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Junya Wayanabe had a bit of a Bugsy Malone moment for spring. It was all about the hustler, the hoodlum, the big man. Like Grant or Phil off of Eastenders, but much chicer. The models were tough faced wide boys

Rebel in love was the theme of Sébastien Meunier’s Spring 2017 collection for Ann Demeulemeester, according to the designer himself. Plenty of rebels fall in love with Demeulemeester's style, both under the founder and now during Meunier’s tenure. Because the

Have you met Yohji Yamamoto? Because as soon as you do, you realise his menswear line is utterly, unequivocally him. Yamamoto is insanely stylish - a bit loose, a bit louche, definitely relaxed, intrinsically confident. It’s reflected in the clothes

Every designer starts with a blank piece of paper. But most, say, doodle something on it and begin a collection. Yusuke Takahashi is genius in the true mould of Issey Miyake though. Instead, he took the paper itself as the

“Arts and Crafts.” That was Dries Van Noten’s post-show soundbite after a collection filled with fringing, embroidery, embellishment, and patchwork of all kinds. Sometimes the clothes were even sewn together inn patchwork, just laid on top of one another to

What is very important is that the clothes have hidden details that are not part of the styling,” said Junichi Abe backstage after his KOLOR spring 2017 show. We were going to writer menswear show - but who does those

Back to your roots. Odyssey famously sang about it - obviously they weren't thinking Garden Force, but reconnecting with your origins, with your source. That was also the inspiration behind Kim Jones' Spring 2017 offering for Louis Vuitton. The Monogram

Who calls a collection “Walrus”, seriously? Rick Owens, that’s who. This spring/summer, rick was inspired by change - evolution, rather than revolution. His last collection was called “Mastodon”, the evolutionary ancestor of the walrus, you see. All very clever. What

Remember Joan Collins? Remember Linda Evans? Remember a catfight in a fountain with shoulder pads so big they displaced half the water as soon as the ladies rolled in? Demna Gvaslia does. Actually he probably doesn’t, but the boulder-shoulder silhouette

Let's talk about sweats, baby. We don't mean the fashionable sweatshirting stuff proffered by labels like Vetements right now. But perspiration. Very appropriate for the sweltering temperatures of Paris circa now. But anyway, it's being brought up because it was,

We’d all like to be the Valentino man. He’s suave and sophisticated in a perfectly cut wool and silk suit, as dapper as his namesake Valentino Garavani, but probably a bit less tan. He’s sporty in those slick Valentino trainers,

Giorgio Armani has clothes, fragrances, chocolates, flowers and hotels bearing his name - and that list is by no means exhaustive. Can it be long until he adds a private jet line? Armani Air has a ring to it. Anyhow,

We may not be able to afford a Picasso artwork, but we can scrimp and save to afford a Fendi rendition of his aesthetic. Picasso formed the basis for the latest Fendi Spring 2017 mens show, alongside fellow intellectual heavy-weights

Boy, boy boys. That was the inspo at MSGM - and while Massimo Giorgetti has’t been listening to the 1987 Sabrina hit, he has been pumping out the Boys of Beastie and Pet Shop on his stereo. They’ve ended up