Jude Law is exquisite as Lord Alfred Douglas, the sultry homme fatal for whom Wilde sacrifices everything.

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At Dior Homme there were plenty of nautical-inspired sweaters as at J.

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The new Dior Homme look is more athletic, with cinched waists and broader shoulders filling out the skinny suits of the Slimane era.

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Suddenly transformed from art-house provocateur to heart-throb, Kassovitz took perhaps the most surprising role of his career, becoming the face of Lancome's Miracle Homme fragrance.

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"Taxpayers have been unwilling to look at the long-term, " Prud'homme said.

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Although tight pants still dominated at skinny-suit stalwarts Paul Smith and Dior Homme, designers elsewhere are starting (thankfully) to give the dressed-up man's legs room to breathe.

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It was superseded by the contemporary piece Aujourd'hui C'est Toi in the late 1960s, which had previously appeared on the soundtrack to 1966 French film Un Homme et Une Femme.

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He is, as the French say, "un homme d'affaires".

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Tu seras un homme, mon fils ( 17).

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