EMPORIO ARMANI went with loose pants and sportswear with exotic and futuristic details.
Classic Looks with subtle shades and cuts fitted to the figure. Of course the luxury fabrics were on display in the forms of sweaters and other outerwear pieces.
Our second time behind the scenes witnessing the team put the runway show together. Models practicing on the runway, make and hair teams preparing faces, dressers getting the looks together.
Music by Subset and Jon Luc Hefferman
Rounding out our Milan Fashion coverage with some images we took over our 4 days in the Alpha Fashion City during Menswear Week. We decided to share them.
Models from the Fratelli Rossetti Presentation
Bally Shoes Presentation for Ladies Shoes.
Tod’s Presentation and setting
Milan Fashion Week New Designers
Trussardi
Bertoni Collection for Women
The Pure Indulgence
Menswear in Milan was about comfortable, breezy fabrics with touches of sex appeal.
Cifonelli decided if a man is going to be sophisticated, be sophisticated.
Trussardi defined the masculine shape in the forms of pieces representing leisure .
Larusmiani took inspiration from the Rat Pack with pastel colors and informal forms.
Ermanno Scervino decided on the informal with colors, stripes, and prints
Brunello Cucinelli looks were more manly man urban for taking a coffee at a chic sidewalk cafe.
Luca Larenza had a Mexican motif his collection of sweaters and t-shirts
Calvin Klein stayed true to its minimalistic DNA with understated coolness.
All images by Canon Camera Ixus.
Fashion Week Milan Men 2016
Menswear looks from Milan based fashion brands were on display throughout the city from Fashion Shows to Presentations in stunning settings. Being a Fashion Capital, Milan offers a myriad of designers producing clothing, shoes, bags, and other accessories for the well-dressed man of the season who desires relaxed tailoring. Menswear fashion taste is consistent; a definition of male elegant sex appeal and seduction combined with soft fabrics, some collections were muted while others were a mix of hues and patterns. A luxury accessory here and there can do wonders for a look, Milan lived up to its reputation for leather goods with shoes and bag in all shapes, colors, and sizes.
I was proactive in Milan from the time I landed to the time I left, racing around the city with a smartphone app (installed on my second day) or asking police and super friendly metro station workers for directions was a fun way to get around the city from one location to the next for an interview or conferences held by Camera Nazinale della Moda Italiana. Public transport in Milan is excellent, from the romantic vintage trams to the modern underground system. Walking around can took a bit of skill because of the city’s triangle planned streets, north and south seemed one but I managed.
Eat your heart out Downton Abbey! The surroundings of the presentations were impressive, and in some cases, stunning. Medieval palaces, 19th century villas in the heart of the city, fashion storytelling with an arc of fineness. Yes, I was awe inspired looking over a shoe collection with a 400 year old tapestry in the background. Moving forward to the modern locales, which were equally impressive included: garages, roof top cafes, and a shop with an 8 meter mannequin, there was not a single dull place to view next Spring’s looks.
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Shoes Glorious Shoes, we were anxious to see them all.
Jimmy Choo decided on a masculine effect for 2017.
Giuseppe Zanotti colors and more colors with washed silks and decorative elements.
Bally Shoes get a new groove with added embellishments to the brand DNA.
Fratelli Rossetti classic styling mingles exotic leathers and tassels.
Tod’s is known for low key style with luxury details.
Christian Louboutin‘s collection were about making a statement.
Rush, rush from one place to another I decided to use a small camera for Milan Fashion Week , the Canon Ixus. I slipped it in and out of my bag during appointments for fast pictures. It was a great fit.
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London Collections Men
The city on the Thames made strides with collections that showcase its fast lane style moving from gender free looks to oversized shapes. What makes London Fashion so electric is the quirkiness of its designers with their ability to throw any and everything at the wall. There is a refusal to allow one type of aesthetic to command the scene but rather it borrows or absorbs to in order to define its own sense of the masculine form.
Sustainable Style from Nudie Jeans
Since 2007 the Nudie Jeans has taken a hands own direct approach from start to finish regarding sustainable consumption weather from the production factory providing safe working conditions to upcycling after final usage.
The Swedish Denim and Jean maker has developed a stylish ecosystem based on: Breaking in, Repair, Reuse, and Recycle. Sustainable consumption and Conscience Buying is the center of the brand’s decision to make jeans with 100% organic cotton, top quality material.
The idea is to have fun and personalize the style of denim by making a pair as a second skin on the body, high quality jeans that capable of being worn for a long duration without washing. The breaking in process for is usually 6months or more depending on usage but eventual a pair of jeans becomes personal with a second skin feel of comfort.
Nudie believes jeans should not be thrown away. The brand has set up repair shops with denim specialists who will repair anything ripped or broken as many times as the wearer wants. Also, there are Self Repair Denim Kits. A customer feels the relationship is over with the jeans Nudie provides a voucher for a new pair. What happens to jeans traded in? Each pair are repaired and then sold second hand in a Nudie Store.
Always exploring and inventing new ways to recycle jeans, denim material has been used to stuff Volvo Car seats and torn into strips to make woven rugs.
Side Note: While I was in the Nudie Jeans Store in the Berlin Mitte district making images for this piece I met a man who had previously traded in his jeans (See Image) he had worn for 5 or 6 years. He was in the store buying another pair.
For the nearest Nudie Jeans Shop go to www.nudiejeans.com
Stay tuned. We will cover other brands involved in sustainable fashion.
Jerome Pierre lives between Paris and Berlin. In 2014 he met Fashion Designer Agnes B. Working with her team he created a collection based on comfort and fluidity.
Why did you decide to become a fashion designer?
I got the bug when I was around 10 or 11. I was first drawn to the visual side of fashion: photography and sketches. I remember being quite taken by the sketches Thierry Perez made for the likes of Gaultier, Alaïa, and Versace.
Later into the process of becoming a designer, my focus shifted towards clothes as a structure, a moving architecture; and towards fabrics, for which I fell in love during my first internship.
Are your designs based on function?
Absolutely! Function is paramount when I think of a design. How it fits the body and enables or hinders movements will translate into how my clothes will make you feel in general and about yourself.
What is the key element to your looks?
Lightness. Wear ability. Balance.
I like my looks to be rooted by clothes that are easy to wear, easy to match, peppered with a few statement pieces. Balance to me is about knowing what works for you, as well as expressing something genuinely unique, but trying to do so in a most universal language.
Has Agnès b. influenced your output?
When Agnès invited me to design this collection, I very much wanted to create something that would find its place within her world, albeit a very personal interpretation of it.
For example, prints are not my first reflex, nor my second. But it is precisely what touches me within the world of Agnès, the liveliness, the buoyant side of her craft.
You know going to Agnès’s office isn’t unlike going to an art gallery, or a performance. There is always something happening, a ton of pictures, graffiti, collaborations with incredible artists. And all of this, punctuated by Agnès’s ‘sayings’, delivered here and there in her trademark handwriting.
It’s exhilarating! You can literally feel the heart of this house beating. And you are drawn to it, you want to join in the festivities.
Any future plans in mind?
Definitely! I very recently created a brand focused on accessories, and we’ve just started selling online at www.steilheit-paris.com.
The first items have started coming in, and you’ll find the aforementioned sense of balance, between the super-easy picks for the day-to-day, and some stronger, bolder statement items. You can feel the influence of both of the cities I live in: Paris and Berlin. The former being a place known for its elegance and a certain formality, the latter is a place of freedom and creativity. Keywords are minimal + architectural. And gender-neutral, which is both a nice message and quite an interesting challenge, in terms of design and communication.
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For more on the collection go to :Steilheit-paris.com