#D2gether
Louche and loose, the guys and dolls of next summer have a penchant for leather, 50s silhouettes and making trouble on summer vacay. Hair gelled back and dressed in black with jaunty leather caps, neck scarves and pointy winkle picker boots loaded with Western buckles, their goth style gets a sunny injection when they roll into Hawaii. Their signature bad boy and girl looks garner new layers picked up from the tropical surrounds.
Biker leather pants and calf hair leopard-spotted jackets are mixed up with Hawaiian prints on shorts, shirts and denim jackets. Slick black 50s pieces are contrasted with denim and pastel in their holiday wardrobe. An oversized leather cardigan is worn on top of a bonded double-face leather polo with stripes, gossamer fine tulle sleeveless T-shirts are trimmed with ruffles. A satin bomber jacket shimmers, from its colorful floral design defined in tonal sequins – the sleeves profiled in a row of the same Western buckles on the boots. Sweatshirts feature soft leather sleeves. The K-Way and Dsquared2 collaboration continues with waterproof covered K-Way denim shorts constructed with side zips. A series of pastel shade 50s style prom tuxedos feature ruffles on the shirt and coordinating bow ties and lapels.
A bad scout theme is woven into the looks courtesy of cotton drill shirts appliquéd with special badges for wayward adventurers, one is for pitching a tent on mountain top, the other, hard liquor drinking games. Accessories for camping in the great outdoors, include a frypan and metal cup are tethered to an oversized patch-decorated backpack.
Dsquared2’s cropped narrow pant silhouette is mixed with a feminine retro shape for the women’s lineup. Hawaiian prints appear on soft leather pants, jackets and miniskirts, worn with slouchy biker jacket in leopard print calf hair. Short and flirty full tulle skirts and dresses are layered with K-Way hooded jackets covered in transparent plastic. The Western style buckles from the men’s boots trim a zip-up bodice dress, appear in rows on jackets and sweatshirts and at the top of a hybrid bootie that melds a bukled goth boot with a flip flop. Floaty long tulle skirts are swathed in ruffles. Multi-dimensional flowers are attached to black ribbons for chokers and bracelets.
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Tags: DSQAURED2 SS 2018, DSQUARED2, SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018 COLLECTION, SPRING SUMMER WOMEN 2018
Fri, June 30 2017 » Fashion Blog
Pure Versace – fresh attitude, easy energy and an immediate passion that runs deep. Pinstripes are refreshed and remixed, like pinstripe strong-shouldered tailoring, or shirts where different pinstripes are contrasted and clashed.
The new power of Versace prints: the utility of a tech blouson is contrasted with the romance of its “Balletto” print, while the “Angelo” print appears on a sharp quilted bomber. Versace silk shirts are made modern, with two shirts cut up and combined, or the optical print shirt cropped to just show above the waist of black silk utility shorts.
Knits are playful, like the cotton knit red twinsets with a bead and crystal crown embellishment, or diagonal cut knits that add dynamism to the layers. Biker jackets and pants are given unexpected softness in black silk, complete with quilted padding. Silk pyjamas are the perfect luxury for day.
A classic Versace logo looks totally new, embroidered in white stitches on a baby blue or pale pink T-shirt, worn with matching straight leg jeans. Parachute pants have zips at the side for a volume that’s then gathered by drawstrings, while utility blousons have lattice lacing on the sleeves.
Leather trenches are created from intricate patchworks of leather squares, the corners held as if by a bolt. They come in black or black-and-white check. Baby pink tracksuits are in cotton velour with a baroque jacquard, while stonewash denim jackets are cut and patchworked with Versace denim prints.
Metal chains stitched through tailoring create an eloquent evening take on the pinstripe. The “Cornice” print appears on a sharply tailored silk blazer. A special Women’s capsule collection shows the unity of the Versace world: pinstripes, cut- and-clashed prints, rich embroideries. V-Circle – The Manifesto Edition is a new watch with a unique pied-de-poule dial.
Meanwhile the Aion watch has a bold hexagonal dial. Backpacks come in classic prints. Sneakers are moulded on the heel with the Medusa or Greek Key, while velvet slip-ons are embroidered with crowns.
“This collection is like a homecoming. It’s about the passions that define Versace, the complexity of men, the energy of today.” Donatella Versace
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Tags: SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018, VERSACE, VERSACE SS 2018
Tue, June 27 2017 » Fashion Blog
Lost and found. Enjoying life as an act of self-discovery. A well to do boy falls in permanent vacation. Giving up rules, allowing randomness to shape his own bits and pieces. His encounters with strangers turn into garments, liberally. He dresses himself like he was collecting. His pride is the nobility of coincidence. Items left behind, items to be retrieved.
The boy in on a journey, hitchhiking through the city. In a state of dreamy haze, he keeps toying with disparate archetypes: the trench, the safari jacket, the clerk pants, the suit, the windbreaker. XS, M, L: his game of sizing is absent-minded. Ingenuity urges him to paint his shirts, and he enlists the artist Magdalena Suarez to do so.
Automatisms and surreality. A daydreamer, the boy falls asleep to wake up dressed anew. Did he change overnight? Did dreams turn into clothes? Everydayness and symbolism. Office wear, on holiday. A tie, for the beach and tiny sailboats on the suit. Tailored tropical wool, for the boat.
Jamaican nods and bits of the 20s. Misaligned pinstripes, askew neckties. Shrunken, unfinished knits. Maillots de bain that turn into t-shirts, running bibs for imaginary runs in canvas sneakers and striped shorts. The boy finds meaning in the unexpected, enlightenment in letting things happen. He knows that fate and chance know better.
In poignant abandon, he finds himself.
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Tags: MARNI, MARNI SS 2018, SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018
Tue, June 27 2017 » Fashion Blog
Mon, June 26 2017 » Fashion Blog
Mon, June 26 2017 » Fashion Blog
It’s a vacation story, about freedom, relaxation and optimism, free will too. About touches of eccentricity – as opposed to the pursuit of a clean style – as if it was the way to shift attention, to transfer symbolism and details. The N°21 Spring/Summer 2018 men’s collection expresses an authentic aspiration for levity and the sense of liberation that comes with.
«I designed a collection where freedom prevails over construction and lightness describes a wish for escape – not the type that’s synonymous with flight from present reality, for in his detachment from normal life the man I have in mind expresses the will we all have to rise above day-to-day goings-on in a world that seems to make everything very difficult, very arduous,» says Alessandro Dell’Acqua, creative director of N°21.
This form of escape can, for instance, emerge in the placed print on a white shirt depicting a surfer in action; or in a print illustrating other beach games on an otherwise plain yellow vinyl trench coat, inspired by a young Matt Dillon photographed by Bruce Weber in the late ‘80s/early ‘90s. Images where the sense of lightness becomes complementary to a lifestyle that’s relaxed yet not indifferent, aware but not concerned.
Just as the vinyl detailing on jackets talks about style, the jacquard textures of knits are a nod to the responsibility of a train of thought that’s never superficial. Similarly, contrast piping offsets the classic cut of pants, so attaining a pajama-like softness, while ramage design prints add richness. Then there are coats and jackets in mixes of check fabrics that work closely with the blue suits in cool wool.
«Blue is very important in a man’s wardrobe since it mixes easily with any other color. I use it a lot because I love it: for me, it holds both the idea of freshness and the idea of freedom,» says Alessandro Dell’Acqua. Desirable characteristics that also represent the guidelines of this summer collection all about the beneficial effects of the relaxed feeling of optimism.
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Tags: N°21, N°21 SS 2018, SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018
Mon, June 26 2017 » Fashion Blog
An ancient armor discovered in a historic palace in the Far East is the starting point for the Les Hommes Spring Summer collection. Tom Notte and Bart Vandebosch draw inspiration from Eastern cultures – surveying their history – to deliver their own modern interpretation in a collection that acknowledges the past while envisioning the future.
A series of urban styles – true to the brand’s heritage – reinterpret Asian references. Straps, laces, and overlapping belts create geometric shapes for comfortable, cool and contemporary armor. Leather is used throughout, often as a total look, to hint at the structure of period pieces. Bombers feature animal decorations and symbols borrowed from traditional oriental clothing.
Jacquard weaving, one of the strengths of Notte’s and Vandebosch’s work, depicts two leopard and bamboo designs that emphasize the fierce and free spirit of these urban warriors. Soft and fluid tank tops that veil the body replace the traditional concept of the dress shirt. Pants alternate between two opposite styles: baggy and classic cut, in an oversized version, or fitted leather leggings paired with wide knee-length shorts.
In addition to classic hues of white and black, the color palette embraces a new sand shade, while bold accessories include six different types of jewelry featuring a vintage feel and underground look – ranging from more traditional earrings to shiny pins to wear on the lips like a scar.
Must-have sneakers with wide decorative straps punctuate the new look of Les Hommes.
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Tags: LES HOMMES, LES HOMMES SS 2018, SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018
Mon, June 26 2017 » Fashion Blog
Fri, June 23 2017 » Fashion Blog
Sketches from Hidden Garden
For his debut Summer collection, Artistic Director Alessandro Sartori is clashing innocence and sensual masculinity in an exploration of conscious and sub-conscious fantasies. The linear backdrop of one of the historic courtyards of Milan’s Università Statale is the framework for a futuristic garden with tangerine lawns in a labyrinth of aesthetic compositions. Outdoor life unexpectedly meets the indoor throughout a fresh summery breeze which pervades the fluidity of fabrics and delicate silhouettes enlightened by a blaze of colors.
Couture constructions fly and inflate, moving with a carefree attitude. The interplay of proportions privileges uncommon freedom and ease replacing classic shirts with deconstructed tops in various volumes, doubled tank tops and scoop neck sweaters play with active yet tailored trousers and joggers. The studied assembly of sport-inspired clothing is enriched by oversized handmade pockets, hoods and iconic Triple Stitch logos, synonymous with Couture. Fluid washed silks, Century Cashmere and pure mohair confer concrete weightlessness to the collection, while giro inglese and mesh jacquards, together with perforated and intarsia leather give hints of ethereal substance.
The delicate color palette favors natural shades of walnut, signature Vicuna, geranium, freesia, lotus, cypress and bleached aqua, while optical whites meet unexpected color flashes. Even the accessories indulge in the laid-back pace of the season: technical Triple-stitch sandals, elasticated leather boots and iconic maxi-logo TIZIANO sneakers for footwear immediately available for purchase; and the super-soft evolution of PELLE TESSUTA™ in new, colorful knitted effects for bags, baseball hats and visors.
“To design a forward-looking men’s fashion wardrobe built around fluidity, freshness and color but enriched by the possibility of adding your own hint of personality and style, I couldn’t imagine a better place than this courtyard, where I often spent time in my youth reading, writing and sketching,” said Artistic Director Alessandro Sartori.
The day after the show, twelve of the Couture looks seen on the catwalk will be available to order Made-to-Measure in selected worldwide boutiques, with delivery scheduled within eight-weeks as per the rigorous atelier process. Yet it’s the degree of one-of-a-kind personalization, in which every single garment and accessory from the show is customizable with handmade knotting, painting and embroidery uniquely crafted by Zegna artisans, that reveals the true depth of Ermenegildo Zegna’s commitment to Bespoke. It is here, indeed, that the genuine Zegna values can be seen within every hand-made stitch.
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Tags: ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA COUTURE, ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA COUTURE SS 2018, SPRING SUMMER 2018 MEN'S COLLECTION
Thu, June 22 2017 » Fashion Blog
Watch the Valentino Spring/Summer 2018 Men’s Fashion Show in Live Streaming – Paris 21st June 5.30 PM CET. Stay Tuned…!!! #VALENTINOMENSS18
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Tags: LIVE STREAMING, SPRING SUMMER MEN 2018, VALENTINO, VALENTINO SS 2018
Wed, June 21 2017 » Fashion Blog
