

There’s something deeply meditative about running. Anyone who has experienced the feeling of being “in the zone” while on a run will attest to the profound stillness and clarity of mind that can be achieved through the simple act of putting one foot in front of the other and repeating, ad infinitum. As with any form of meditation, though, that desired state can prove elusive, and the process of getting there is not automatic. It’s not enough to just run. You need to practise mindful running.

How to practise a more mindful approach to running, featuring the brand’s co-founder Mr Max Vallot. Shop the exclusive MR PORTER Health In Mind capsule collection now

A Guide To Mindful Running From DISTRICT VISION



They were once called “southern necessities” by Victorian ladies too genteel to refer to them by their actual name. As archaic as this sounds, trousers are indeed a necessity for most modern men. The Ancient Greeks and Romans famously dismissed them as shapeless sacks worn by barbarians. They were referring specifically to the Persians, who found trousers far more practical than a robe when riding horseback into the fray of battle while wielding a heavy sword. Alongside their practical merits for equine pursuits, climate also had a part to play in the eventual supremacy of trousers, which were a logically cosier choice in winter than a breezy toga or kilt. When the mercury starts to climb skywards, it could be tempting to regress and emulate a late 1990s Mr David Beckham in a sarong-inspired man skirt. Most of us wouldn’t have the gall, but here’s how to style everything from linen trousers to wide-leg cotton trousers so you can stay cool and collected when shorts (or sarongs, for that matter) just aren’t going to cut it.

What to wear this season, from wide-leg cotton to cropped and linen – we’ve done the leg work. Read more at MR PORTER’s The Journal

The Stylish Gent’s Guide To Summer Trousers



Our latest episode of About Time sees us pit two Cartier dress watches against each other, the Ballon Bleu and Santos-Dumont, in what must be one of the most stylish head-to-heads imaginable. But really, it’s about asking what we expect from a dress watch, and why Cartier is so good at delivering it.

This episode of About Time compares the Cartier Ballon Bleu with the Santos-Dumont, and asks what it is that we expect from a dress watch

About Time: Dress To Impress With Cartier’s Ballon Bleu And Santos-Dumont



“How deep is your love?” is a big question. “How short should your shorts be?” may not have the same potential to change lives, but it’s more in our ball park. Should you have any other style queries that err towards the latter rather than the former, hit us up at [asky@mrporter.com](mailto:asky@mrporter.com).

“How deep is your love?” is a big question. “How short should your shorts be?” may not have the same potential to change lives, but it’s more in our ball park. Should you have any other style queries that err towards the latter rather than the former, hit us up at asky@mrporter.com.


When it comes to the length of your shorts, there are two schools of thought: short or Bermuda. GQ style and grooming director Mr Teo van den Broeke helps us identify which will work for you 

How Short Should My Shorts Be This Summer? Ask MR PORTER



Why did you choose that watch? Don’t say, “To tell the time.” Of course it does, and pretty well too, but we know that if you’ve entered the world of luxury watches there’s more to this game than timekeeping. A better question is: what kind of watch collector are you? Maybe the type who blanches at being considered a “collector”, but anything more than two watches is well on its way to becoming a collection, whether you mean it to be or not and, once a man is bitten by the watch bug it is a racing certainty that he will develop a certain collecting personality. Are you buying with the head or the heart? Or with one eye on a future return? Homing in on a certain niche or committed to a particular genre? We have profiled the five (fairly extreme) examples of watch collector known to science (OK, known to anyone who spends too long on Instagram). If you’re a watch devotee who’s managed to avoid becoming any of these, do let us know how.

Watch collecting attracts certain traits, but self-analysis isn’t always one of them. Are you becoming a horological stereotype? 

The Tribes: Which Kind Of Watch Guy Are You?



Since its stripped-back beginnings, the new wave of so-called street food has had a major impact on global restaurant culture. It began as an antidote to the formal dining scene of the 1980s and 1990s, with makeshift markets popping up in derelict car parks and vendors building hype on Twitter. Now it is ubiquitous. There’s been an explosion of modish food courts and walled-off markets and hundreds of permanent restaurants, which started out as street food traders. Street food – and it seems a stretch to define it as such these days – has influenced everything from the dominance of casual dining to the rise in restaurants that specialise in highly elevated versions of single dishes. Chefs who forged their reputations on tiny food stalls have built slick and influential food businesses. How did taco trucks and burger vans wind up having so much sway in the food industry?

From Bao in London to Lio Fan Hawker Chan in Singapore, we explore the rise and rise of street food

From Pop-Ups To Michelin Stars – Where Does Street Food Go Next?



Life for Mr Tom Ford, who moved from London to Los Angeles in 2018, already seems normal once more. It’s 8.30am his time, he’s already in the office and talking to me, having dropped his eight-year-old son, Jack, off at school 30 minutes earlier.


“Here in California, we have a 70 per cent vaccination rate and have herd immunity,” he says. “Everyone at my home and in my office is fully vaccinated, so we’re already living as if Covid never happened. It’s amazing how quickly everything returned to semi-normal behaviour, how fast you forget. It’s felt this way for a month.”

Life for Mr Tom Ford, who moved from London to Los Angeles in 2018, already seems normal once more. It’s 8.30am his time, he’s already in the office and talking to me, having dropped his eight-year-old son, Jack, off at school 30 minutes earlier.

“Here in California, we have a 70 per cent vaccination rate and have herd immunity,” he says. “Everyone at my home and in my office is fully vaccinated, so we’re already living as if Covid never happened. It’s amazing how quickly everything returned to semi-normal behaviour, how fast you forget. It’s felt this way for a month.”


To mark the launch of his exclusive new collection for MR PORTER, the world’s most stylish designer talks fatherhood, fashion risks and Mr Timothée Chalamet

Mr Tom Ford On Fatherhood, Fashion Risks And Mr Timothée Chalamet

Mr Tom Ford: The Interview

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How much do you know about the Mojave Desert? In terms of name recognition, it’s punching above its weight. This is largely thanks to the fact that it contains Death Valley, home of the hottest recorded air temperature on Earth (a withering 57ºC) and the lowest point in North America (86m below sea level, in case you wondered). It’s also home to a little-known town of restrained taste and puritan values called Las Vegas.


It’s not the desert’s points of interest that concern us today, however. In fact, quite the opposite – it’s the terrain’s featureless uniformity that we have to thank for the watches you see here. Wide open spaces with very little besides barren rock and sand make good homes for the awkward business of testing large explosives, which is how the Mojave Desert also came to be the site of the US Navy’s largest land base: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.

How much do you know about the Mojave Desert? In terms of name recognition, it’s punching above its weight. This is largely thanks to the fact that it contains Death Valley, home of the hottest recorded air temperature on Earth (a withering 57ºC) and the lowest point in North America (86m below sea level, in case you wondered). It’s also home to a little-known town of restrained taste and puritan values called Las Vegas.

It’s not the desert’s points of interest that concern us today, however. In fact, quite the opposite – it’s the terrain’s featureless uniformity that we have to thank for the watches you see here. Wide open spaces with very little besides barren rock and sand make good homes for the awkward business of testing large explosives, which is how the Mojave Desert also came to be the site of the US Navy’s largest land base: Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake.


We profile the IWC SCHAFFHAUSEN Big Pilot’s Watch and Big Pilot’s Watch Perpetual Calendar “Mojave Desert” Editions – two watches designed to echo the military camouflage of the US Navy’s China Lake test pilots.

The Sands Of Time: IWC’s New “Mojave Desert” Editions



“Don’t grow up, it’s a trap.” We’ve all heard or probably even uttered this phrase at least once in our lives. It’s ironic that for most of our childhood, we look forward to growing up and having the freedom that being an adult brings: staying up all night, eating all the junk we want and making up our beds whenever we feel like it. But by now, we’ve all realised that being an adult seems like an elaborate scam that’s always too late to get out of and the reality of being a grown-up is not at all like the fantasy we imagined as kids. Being able to eat cereal for dinner hardly seems like a fair tradeoff for owning a car – road tax, MOT, fuel prices and congestion charges all add up.

We’ve all been there – the moment you make a purchase that means you’re a fully grown adult. From getting a wedding suit to buying a new sofa, the MR PORTER team share the milestones that made them realise they were grown-ups, finally

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