MJ Bale

The Sydney-based M.J. Bale veteran regional manager downloads on her favourite Pinot Noir, her tips to great styling in menswear and her daily battles against the snooze button.

M.J. Bale's first ever Melbourne customer and all round good-bloke Goran Petrovic gives us the skinny on his home town.

The two Melbourne brothers and nightclub owners mark out their favourite spots and why manners maketh the man.

The founder/owner of Sensory Lab (and lawyer) downloads on his favourite Melbourne haunts and the benefits of getting horizontal at the Great Hall.

Our manager of M.J. Bale’s Perth’s Brookfield Place store, Andrew Chounding, gives us his thoughts on integrity, patience and the symbiotic relationship he enjoys with two chickens called Ishmael and Colin.

M.J. Bale’s New York-born, Sydney-based store manager and retail coordinator, Alberto Milles, downloads on what makes a good style of man, why life is better with experiences and his antler-clad spirit animal.

It may seem like a misnomer for M.J. Bale designer, Daniel Fitch, to say that he likes to “honour tradition while eliminating convention”, but the man does walk the walk.

The co-founder, artistic director and conductor of the Australian Brandenburg Orchestra downloads on what makes a good style of man

The former Melbourne Rebels and London Wasps star pens his thoughts on what it's like to hang up the boots for good.

Farmer Dougal Bowman is a “stellar fella” and “as genuine as you can get”, says brother-in-law and nominator, Stewart.

Mates since they were 10 years old, Australian Soduku representative, Mick Collis, and Brian Melrose epitomise the core character of mateship.

“Polite, giving” and a whiz on the dancefloor, Alberto Grava is, according to girlfriend, Jacqui, a “true gentleman”.

Year 12 student, Charlie Davidson, nominated his grandfather, agricultural patriarch, Francis Michael Davidson OBE, for his services to Australian rural life. He and his father, David Davidson, spoke to us.

In one of our more humorous entries, Sean Thomas nominated his dog, Mitch, as the epitome of man’s best friend.

A hardworking bloke with ethics to boot, Luke Graham, his mate Jacob Salvatori says, has constantly “stuck his neck out” to help his friends and is always there when you need him.

Sydneysider Pete Wilson has raised millions of dollars for local charities by running across deserts and polar ice caps in Alaska and Antarctica. But his biggest journey to date has been confronting – and overcoming – his demons.