10 Outdated Men’s Summer Style Taboos

The high street is a solid choice when putting together an outfit like this, with retailers offering a myriad of colours and styles to choose from, so you can find the perfect balance.

Black Is For Autumn/Winter Only

While it certainly isn’t the most summery of colours, it is possible to pull off black in the heat. Just don’t go all Yeezy and don ‘all black errthang’, because wearing this darkest of hues in summer is not so much a question of whether it looks good, as a question of practicality.

Black naturally absorbs more heat than lighter colours, therefore if you opt for a tonal look on a hot day, chances are you’ll end up sweating like Jeremy Clarkson at an unsatisfactory Top Gear buffet.

For an alternative, sweat-free way to way the wear shade, throw on a few black accessories. A leather bracelet comes highly recommended, as does a baseball cap and a pair of black slip-on sneakers.

Key Pieces

You Need A Completely New Wardrobe For Summer

Brands and retailers love to talk about seasons. Aside from winter, spring, summer and autumn, there’s high-season, low-season, tourist season, whaling-season. Okay, maybe not that last one. But the only one you really need concern yourself with is all-season.

Building a wardrobe that can flit between hot and cold at least four times a year is the gold standard in menswear. Of course, there are pieces that you only wear for winter, such as a down-filled coat, just like as palm-print swim shorts are the reserve of summer. But when it comes to the rest of your wardrobe, aim for pieces that do double time by being capable of layering up or down.

Prioritise classic pieces such as dark raw denim, quality T-shirts in neutral colourways and fabrics that offer insulation and breathability in equal parts, like those found on an Oxford shirt.

Going Sockless Is Just That

Girls have nice feet. Lovely, in fact. Men? Men do not. For this reason, guys often choose to stop short at sandals by bearing a little ankle flesh instead.