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Tailored Trousers for Men: Sharper Fits, Easier Days | Selected

Try to remember the last time you felt genuinely well dressed. It probably wasn’t the shirt, or even the shoes. Nine times out of ten, it’s the trousers. When men’s tailored trousers fit properly,...

The Ultimate Guide to Top Reasons to Have Check Shirts in Your Closet

Open most wardrobes and you’ll find the same thing: a row of plain shirts in white, blue and grey. They’re sensible, and they work. But after a few months, getting dressed starts to feel like repe...

Solid Casual Shirts for Men: The Quiet Workhorse of Your Wardrobe | Selected

In short: solid casual shirts are plain, single-colour shirts you can wear almost anywhere, from a client lunch to a lazy Sunday. Selected makes them in cotton, linen, oxford and corduroy, mostly ...

How Selected Is Shaping Modern Men's Fashion

Ask a few men what they wore to work last Thursday and most will draw a blank. Ask who in the office always looks put together and they'll name someone straight away. We remember the effect, rarel...

Regular Fit vs Slim Fit Shirts for Men: Which Is Best for You?

There is a shirt in most wardrobes that gets worn once and then quietly retired. It looked great on the hanger. Then you sat down at your desk, raised your arm to take a call, and felt the buttons...

Bomber vs Leather vs Denim: Which Jackets for Men Should You Buy?

There's a moment in every man's wardrobe where the shirts are fine, the shoes are fine, and something still feels unfinished. Usually it's the jacket. And when you start looking at jackets for men...

How to Choose the Right Jeans Fit: A Guide to Jeans for Men

Everyone has that pair of jeans at the back of the cupboard. The waist was right, the label said so, and yet they never sat properly. Too tight in the thigh, or baggy at the knee, or just plain od...

How to Choose the Right Jacket Material: A Guide to Jackets for Men

I've watched people spend twenty minutes deciding between two colours and ten seconds on the fabric. It's usually the wrong way round. With jackets for men, the material is what you live with: how...

How to Style Oversized Shirts for Men: A Practical Guide

There's a moment most men know. You pull a new oversized shirt over your head, look in the mirror, and wonder whether you've bought the right size or the wrong one. Stop there for a second. The sh...

Best Shirt Colours for Office Wear: A Guide to Shirts for Men

Most men own more shirts than they wear. Look at what actually comes off the hanger on a Tuesday and it is nearly always the same few colours, the ones that never need a second thought. That is wo...

Casual Shirt and Trouser Combinations for Men That Always Work

Ask a man what he is wearing and he will tell you about the shirt. Ask why the trousers work with it and you get a shrug. Fair enough. Most of us pick the shirt first, grab whatever is clean, and ...

Casual Shirts for Men: Shirt and Jeans Outfit Ideas That Actually Work

Shirt and jeans is the outfit most of us fall back on without a second thought. Brunch, a friend's engagement, a Friday that ends at the office and starts somewhere else. It works almost everywhere...