Most Stylish of the Week: Suited up at CinemaCon

It has also been hard this week to cut the best looks down to six. I also have no idea why I've decided to only have six guys on the Most Stylish of the Week post...
Zachary Quinto, who usually overdoes colour or accessories when he dresses for the red carpet looked sharp and cool and ready for spring at CinemaCon. His rolled-up red suit trousers were paired up with suede black lace-ups and a muted checked shirt to balance out the standout colour. My favourite touch was the black and white belt, which made the look a bit dressier and kept it interesting.
It's no secret how big a man-crush I have on Joseph Gordon-Levitt. He always looks great. In this occasion he wore a grey checked Prada suit with a micro-print burgundy tie, which is a nice break from his usual blue suit. I would only complain about the jacket sleeves, the shirt must always pop out.
Chris Pine has been wearing impressively nice outfits as of late. His latest hit was the dark checked suit he wore to CinemaCon. He paired the double-breasted Louis Vuitton number with a striped shirt and shiny blue tie. This is a great example of how an excellent fit is always the best accessory.
Looking at pictures of Zac Efron every week makes me remember every week how much I need to start going to the gym... The actor just doesn't get it wrong. This week he went for a casual micro-printed degradé blue shirt paired with slim jeans and brown suede lace-ups, which he topped off with his signature Persol sunglasses.
At first glance, Logan Lerman's look doesn't seem like anything out of the ordinary but his cast and undone tie are to blame for this lack of attention. His blue suit, worm with a white shirt and printed tie is a winning combination. The best part of the look are actually the leather and suede blue shoes, which add texture and tie it all together.
Bill Skarsgard, the youngest of the talented-and-good-looking Viking family, opted for an unexpected olive green double-breasted suit worn with a grey shirt and dark grey tie. I love the combination of colours and the fit, which is perfect. I only wish those shirt buttons disappeared.

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SS13 Trends to Try Out: The Cuban Shirt

Clockwise from top left: Sandro floral shirt, Acne Oahu striped shirt, Dolce & Gabbana jacquard-woven shirt,
Dolce & Gabbana striped shirt, Lanvin panelled shirt, Dolce & Gabbana micro-dot shirt, Reiss pique shirt.

Until Dolce & Gabbana and a few other designers like Acne and Lanvin decided to include 'Cuban shirts' in their SS13 collections they were a marginalised garment we knew of thanks to Tony Montana in 'Scarface', McDunnough in 'Raising Arizona' and Raoul Duke in 'Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas'. I guess none of us ever saw themselves wearing one because of the awfully loud and often tacky prints. But you can always trust a fashion designer to take something before undesirable and turn it into a season hit.
I have been eyeing a few of the pieces available online, amongst which I favour the quiet pique take of Reiss and the micro print silk option by Dolce & Gabbana the most. After Dave Franco's editorial debut, I was thrilled to see Zac Efron sport another of the Dolce & Gabbana pieces. He wore it to the MTV Movie Awards and paired them with a slim pair of washed dark jeans and lace-ups.

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Most Stylish of the Week: Coachella & the MTV Movie Awards

A little later than promised, but here is the post! It has been a great week for menswear style. So good, in fact, that it's taken me a while to edit down the options to just six.
Zac Efron makes an appearance again in almost the same outfit as last week. I wouldn't normally talk about the same look twice but I love how last week's school boy outfit has been upgraded with the blue blazer. Everything fits perfectly and even the flip flops add a cool Ivy League vibe to the otherwise smart look.
At the MTV Movie Awards Eddie Redmayne beat everyone on the red carpet. His head-to-toe All Saints look was manly, cool, young and quite a different vibe from what we're used to seeing from Eddie. And you can shop it all – jacket here, t-shirt here, denim shirt here and boots here.
Chris Pine was also present at the awards and gave a lesson in smart casual. He wore cropped blue suit trousers with a beautiful blue linen Mandarin collar shirt and suede navy lace-ups.
Over at Coachella, Elijah Wood went for a classic Spring look with his Lacoste grey flecked polo shirt, which he wore with dark jeans and dust dessert boots. He topped off the look with a killer pair of mirrored sunglasses like the ones I posted about recently.
Justin Chatwin was also at the music festival, stopping by the H&M section. As usual, he got the fit just right and I believe grey jeans and a denim shirt are always a winning combo. I might just have worn a different, less tough, pair of shoes.
Robert Downey Jr definitely marches to the beat of his own drum. The actor decided to give the locals a taste of their own style in German Lederhosen. Normally, I would have found this costume-y and borderline ridiculous but on Downey Jr is a big big hit – especially from the waist up!

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Most Stylish of the Week: Zac Efron, Penn Badgley & Shia LeBeouf

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Either this past week has been terribly quiet in the menswear department or I am useless at finding images online. One way or another, this post is not as exciting as I would've liked it to be.
Zac Efron's appearance on the post is a bit of a cheat because he hasn't dressed himself as he's in the set of his latest film. But seeing that most celebrities get dressed, to a certain extent, by someone else I thought it would be okay. The proportions of this look couldn't be more perfect. I love the printed tie worn with the button-down shirt but my favourite part of the look are the penny loafers. Worn sock-less and with slightly cropped trousers they're the chicest option for the spring, specially if you get to play around with casual Friday at work.
Ever since wrapping up Gossip Girl Penn Badgley has taken scruffy to a whole new level way past chic. This week he seems to have put an end of his lack of personal hygiene and married the scruffy vibe with a relaxed yet cool look. I love the touch of the tuxedo jacket worn over the loose yellow tee and the brown Oxford shoes. Red circles on your eyes are never a good touch, though.
If you scroll down to forget about Shia LeBeouf's out of control facial hair his Prada suit and polo shirt make for a knock-out outfit. The fit of the suit if perfect and the slight shine and dash of burgundy of the polo shirt bring in a dash of refined sportswear. And the cast? Well, I'm more of a white clay and and crutches kind of man, but whatever floats his boat.

The Most Stylish Guys of 2012

I have been going through all this year's Most Stylish of the Week posts to see which guys had appeared the most. Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and Andrew Garfield are the clear winners followed up by Eddie Redmayne, Austin Butler, Harry Styles and David Beckham.
They all appear in today's post wearing some of their best looks from December apart from Beckham, of whom I couldn't find a shot I was happy with.
We can definitely expect great on and off duty outfits from Efron, Styles and Butler, who recently rocked the most amazing leather jacket with shearling collar from All Saints – exactly the jacket I need, which is now sold out, of course.

Have I overlooked anyone you would include in the list?

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In celebration of Movember,here are my favourite facial hair moments of 2012

Top to bottom and left to right: Justin O'Shea, Nick Wooster, Robert Rabensteiner, Roo Panes, Justin Doss, Josh Peskowitz,

 Random guy from GQ's street style, Zac Efron.

I'm not going to lie, I haven't considered for a second joining the Movember movement this year. As much facial hair as I might have I can't seem to grow a decent moustache. I also avoid clean shaving altogether to avoid looking like a toddler. I am not the biggest fan of moustaches in general unless you smoke a pipe or you're going through a hipster phase.
Instead, I thought I'd put together a post with some of my favourite facial hair moments from celebrities and fashion insiders this year. Who says Movember shouldn't be a celebration of a man's most distinctive (exposed) feature? Which is why tonight's launch of the 100 Beards, 100 Days book by Jonathan Daniel Pryce is the prefect way to end the day. Check out his tumblr here and stay tuned for more info on his book.

PS. This below is the closest I'll ever come to having a moustache. I look like I've been beaten with a stick but it fit the theme of the day so what the hell, right?

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Most Stylish of the Week: *puts hands in his pockets*

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Any week when both Ryan Gosling, Ryan Lochte and Zac Efron make public appearances is a good week in style by my books.
Ryan Lochte attended the Ralph Lauren show (duh!) this week and looked sharp in a navy number. The length of the sleeves, the tie knot and the pocket square and simply perfect! The interesting bit of his look were the cuffed trousers worn with Chelsea boots. Brownie points for that.
Ryan Gosling is finally back in the world. I had been suffering from withdrawal symptoms all summer. This week he rocked a brown Prince of Wales check gucci suit. Brown can often look dated or old but Ryan can pull anything off. I wish he unbuttoned his two top shirt buttons, though.
You don't really get a lot of stylish film directors but if anyone had to be that's Baz Luhrmann. He is about to turn 50 and easily looks 10 years younger. His shirt, cardi and trouser combo is super classic but the slim fit gives it a modern touch. I am hoping for great red carpet looks during the premieres of 'The Great Gatsby' next year.

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I don't have anyone up for best grooming this week but instead I have pose of the week. Almost everyone this week went for the hands-in-pockets pose. I guess it's a good casual one and you can either go for the "hunky here-I-am" look (shoulders up and back) or the "shy geek" one (shoulders down and forward). Zac Efron and David Beckham chose the first while Josh Hartnett went for the latter. All three of them also looked very casual but chose nice colours and accessories that made their looks a hit.

Most Stylish of the Week: How to wear pinstripe, by Zac Efron

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The Biennale de Venezia kicked off this week and I had the hope that whichever guys were attending would make an effort, being the start of the season and all. But there wasn't such luck. Thankfully, you can always count on Zac Efron for some young understated elegance. Efron didn't get too jazzy this time, which was a shame, but he still looked really sleek in two black suit numbers. I especially loved his pinstripe look (far right) because not only it was impeccably cut but he showed pinstripe is actually a great choice as long as you watch the width of the stripe. The only flaw? His patent leather buckle shoes (see below). Just chuck them away.
Chris Pine was also seen out and about this week and looking mighty cool as he headed to the airport. I love the perfect length of the beige jeans, the slightly loose chunky knit, and the vintage touch of the leather satchel and the mustard sunnies.

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Most Stylish of the Week: Spidey Garfield is on the move

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This week Andrew Garfield finally started his press tour for 'The Amazing Spiderman' in Asia. As a good Briton, Garfield has pretty much done his thing on the red carpet. And quite successfully. He also has great hair, which really does help.
I don't know if it was his great fashion choices but he seems to be having a ball at the moment. Some of his hits included a colourful checked shirt paired with green chinos and a Phillip Lim biker jacket, a burgundy number worn with grey, and an incredible Alexander McQueen striped jumper worn with a chambray shirt and beige chinos. I would commit crimes for this jumper.

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Alex Pettyfer has also started his press tour for this film called 'Magic Mike', where a bunch of really famous actors spend all their time stripping. We won't be seeing most of them making much of a fashionable effort but Pettyfer and Matt Bomar will make up for it. So far, we've got a chic and simple number that would have made anyone look like a girly art teacher but looked dapper on Alex.
Joshua Bowman is one of the new kids in the block. Even though he is been around for a few months – mostly snogging Miley Cyrus and more recently Emily Vancamp – we haven't seen much of his style until these last few days at the Monte Carlo TV Festival. He needs a lesson in rolling up trousers but he can pull off a short-sleeve shirt so I forgive him.
And, of course, Zac Efron. He is wearing the same trousers and sunnies I posted about earlier this week but it was a pretty different look. He wore them with a faded khaki shirt (I want!) and khaki sneakers. This is, gentleman, the perfect palette for the summer. Take note.

Most Stylish of the Week: Zac Efron does it again

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I haven't done a Most Stylish of the Week post for a while now, which is quite frustrating because I save tons of pictures every week to then edit but just haven't got around to it... And now here I am, back with a really unoriginal choice. I honestly don't know at which point Zac Efron went from being a teenage heartthrob to a man's style icon, to some extent. Maybe if I get buff the same will happen to me?
This week's look comes from the Rock of Ages premiere in LA. Efron is not even part of the cast but, hey, why not steal the spotlight from his less stylishly gifted fellow actors? It was actually a great occasion to see a more relaxed look from Z-boy, who has been wearing a lot of tailoring lately. He wore a pair of rolled up charcoal chinos with a loose micro-flower print blue shirt. The best, of course, were the accessories – a pair or royal blue suede shoes by D&G, the Persol 714 sunglasses (a classic) and Cartier's gold Love bracelet.
This look is a 10/10 by anyone's standards. If it's not, you've got a problem.

Most Stylish of the Week: A dash of Efron

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How well am I doing posting every week? I am impressed at myself! I am even more impressed at Zac Efron. He has been out and about in London this week promoting his latest movie. I don't know what it is about him being here that always makes him look very dashing – remember last time? My favourite looks of him have been the smarter ones, though he knows how to wear a t-shirt well. The first look was super classic – a three-piece black suit paired with a crisp white shirt. No tie and simple lace-up shoes. It might seem easy but it's not. What makes this look great is the fact that the trousers are ever so slightly cropped to show a bit of sock, the sleeves are the exact length so that enough of the shirt cuff shows. You see? Look number two was daring. It was clever to go for a colour suit in a clean skinny cut – no waistcoat or extra colours. He what is clever is allowing the colour to be the statement, which only works when the suit fits like a glove. The trousers look custom-made to me, can you see how well they fit? I appreciate the effort – my only complaint is that the fabric is a tad too shiny. Lessons are to be learnt from the master of suit-wearing. Look three is my favourite. I love the shade of navy of the three-piece suit. What makes this look is the accessorising – there is a hint of burgundy from the socks (perfectly cut trousers again), a pop of light from the white pocket square and the flower pattern of the tie, which brings together the colour of the suit and the colour of the socks. It's just great work! 

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This week I have also decided to institute a grooming award in this weekly post. I feel like the world doesn't give good male hair the recognition it deserves. And some of these guys deserve even a monument. Luke Evans was looking great this week. He is one of those lucky buggers who has an odd-yet-cool beard shape. But still, I suspect a little trim here and there. It makes me feel less alone when other men don't just walk around with facial hair out of control. And, guess what, Efron is also my winner of best hair this week. They are really styling it these days because he's wearing some awful blond highlights from a film with Nicole Kidman. I am really liking the diagonal part-in and the quiff-like-a-sea-wave. It's just cool.

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He's fly: Zac Efron, Part II

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I love following the style progress of celebrities. You might remember how my first ever He's fly post on Fashion, Frankly was about Zac Efron. I was then in awe of his Spring/Summer looks around the time when he attended the Maui Film Festival in 2010. He sticks to the classics but he picks garments that are individually interesting yet still versatile enough to be combined in many ways.
Over a year later, he's stuck to his own rules but stepped it up in terms of sophistication. This time I want to admire the looks he's been wearing for his latest press tour in the UK. He's always at his best when he travels.
He arrived in Heathrow channeling a bit of Ryan Gosling with a slim pair of grey chinos, a printed blue tee and a pair of brown lace-ups. He made these cool with a shearling lined leather jacket, some funky socks and a Louis Vuitton keepall travel bag. For the rest of his time in London he donned similar trousers in light brown a slightly shiny chambray shirt and a pair of dark brown leather brogue boots. He then played around with these, to which he added a burgundy chunky cardigan –a look he later wore too to fly out of Heathrow. My favourite look was the one he wore to his Radio 1 interview –a pair of dark jeans, a brown and blue checked shirt and the super cool leather jacket.

I went on to find similar items from Mr Porter for a 'Zac Efron, get the look' kind of thing. I love all the items I found as they're very much after my own heart.

1. Maison Martin Margiela shearling lined leather jacket @ Mr Porter, 2. Louis Vuitton Keepall 55 bag, 3. Gant Rugger button down chambray shirt @ Mr Porter, 4. Rag & Bone slim leg cotton chinos @ Mr Porter, 5. Mark McNairy full gran leather boots @ Mr Porter.

He's Fly: Zac Efron

I've been tracking Zac Efron's style for a while and feeling pretty odd about it. The guy was someone who, for a while, pretty much epitomised everything I didn't want to be. But not the High School Musical days are gone and he's turned into a cool guy with a really good looking girlfriend and a GQ-approved wardrobe. I don't remember anyone looking good in a short-sleeved shirt (1) but Zac rocked it with a kind of safari design, a slim fit and some chinos. He really knows how to buy chinos is every colour. They're never too slim or too loose (2), always perfect and in shades most of us don't own. He is also (together with David Beckham) the king of the airport look. He does 'casual Americana' like a pro (3) but he also gets away with more dressed up versions like the awesome one of the denim shirt and the black tie (4) —and the collar touch was just superb.

[Pictures: Zimbio.com, Celebrity-Gossip.net, GQ.com]