Icons of style for him
A selection of luxury items for him


From left to right
Triumph Norgrove gloves, £55, Metropolis Motorcycles (0843 383 3250; www.metropolismotorcycles.com); Leather notecase with coin pocket, £99.25, Robertson Jessel (0845 543 6145; www.robertsonjessel.com); Arai Freeway helmet, £200, Halcyon MK 9 goggles, £65, both at Metropolis Motorcycles (as above); Casual plaited jeans belt, £96, Robertson Jessel (as above); Scanzo brown boots, £325, Oliver Sweeney (0800 622 6030; www.oliversweeney.com); Sunglasses, £230, Persol (0844 264 0870; www.davidclulow.com); Amazingreen eau de toilette, £57, Commes Des Garçons (020-7494 6220; www.selfridges.co.uk); Writer's edition 2012: Jonathan Swift pen, £635 (020-7629 5883/020-8332 4552; www.montblanc.com); Seamaster Planet Ocean 600M Skyfall limited-edition watch, £4,420, Omega (0845 272 3100; www.omegawatches.com); Shaving set, £195, Molton Brown (0808 178 1188; www.moltonbrown.co.uk); Saira Hunjan X acorn key fob, £50, Ettinger (020-8877 1616; www.ettinger.co.uk); Overseas Chronograph black-dial watch, £15,840, Vacheron Constantin (020-7312 6830; www.vacheron-constantin.com); ALT1-WT watch, £3,995, Bremont (0845 0940 690; www.bremont.com); TimeWalker TwinFly Chronograph GreyTech watch, £9,500, Montblanc (as above); X2 Edition Paul Smith camera, £2,000, Leica (020-7629 1351; www.leica-camera.co.uk); Type XII Watch, £14,400, Breguet (0845 273 2400; www.breuget.com); The Bonneville T100 motorbike, £7,199, Triumph (0843 383 3250; www.triumphmotorcycles.co.uk).
Photographed by John Lawrence Jones. Styled by Hetty Chidwick
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