Homeboy. Rag & Bone AW14

February 13, 2014February 19, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

While I have some relax time here in Myanmar (and Wi-Fi connection!), I have just met the NYFW for AW14… In this tropical climate I am now, I even can’t imagine wearing these warm clothes, but I must admit, that the first show served this week, Rag & Bone, is genius. In reality, nothing new appeared here- comfortable knitwears, jackets, cool boots and coats… But Rag & Bone makes it legacy even stronger and stronger with every season. The clothes make every girl to covet for it. Everything seems… To be wearable. And stylish. The collection had also a fantastic model army in it- Joan Smalls, Georgia Jagger and Sam Rollinson had it all on the runway. And their varsity jackets with embroidered names on! Definitely that was a lovely collection.

Men’s: Skinny. Saint Laurent AW14

January 20, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Who could end men’s fashion month in such unique style? Only Hedi Slimane, that leads Saint Laurent to total grunge destruction. The AW14 collection is very… hard. Some pieces are very cool, and some more affordable for a rockstar! Take the green sequin suit; or the leopard printed bomber jacket. Or even these creepers ‘on fire. Hedi knows what he wants and moves into his direction- the rock’n’roll era, that inspires him so much. If my size would be XS and I would have such skinny legs as the models here, then I would definitely love everything. But while I am certainly not, then I don’t really feel the mood of the collection. However, from the crowd of elegant suites and coats, Slimane really catches my eye from the whole fashion week from Paris… See you for Haute Couture SS14!

Men’s: Beast. Thom Browne AW14

January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

Thom Browne, the enfant terrible of New York have just presented his AW14 collection for men in Paris. In the grey forest full of wild animals, we met the man vs. beast fight- models wore highly tailored suits in abstract forms with bunny, elephant or deer masks, looking like creatures from fairy-tales. The collection was kept in misty grey colour, with lots of embroideries on jackets and trousers. The suites had some mis-proportions in them- too huge sleeves, to filled trousers… Nothing was normal. Not only Thom entertained us with all these illusions and tricks, but also took us to another dimension of tailorship, that he is so good in.

Men’s: Paris Chic. AMI AW14

January 19, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

AMI is the moment’s hottest label coming from Paris- it’s aim is to bring cool Parisian chic back to men’s wardrobe. As it’s their first runway collection (the venue was a snowy park), it was really buzzy. And not only because of the guest model, Caroline de Maigret, who wore a tuxedo in super chic way. The collection itself was fantastic, full of vibrant red colour and comfortable pieces that every men ought to have. My favourite- the totally camel look. This is a perfection.

Men’s: Comme des Garcons AW14

January 19, 2014January 19, 2014 | Design & Culture by Ed

The Comme des Garcons Homme Plus collection for AW14 was all about Hiroshima chic and apocalyptic style that this label is believing in from the beginning. The collection was (no wonder) dark and dull, although there were some pieces that are really high IQ. For example the necklace that remind suite’s collar. Or the grungy chunky sweaters with holes cut out… And the most amusing and frightening thing of this greasy collection was the hair that models had- it reminded me of “Alien” movie were these shrimp-like UFO had these long, black structures on heads. This CdG presentation is definitely not the basic one, but still, it’s fun… And spooky.