Tag: casual apparel

Custo Barcelona is currently a consolidated brand image since 1997, presents its collections every season at New York Fashion Week.

The Nineties skateboard culture A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou referenced in relation to the label’s spring collection for men was less than obvious, but what the collection did offer was a charming proposition of relaxed shapes and washed-out colors that verged on dusty pastels, giving them masculine appeal.

Barnabé turned to seersucker suits and flocked nylon parkas for lightness. He worked with layering, as seen on papery shirt jackets worn over thin chambray shirts, and made the models dance in a wide range of pleated tapered pants, proving instantly that tailoring can and should be comfy, without compromising the look.

Dries Van Noten’s knack for old mansions and their lavish gardens has inspired more than one of his collections, and this season followed a similar pattern. “An imagined view from Kelmscott Manor [the country home of writer William Morris] on arts and crafts today,” the notes to his show informed. That translated into romantic visuals based on photo prints of floral tapestry and tonal patchworks.

When Yohji Yamamoto started his men’s collection in the Eighties, he was “against the standard business suit,” he explained backstage after his show.

One might argue that Maison Kitsuné was playing it safe for spring. Presenting Mens Collection Spring/Summer 2017.