City Style

Tailoring, sneakers and the smart-casual line nobody explains properly.

What Your Face Stops Doing At Thirty, Fifty And Seventy

Oil output drops, skin thins, hair turns wiry. Three short routines that keep up without adding a shelf of bottles.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

The Achilles warning signs men over thirty-five keep missing

It stiffens up in the morning, loosens by noon, and you forget about it. That pattern is the tendon asking for help before it stops asking.

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What should I wear to this?

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GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Chelsea, chukka or work boot, and what each one goes with

Your pant hem decides which boot you can wear, and most men get that order backwards. Start with a tape measure.

Coconut.com — Tell us when. We find where the sun is.

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Grooming6 min read

Stop Pulling Your Shoulders Back, It Never Holds

Good posture collapses by 9:15 because you're holding a pose. Four minutes in the morning and one cue you can actually carry all day.

Poll

When did you last ask for a raise?

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

Your leg is screaming but the problem is in your back

Sciatica isn't a hamstring, a cramp or a bad hip. Here's how to tell, what to stop doing this week, and the signs that mean go now.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

What to wear to the bid meeting when you work with your hands

The shirt that fits your shoulders strangles your neck. Fix that, fix the pants, and you can walk into any room straight off a job site.

Delicious.com — Nine thousand recipes and a plan for tonight

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your Wave Dies In The Seven Minutes After The Shower

Wavy hair sets while it dries, not while you style it. Fix the drying and the rest of your morning gets easier.

Quiz

Is your money actually in order?

Six questions. No email required, no sales pitch at the end.

GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Glaucoma steals your side vision and you won't notice

It takes the edges first, both eyes cover for each other, and the damage doesn't come back. The exam that catches it takes under an hour.

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20267 min

Fold the knits, hang the wovens, and starve the moths

The sweater you lost to a pinhole was either clean when you put it away, or it wasn't. Almost everything else about storing clothes follows from that.

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Rewrite my CV so it actually gets read

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GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20265 min

Your Flakes Aren't Dryness, And Conditioner Won't Fix Them

Four active ingredients do the work, the rest is perfume. What to buy, how long to leave it on, and when the flakes mean something else.

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Psoriasis isn't just skin deep and the treatments finally caught up

The plaques are the visible part. The joint damage, the fatigue and the heart risk are what nobody warns you about at the walk-in clinic.

Poll

How many days a week are you actually training?

GuideStyleDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The clothes worth buying in your twenties, in the right order

Your body's still moving, your budget's thin, and the trend cycle is loud. Buy for your calendar, fix the fit, and the rest sorts itself out.

GuideGroomingDean Shaw23 Sept 20266 min

The Haircut Goes Five Days Out, Not The Night Before

A day-by-day plan for the week before a wedding, an interview or a photo, and the four last-minute moves that wreck it.

GermProof.com — An invisible germ barrier on your skin for hours

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20265 min

What your A1c actually measures and when it lies

One number covers three months of blood sugar, you can't cram for it, and a handful of common conditions make it read wrong.

Quiz

Does your wardrobe actually fit you?

Five questions, honestly answered, and a plan for the next fortnight.

Style5 min

How to dress for a graduation, a baptism or a christening

Grooming5 min

The Same Face Works Monday In A Tie And Thursday In A Hard Hat

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Give me something to do with my kids this weekend

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GuideFitnessCal Brennan23 Sept 20266 min

Long-lived people don't work out, they just never stop moving

The shepherds and gardeners outliving the rest of us never did a single bench press. What they do instead fits inside a Tuesday with a job and two kids.