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| HE'S NO ROUGH BOY: Former Bournemouth schoolboy Christian Bale is now a Hollywood A-lister with the role of the Caped Crusader under his utility belt |
BOURNEMOUTH'S Batman Christian Bale, England manager Fabio Capello and Newsnight presenter Jeremy Paxman have been named three of the most stylish men of 2008.
Marks and Spencer boss Stuart Rose, US Presidential hopeful Barack Obama and Prince Michael of Kent are also in the top 10 published by lifestyle magazine Esquire.
Others include a Sotheby's auctioneer, an Italian industrialist, a Chicago rapper and an environmentalist.
Esquire fashion director Catherine Hayward said: "Powerful men know how to dress themselves and often stick to a uniform."
That's certainly true of American Psycho star Christian Bale, who grew up in Bournemouth and was still at Bournemouth School when he landed his breakthrough role, at the age of 13, in Steven Spielberg's blockbuster Empire of the Sun.
The youngest of four children, Christian's acting career took off at just eight years old when he appeared in a Lenor commercial. He followed that by playing a rock star in a commercial for the Pac-Man cereal and made his stage debut in The Nerd opposite Rowan Atkinson.
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Once his film career took off in the wake of Empire of the Sun his father resigned his job as a commercial pilot to manage Christian's career.
Wary of the press from an early age - he once claimed to have been picked on at school following Empire of the Sun - Christian has maintained a smart, polite, if distant public image.
"Each of the men in our list has given a teasing twist to traditional tailoring and made the look entirely their own," says Catherine Hayward.
"Whether it's M&S boss Stuart Rose accessorising with an evening scarf or Chicago rapper Lupe Fiasco wearing a tailored jacket and working the look with layering and checks, each man has interpreted the look to suit his own style."
She adds: "Jeremy Paxman more than holds his own against the Hollywood power set.
"He obviously takes confidence from his suits and the way he dresses reinforces his authority in interview situations."
9:36am Tuesday 10th June 2008
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