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From crop tops to tie-dye: how lockdown has liberated men's wardrobes | Priya Elan

Behind closed doors, men are finally dressing how they’ve always wanted to. Let’s cling to this new sartorial freedomSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus – latest updates
‘Hollywood heartthrob Armie Hammer revealed his lockdown look on Instagram: handlebar moustache, curly mohawk haircut and fringed crop top.’ Photograph: instagram

It happened a few weeks into lockdown. I was having a socially distanced conversation at the end of our garden path and realised I had dressed head to toe in tie-dye (jogging bottoms and self-dyed T-shirt). “I’ve gone mad!” I blurted out, clocking that this was Not An Acceptable Look For Outside.

It struck me that while I had been channelling a Grateful Dead roadie, I had also

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