Style Gets Personal: The Gents Guide to Keep Cool

What to wear this summer? When styling men white always looks great with a tan as this Nikki Beach White Party shows.

White shorts tight black T shirt, coloured linen shirt for an easy, cool look. But this is better in warmer locations the edge the water.

Colors? Choose black, pale blue, turquoise or dark red. Linen shirts can be found everywhere. Keep it simple for instant sex appeal.

Add a panama hat to impress. Markets all over France, Italy have these for good reason, as do little sidewalk shops in most major international cities or you can go to Nolcha Retail and investigate the charming hats of Ms. Bodangles.

Choose Aviator shades, add espadrilles in black for a European look, to take you from beach to bar.

Swimming trunks choose one color, Olebar Brown make great ones. The flowery look is now overcooked. I feel the same way about these as I feel about boxers with little devils. Fun? Yes, Sexy? No. Replace baggy shapeless trunks with tailored ones effortless style.

For evening swap the shorts for jeans in black or white, add another linen shirt. T shirts choose black, white or blue on top. If you are heavy add a one button linen jacket in white to hide a tummy.

Where to stay? Bastide de Salins, Pans de Palais, Byblos in St Tropez or visit Grimaud. Enjoy some Rose` on me!

- Gabrielle Teare is the Alexa ranked No 1 Globally for Personal Stylist. Gabrielle is recently featured in 09 Elle, Marie Claire, Vogue and is currently retained by Disney for work on the new Tinkerbell project.