Stuart Husband suggests looks that are both smart and practical for life on the road.
There’s an old Chinese proverb: “He who strikes the best deal will always be wrinkle-free.” Well, actually, there isn’t – we just made it up – but it’s an aphorism that will strike a chord with any worldly gentleman whose business trip to Shanghai – or San Francisco or Stockholm – has been blighted by wardrobe malfunctions of the creased, rumpled, or wrong-side of-the-smart-casual-divide kind.
“Lots of friends of mine have important senior jobs in global companies,” says Mats Klingberg. “And they get quite stressed about the idea of packing for a trip that takes in meetings, fancy dinners and more casual events. How can they put together a series of different looks that ensures they look fresh and smart enough for each occasion without being too over-burdened?”
Luckily, Klingberg is in a great position to help them out. He runs Trunk, a London menswear emporium whose stock is rich in the modern crease-resistant fabrics and formal-informal blurring that can keep men looking sharp from shore to shore. Today, he’s wearing a soft-shouldered navy blazer by Italian brand Boglioli – “It’s cotton, with a touch of elastane to allow for stretch; you could fold it into your bag and it would just snap back in place when you took it out.”
This story is from the August 2017 edition of Business Traveller India.
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