Illustrations by Mr Andrea Mancini
Exactly 50 years ago this year, the fashion designer Sir Hardy Amies published his now classic style handbook, The ABC of Men’s Fashion, a collection of pithily delivered points of view that touched on everything from sun lamps (a precursor of tanning beds – “their use must be considered a bit caddish”) to trouser cuffs (“you can’t have any”). On shorts, he offered readers the following piece of advice: “Never wear [them], except actually on the beach or on a walking tour.”