The labels to look to for grown-up streetwear.

“Youth is the only thing worth having,” says the titular character in Mr Oscar Wilde’s The Picture Of Dorian Gray. But when it comes to style, being young is overrated. Many, if not most, of the world’s best-dressed men are a long way from the first flush of youth. Having said that, certain looks undeniably become a little trickier to pull off when you’ve got a few miles on the clock, as illustrated by today’s featured style question from Stockholm-based creative @bendatmo. At 30, he’s by no means over the hill, but can he still channel the skateboarding, streetwear-loving art-school kid of his younger years?

**How can I get back to my roots in art, skateboarding and streetwear tastefully at 30? **

**@bendatmo, via Instagram **

“Tastefully” is the operative word in this sentence. Assuming you haven’t thrown them away or donated them to charity, it would be easy for you to dig out your old clothes – Element hoodies and Etnies skate sneakers, et cetera – and start dressing exactly as you did in your teens, right down to the frosted tips. As you’re no doubt aware, though, this would be a Very Bad Idea. There’s nothing quite so tragic as a man trying to relive his younger years.

What we suggest you do instead is look forward and explore new ways of developing your style while reintroducing some of the experimentalism and youthful energy that you may have suppressed over the past decade. It helps to remember that youth is less a condition of age and more a state of mind. It means being engaged with the now, receptive to trends and heedless of the past. You can tap into this mentality at any age.

The first step is to introduce a few new brands to your repertoire. In the past few years, the streetwear market has come of age with you. New designers such as Noah NYC, Aries, Rhude, Noon Goons, 1017 ALYX 9SM and Pop Trading Company have arisen to serve a contemporary clientele, while classic streetwear labels such as Stüssy and Neighborhood remain as fresh and relevant as ever.

Assuming that you’re now able to spend a little more on clothes, why not try Undercover? There’s considerable crossover between the worlds of grown-up streetwear and outdoor clothing, too, so we also suggest that you keep in mind brands such as And Wander, The North Face and Patagonia.

As for shoes, you really can’t go wrong with a pair of old-school (or even OG Old Skool) Vans at any age. Having said that, if you’re looking for a more premium take on the skate shoe, you could always consider a pair from Common Projects, or our own brand, Mr P. (The MR PORTER team is full of overgrown skate rats, so we know exactly where you’re coming from.)

We could go on and suggest a few specific looks, but we get the feeling that you’re more than capable of doing that for yourself. If what you’re really looking for here is a little assurance that you can still rock streetwear at the age of 30, then take this as an emphatic yes.

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