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" For an easy transition from work to wherever the night takes you out, you can&amp;#039;t do much better than the dark, classically tailored suits that dominate the fall collections. And you can&amp;#039;t look much better in them than the musician does in Esquire&amp;#039;s September issue. Let&amp;#039;s start a busy season on The Style Blog with a bang, shall we?        Photographs by Max VadukulOne-button wool flannel suit ($2,390) by Yves Saint Laurent; cotton shirt ($425) by Louis Vuitton; cashmere tie ($195) by Isaia.  Mark Ronson&amp;#039;s name, particularly in the United States, is in its character-actor phase: immediately familiar, but damned if you know exactly what he does. &amp;quot;To most people outside Europe or New York, I&amp;#039;m either a DJ, the guy that produced Amy Winehouse, or the brother of the girl that dated Lindsay Lohan,&amp;quot; says Ronson. &amp;quot;And it doesn&amp;#039;t really bug me.&amp;quot; Maybe it should. In addition to Winehouse, he produced Lily Allen and Adele before virtually anyone else saw their potential. As a performer, his cameo-laden 2007 album, Version, sold almost a million copies in the UK. Ten years ago he was a New York DJ for hire. Now, at thirty-five, he has three Grammys on the mantel and calls Jay-Z a friend. The release this month of his latest album, Record Collection, might wipe out any remaining anonymity. It could end up being the defining pop album of 2010. It&amp;#039;s buoyant, giddy even, merging hip-hop beats and Brit-pop melodies. &amp;quot;Four or five people improvising spontaneously in a room together is gonna have some of that energy,&amp;quot; says Ronson, who recorded with a rotating cast of sidemen (including previous collaborators like New York \u2014 based funk band the Dap-Kings and newcomers like singers Amanda Warner \u2014 aka MNDR \u2014 and Theophilus London, all of whom stopped by our shoot) that he&amp;#039;s officially dubbed the Business Intl. &amp;quot;I can&amp;#039;t help the giddiness.&amp;quot;  Ronson is a man without a country; London-born, New York \u2014 bred, he spent his early years shuttling across continents between divorced parents. In New York, he sang along with the other kids on the school bus to De La Soul and the Beastie Boys. In London, it was Blur and the Stone Roses. Appropriating references from both worlds became his signature. It&amp;#039;s in the bass line of Winehouse&amp;#039;s &amp;quot;Rehab&amp;quot; and all over Record Collection \u2014 there are also walk-ons from both Ghostface Killah and Boy George \u2014 and it&amp;#039;s in the way he dresses. With bespoke suits and bold patterns that match his music, he&amp;#039;s consistently named one of the most stylish men in British music. &amp;quot;Dylan in the mid-sixties. Bowie. Alain Delon in Le Samoura\u00EF. John Taylor in 1981. That&amp;#039;s the stuff I always loved,&amp;quot; Ronson says. &amp;quot;The thing about influences is that hopefully you can integrate them into your own new thing where the individual influences are almost unrecognizable. That&amp;#039;s also how I make music.&amp;quot; With this new record, Ronson is suggesting that his style, despite all its influences, is on the verge of becoming singular. He&amp;#039;s crafted a music nerd&amp;#039;s manifesto, sure, but it&amp;#039;s something we can all dance to, and maybe even remember him by. \u2014Andy Langer Read more about the members of The Business Intl in our Q&amp;amp;amp;As with MNDR, Homer Steinweiss, and Theophilus London. The Business, Man: A Style Portfolio by Max Vadukul  Cotton velvet coat ($1,625), one-button three-piece wool suit ($2,795), and cotton shirt ($325) by Dolce &amp;amp;amp; Gabbana; silk tie ($195) by Louis Vuitton; leather-and-suede shoes ($1,350) by John Lobb.   Cashmere coat ($4,995) and cotton shirt ($375) by Ralph Lauren Black Label; double-breasted wool suit ($4,695) by Ralph Lauren Purple Label; silk tie ($220) by Tom Ford.   Ronson with Amanda Warner, aka MNDR. Two-button velvet suit ($1,300) by Burberry; cotton shirt ($595) by Versace; silk tie ($175) by Ralph Lauren Purple Label; silk pocket square ($140) by Tom Ford; leather monk-strap shoes ($620) by Church&amp;#039;s. On MNDR: Dress by Nicole Miller; shoes by Vince Camuto.   Ronson with Theophilus London. From left: Two-button cotton jacket ($1,390) and cotton-and-linen trousers ($725) by Gucci; cotton shirt ($350) by Etro; leather shoes ($445) by Bruno Magli. // Two-button wool suit ($1,295) by Calvin Klein Collection; cotton shirt ($420) by Prada; silk knit tie ($160) by Etro; leather shoes ($630) by Church&amp;#039;s.   Two-button wool-and-silk suit ($4,670), cotton shirt ($550), and silk pocket square ($140) by Tom Ford; silk tie ($175) by Ralph Lauren Purple Label.   Two-button wool suit ($3,450) and cotton shirt ($425) by Giorgio Armani; silk tie ($135) by Paul Smith Accessories; leather shoes ($760) by Church&amp;#039;s. On MNDR: Dress by Gucci; shoes by Vince Camuto; ring by Alexis Bittar.   Ronson with keyboardist Victor Axelrod (center), and with Homer Steinweiss (left) and Thomas Brenneck (right) of the Dap-Kings. From far left: Two-button wool blazer with velvet collar ($835) and wool trousers ($400) by PS Paul Smith; cotton shirt ($425) by Louis Vuitton; silk tie ($160) by Etro; leather monk-strap shoes ($795) by Bally. // Two-button wool suit ($1,305) by Dries Van Noten; cotton shirt ($375) by Etro; leather monk-strap shoes ($675) by Sergio Rossi. // Three-button cotton-and-linen jacket ($1,590) by Gucci; cotton shirt ($295) by Ralph Lauren Black Label; cotton-corduroy trousers ($430) by Etro; silk pocket square ($140) by Louis Vuitton. // Cashmere coat ($2,895) by Louis Vuitton; cotton shirt ($375) by Giorgio Armani; leather shoes ($165) by Johnston &amp;amp;amp; Murphy.   Wool-and-cashmere coat ($1,695) by Burberry; two-button wool suit ($3,060) by Prada; cotton shirt ($280) by PS Paul Smith; silk tie ($180) by Giorgio Armani; leather shoes ($1,500) by Berluti.  "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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