How to groom your ‘Tasche: Dovo Moustache scissors
March 10, 2010 – 1:19 pm | No Comment

We’re back with the moustache and this time it’s a tool designed to help you maintain and cultivate your ‘tasche to perfection. The reasons for having a ‘tasche are growing by the year; besides their …

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Distinguished Hairstyles; Is Grey the new Black?
March 9, 2010 – 11:20 am | One Comment

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Growing old is something that all men fear, and find hard to adjust to accordingly. The transition period can be hard to gauge; are you dressing too old for your age, or too young? Then there is the choice in hair style and colour, and that’s if you still have hair left. With all these decisions the best thing to do is keep it simple. Keep your fashion uncomplicated, hair style understated and hair colour natural.

The key to growing old gracefully is not to fight it, but see how best to embrace it; the end result is that you will see not only a new you, but maybe even a better you.

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Good examples of this are the men under public constant scrutiny - Hollywood actors. The likes of Pierce Brosnan, Brad Pitt, George Clooney, have all managed to retain their ‘pin-up’ status without having to rest on the laurels of their youth. While they have reinvented themselves as new style icons, their style has remained simple. Their skin is always a picture of health, they do keep in shape but overall they let age take its course.

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The Oscars, as always, is a showcase for much talked about fashion and style trends, but one thing I have noticed is the men embracing their grey hair, and choosing to leave the colour how nature intended. Be it flecks, speckled or full grey head of hair, there is something about grey that exudes character, guile and makes a man look distinguished, something that is harder to achieve with the cleaner looking black hair colour. Could grey the new black? Maybe we should ask 2010 Oscar winner Jeff Brides, and see what he thinks.

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Aston Martin One-77: The Movie
March 8, 2010 – 1:00 pm | No Comment
Aston Martin One-77: The Movie

Aston Martin recently released the track test video of their latest and most audacious motor to date, the Aston Martin One-77. Expected to be worth in the region of £1.4m ($2m) the 7.3 litre V12 …

Ape to Gentleman’s Friday Five
March 5, 2010 – 5:46 pm | No Comment
Ape to Gentleman’s Friday Five

Aesop Deodorant

This weeks Friday Five commences with a new product from Australian brand Aesop. While we’re pretty sure that this deodorant will be top notch, the thing that really caught our imagination was the odour testing …

Tempelhof ‘wardrobe’ by Kolja Clemens
March 4, 2010 – 3:30 pm | No Comment
Tempelhof ‘wardrobe’ by Kolja Clemens

An image that always comes to mind when thinking of a gentleman, is a traditional four legged coat/hat stand, in a dark wood, usually populated with one hat for good measure, and a pencil thin …

Baxter of California x Head Porter of Japan
March 3, 2010 – 7:08 pm | One Comment
Baxter of California x Head Porter of Japan

American male grooming brand Baxter of California has teamed up with esteemed Japanese bag maker, Porter Japan, to create a limited edition travel kit for the Gentleman with an eye for Globetrotting. This limited edition …

Men prefer Elvis’s quiff but women prefer Brad Pitt’s crew cut
March 2, 2010 – 12:18 pm | No Comment
Men prefer Elvis’s quiff but women prefer Brad Pitt’s crew cut

Everyone at Ape to Gentleman HQ enjoyed this research conducted by head&shoulders classic clean shampoo** - a survey of over 4000 Brits revealed some very interesting results:

Elvis’s quiff is the most iconic ‘classic’ men’s haircut …

How to keep clean and master a new skill…
March 1, 2010 – 2:06 pm | No Comment
How to keep clean and master a new skill…

French purveyors of luxury handmade soaps La Compagnie de Provence are showing their true colours with their latest packaging design for their coveted soaps, which engages the users mind in a novel approach.
Each fragrance is …

Ape to Gentleman’s Friday Five
February 26, 2010 – 6:13 pm | No Comment
Ape to Gentleman’s Friday Five

It’s Friday and we’re right on the cusp of the weekend. While Friday signals the end of the working week, it also means its time for Ape to Gentleman’s Friday Five.
Biotherm Homme’s First Fragrance

There have …

Inventive grooming: Blooming Babe Spa Face Massage Oil
February 25, 2010 – 2:48 pm | No Comment
Inventive grooming: Blooming Babe Spa Face Massage Oil

I used to think it was only women that tinkered around with products that were meant for other uses, and turning them into the latest skincare ‘must have’, but it seems I was wrong. I …

Busy man’s grooming regime: Bread & Butter Skincare
February 24, 2010 – 7:36 pm | No Comment
Busy man’s grooming regime: Bread & Butter Skincare

Most guys are inherently lazy when it comes to grooming, and only do as much as they can afford to get away with. In understanding this fact, it’s vital that the male grooming brands do …

Steam Room Etiquette
February 23, 2010 – 5:52 pm | No Comment
Steam Room Etiquette

Steam Rooms can be wonderful places and have positive effects on skin, muscle, joints while helping to relieve stress, however there are always a few people that manage to detract from the otherwise therapeutic experience. I like to …