It started the moment “Kinky Boots” star Billy Porter stepped onto the red carpet at the 91st Academy Awards in a black velvet tuxedo gown. Suddenly, all eyes were on the men. From Chris Evans’ blue ...

Simply sign up to the Style myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. In his ABC of Men’s Fashion, published in 1964, the designer Hardy Amies wrote, “all variance from the normal, in what ...

I have a black velvet jacket that I love, and I sometimes wear it in place of a tux, but only in homey situations like a private New Year’s Eve party. It’s sort of my answer to that Roaring Twenties ...

With a fine line between fancy and fancy-dress, Sophie Warburton offers up some dos and don'ts when it comes to choosing a men's velvet jacket Velvet jackets have long been monopolised by Hugh Heffner ...