Could Jeremy Clarkson be the most fashionable man in Britain?

 Stop laughing now, he’s very Balenciaga, says Richard Gray...
Fashion icon: Jeremy Clarkson
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Richard Gray13 October 2017

LEATHER LOADED

The zip-front dead cow extravaganza, seen on every man who ever went to a car boot sale, is le dernier cri, say fashion types in Paris. A leather bomber says cocktails, bar stools and a Vauxhall Chevette. But mostly it says: ‘I’ve still got it.’

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INTO THE MATRIX

The Keanu-starring cinema smash was surely the influence behind Balenciaga’s stretched-out shades. But the nation’s most famously grumpy car enthusiast has been a champion of those little lenses for seasons, darling. Here he is looking not even the slightest bit like Laurence Fishburne as The Matrix’s Morpheus.

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SAINSBURY’S CHIC

Should you still be in any doubt as to whether or not what you are looking at is, in fact, the most fashionable man in Britain, then consider this: Clarkson was doing orange man-bags way before Balenciaga... and his is plastic.

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PTA PERFECTION

Never-ending tea and biscuits and yet another conversation about the school mini bus: our Jeremy is deft in the art of the parent-teacher association cream jacket. This reassuring shoulder line and soft-to-the-touch cloth implies one is fully fluent in ‘deputy head’.

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DAD DENIM

The big-ticket purchase from the super-fashionable French house is what has come to be known as dad jeans. Faded a bit and ill-fitting, these must-grab numbers have been Clarkson faves for years. Dad jeans have that certain ‘Je ne sais garden centre’ look, with more than a sprinkling of Eau de Kwik Fit.

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