Smart Turnout Military Watches

Check out these watches from Smart Turnout but take more note of the huge range of 18mm straps available for £16.99 each. They're perfect to summer-up a current timepiece and brighten your outfit. Head over to their website to see the extensive range.

Watch £112

Strap £16.99

Mid Top Desert Boots

Mid-Tops and Hi-Tops are catching on in a big way and have been over the last year. The increase in popularity has seen a much wider range available. Originally limited to the street-hip Converse AllStar Hi-Tops, much classier and differing styles are now available and the design has been blended with the desert boot winter trend to make some really neat kicks. The desert boot which in South Africa was all too familiar with a "veldskoen", the typical Afrikaner farmer shoe, didn't take off too much amongst the youth, compared to the UK. The creation of sneaker-type desert boots is much more casual looking. Get yourself a pair.

Kenton Desert Boot Mid Top

R599

Available from Trenery

Lacoste Mid Tops after the jump...

The Return of the Denim Jacket

Not that it was ever really gone, but there seems to be an imminent revival of this classic wardrobe item. A denim jacket is easy to wear, and it is something that is also easy to look stylish in. The denim jacket is quick to throw on, looks good with most outfits and is super versatile. You can dress it up or down to suit the occasion. It is also a statement piece, part of what made James Dean and Marlon Brando such bad-asses.

Quick tip, you can wear a denim jacket with almost anything, except and this is a big NO... you cannot wear a denim jacket with the same colour or wash jeans. It doesn't work, and it never will.

But if you pull it off, while you might not look like John Lennon or Brandon Flowers, the respective frontmen for The Beatles (did I really need to tell you) and The Killers, you will certainly feel like a rock-star. While it doesn't come on the guarantee, it is woven into the garment.

The other great thing about a denim jacket is how it really becomes a personal piece as it moulds to your body and goes through wear and tear over time, with the fade and scratches it will pick up only adding to it.