The MR. PORTER Guide to a Better Day

by Jeremy Langmead

The absolute best advice from experts in men’s fashion and lifestyle forms the ultimate handbook on daily living for the modern man. The MR. PORTER Guide to a Better Day is a dawn-to-dusk manual for living effortlessly and elegantly as a man in the modern world. Across nine chapters, this guide covers all aspects of daily life, from morning rituals and flawless grooming, to handy tips for managing your work and social life. Compiled by the editors of MR PORTER, an award-winning leader in men’s fashion, and featuring wisdom from Tom Ford, Laird Hamilton, and more, this volume explores the habits and routines of the world’s most stylish men. Every chapter is packed with expert advice, helpful illustrations, and full- color photography. Of course, it has the sartorial side covered, dedicated “How to Dress” sections between chapters each offer a deep dive into contemporary menswear, with advice on what to wear and how to wear it, whether you’re heading out for a fancy dinner, or spending a weekend recovering from said dinner. Drawing on MR PORTER’s unparalleled experience of dressing discerning gentlemen across the globe, it is the definitive volume that every man of taste should have on his bookshelf this season. 180 color illustrations

Genres: Fashion

348 pages, Paperback

Published June 2, 2020

Reviews

[Emmett · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny, smart, helpful and useful - now and for perhaps many years to come. This is a varied collection which includes thoughtful essays on style, interviews with notables including Tom Ford, recipes, checklists, travel destinations. It aspires to be a guide for everything from dressing well, going out, settling in, getting a good night's sleep, exercising right, personal grooming, outfit planning, and figuring what to say in meetings/art galleries/car showrooms. The prose stylists whose words hold practically all the weight here are much fun to read - glossy, erudite and tongue-in-cheek where it matters, but it is the off-handed phrase, or quietly reflective passage that takes one's breath away with how spot-on their observations are. These pieces are similar in nature to those usually offered by magazines but their nature and quality would outlast their usually ephemeral cousins, this is one book to return to again and again.

[Arnoldas · Rating 3 out of 5]

There are a few gems inside the book, unfortunately they are hidden in between pretentious write-ups

[Kieran · Rating 4 out of 5]

After reading the first Mr. Porter Paperback and feeling a bit disappointed by the hodgepodge of articles, I was excited by the prospect of a unified guide to living a stylish life. While there are still a few articles that felt a bit fluffy (including one or two that were hopelessly self-indulgent), the how-to sections were excellent. This was both an entertaining and informative, albeit somewhat fluffy, read.

[Palvinderjit Singh · Rating 2 out of 5]

A book full of some useful bits and like hacks, one that is related to life and all its aspects not only fashion itself. It is however a one time read and mostly surface-level stuff.

[Steven · Rating 3 out of 5]

Nice for a coffee table, very brief content.

[Justin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some good articles in there, but it got a bit boring in the end.

Occasional eloquent and humorous expressions, hence four stars. I quite enjoyed it.

[Niklas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Das zweite Kapitel: Why getting dresses is a lifelong Process" hat mir sehr gut gefallen und beschreibt viele interessante Gedanken, die ich auch schon häufiger hatte