The perfect storm of street style, social media and peacocking has resulted in the regrettable phenomenon of men dressing to impress other men, usually ridiculously. (Peacocking in the pick-up artist sense is also unacceptable, as is being a pick-up artist.) It’s the sartorial equivalent of those vascular freak-beasts at the gym who remove any shred of attractiveness like it’s body fat in their single-minded pursuit of gains.

But unless you’re a peacock – or in a long-term relationship and letting it all go – it’s likely that you dress with the opposite sex at least partially in mind. Unless you’re gay, in which case dressing to impress other men is of course totally acceptable. (Peacocking is still not.) But even then, you hopefully don’t want to offend women with your style, and a compliment’s a compliment, right?

But what exactly is it that women want – or rather don’t want? Even FashionBeans isn’t insightful enough to know the innermost workings of the female mind. (Just ask this writer’s wife.) So we straw-polled some women working in fashion and asked them to tell us their biggest pet hates when it comes to men’s clothing, grooming and manners. Because being stylish isn’t limited to what you wear.

Hope Lawrie, freelance stylist

“Pushing not just you, but also an elderly biddy, some schoolchildren and the occasional pregnant woman out of the way of the Tube doors in order to force your way in and secure your clearly able-bodied self a seat. Then spending the journey staring resolutely downwards playing Candy Crush on your phone. I don’t love being casually groped on a crushed commute either, but I think the desperate-to-park-his-arse guy is more grating.”

“Smelly hair. Men don’t seem to think that shampoo is a thing. Perhaps womankind spend too much time and money washing, conditioning and brushing our hair but the odd squeeze of Herbal Essences even just once a week would go an awfully long way.”