We browsed the Collezione range, inspired by Italian design, and found a sandy beige
single-breasted jacket and paired it with matching trousers, a crisp striped shirt and some chocolate brown Autograph formal shoes for a professional summer look.
Tweed
single-breasted coat, pounds 49, Argos Additions Direct (0845 3060 0050)
Sparks fly, as, opposite, Tressia cozies up to Tommy, who's in a
single-breasted tuxedo with red-and-black patterned bowtie and cummerbund, from Taffy's, and a Philippe Charriol watch from Optional Art.
"The most fundamental business outfit for a man is a navy blue,
single-breasted suit, a white cotton shirt, a navy print tie and black lace-up shoes."
"I'm wearing a
single-breasted one today, and as for tomorrow, I don't know," Hashimoto responded.
"Never forget that clothes are the things in England that make your heart beat!" McLaren once told me; "There's a constant attempt to step out of that class structure of the two-piece suit." Britain's very first recorded youth tribe, the Edwardians - or teddy boys - of the early '50s, expressed a new working-class confidence and visibility through clothing: taking (and mocking) a late-'40s upper-class British tailoring style, called the Edwardian after its revival of fashions from the 1900s (the reign of Edward VII), bad boys from Inner London grafted details like the velvet collar and three-button
single-breasted jacket onto a drape shape that could only have come from American movies and GIs - a conflation of zoot and Western.
A
single-breasted cotton suit in black, navy or grey matched with a smart pair of shoes is always a good look.
Proving that your everyday essentials can be fun too are these Linea brights storage tins, which come in a set of three costing pounds 15, and this salt and pepper grinder set, pounds 8, both from House of Fraser, www.hof.co.uk The best thing about a 1970s lime green
single-breasted tulip coat is that it looks warm enough to wear now but is vibrant enough to wear in the spring if we're having a particularly dull day.
It may seem a little pricey at pounds 640, but its timeless,
single-breasted shape means it will see you through season after season...
A spokeswoman for the supermarket chain said the black,
single-breasted men's suit will be modelled by 34-year-old social worker David Baker from Hull.
According to reports, men employees under 5ft 9in are being advised against wearing ditch double-breasted suits in favour of a leaner
single-breasted style.