Go to Lidl, grab a pen and shrink your jumper – nine next-to-nothing menswear styling hacks from the catwalks

Giorgio Armani’s fall-winter collection at Milan fashion week. Photograph: Daniel Dal Zennaro/EPA

It’s January, and the cliches are in full swing: it’s cold, dark, dry, you’re waiting for that next payslip … It doesn’t help that this month collides with the latest menswear fashion season. There’s nothing like scrolling Instagram with last night’s leftovers, watching a flurry of glamorous shows, parties and way out of budget trends trickle past you.

But it’s not all doom and gloom. There are plenty of quick, easy and, most importantly, affordable styling hacks you can adopt straight off the catwalk. Here are nine tricks to tap into now.