A fleur for style

There was a time in the dim and distant past where real men didn’t wear pink shirts. Now, they’re so ubiquitous we’re avoiding them in order to stand out a little. Real men, of course, don’t refer to anything as the ‘new’ anything. So we’ll just point to the sudden acceptability of floral prints, and leave you to draw your own conclusions. Many thanks to George Barnett, drummer of our band-of-the-moment These New Puritans, for showing how it’s done.

Polo shirt £275 by Dries Van Noten; trousers by Burberry Prorsum

Blazer £99 by COS; shirt £95 by Ted Baker; tie by Liberty of London

Suit £745 by Alessandro Dell’Acqua; shirt £185 by Vivienne Westwood; tie £85 by Polo Ralph Lauren Purple Label; shoes £740 by John Lobb

PHOTOGRAPHY BY DANIELLE LEVITT. FASHION BY ANDREW DAVIS