Walter van Beirendonck Menswear Spring 2009
Walter van Beirendonck Menswear Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 30, 2008 / FW/ — Selected photos from the Walter van Beirendonck runway show during the Paris Menswear season held Jun 26 – 29, 2008. Photos courtesy of Walter van Beirendonck Related Post: Paris Menswear Spring 2009 #gallery-1 { margin: auto; } #gallery-1 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top:...
DSquared2 Menswear Spring 2009: Barbershop Squared
Dean & Dan Caten at the 'Barbershop' MILAN, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — From the soulful church of the American South, to the Double D Ranch in the American Southwest and now, a barbershop that offers fashion, Dean and Dan Caten found the perfect balance between great clothes and a great show. Sharply tailored three-piece suits to streetwear, plus the famous DSquared2...
Dior Homme Spring 2009: I’m Lovin’ It
Dior Homme Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — This is my first Dior Homme show since Hedi Slimane left. Quite frankly, I miss Hedi, but I can also honestly say that the new direction Kris Van Assche is taking for Dior Homme is taking the label into an entirely new level. I still remember the first time I ever saw Kris Van Assche, in his debut collection in Paris....
Roberto Cavalli Menswear Spring 2009: Electric Dreams Safari
Roberto Cavalli on the runway Menswear Spring 2009 Milan MILAN, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — Entitled ‘Bohemian Safari’ with the prints so stylized that the traditional animal prints and jungle shapes and forms, Roberto Cavalli can easily be a purveyor of electric dreams. With almost everything in digital format nowadays, it is so easy to morph a natural shape into something...
Paris Menswear Spring 2009: Ann Demeulemeester
Ann Demeulemeester Menswear Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — An extremely spiritually moving and fashion forward collection by Ann Demeulemeester was presented in an earthy, candid setting. The models followed a winding path through the gardens of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie. The gradual progression of color palette from blacks and tans to whites...
Paris Menswear Spring 2009: Kenzo
PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — The “Arabian Nights” show for Kenzo created an atmosphere of a Grand Bazaar, complete with middle-eastern tapestries and rugs, and a smoke machine. The lack of seating created an audience with no hierarchy. The color palette was beautiful and celebratory in shades of mustard, ruby pink, blues, greens, whites, and eggshells. The models...
Paris Menswear Spring 2009: Fashion Titans
PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — Kenzo, Ann Demeulemeester, Emanuel Ungaro – three very recognizable names that individually already have a big influence in fashion. Together, their influence is titanic; yet, their approach for this season of change is very different. Kenzo, under the helm of Antonio Marras continues the label’s design philosophy of merging influences...
Malo Menswear Spring 2009: White Delicacies
Malo Menswear Spring 2009 MILAN, June 28, 2008/ FW/ — Merging all the colors of the rainbow into one, Malo’s Spring Summer 2009 collection performance was all white. The pure color is often overlooked for all its innate qualities, not only white not colorless but it’s so colorful that it is literally light. The reality that something looks so simple but is in fact...
Jeroen Van Tuyl Menswear Spring 2009: Modern Structured Silhouettes
Jeroen Van Tuyl Menswear Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — In the intimate showing of Jeroen Van Tuyl’s new collection the use of waist cinches and the modified trench stood out. Jeroen used modern, structured silhouettes but all with a sense of fluidity. His trench coats’ A-line form was lightly feminine, following this season’s trend of blurring gender...
Paris Menswear Spring 2009: Emanuel Ungaro
Emanuel Ungaro Menswear Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — The spring/summer collection for Emanuel Ungaro had an air of Miami Vice with its shocking pink décor and outdoor setting. The silhouettes were very closely cut to the body and reminiscent of the 1970s. Perhaps so much so that it was a little outdated. The suits had interesting slits in the back that...
Kiminori Morishito Menswear Spring 2009: Saint Exupéry
Kiminori Morishita Menswear Spring 2009 PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — Inspired by the story of St. Exupery’s humanistic, romantic and adventurous life- ending in his mysterious disappearance, Morishito created a story through his use of airy linens and aviation details. Following the trend of layering, Morishito paired crème and army green colored linens and tweeds...
