There is a renaissance in men’s fashion with men swapping the ‘uniform-like’ clothes they’ve been wearing for the past two decades for an entirely more personal approach to dress. Previously the sole domain of the noughties ‘metrosexual’, fashion seems to be playing an increasingly large part in the professional male’s life. On a recent trip into the capital to survey the urban male in his natural habitat, I was pleasantly surprised by the number of men who clearly took an active part in planning and putting together their ensembles.
Visiting the new London menswear-only tradeshow ‘Jacket Required’ (Aug 7-8) showed me that not only have men changed their relationships with fashion, but that the men’s fashion industry is changing too, with the some of the most exciting fashion of the season. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this season the menswear collections far outshine womenswear. Dries Van Noten, Louis Vuitton and Givenchy all had particularly strong men’s collections and if the offerings from Graduate Fashion Week are anything to go by, the likes of Yan Liang and Matteo Molinari are two of a barrage of young designers who are determined to keep men’s fashion a very exciting place to be in the future.
Dries Van Noten S/S 2012
Louis Vuitton S/S 2012
Givenchy S/S 2012
Matteo Molinari
Yan Liang
Posted by: Kate Williams
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