Trousers go baggy as Paris men’s fashion gets supersized

As stock markets tumble and economists talk of more tightening of belts, fashion has gone supersized, with Paris catwalks overflowing Wednesday with outsized overcoats and baggy trousers. If the first day of the menswear catwalks shows is anything to go by, men will be flapping around in too-long trousers and enormous ankle-length coats when the new autumn-winter designs hit the shops in six months' time. Most of the models in Off-White's show looked as if they had borrowed their big brother's clothes or were auditioning for a remake of the video of British ska band Madness' 1980 hit “Baggy Trousers”.

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Sophia Loren Gets Her Hands Dirty for New Dolce & Gabbana Video

Work those pruning shears, Sophia.

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European Tour takes shorts in its stride

The European Tour took a stride towards a less formal future on Wednesday by allowing players to practice in shorts for the first time at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Golf championship. “The players have embraced it,” said the tour’s chief executive, Keith Pelley, said before the opening tournament of the ‘Desert Swing’ through Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Qatar. Former world number one Rory McIlroy was one who welcomed the change, in one of the world’s more socially conservative regions.

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Willy Vanderperre shoots enigmatic spring/summer 2016 campaign for Raf Simons

The two Belgians have teamed up once again to showcase key looks from Raf Simons' spring/summer 2016 menswear collection in a thought-provoking, twofold campaign based around pairs of shots. Mystery, rebellion and audacity are at the heart of the Raf Simons spring/summer 2016 menswear line — feelings that Willy Vanderperre captures perfectly in a new campaign for the collection. The campaign stars model Luca Lemaire in a series of embraces with a man whose face is covered by a scarf.

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