Gucci

Made to measure

Franco suits up for Gucci

James Franco is the celebrity face chosen to front Gucci's new men's made-to-measure service.

Style

Trendy Tom Ford expands reach

Tom Ford fashion

Natasha Hughes Designer's second Australian shop is as meticulous and stylish as his tailoring.

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Style

Milan men's fashion week - highs and lows

A model walks the runway during the Gucci show as part of Milan Fashion Week Menswear Autumn/Winter 2013 on January 14, 2013 in Milan, Italy.

By Luke Leitch The best (and worst) of the Milan men's fashion week included great coats, manbags, shortened pants and even frilly underwear.

Stitched up

What makes a man?

blokes

Benjamen Judd Do Aussies men see themselves more as burly, strong blokes or well-suited executive types?

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Style sense

Find your personal style

Mark Ronson

Fiona MacDonald Before you start worrying about what to wear, you need to work out what you like, what suits you and begin to develop that all-elusive personal style.

Hurley effect

Shane Warne firmly in fashion

Warne

Georgina Safe SHANE Warne is best known for his cricketing prowess, but he is also a connoisseur of women's clothing who knows his Cavalli from his Chanel.

Tailor made

In the hands of a few good men

Tailor

Stephen Todd What is the collective noun for ''tailor''? In London, it would have to be a ''row of tailors''. A Savile Row, to be precise. In Sydney, I think it would have to be a ''rarity of tailors''.

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Runway style

In shorts, life goes on

Models display creations as part of Burberry Prorsum

With the euro in freefall and the EU a-tremble, one might have expected the menswear collections to play out a slightly sombre tune. But instead, Milan's designers seemed to be fiddling as Rome burns.

Sharply dressed

Sharply dressed characters

Don Draper

Steve Dow If filmmaker Baz Luhrmann delivers on his promise to remake F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic Prohibition-era story The Great Gatsby, he could be joining an emerging fashion trend.

Dollars and scents

The essence of masculinity

smell

What should a man smell like?

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Men's style

Good sports get into a few blues

Model

Sport and technology were two of three key themes to emerge from Milan men's fashion week - the third being cold, hard cash.

Formal dress

Top tie rules

tie

The disappearance of the traditional tie is part of a movement in fashion circles, where formal dressing is being peeled back and casual cranked up.

Slim pickings

Slim pickings

Don Draper from Mad Men.

Rachel Wells Men's wear designers have taken inspiration from the hit television show Mad Men, ditching wide ties for skinnier '60s versions.

Menswear for women

Unspecified

Rachel Wells Gender-bender fashion is back, shoulder pads and all.