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IT’S TIME TO... REALLY START DRESSIN’

SUIT UP LIKE A STYLE REBEL

Everyone is a disrupter these days, expressing their maverick selves by undercutting style rules that, let’s face it, no one actually cares about anymore. But if disruption is a rebellion against norms, there is one perhaps surprising way to out-disrupt everyone right now: put on a suit. And a tie. Not just any suit, of course. And not just any tie. You don’t want to be confused with your city comptroller.

Look for sharper cuts, higher waists and even a structured shoulder. Pair them with dress shirts with taller collars, slim belts and sharp ankle boots with a definite heel. This isn’t the soft, millennial Italian vibe you remember from a decade ago. There’s a harder edge to it—think ’80s Anglo-French style or 30-something Bryan Ferry in a suit—and it has never been so right. The icing on the

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