'Old-school' Charles is crowned king of fashion

He has faithfully stuck to his signature double-breasted suit, pressed shirt and polished shoes for more than four decades. And finally it has paid off.

Prince Charles is today named the most fashionable man in the world, by style bible Esquire magazine, even beating OutKast rapper André 3000, 33, and Barack Obama, 47.

Judges agreed the 60-year-old Prince's old-school taste was preferable to "on-trend" dressers.

In fact, the list includes its fair share of mature men. Comedian Ronnie Corbett, 78, takes second place, applauded for his appreciation of the Argyle sweater. Artist David Hockney, 71, also made the top 10.

The youngest man on the list - and the only one in his twenties - is tennis champion Roger Federer, 27. Esquire salutes his "old-fashioned Wimbledon elegance" which appears to "verge on parody".

Jeremy Langmead, editor of Esquire, said today: "It's the men who dress like grown-ups who really caught the judges' eyes; as well as those who have developed their own distinctive style and stuck with it."

However, Gordon Brown and Boris Johnson, whose hair was described as "the result of an encounter with a ghost in a wind tunnel", were put in a round-up of worst dressed men.

● The full list of best and worst dressed men will appear in the April issue of Esquire magazine, available from tomorrow.