Men's fashion aficionados have gathered this week at Florence’s Pitti Uomo 91 fair for a first look at Fall 2017 and the big event on the calendar is Tim Coppens, who succeeds Raf Simons as guest designer.
Earlier this year, the Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation contacted Raf Simons. They asked if he’d like to work with them on something. He said yes. That’s the shorthand version of the story behind the collection he presented at Pitti Immagine Uomo, perfectly chimed with a duo of Mapplethorpe exhibitions at LACMA and the Getty Museum, and the HBO documentary subtitled Look at the Pictures.
A change of scenery, a change of pace. The menswear designer invited by Pitti Immagine to stage a show in Florence for Spring 2017 is Gosha Rubchinskiy.
Pitti Uomo guest designer Juun.J gave his spirited fall collection a futuristic spin, sending out a gang of daredevils clad in embossed, heavy leather, felted wool and lots of shearling rendered in his signature pumped-up volumes.
Brazilian model Jhona Burjack embraces vulnerability and sensuality in Falling Angel, an intimate photographic series by Hadar Pitchon in Milan. A captivating study of masculine beauty, dramatic shadows, and effortless elegance.
In Tel Aviv, photographer Eden Yeru, known as Hair Light and Shadow, turns a simple portrait session with Idan into an intimate exploration of masculine beauty, reflection, and the quiet language of light.
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