quintessential english style peut-etre

English style is more complex than french , it is about contradictions , English men have arrogance and modesty .they are the best dressed and worst dressed in the world .our P M deservedly hit the bottom spot as worst dressed -never looks at ease in what he's wearing, and dresses like a 50's grandad when he's off duty . the non conformists or dandy's in England stretches back to the 18thc .at the same time we have classic elegance these opposites reflect a multi faceted culture. 1 Jeremy irons of brisdeshead fame is the consummate older man once a model for Armani, he has his own style Nehru jackets ,collarless shirts ,scarves. always understated it takes intelligence to wear clothes well irons goes out of his way to quietly demonstrate both his intellect and his superiority 2 Russel brand is the current manifestation of the dandy, a bad boy in a long line that stretches back to lord Byron .tight clothes , scarves, jewellery hint at everything from hamlet, beau Brummel to Woodstock - chains, belts ,boots, wild hair make up the ensemble. you need good legs and your middle under control to get way with this lot. Russel is his own man ,if style is about a challenge to conformity and formal expectation then he is it .3 Robert pattinson reigning male beauty and poster boy ,has what the English do best- the natural look ,his hair is a studied mess, his slim jim tie isn't straight but his suit is from botang. tall ,elegant ,scruffy complex, available, remote, his teeth arn't fixed, he would never use bronzer ,have his eye brows plucked or shave his chest .very private, now you see him ,now you don't, soft yet deadly that's English men in a nutshell . of course there are other groups that mainfest english style ,the country set, goths, metro men, the worst of all are English guys in shorts ,legs like turkey drum sticks ,lardy, white, middle aged, hideos, with socks and Jesus sandals .get me out of England once the shorts season starts though English deserve their title as worst dressed, i think its close run thing with the Germans, where all their handsome Young guys turn to old Otto on the stroke of midnight on their thirtieth birthday . i have left beckham out of this list until now very handsome ,has terrific athletic body- but despite those advantages he's slave to fashion continually changing his hair ,his look. he's in his thirties he should know what suits him by now ,surprise of this and any other week Dave Cameron in gap and Zara gear like a bonafide stylish scruff out for the weekend -now that is something i can really connect with