Alexis Petridis: Country style file

The star who not only invests his millions in a move to the countryside, but also takes it upon himself to start dressing the part is a famously risible figure: superannuated rock stars with their trout farms and riding stables, the actor who spends his time at home got up like Cleggy from Last Of The Summer Wine . Not any more, at least according to L'Uomo Vogue Italia, which in its current issue devotes two pages to the pleasures of dressing in autumnal shades of tweed and corduroy, a flat cap perched on your head, complete with a photo of improbable style inspiration Guy Ritchie . In fairness, there's been a trend for country dressing in the city for a while – east London fashionistas had a thing about Barbour jackets a while back – but this is a whole different level. It's worth noting that Italian Vogue is a law unto itself in the fashion world, not least because it runs a website called Vogue Curvy , celebrating the pulchritude of the more bosomy lady, albeit in terms that leave you scratching your head: " Maria Grazia Cucinotta , she's the most famous Mediterranean corporeality". Accordingly, the tweed-and-driving-cap thing appears under the heading The Look Of The Good Lad. The feature suggests you should wear it "dopolavoro": after work. The mind-boggling implication being that you might slip into something that makes you look like a country squire in the office toilets before heading out for an evening. Non credo, as I believe they say in Milan. • Alexis wears gilet, £29, by Land's End . Shirt, jacket, cap and trousers, all from a selection, by Hackett , hackett.co.uk. Shoes, Alexis' own. Photograph: David Newby for the Guardian.