Whether or not you’re mature (or jaded) for your age, dressing considerably older than you are doesn’t do you any favors – often resulting in you looking like you’re playing dress-up rather than coming off as established and in control.

You might be dressing too old when:

Your sales associate calls you “son” or “young man”

There are plenty of inspirational things about our fathers, but shopping at the same places as they do thirty years before it’s necessary really isn’t one of them.

If your wardrobe consists chiefly of scratchy oatmeal cardigans, blandly-cut corduroy trousers with elasticated waists and ‘sensible’ shoes, then it’s time to turn back the clock. Stop taking style cues from your father’s generation, and start taking advantage of your youth – carpe diem, YOLO, etc. etc.

It’s worrying when you and your dad dress alike. Image: Charles Tyrwhitt

Your parents or in-laws get it right when they buy you presents

Some of us have a fairly uneventful adolescence with little to no rebellious acts of teenage defiance, choosing instead to bow to family convention and missing out on the most important style-defining stages of life.

If you’re one of those guys who’s never made a bold style move, there’s still time: make a list of five items you’ve always wanted to try your hand at and go for it.

Distressed jeans? A biker jacket? A bold colored suit? Style it up and enjoy your first rebellion. Not sure exactly how to pull it off? That’s what we’re here for.

Now’s the time to push your style boundaries and experiment. Image: De Fursac SS15

Your partner and friends look like they could be your children

This is the male equivalent of a woman being told she’s ‘glowing’ when she isn’t pregnant.

She’s probably wearing too many empire line dresses and voluminous tops, but what about you? Pleated chinos, dated glasses, sloppily fitting shirts and sleeveless jumpers?