Following the success of last week’s Buyer’s Pick debut feature from Lee Douros at mywardrobe.com we intend to waste no time bringing you the second instalment of his very stylish advice, this time in the form of his second pick from mywardrobe.com’s AW10 menswear collection.

Last week Lee talked us through a great reflective jacket from Stone Island that was guaranteed to be a talking point for fans of all thing tech-focused. With its heat sensitive qualities and glass microsphere technology the jacket is an amazing changing-colour dream coat, as well as being functional and waterproof…

This week Lee has chosen a great menswear accessory: this canvas messenger bag from heritage brand Belstaff is one of those pieces that’s bound to become a weekend staple – on-trend and perfect for when you’re out and about around town.

Here’s what Lee has to say:

‘The Mountain Messenger from iconic heritage brand Belstaff is a great addition to any weekend/off duty outfit.

A bag that looks like you’ve had it for years (which due to the great craftsmanship, you will!), this a functional and practical piece from Great Outdoors powerhouse designers, Belstaff, that looks just as good when you’re darting through the city.’

We couldn’t agree more. Expect to spot them very soon on stylish-yet-rugged men riding bicycles, as they go about their enviably cool weekend plans…

The Belstaff messenger bag is available now at mywardrobe.com

Calling all mop-top, parka wearing mod-boys out there – Liam Gallager’s 1960s inspired label Pretty Green is set to open a temporary pop-up store on the iconic Carnaby Street at the end of the month, and we can’t wait to take a look inside. Set over two storeys the 2000sq ft store will house both the black and green label collections and will be the first dedicated Pretty Green store in London. The store promises to be haven for the contemporary Mod-boy, featuring exclusive one off pieces, an impressive panoramic image of the man himself on Brighton beach in the basement, and every Liam wannabe’s dream vehicle, a Lambretta Li 150 series 3 replica scooter.

The label’s attention to detail and emphasis on quality fabrics, cut and classic tailoring has made it a huge success with men after that 1960s look that Liam embodies, so here are a couple of pieces we’ll be rushing down to the store to take a look at. We love this classic Parka – possibly the epitome of Mr. Gallagher’s style – but also a great wardrobe staple that’s perfect for Autumn Winter.

Team the parka with this oxford button down shirt (currently in the sale…£75.00 £52.50), a cheeky swagger and a mad fer’ it attitude, and you’ll have the Pretty Green look down to a tee.

Pretty Green Temporary will be open at 11.00am, Friday 30th July -57 Carnaby Street, London.

We love a good designer and brand collaboration here at MFL for Him, and we especially love it when a truly great designer gets together with a top brand to create a collection that really works. The latest of said collaborations that we’re looking forward to is that of twice nominated CDFA Menswear Designer of the Year, Michael Bastian and Gant – the brand that delivers American style clothing with European flair.

The collection, which is set to launch at the end of August, fuses the rich heritage of Gant with the modern and luxurious American classics that Michael Bastian is known for, and promises to mix sporty pieces with tailored elements to create a truly wearable collection.

Inspired by the fastest sport on two feet, Lacrosse, the collection features sporty separates in classic colours, where maroon sweaters edged with contrast orange stripes are mixed with check shirts and chunky knits for a grown-up preppy look.

We love this green knit sweater with the quirky Lacrosse pattern across the chest – it looks great worn with simple chinos and a relaxed shirt underneath for a sports-chic look.

Worn with a check flannel shirt this classic down bomber jacket does that American sportswear look perfectly, as well as making for a great piece of outerwear for Autumn Winter. Other stand-out pieces in the collection that are worth checking out include tailored blazers with elbow patches and a truly must-have washed moleskin military pea coat.

The Michael Bastian for Gant collection will be exclusively available at Selfridges on Oxford Street as well as gantuk.com from 25th August.

There’s a select few men that it’s really quite OK to admit to having a man-crush on, and one half of Grammy award-winning production team for the Neptunes – Pharrell Williams – is one of them. He’s got the style, he’s got the talent and to top it off he’s got a really cool clothing line that he not only helps design, but also stars in their campaigns. Yes Pharrell’s got it all, and we want a piece of that distinctive style – which is why we’re currently spending a significant amount of time taking our picks from Billionaire Boys Club AW10 range.

Pharrell shows us how it’s done as he looks effortlessly stylish in khaki green blazer, jeans, sneakers, hat and super-cool sunglasses. Billionaire Boys Club does that luxurious sportswear look really well but still manages to keep an urban vibe and street wear feel. We’ve also got our eyes on this preppy, college boy tweed blazer with shoulder patches which looks great styled with the relaxed polo and holdall bag, as well as the really great military feel jacket with oversized shearling collar – perfect for winter.

Loving your work, Pharrell – we salute you.

Visit the Billionaire Boys Club site to see the full AW10 collection.

The Eduardo is a lightweight quilted jacket which has more than a nod to the popular Barbour style and is a great purchase for looking towards the end of summer and the beginning of AW. The navy plume fabric is a great classic look and the branding is really subtle which we love. Reduced from £130 to £91 we think it’s a top buy for a lightweight jacket.

Buy the Eduardo here or shop the rest of the Henri Lloyd sale on their site now.

With Paris Men’s fashion week now in full swing we finish our round up of Milan Men’s fashion week from the 21st and 22nd of June.

Ermenegildo Zegna
The cravat was key at Zegna, in shades of burnt ombre, rich khaki and royal blue, it was worn just often with the more casual shirting as well as with the traditional suiting. Suits came in shades of peach and marl grey and was worn with tailored shorts and brogues, or worn with open necked shirts that were finished with a cravat. More casual looks had a slightly urban influence with parka style lightweight jackets in rich orange, worn over a striped jersey and paired with bright whites and sandals. But the Riviera influence was never far off with models donning sunglasses and wearing straw hats atop their head or held loosely at the side, as well as checked blazers that gave a contemporary nod towards the classic look.

Gucci
The look was chic and sleek at Gucci with classic slim fit suiting in luxurious suede and stand-out tailored leather jackets. Like many of the shows blue was a key colour, here coming in smart dark denims, midnight blues and cornflower blue shades and mixed with rich suede browns and rusty orange. Head-to-toe and denim was seen in the form of a safari style suit as well as with the more traditional double breasted suiting done in a denim-look fabric. Knitwear was made for Spring, done light and white in colour and oversized in style, the chunky-knit funnel necked jumpers were worn with super slim trousers in the same shade for ultimate contrast in proportion.

Etro
Verdant pastures at the Etro show laid the way for a refreshingly light-hearted collection that showed intricate print and embroidery alongside bursts of zesty colour. Tailoring was relaxed and wearable in shades of khaki, putty and white while gingham prints were mixed together with paisley shirting and bold Moroccan feel prints were worn together with shirt and short combinations.

D&G
It was picnic time at D&G with models carrying their hampers down the runway complete with French sticks and wearing the perfect outfits for the occasion. Fun hawaian print short shorts were mixed with gingham print shirts in shades of vibrant green and rolled up shorts were trimmed with the same gingham print. Tailoring was lightweight in pastel shades and worn with rolled up cuffs for an ultra laid-back look.

Canali
Canali showed us the contemporary gent, with understated simple suiting and separates done perfectly and without fuss. On the more casual side of the show chinos came in shades of buttermilk and corn with touches of taupe and sandy shades in the form of simple sweaters, polo shirts and cardigans. Footwear was key to the modern casual look at Canali with models in plimsoles rather than the popular brogue style shoe. The suiting was sharp but understated with a nude coloured short funnel neck worn under a light grey double breasted ensemble, accessorised of course with the contemporary man bag and shades.

Giorgio Armani
There was a moody feel at Giorgio Armani with a colour palette built around midnight blues, blueish greys and denim tones. Tuxedo style jackets were played down in denim shades and given a lighter touch with v neck tops in pastel blue tones. Powder blue blazers were worn with slim fit trousers in deep bluish grey and offset with touches of bright yellow in the form of the belt and shoe combination.

DSquared2
It was bold and wearable at DSquared2 with a colourful mix of blazer and shorts combinations in fresh fruity colours. Short cut green tailored shorts were worn with a light blue open necked shirt and a pastel pink blazer for a fun but wearable city chic look. White chinos and a strawberry coloured blazer were cut more generously than the more slim cut styles from other designers which added to the accessible feel of the collection.

To see the full coverage of the collections from Milan Men’s Fashion week visit GQ online.

Men’s fashion week officially started on Saturday, and with some of the biggest designers opting to broadcast their catwalk show via live streaming it’s been quite exciting so far. Here we bring your our series of round ups, starting with Day 1, Saturday 19th June.

Costume National Homme
At Costume National Homme the show was a mix of relaxed tailoring and luxe separates, from city shorts to lightweight trenches that started in light camel tones and moved gradually into soft taupes, to a sharper look that saw slate grey suiting contrasted against nude sheer layers. Suiting was cut slightly away from the body so the look was defined but relaxed, and we saw a mix of double and single breasted jackets as well as wearable trenches and shorter bomber style jackets.

Dolce and Gabbana
It was the 20th anniversary men’s show in Milan for SS11 and it was white heat on the catwalk, as the show opened with male models dressed head to toe in white ensembles while Annie Lennox played as an accompaniment. The collection went on to include lightweight suiting in classic darker tones before moving into a laid-back Riviera section that included cotton pinstripe shirts worn open and relaxed, mixed with rolled up trousers that were gathered at the waist and tied with rope-belts. Coarser fabrics that included hessian and heavy cotton mixes were used to achieve a more pared-down approach to luxe dressing before the show concluded with a host of super-suited men in the classic Dolce and Gabbana silhouette. Watch the catwalk show here.

Calvin Klein Collection
Calvin Klein Collection presented a very streamlined sports feel collection that included slim fit suiting in two-tone fabrics as well as luxe nude shades. At the sportier end of the spectrum Calvin Klein Collection showed cropped jersey tops and zipper bomber style jackets and shorts combinations. The collection excelled with its more colourful ensembles that mixed striking azures, bold turquoises and soft blues with more muted tones of khaki and beige.

Burberry Prorsum
Outerwear proved key again at Burberry with everything from studded leathers to military-touched trenches in suede and wool, as well as padded shooting jackets and shorter pea-style coats all done with that signature Christopher Bailey grunge-glam. The colour palette was made up from rich hues of khaki, slate, ochre and dark navy for a sumptuous, wearable and desirable collection. Watch the catwalk show here.

Versace

It was a triumphant show from Versace that was inflected with 80s British Ska and Gangster style and a touch of rockabilly with quiffed hair and wide lapel jackets. There were super-streamlined suits cut slightly short at the ankle to show classic black and white winkle pickers, while fitted waistcoats were mixed with bold print monochrome shirts. The two-tone suits and flashes of tartan harked back to the 80s Ska movement with an added sense of Italian sleekness and suave.

See the full coverage of all shows at GQ.com

There’s something about wearing a cool printed tee and jeans that just works. But to pull the look off you’ve got to get the right kind of tee, with a print that’s not too quirky, not too commercial, but just cool. If you are, like us, slightly picky when it comes to the t-shirt department then we introduce to you the A.D collection from Topman.

The A.D collection features prints that are inspired by historical events that have shaped the city of London that we know today. With past collections inspired by events such as The Great Plague and the legacy of Jack the Ripper, the A.D collections present tees that combine limited edition prints with talking-point tees.

Speaking about the collection Topman explain that, ‘The great exhibition was staged by Prince Albert and Henry Cole to showcase outstanding exhibits of culture and industry.’ Taking inspiration from this, the tees feature hand printed images of the Koh-i-Noor Diamond, Dageurreotype Photography, Ornate Vignettes and the Destruction of the Burning Glass Structure which had hosted the exhibition.

So when you hear the words, ‘I like the print on your tee..’ you can wow your clothing admirer with an anecdote about Dageurreotype Photography being the first large scale commercial photographic process that, when viewed, a dark surface is reflected into the mirrored silver surface, so the reproduction of detail in sharp photographs is very good.

Not just a pretty tee…

The collection is available now from Topman stores.

Looking more Dizzee Gentelman than Dizzee Rascal, the UK rapper attended the Glamour Women of the Year awards last week wearing a very dapper Moschino Uomo suit complete with Armani shoes. Opting for a grey suit while most were in black Dizzee set himself apart from the crowd channelling a little bit of a 1920s look, especially with his black toe-capped pinstripe shoes from Armani’s next season collection.

Speaking to The Nod, Dizzee confessed that despite being dressed by some of the biggest names in fashion, he has plans to launch his own clothing line, “I want to have my own designer label. I want to make money from the clothes I wear. I’ve got big ambitions.’

With these big ambitions in mind it sounds like Dizzee is taking more than just style advice from the big labels, “My clothes won’t be cheap though. They’re the sort of things you’d save up to buy. If they’re cheap, nobody wants them.” Too true Dizzee, too true.

So we’ll look forward to an extortionately priced clothing line from Dizzee in the future, and we’ve already come up with a few names that might work for the line – Bonkers anyone?

Known for their rich heritage of quality outdoor wear and signature range of plaid jackets and woolen work-wear, Woolrich isn’t exactly the kind of lust-after brand we’re used to. But this year they celebrate 180 years of the brand and to mark the occasion they have released a special limited edition anniversary collection – and let us tell you, it’s really rather cool.

The capsule collection for AW10 comprises just 17 pieces for men and women with only 180 pieces produced for each item. And just so you know you’re getting a true collectable every piece has been individually numbered with anniversary labelling. The styles, which include a great ranch style plaid jacket and the classic ‘Charley Brown’ jacket, have been taken from the depths of the Woolrich archives and have been re-worked for a contemporary look.

We love the original images from the archives which accompany the latest interpretations of the pieces – especially loving the couple in matching outfits. The traditional outdoor wool and shearling Ranch coat that they are sporting so well has been re-worked in Woolrich’s signature red plaid with a shearling collar and real horn buttons. It’s a really wearable on-trend piece and these kind of coats are going to be everywhere come next season so getting a true heritage piece will put you one step ahead of the rest.

The ‘Charley Brown’ jacket was a favourite with fans throughout the 60s – 80s and with a tagline – ‘Where the girls are is where the Charley Brown is’ – we can see why. Featuring handpicked archive fabrics, chamois suede collar and cuffs and cashmere lining this jacket is a great investment buy for AW that will be a real heritage piece.

The Woolrich AW10 heritage collection will be available to next season via the Woolrich site.