

Who doesn’t love to let their mind wander, constructing the perfect house, or compiling the ideal three-car garage? Indeed, it’s a task we set a number of eminent individuals when we asked them to build a three-watch wardrobe – men such as Mr Paul Feig, Mr Teo Yang and Mr Kevin Kwan. But as Watches and Wonders 2021 approached, we thought it was time for us to take on a slightly different thought experiment; one that made full use of the horological breadth on offer. Not “what would you choose?” so much as “what kind of life would you lead if you _didn’t_ _have_ _to_ _choose_?”

Who doesn’t love to let their mind wander, constructing the perfect house, or compiling the ideal three-car garage? Indeed, it’s a task we set a number of eminent individuals when we asked them to build a three-watch wardrobe – men such as Mr Paul Feig, Mr Teo Yang and Mr Kevin Kwan. But as Watches and Wonders 2021 approached, we thought it was time for us to take on a slightly different thought experiment; one that made full use of the horological breadth on offer. Not “what would you choose?” so much as “what kind of life would you lead if you didn’t have to choose?”


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What would life be like if you had all of the world’s latest watches at your fingertips? We took it upon ourselves to imagine a week of such horological excess – and rather liked it

Seven Days, Seven Watches: How To Build A Fantasy Collection



When he’s not touring as part of one of the world’s most successful bands, Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman has plenty to keep him busy, be it designing clothing for his newly launched line Applied Art Forms, publishing cult motoring magazine _The Road Rat_ or restoring and rallying classic cars. A passion for design underpins his every project, which dates back to studying mechanical engineering and architecture at university, and extends to a fascination with the history and functionality of watches. “I really gravitate towards watches, which have some kind of heritage and a sense of gravitas,” he says. “I like to put on a watch and think just for a second, ‘OK, I’m a submariner or a spaceman or a pilot.’ It’s that sense of occasion that a certain watch can make you feel.” For Berryman, the exercise of choosing three watches for a fantasy collection proved to be a test of resistance to temptation. “I’ve basically blown all of my income on cars, and with watches I’m very cautious. I’ve got quite a small collection because I know that if I let myself go, I could have a lot,” he admits. “With cars, you’re very limited by space, but with watches you can get an awful lot in a cupboard…”

When he’s not touring as part of one of the world’s most successful bands, Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman has plenty to keep him busy, be it designing clothing for his newly launched line Applied Art Forms, publishing cult motoring magazine The Road Rat or restoring and rallying classic cars. A passion for design underpins his every project, which dates back to studying mechanical engineering and architecture at university, and extends to a fascination with the history and functionality of watches. “I really gravitate towards watches, which have some kind of heritage and a sense of gravitas,” he says. “I like to put on a watch and think just for a second, ‘OK, I’m a submariner or a spaceman or a pilot.’ It’s that sense of occasion that a certain watch can make you feel.” For Berryman, the exercise of choosing three watches for a fantasy collection proved to be a test of resistance to temptation. “I’ve basically blown all of my income on cars, and with watches I’m very cautious. I’ve got quite a small collection because I know that if I let myself go, I could have a lot,” he admits. “With cars, you’re very limited by space, but with watches you can get an awful lot in a cupboard…”


Coldplay bassist Mr Guy Berryman picks out his fantasy three-watch collection, with timepieces from IWC, Panerai and Vacheron Constantin

My Three Watch Wardrobe: Mr Guy Berryman



If the “short-sleeved shirt” was a person, who would it be? For better or worse, individual items of clothing become associated, sometimes inextricably so, with certain subsets of people: corduroy with natty professors; leather jackets with biker types, and so forth. The same is true of short-sleeved shirts, which variously bring to mind tech support, tourists and, less than ideally, your father’s sartorial ineptitude.

The best short-sleeved shirts for men, including camp-collar shirts, grandad collars, linen and more

Every Short-Sleeved Shirt You’ll Need This Glorious Summer



Spring has officially sprung. And, thanks to the lifting of restrictions, frolicking in fields and parks can resume. The problem is the weather might not always be on your side. A coat, however, is too drastic and bulky for this season’s temperamental ways. Sure, it’ll serve you well when the weather takes a turn for the worse, but what do you do with it when the sun peeks out from behind the clouds? Tie it around your waist? There must be a better solution – and there is. Enter the lightweight jacket, fashion’s answer to keeping spring breezes at bay. But where to begin? Here are seven of the best to see you through until summer. 

Spring has officially sprung. And, thanks to the lifting of restrictions, frolicking in fields and parks can resume. The problem is the weather might not always be on your side. A coat, however, is too drastic and bulky for this season’s temperamental ways. Sure, it’ll serve you well when the weather takes a turn for the worse, but what do you do with it when the sun peeks out from behind the clouds? Tie it around your waist? There must be a better solution – and there is. Enter the lightweight jacket, fashion’s answer to keeping spring breezes at bay. But where to begin? Here are seven of the best to see you through until summer. 


The solution to changeable spring weather? A lightweight jacket. Our top picks include chore, blouson, track and denim jackets from Aries, Moncler, Acne Studios and more

Which Spring Jacket Should You Buy?



If you can cast your mind back to the last time you boarded a plane (don’t worry, we can wait), it probably wasn’t all that pleasant. The 0.01 per cent of us who can glide through a private airport to their private jet aside, being packed into a relatively small space that hurtles through the sky at high-speeds is more like a stuffy, smelly endurance test: how long can you keep your cool before you lose it at the small child repeatedly kicking your seat?

An ode to the iconic airport style of Messrs Muhammad Ali, Paul Newman, Mick Jagger and more

 A Tribute To The Golden Age Of Jet-Setting Style 



Ask a certain kind of music critic about the history of Ibiza, and they’ll say it all began in 1987, when a clutch of British DJs including Messrs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling first shored up. There, their exposure to house music and, let’s not beat around the bush, MDMA changed the course of British popular culture far beyond the 2000 film _Kevin &amp; Perry Go Large_.

Ask a certain kind of music critic about the history of Ibiza, and they’ll say it all began in 1987, when a clutch of British DJs including Messrs Paul Oakenfold and Danny Rampling first shored up. There, their exposure to house music and, let’s not beat around the bush, MDMA changed the course of British popular culture far beyond the 2000 film Kevin & Perry Go Large.


The luxury powerhouse drops another sartorial banger of a collection, inspired by the legendary Balearic boutique Paula’s Ibiza

What’s New: LOEWE’s Effortless Hoodie With Hippy Pedigree



To paraphrase Mr Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl”, we’ve seen the best days of the last year destroyed by a lack of stylish options. OK, that probably doesn’t accurately reflect the sentiment of the poet’s magnum opus, but our point remains: not being able to dress up (and having nowhere to go) has taken its toll on our wardrobes lately.

Inspired by the style, spirit and adventures of the Beat Generation, Mr P.’s latest offering brings some poetry to your summer wardrobe

Dreaming Of Paris And Tangier: Mr P.’s New Summer Collection

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Films and television, Instagram, people on the street (not to mention our style guides here at MR PORTER, natch) – these are all wonderful sources of fashion inspiration. But let’s go analogue, shall we?

Graphic book covers are our latest unlikely style icons. Bold and colourful, these everyman works of art should set your wardrobes a-flutter. From the groovy 1970s edition of _A Clockwork Orange_ to Ms Banana Yoshimoto’s _Kitchen _colour-block covers, books – you know, those paper things – can give us the alternative style inspiration that we’ve been longing for.

Films and television, Instagram, people on the street (not to mention our style guides here at MR PORTER, natch) – these are all wonderful sources of fashion inspiration. But let’s go analogue, shall we?
Graphic book covers are our latest unlikely style icons. Bold and colourful, these everyman works of art should set your wardrobes a-flutter. From the groovy 1970s edition of A Clockwork Orange to Ms Banana Yoshimoto’s Kitchen colour-block covers, books – you know, those paper things – can give us the alternative style inspiration that we’ve been longing for.


With few street-style moments to light our fires, we’re getting literary with our style references. Here are nine graphic book covers to inspire your next outfit

How To Dress Like Your Favourite *Checks Notes* Book Cover



The blurring of boundaries in men’s style can only be a good thing. More variation, more fun. Remember “never wear brown in town”? Thankfully, there are now very few rules when it comes to getting dressed in the morning. But with liberation comes the paralysis of choice. If I have a seemingly infinite colour palette, how do I know what to go for? And what if we also factor in our skin tone? That’s the sartorial head-scratcher in this week’s Ask Mr P, put forward this week on Instagram. If you’ve got a style question you’d like our panel of experts to answer, slide into our DMs or simply drop us a note at [asky@mrporter.com](mailto:asky@mrporter.com). The choice is yours…

The blurring of boundaries in men’s style can only be a good thing. More variation, more fun. Remember “never wear brown in town”? Thankfully, there are now very few rules when it comes to getting dressed in the morning. But with liberation comes the paralysis of choice. If I have a seemingly infinite colour palette, how do I know what to go for? And what if we also factor in our skin tone? That’s the sartorial head-scratcher in this week’s Ask Mr P, put forward this week on Instagram. If you’ve got a style question you’d like our panel of experts to answer, slide into our DMs or simply drop us a note at asky@mrporter.com. The choice is yours…


We seek counsel from stylist Mr Anish Patel (and our very own Mr Olie Arnold) on the topic of skin tone and clothing colour

What Colour Clothes Look Best With My Dark Skin Tone? Ask MR PORTER



Full disclosure: we love our Barbour jackets here at MR PORTER. Can’t get enough of them. In fact, if we were forced to name just one downside, it’s that we don't get the chance to wear them often enough. 

We don’t mean that we’re limited by situation; while they may be outdoor jackets at heart, and have historically been worn by the kind of people who drive Land Rovers and own Labradors, recently they’ve become just as at home in the city. No: it’s more a question of climate. There’s nothing quite like waxed cotton for beating back the elements on a brisk autumnal walk, but by the time spring arrives and the mercury heads north, it can begin to feel a little suffocating. 

Full disclosure: we love our Barbour jackets here at MR PORTER. Can’t get enough of them. In fact, if we were forced to name just one downside, it’s that we don't get the chance to wear them often enough. 
We don’t mean that we’re limited by situation; while they may be outdoor jackets at heart, and have historically been worn by the kind of people who drive Land Rovers and own Labradors, recently they’ve become just as at home in the city. No: it’s more a question of climate. There’s nothing quite like waxed cotton for beating back the elements on a brisk autumnal walk, but by the time spring arrives and the mercury heads north, it can begin to feel a little suffocating. 


Introducing the latest collection from Barbour Gold Standard, a lightweight take on the brand’s classic line up of country jackets

A Barbour Jacket You Can Wear In The Summer



Thanks to the unfortunate closure of hairdressers that we’ve all had to put up with this year, some unusual hairstyles have been forced upon us. For better or worse though, the one standing head and shoulders above the rest is the mullet. Indeed, the much-derided hairstyle, business at the front, part at the back, is having a real moment.

We got our first whiff of the return of the mullet in 2017 when Mr Dacre Montgomery starred as Billy in _Stranger Things_, rocking a particularly scuzzy mullet. Since then, it seems to have caught on.

Thanks to the unfortunate closure of hairdressers that we’ve all had to put up with this year, some unusual hairstyles have been forced upon us. For better or worse though, the one standing head and shoulders above the rest is the mullet. Indeed, the much-derided hairstyle, business at the front, part at the back, is having a real moment.
We got our first whiff of the return of the mullet in 2017 when Mr Dacre Montgomery starred as Billy in Stranger Things, rocking a particularly scuzzy mullet. Since then, it seems to have caught on.


The most controversial hairstyle is currently trending. We speak to NYC hairstylist Mx Masami Hosono about how to do it well

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