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Here’s one thing fashion-conscious women of all ages share. We all personal things that the males in our lives don’t very similar to and we’re glad to work round them – most of the time.
Obviously not all males are the identical, but it surely’s shocking how a lot consensus there is as to what constitutes a man-repelling look.
They’re not loopy about culottes or tailor-made shorts, for instance. Rare is the man who raves about a girl in a dishevelled boiler go well with (a jumpsuit is one thing totally different).
They don’t thoughts a little bit of androgyny, however they draw the line at a plain gray trouser go well with and loafers. They’re not followers of lug sole boots, or white boots, or something orange. They don’t like skinny polo necks.
Metallics ship them right into a panic and capes are usually not one thing they might take significantly at this level. (We’re with them on that).
The drawback arises when man-repellers are additionally excessive scorers on the trend charts, garments that make us look and really feel forward of the recreation – so, let’s face it, we’re carrying them anyway. We have our type to consider.
The following are these garments at present in the charts that are almost certainly to give males the ick, plus the tweaks that make the distinction between them loathing your look and not minding it. It’s up to you whether or not you concentrate…
Wear your trousers with heels to guarantee your look is not a man-repelling one. Pictured: Perfect Wide-Leg Pant, £225, meandem.com
Baggy trousers
Guaranteed your man is Fed Up with dishevelled trousers – except he’s Sienna Miller’s boyfriend as a result of she at all times wears her barrel/balloon denims with a waisted high or a waistcoat, one thing that accentuates the smallness of her higher half in contrast with the quantity of her decrease half.
This is the apparent method to guarantee that barrel and fuller-leg denims flatter, not swamp, together with carrying a cropped, fitted on-the-shoulders jacket with one thing slim-fit beneath.
The different good anti-repelling tweak is to present a little bit of ankle in a narrow-fit boot or put on your dishevelled denims over a walkable block heel. That’s the look as of spring 2026.
Put away your Birkenstocks and put on a heel with trousers as an alternative. Try Zara’s block or kitten heel polished leather-based ankle boots (£39.99 and £35.99, zara.com). We is likely to be prepared for the change, too.
Leather or pleather
It’s a delusion, in my opinion, that males are delighted by women in leather-based garments. Suede, sure, in the proper place at the proper time; shearling, actually, if it’s a neat jacket or a tailor-made coat with flattering curly wool lapels (they don’t ‘get’ a John Motson automobile coat).
But darkish leather-based, or extra seemingly pleather in our world; a heavy blouson jacket (very a lot in trend); a belted trench coat (ditto); relaxed trousers… not a lot. It’s the heaviness that suggestions the scale.
Three things make all the distinction to the enchantment of leather-based – a straight looseish match for those who’re speaking about trousers; a tender belted jacket or coat (quite than a bristling stiff biker); and an A-line just-below-the-knee skirt – quite than an extended kilt type.
For man-friendly leather-based, M&S Autograph’s tender collarless cropped jacket (£199, marksandspencer.com) is a great guess. Yes, it’s black, however you’re carrying it with a vibrant round-neck high and scarf beneath, possibly a polo neck.
Boring beige
They’ve received used to us carrying countless black over the years however have by no means received the grasp of camel, off-white and gray. Men assume you seem like a bus conductor in a gray go well with (at the least these sufficiently old to bear in mind bus conductors) and Brenda Blethyn in Vera in a beige trenchcoat.
Happily, this season is all about print and color – and minimalism is in retreat – so this is straightforward to treatment: keep away from plain black, white and beige separates and combine up neutrals with zebra print, tiger, leopard, cheetah and deer, the minimalist’s exception to the print rule. Animal prints are centre stage this season.
Pop an & Other Stories beige zebra print bag (£169, tales.com) over the arm of your trench as an instantaneous man-repeller antidote.
Trousers all the time
It’s true, trousers are solely getting baggier (not one thing males are essentially celebrating), however skirts are additionally again and not the lengthy midis we’ve been carrying for years.
Alternate trousers with the new size fuller skirts, simply don’t put on them with 100 denier tights (very unpopular), loafers or Mary Janes. Kick off with Cos’s rounded skirt in midnight blue in the sale (£38, cos.com).
Skinny polo necks
Practically a obligatory underpinning for 2026, this is a glance males actively dislike. If you need to reduce the blow, put on it underneath a suede jacket (£149, zara.com).