I would like to posit the argument that there is no-one in the world carries off the above with sufficient elan to be considered a style icon.

Chris from Eggheads? Eammon Holmes? Pete Shelley?

None are going be gracing the (reinforced) catwalks of Milan any time soon, sadly.

So who carries it off well? I am not just being unkind. I am also interested on behalf a friend of mine who thinks he might be in this category and wants to polish the sartorial turd as much as possible, pending the hitherto unapparent interest in exercise and eating well.