trendencias Hombre

Style, trends, sport, food, “Trendencias Hombre” is writen every day by a team of 12 people! We especially like their advices and the tone of their articles. Most of all, the blog has weekly columns: “Man with style: the best looks of the week”, “Not only fashion” and many healh advices we like to read on a regular basis.

http://www.trendenciashombre.com

Cup of Couple

Cup Of Couple is written by Mike Madrid & Gabriel García. Both guys present very clean looks and they do a lot of tasteful streetstyles. One of the most influent blog in Spain with many prestigious collaborations. Reading them we can feel all their creativity and love. Essential.

http://cupofcouple.blogspot.fr

Oliete World Blog

Nacho Aznar Oliete is a 22 years old blogger who lives in Madrid and studies journalism. He is passionate about fashion and everything around it (men & women fashion). He shares his looks, his travels, his inspirations and his favorite items.

http://olieteworldblog.com

My Daily Style

My Daily Style celebrated this week a two years birthday. Mireia, the writer, comes from Barcelona. She likes to present her weekly findings, her inspirations and many of her shootings. In general, we like her style, sophisticated though affordable. A great read!

http://stylelovely.com/mydailystyle/

Collage Vintage

Sara is a fashion blogger from Madrid. Welcome to her personal world, from one colorful place to very urban surroundings. We like the way she dresses, simple, with her own twist, and she likes to collect pictures from her favourites female fashion icons, we respect that!

http://www.collagevintage.com

Lovely Pepa

Lovely Pepa gets you entering the life of Alexandra. It is kind of a diary where she shares here activities, beauty advices and many looks. We thought she was very classic at the beginning, but as the published outfits, you’ll realise she always bring something different.

http://www.fashionsalade.com/lovelypepa

Amlul

Amlul is a blog writen by Gala Gonzalez where she shares her travels around the world through shootings. Most of all we like her pictures, always tinged with her personal touch. She also has a “manlul” dedicated section where she presents every week a man of her choice. The whole blog is a source of inspiration for men and women.

http://www.amlul.com

Fashion Vibe

On Fashionvibe, Zina, a girl from Barcelona, shares her daily outfits. She has a refined style and dares matchinch a Chanel bag with an H&M outfit. There is nothing more, nothing less than photos took over Europe and pure style. We just like that!

http://www.fashionvibe.net

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A bit of history, the Parc Güell was realised by the Catalan architecht Antoni Gaudi (another one). Built between 1900 and 1914 and restored from 1984 to 1993, the park is now a listed UNESCO World Heritage site. As it was really sunny this day, no question going there wearing trousers. We were only in April and the temperatures was alrealy 25 degrees so I picked these “acid wash” shorts. I’m usually not a big fan of “exotic washes” but wearing rather formal clothes – a white shirt with rounded collar, navy sweater and black watch – I allowed myself some quirkiness matching these shorts with red espadrilles.

Sweater: Selected
Shirt: ASOS
Shorts: ASOS
Espadrille: Bigote Paris
Watch: Karl
Sunglasses: Topman

Photos by Romano.
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A bit of history

Chinos’ history date back to the 1840s. harry Burnett Lumsden, a British army officer based in India, looks for a way to get rid of the showy red and white uniform his troops are wearing. Then he dyes his cotton pyjamas with a local plant extract so the fabric could take a similar color of the fields’ one. The Hindi or Ourdou word for “dust” was “khaki”, this word became used for this new uniform then. Later then, as khaki trousers were getting more popular, people stated to name them chinos as most of them were manufactured in China.

The Elegant

Elegant chinos are close to suit trousers thanks to their features, the only difference is they don’t have pleats. They are fitted, made of a satiny material and can be worn with all casual shoes. Their color does not really matter, as it is all about matching them properly. Most of all, focusing on the material (finer than classic chinos), render and details will make the difference here. So, no buttons on the back pockets, hook fastener (at least a concealed buttoning) or fine trimming will give chinos a more elegant look. Ideally, wear them with a pair of derbies, a shirt, a blazer or like Tony who mixed different styles with a striped t-shirt. To go to work of even to dress for wedding parties, elegant chinos can be a good alternative to all classic trousers.

Where to find some?

From Filippa K, BWGH, Cuisse de Grenouille, ASOS or from APC

The casual

The most common chinos, the ones you can find everywhere! What comfortable trousers to walk a whole day, jump, play, dance (whatever you want actually)! Usually, they are straigh-fitted, but chinos’ recent succes have made brands offer a slimmer cut. It is made of a thick cotton (as it was first created for the millitary). It can be worn with everything, for most occasions as they aren’t too formal, and in all colors. Faded chinos will have to be avoided – like jeans – which are tasteless, really. Actually, chinos are The ultimate hybrid trousers.

Where to find some?

Or favorire fits can be found from Knowledge Cotton Apparel, Ben Sherman, Scotch & Soda or Homecore. Smaller budgets would look from Dr Denim and Selected whose chinos are ok.

The heritage

They mostly come from denim brands, they are much more rigid as made in a thicker fabric, usually in a cotton twill. Most of the time, they have tapered legs (loss from the tighs and gets slimmer from the ankles), as the others are cutted following a “straight line”. They also have details we can usually find from jeans: selvedge fabric, coin pocket and many belt loops. To wear them, better focus on “workwear” or “streetwear” pieces: denim shirts, chambray shirts, checked shirts, flannel shirts, graphic t-shirts, a pair of boots, sneakers… the antipodes of formal, so please leave daddy’s polo in your closet

Where to find some?

We really like Carhartt, Denim & Supply, Dickies or Dockers chinos.

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