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Pikachu and provocation at London's Fashion Week for men

Pokémon prints, khaki, flowing cuts and a raft of young talent were among the standout features of London's Fashion Week Men's, which ended on Monday after three days of catwalk shows. With the big names of British fashion, most notably Burberry, abandoning the men's version of Fashion Week in favour of presenting mixed collections during the...

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Designers Unpack the Perennial Appeal of Classic Menswear

As the menswear shows wrap up for another season, the trend wrap-ups begin to roll in from editors, bloggers and retailers. But while runway menswear has taken off in dramatic, exciting directions, permitting the design community to experience greater freedom to experiment than ever before, the trends within classic men’s sportswear can be...

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EFM combines sport and tailoring for NYFW: Men's

Tailoring is dead they say. Not so fast, EFM – Engineered for Motion – was there at New York Fashion Week: Men's to refute that statement. For their spring/summer 2018 collection took tailored looks and found ways to infuse athleisure influences. This task is actually easier than it sounds. To create the aesthetic, designer Donrad Duncan used...

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Let's lose our minds over Luar

For New York Fashion Week: Men's, Luar decided to put an L in avant garde for their name. The line, which is the brainchild of Raul Lopez, a former designer for Hood by Air, was something out of this world. LUAR SS18 CORPORATION A post shared by LUAR (@luar) on Jul 14, 2017 at 5:31pm PDT While he was known for creating hip-hop inspired,...

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Represent is wide awake for spring/summer 2018

Two words: wide awake. This was the theme for U.K. luxury streetwear brand Represent's spring/summer 2018 show. While the brand prides themselves on pushing the boundaries, this collection had a lot of subtlety, which left the audience wanting a bit more. SS18 Runway Show #NYFWM look 29/33. A post shared by Represent (@representclo) on Jul 13,...

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Katama dives into expansion during NYFW: Men's

Men's swimwear is no easy market. Especially when you are trying to compete against an entire slate of more established brand's offering men's swimwear, like Tommy Hilfiger and Diesel. Model Garrett Neff, who has proven to be quite the businessman, knows what he wants for the brand and is going after it. The entrepreneur presented his...

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Death to Tennis gets peacock happy

Death to Tennis took to New York Fashion Week to present a collection that seemed simply utilitarian with a few brand specific motifs like logos on the back of bombers. However, never look at anything just on a surface level. This season, designers William Watson and Vincent Oshin drew inspiration from New York-based artist Keith Mackie's...

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N. Hoolywood: outerwear for spring? Groundbreaking.

N. Hoolywood's designer Daisuke Obana needed a moment of redemption after his last show. His fall/winter collection, which was inspired by the homeless, was met with heavy criticism from the press. Suffice to say, for spring/summer 2018 he passed his redemption taste. While it was a spring summer collection, the biggest highlights happened to be...

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Nick Graham takes us to Atlantis for NYFW: Men's

Nick Graham took us to Atlantis for his latest collection at NYFW: Men's. No, not literally. But, rather, his spring/summer 2018 collection was based on the idea of paradise and the myth of the lost, underwater city of Atlantis. To that end, plastic lobsters and crabs were pinned on to bright blue blazers as models strut the runway in unbuttoned...

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Teddy Ondo Ella shows us the beauty of Gabon

Teddy Ondo Ella has brought his eponymous label to New York Fashion Week: Men's, showing at Art Beam this week. In an era of where Black fashion industry professionals are still breaking glass ceilings (hello Edward Enninful at British Vogue), to see one of the few Black designers at New York Fashion Week: Men's celebrating Gabonese culture and...

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Woodhouse presents a post-political conversation

Julian Woodhouse of Woodhouse presented his spring/summer 2018 collection at New York Men's Day this year, and for him, it was about a return to happy. In the face of so much socieconomic and political fall out after the 2016 election, he designed his collection with a brighter future in mind. The collection titled Field Day, began with primary...

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New York Fashion Week: Men's plays on street wear and contemporary Americanism

New York Fashion Week: Men's has kicked off its fifth season, and day one commenced with New York Men's Day, where a slew of rising designers displayed their fashion talents to editors, buyers, bloggers and industry personnel. This year, many designers attempted to play up on the popularity of the streetwear phenomenon, and play up to motifs of...