Paris Menswear fw2010 Impressions: bow-ties
January 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Featured Items, Menswear, Paris
Alexis Mabille just started his own fashion-label, but he’s not a complete stranger to the fashion-world. After he graduated from the Paris’ Chambre Syndicale de la Haute Couture in 1997 he worked for Nina Ricci, Christian Dior and Dior Homme. In 2005 he launched Alexis Mabille, a collection of unisex ready-to-wear clothing and Treizeor – an imaginatively revisited line of bow-ties. His style is frivolous and dynamic, and always sophisticated.
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: Ann Demeulemeester
It was an almost poetic show at Ann Demeulemeester, also thanks to the building – the Couvent des Cordeliers. Is it a coincidence a lot of collections have that classic, mysterious Sherlock Holmes feeling, with all the capes, keys & chians ?
Black, white and beige were the main colors and Demeulemeester wrapped her men in belted (fur) coats, jackets and loose trousers. All mixed in that familiar nonchalant way we know from the designer. The chest and neckpieces of irridescent black feathers were stunning and added a special, dark but glamourous touch to the collection.
Paris Menswear fw2010 Impressions: Garage Turenne
January 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Featured Items, Menswear, Paris, Snapshots
Garage Turenne in Paris is one of the favorite spots of (mostly Belgian) designers to show their collection. At least you can take shelter for the rain and the wind during the loooooong waiting.
Paris Menswear fw2010 Impressions: Kayneeee!
January 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Events, Fashion Professionals, Featured Items, Paris
Isn’t that? No it couldn’t be. Yes, it’s him! It’s Kanye West on his way to another show. He just can’t get enough of fashion!
Streetfashion Paris fw2010
What are you wearing during the Menswear Fashionweek? Your Burberry-boots, your latest D&G-vest or that vintage YSL? Maybe we’ll spot you in Paris, Milan, New York or Amsterdam. During the fashion-weeks we refresh our streetwear-category regularly. We don’t judge, we’re not the fashion-police, we just enjoy fashion and your own personal style. Next stop: Paris.
Pictures by Muriel Schouten
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: John Galliano
January 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, Menswear, Paris
The invites for John Galliano’s fashion show were folded into Chinese take out boxes. Yet Chinese influences were not the only influences Galliano chose for his fw2010 show.
According to the show notes with this collection Galliano evoked the multi-faceted personality and lifestyle of Sherlock Holmes. This lead to four different types of men appearing on the runway.
At first Galliano’s moustached detective men wore several layers of large trenchcoats. The coats had leather and fur accents and a checked pattern.
Than the classic, dandy boys came by, wearing tight suits, ties, corsets(!) and bowler hats.
Next we saw several warrior types in multi-colored satin outfits showing a great deal of their bronzed bodies. Again we saw bruises and blood on these models.
At the end Chinese-looking men strolled the runway in (floral printed) silk, transparent and embellished garments.
The finale was the perfect ending of a spectaculair show. Flames were thrown high in the air as John Galliano himself appeared.
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: Yves Saint Laurent
January 23, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, Menswear, Paris
For his fall/winter collection Yves Saint Laurent decided to make a movie. The brand hired Bruce Weber to produce a short film called Ain’t Nothin’ Like The Real Thing. The film, which contained footage of the male YSL models posing and dancing, quickly made it’s way around the web, shortly after it’s release.
Unfortunately in the film Stefano Pilati’s new designs for YSL couldn’t be seen. Therefor he held a show. He designed perfect trenchcoats with buttons at the back and checked blazers. In several looks he used a scarf as a belt on top of a coat. And some long tunic shirts were visible from under the jackets.
Yet Pilati’s jumpsuits and drop-crotch pants (popular in women’s fashion at the moment) were most impressive. The jumpsuits had a wide rounded neckline and all had a matching belt in the same fabric. The models wore them with T-shirts and jackets.
Gray and black were the main shades in this collection. And although Pilati used some female items, he managed to turn them into real menswear for next winter.
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: Comme des Garcons
The first models that came on the runway at the Comme des Garcons fashion show wore corduroy outfits and hoodies with fur, which covered a big part of their faces.
Then a few printed suits, mixed with shirts and matching waistcoats came by. At the back of some jackets the shoulders and waists were accentuated by black contours.
The Comme des Garcons trend for fall seemed to be layering. Many outfits had two pairs of trousers, worn on top of each other. One of them was long, the other shorter and much wider.
Long cardigans were worn under some jackets as well. Even a fur coat was visible from under a small jacket.
Apart from a pair of bright pink socks and shoes the collection’s colors were very modest (and masculine).
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: Givenchy
What would Jesus wear nowadays? If he shopped at Givenchy, he’d wear sandals, black stockings, a kilt, shorts and a gold crown of thorns necklace. The models at Givenchy looked like modern monks in their black and white clothes, black sandals (sometimes with, ugh, black shiny stockings), high collars and long coats. No laughs, no fun – this was serious man! But without all the fuzz, the basic collection is about a suit, a puffy jacket, a kilt, a white shirt and a long coat. Enough to mix endlessly.
Paris Catwalk Fashion Show fw2010: Rick Owens
January 22, 2010 by Jetty
Filed under Fashion, Featured Items, Menswear, Paris
Rick Owens continued to search the depths of the dark side with a fall-winter 2010 menswear collection of gender-bending, space age-y designs ready for the apocalypse. Androgynous models with enviable cheekbones skulked down the catwalk in bulky, tie-waisted trenches in lacquered microfiber or wrinkly microfiber with stiff, standup necklines and drop-crotched harem pants. Some wore ribbed turtlenecks with knee-length flaps in the front and back, while others sported leather tank tops that left their backs bare.
Overall, the collection, with its asymmetrical hemlines and great floppy flaps of fabric, strayed away from his usual somber palette, regarding some looks in light gray or shiny off-white.
