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Prince Phillip, born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, The Duke of Edinburgh, is long-time a client of Gieves & Hawkes Ltd, the venerable London tailor who's house style has military lineage.

Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed Roger Stone 2012

Prince Phillip, born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, The Duke of Edinburgh, is long-time a client of Gieves & Hawkes Ltd, the venerable London tailor who's house style has military lineage.

Roger Stone: StoneZone's 2011 Best and Worst Dressed Roger Stone 2012

"A few years ago, wearing a bow tie would have been perceived as something that was really nerdy and undesirable," says Barry Tulip, design director of Savile Row tailors Gieves & Hawkes, which has dressed Sir Noël Coward and singer Bryan Ferry.

A Return to Tying the Knot William Lyons 2011

Alamy (Craig); Getty Images (Labrador) Clockwise from top left, Turnbull and Asser pink end-onend shirt, £135; Thomas Pink Aj boxers, £20; Gieves Hawkes silk ties, £80; Daniel Craig as James Bond; Barbour's classic Bedale jacket, £189; Geo F.

Deconstructing the Unreconstructed Male Tina Gaudoin 2011

A URM always carries a compass and he is never without a tie (Gieves & Hawkes silk, £80), fishing it from the inside pocket of his Barbour "Bedale" (£185.95) at a moment's notice.

Deconstructing the Unreconstructed Male Tina Gaudoin 2011

Where suiting is concerned, there's an element of heritage at play here, with men turning back to stores that have reinvented the classics or have stayed true to their roots, like Gieves & Hawkes, Dunhill and Kilgour here in the U.K., Brooks Brothers in the U.S. and Zegna and Brioni from Italy.

Menswear's Formal Acceptance Tina Gaudoin 2011

Try a classic look, such as a Gieves & Hawkes dinner suit from £1,295.

A Formal Affair 2011

Classic, no-nonsense DJs can be found at Marks & Spencer (from £169), Gieves & Hawkes (from £1,295) and Burberry Prorsum (from £895).

The Black and White on Black Tie Tina Gaudoin 2011

Gieves & Hawkes Style variations in men's formal wear are minimal.

A Formal Affair 2011

URMs are almost always runners (Nike or New Balance only) and thus in good shape, but you probably wouldn't know it on account of their slightly baggy cords (Next, from £35; or R.M. Williams, £100) or old Levi's jeans, their frayed-collared shirts and their tweedy jackets or antique blazers (for new see: Ralph Lauren, Gieves & Hawkes, Austin Reed or Aquascutum).

Deconstructing the Unreconstructed Male Tina Gaudoin 2011