DART

When the sun is high and 30 degrees are easily exceeded, only two options are open to a stylish man: simplicity or audacity. As the flood of shapeless Bermuda shorts, flip-flops and shoddy T-shirts flood the streets, squares and terraces, we’ve all wondered how to avoid looking like this, how to beat the heat while retaining a certain sense of style.

A man walks into a room wearing an ‘80s Rolex Day-Date, a trench coat that once saved a life, and the kind of quiet confidence that turns heads without asking for attention. He’s not here to show off. He’s here to show you how less can speak more, if you know what you’re saying.

Few men embody the effortless cool of classic menswear and vintage luxury quite like Matthew Hranek. A writer, photographer, and...