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ICONS

Old luxury
David Beckham, Jude Law, George Clooney, Beau Brummell, Louis XVI

New discomfort
Bruce Parry of Tribe, Ewan McGregor (Long Way Round era), Lawrence of Arabia, Tarzan

WINTER 2005 LOOK

Old luxury
Ralph Lauren chinos, two-ply Italian cashmere cardigan and matching socks with embroidered initials

New discomfort
Belstaff jeans, merino-wool T-shirt from Howies, Salomon hiking boots, all doused in your blood, sweat and tears. Also, a £560 Himalayan suit from North Face, which you try on in your bedroom occasionally

DREAM EVENING

Old luxury
A night in Dubai, in the deluxe suite at the luxury Burj Al Arab hotel, with a 22-year-old Russian called Irina

New discomfort
A night under a tree in the Borneo rainforest, Ray Mears-style, fighting off snakes on your own. Thank God you’ve got your Swiss army knife and Magellan GPS receiver

FINE DINING

Old luxury
A £45,000 blowout with your Insead mates at Pétrus. It was the four bottles of the 1945 that did it

New discomfort
Fresh Alaskan salmon caught with your bare hands and barbecued on a bonfire you started yourself by rubbing two sticks together

MUST-HAVE ACCESSORY

Old luxury
A BlackBerry in a Louis Vuitton case

New discomfort
A classic, handmade, custom-designed Leica M camera

ANNUAL HOLIDAY

Old luxury
Two weeks by the pool at Le Touessrok in Mauritius, sipping daiquiris, tanning and thinking of precisely nothing

New discomfort
A solo expedition across Antarctica, accompanied only by a pack of huskies and, hopefully, a full press corps following at a safe distance

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