The era of the uniform exclusively made of jacket and tie is over by now. There was a time in wich the “back to work” attire was composed by a double breasted suit combined with a white shirt , starched collar and a simple tie, fortunatly nowadays the concept of formality has become more easy. Young business […]
LIFESTYLE
Designer Cufflinks – What cufflink are you?
Ça va sans dire that a man able to customize his outfits by choosing refined details, returns to others a more determined and self-confident idea of himself. In this sense, cufflinks have always been the quintessence of men’s jewellery, the distinguishing feature of most stylish looks. This little jewel combines the charm of luxury and the attention […]
Mens Dress Shirt Styles
It is certainly not a modern invention, and it has started to intrigue gentlemen since style icons like Gianni Agnelli (and now his grandson Lapo) showed the world that everyone could easily wear it stylishly. We are now used to see shirts combined in different outfits, for which it becomes extremely important to find the style that fits us better. Let’s start from […]
Shining shoes – The tricks of the trade
Have you ever heard the italian term Sciuscià? It’s a neapolitan (birthplace of this art) term that describes shoe shine job or shoeshiner, borned at the beginning of twentieth century. “Sciuscià” is also a famous and loved neorealist film directed by Vittorio De Sica, about the stories of shoe’s artists. This is an ancient art […]
How to wear a sports jacket
Italian tailoring has strongly influenced in the development of the today’s sport jacket: Italian tailors have chosen softer and lighter fabrics compared to English ones, using more striking colours and designs that have given the Italian sport jacket a strong international reputation. High Quality: In order to recognize a high quality sport jacket it is important to pay attention to some specific details: The shoulder: In a […]
“Always look at a man’s shoes, they will tell you a lot about him”.
An old saying goes: “Always look at a man’s shoes, they will tell you a lot about him”. The tenth and last article for Natural Gentleman is about the fascinating industry of the shoes. Just like for every other garment of a gentleman’s closet, also for the shoes a lot could be said and a […]
The vestigial organs
The word “elegance” comes from the Latin “eligere”, to select. Not by chance the true gentleman is often a connoisseur, meaning “someone able to choose”. Integral to choose is to know. Knowing what you are wearing and when to wear it can help the aspiring gentleman not only to succeed (or to fail, depending on […]
The unwritten code of elegance
Every man who wants to pride himself in being a gentleman must know what I would call “the basic rules of elegance”. They are unwritten, ancient rules, taught in family, through books or by simply spending time with other elegant gentlemen. These, with some opportune changes, can be applied also nowadays. First of all, we […]
“Elegance is not to be noticed, but to be remembered”
Our ancestors, in fact, during the hunt were standing for long hours to wait that little sign that signaled the presence of prey or, even worse, a predator. A tuft of grass that moves too quickly, a shadow passes stealth in the distance: all small signs that our predecessors have learned quickly to notice and […]