Jim O’Brien: Dressing to impress, even yourself, is a challenge as the mileage mounts

The middle-aged wardrobe can be dull and unflattering

‘Late middle age has softened everything’. Photo posed/Getty

Jim O'Brien

One of the things that bothers me occasionally is the sartorial dilemma of the older man.

How do you dress in a way that is smart, restrained and comfortable while avoiding the temptation to array one’s muttony self in the garb of a spring lamb?