• About
  • Working Together
  • UK-MADE MENSWEAR
  • Style
    • Menswear
    • Accessories
    • Grooming
    • Style Inspiration
    • British Made
    • Collaborations
  • Lifestyle
    • Travel
    • Cars
    • Watches
    • Food & Drink
    • Arts
    • Events
  • People

XO Grey Fox

The sartorial geniuses - aged 60-plus - Telegraph

Sunday, 22 January 2012

Any man over 40 must read this wonderful piece from the Daily Telegraph of 19th January. It struck a chord with me and gives great encouragement to older men who feel that fashion is too youth-orientated. The thing is that it doesn 't matter - a well-dressed older may dress more successfully than a younger man because he's doing it for himself (and see my post, "Trying too Hard").

Click here for the article - The sartorial geniuses - aged 60-plus - Telegraph

Photo Tommy Ton
Even if the clothes sense of the gentleman in this picture by Tommy Ton is not too your taste, he is undeniably expressing his individuality with confidence and style - and, if you're reading this blog, that may be what you are trying to do too. You don't need to be young to dress well and, as an older man, as the Telegraph argues, you can have advantages when it comes too putting together a successful look.

You don't have to go to the extremes of colour and style of this man, using more conventional and classic clothes you could still achieve a truly unique style of your own - and it is the ways of doing that I am looking for here. Here is my favourite excerpt from the Telegraph article -

" Unlike younger gents, men over 50 aren't dressing to be noticed. It's genuinely a part of their nature to want to dress up, and they have an eye for detail that has been refined over many years. They have no interest in adopting the latest trends, in contrast to the younger generation who are bombarded with so much imagery, culture and technology day to day that it affects their need to change constantly."


Share:
Labels: men's style, middle age

2 comments

  1. Remy23 January 2012 at 14:12

    Thank you for the encouraging article. Being a retired rocker myself, before I had my actual professional career in three piece suits, I am happily going back to the colourful clothes I used to wear. Wasn't it because of my declining health, I would spend more time at my blog wich is still empty. I like your blog and I hope you will continue.
    Greetings from Amsterdam.

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
  2. Grey Fox24 January 2012 at 02:36

    Many thanks for your encouraging comments. It sounds as though you haven't actually retired from being a rocker!

    This may interest you http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/fashion/features/groovy-old-men-the-rise-of-the-silver-swingers-878567.html (you may need to cut and paste that).

    I hope your health enables you to get back to your blog.

    Best wishes
    GF

    ReplyDelete
    Replies
      Reply
Add comment
Load more...

Newer Post
Home
Older Post
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)

About

About
Older blogger (63) in search of style. Menswear & lifestyle writer.
Learn more...

Follow

Popular Posts

  • Buying a British-made shirt: a selection from TEK, Smyth & Gibson, Grosvenor and Tripl Stitched
    TEK TEK is a collaboration between New Future Graphic , Timothy Everest and Eley Kishimoto . Drawing on the best of British design and man...
  • Handpainted glass - an interview with Monique Low of Toasted Glass
    From time to time I like to draw readers' attention to items of interest other than clothing. Here, I've found the perfect bespoke g...
  • Bolin Webb: British-Made Razors of Style
    Bolin Webb is a young brand which specialises in razors and grooming products. Good design is central to their ethos and shapes are based ...

Categories

  • lifestyle
  • people
  • style

Search This Blog

Powered by Blogger.
© XO Grey Fox · Theme by xomisse