Clothes may make a man, but accessories sure do make a gentleman. We bring to you five must-have accessories to spruce up your glam quotient this fall.

Homer Time

For 26 years now, Montblanc, that most eminent of German pen manufacturers, has annually honoured one of the true literary greats through its commemorative Writers’ Edition collection. This year, the company has delved back three-and-a-half millennia to a time when the Ancient Greeks were still the Rather Contemporary Greeks and bestowed the honour upon Homer, the man without whose verse history we would know little of the Fall of Troy and wouldn’t be able to deploy the word “Odyssey” as a sure-fire Scrabble winner.

Smokin’ Hot

To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Davidoff, trailblazer in the cigar world, has launched Caves du Monde – a series of humidors in four patterns, each representing a corner of the world – The Americas, Middle East, Europe and Asia. Designed by Mariane Léger, the legendary French artist, each humidor recreates a world of full of inspirations and cultural treasures. Mariane uses her skills to inlay hand-woven fabric into wood: mirroring the intricate craft that Davidoff applies in making its finest-quality cigars.

 Old Soles

British shoemaker John Lobb raided its own rural roots when it set about devising its Fall/Winter 2018-19 collection. Looking for inspiration from the brand’s eponymous founder – a 19th century Cornish farm boy – artistic director Paula Gerbase set out to create a collection of men’s formal and semi-formal footwear with a focus on natural tones, textures and materials, including various shades of suede and calfskin. The upshot, according to the brand, is a fine selection of lightweight walking shoes, a style very much on trend.

Sci-Fi Spectacle

Gentle Monster, the Seoul-based designer spectacles and sunglasses brand, has eschewed all things retro with the launch of its very forward-looking Once Upon A Future collection. Scarcely skimping on any stalwart of sci-fi-led style, the range is awash with shining, shimmering silver and chrome lenses, and futuristically-fashioned nose bridges and frames straight out of the Buck Rogers playbook. Outlining the thinking behind this outré optical experiment, the company said: “We’re striving to evoke the paradoxical feeling of remembering the future.” Well, that clears that up then.

Shoes in Hues

Giuseppe Zanotti, the Italian luxury fashion brand, looks set to continue its head-turning ways with its latest low-top footwear collection, RNBW. Featuring six super-glossy pop colours in diagonal and vertical arrangements, the RNBW sneakers come treated with a special paint that is said to bestow a liquid lacquer effect on leather, making this somewhat fancy footwear look as though it has been freshly rainbow-dipped. Available in sizes 16-33 in men’s, women’s and children’s shoe styles, this multi-hued array is a true on-feet visual treat.