Grooming, waxing, and  manscaping, male style and the fashion world has altered drastically since the good old days when your were handed a pair of trousers on your 16th birthday and you wore them for life. Now gentlemen are expected to look and, yes, even smell good. But it’s delightful to know there are some fashion pioneers out there who don’t subscribe to the norm and plough their own style, and sometimes bizarre paths. All hail these true singular sartorial stars are their weird clothing choices.

JUDAH FRIEDLANDER

For some, clothes make a statement about who they are. Then there are others who take this slightly more literally. Comedian and 30 Rock star Judah Friedlander has been rocking the thick glasses, metal hair and ‘statement of fact’ trucker baseball cap for years now.  He designs the hats and they’re statements himself.

JOHN DALY

With its weird pants, weird hats and weird shoes, golf style is a particularly challenging area. There have been other fashion icons of the sport such as Payne Stewart and Jack Nicklaus, but for the whole package a tip of the cap has to go to John Daly. Smoking, boozing, snogging and cheeseburger chomping his way around the courses of the world, Daly ruffled golfing feathers even further with his exceedingly garish trouser choices.

JACQUES COUSTEAU

The salty, sea-faring style of this underwater explorer was perhaps best typified by Bill Murray and his wool cap obsessed character from The Life Aquatic. Thick sweaters, parkas, awesome rectangular shades and, of course, his trademark red tocque, Jacques didn’t have to try too hard to look both rugged and classy. Even though he probably smelt faintly of herring.

SIR JIMMY SAVILLE

Though the late great DJ was rumoured to have been the first to use two turntables at the same time, the rap roots run deeper. With piles of bling and a warehouse full of baggy tracksuits to his name, he was an elderly man from the north of England, dressed as an MC. Animal prints, extravagantly dyed hair and with a constant cigar on the go; he was a true individual.

JOHN MCCRIRICK

Looking like a man attempting to resemble an English gent but getting it slightly wrong, this Brit racing pundit and reality TV star has developed a style and stuck to it. Sherlock Holmes hat, spectacles on a chain, tweeds jackets, possibly a cape thrown in, he epitomises the countryside gone to seed. He even has his own name for his enormous sideburns: ‘wackers’. Sadly the bubble burst slightly when the world witnessed his enormous white y-fronts during a stint of Celebrity big Brother.

RONNIE CORBETT

The diminutive comedian and TV star who is always accompanied by the word ‘diminutive’. When he wasn’t dressed as a woman or a tramp on his variety show, Ronnie presented himself as a singularly well groomed individual with ever-present Lyle & Scott golf sweater, slacks and trademark specs. Small but perfectly packaged.

PRINCE CHARLES

Heir to the throne and occasionally an endlessly running punchline, this royal roustabout has a regal style of his own incorporating blazers, ties and a parting in his hair so sharp it could slice cheese. He exudes a timeless, classy demeanour, much imitated by Andre 3000.

PHIL SPECTOR

Though his current wardrobe choices tend to be confined to orange prison issue jumpsuits, Phil made a splash during his court case with his selection of bizarre wigs and hairpieces that can only be described as ‘Beetlejuician’. A fan of the accessory with pocket watches, cravats and handkerchiefs often added into the mix, it was his fondness for wearing a gun on his hip that finally got him into trouble.

RUSSELL BRAND

Resembling a cross between a Victorian ragamuffin, a nursery rhyme villain and a fading 1970s rock god, Brand has selected his style and stuck tenaciously to it. His fondness for chest hair displays might not be everybody’s cup of tea, but it was good enough to snag pop starlet Katy Perry. If only his taste when picking film scripts was better.

FARNSWORTH/FONZWORTH BENTLEY

As the valet/personal assistant/butler to music and fashion icon Sean Combs, you know Farnsworth or Fonzworth Bentley has to look good at all times. So good in fact that he branched out from adjusting Diddy’s mic and selecting his underwear, to becoming a music star in his own right. And his rocking of the bow tie and umbrella combination has to be applauded.

 

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