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Paris Menswear AW15: Yohji Yamamoto

Livia Feltham
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Even the bruised, battered and scarred faces of Yamamoto’s brooding men didn’t deflect any attention away from the mastery of his oily black tailoring and for any designer, that is quite a feat. This season in ...

Paris Menswear AW15: Rick Owens

Livia Feltham
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Rick Owens set out to break some considerable boundaries this season because, and let’s be honest, that is his job isn’t it? Starting off with some respectably chic double breasted leather jacketed ensembles th...

Paris Menswear AW15: Raf Simons

Anna Coughlan
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So what is it that Raf Simons has to offer us this season? Something unusual perhaps? Of course. Sticking with the classic sort of punk aesthetic that the Raf Simons line usually has, there are a few pieces tha...

Paris Menswear AW15: Valentino

Livia Feltham
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Valentino’s top creative dogs Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pierpaolo Piccioli’s stuck to the house codes this season for a menswear presentation staged in harmony with the design house’s affinity with pattern making...
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Milan Menswear AW15: Roberto Cavalli

Livia Feltham
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AW is a tricky season for menswear at Roberto Cavalli. On the one hand Cavalli is given carte blanche to go wild with gorgeous furs and skin-tight leather, so win-win there, but on the other, he must try to cur...

Milan Menswear AW15: Etro

Livia Feltham
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The earth staked it’s claim on Etro’s AW15 offering, with Kean Etro building up an ethnic-chic repertoire in the space of 56 looks. Rendering this theme in the most sumptuous cuts of velvet, suede and grain cor...

Milan Menswear AW15: Fendi

Livia Feltham
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Fendi have worked hard once again this season to completely obscure any glimmers of egotistical peacocking while maintain an aura of luxury at the same time. Keeping the fur wafer-thin and washed out in damp sh...

Milan Menswear AW15: Gucci

Emma Walsh
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Playing on the theme of androgyny, Gucci showcased their latest collection for menswear AW15 using a mix of feminine and masculine ideals. There was a sense of romanticism, especially with the juxtaposition of ...

Milan Menswear AW15: Dsquared2

Livia Feltham
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Twenty years of Dsquared2? It can’t be, but then again, time flies when you are having fun and that’s exactly what the Caten twins have been doing since they copyrighted their go hard or go home menswear label ...

Milan Menswear AW15: Ermenegildo Zegna

Livia Feltham
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As a designer of quietly discerning taste, Stefano Pilati fits in well at Zegna. Taking most of his cues from the tweedy mastery of classic tailoring and mixing it up a little with chic uber-modern twists Pilat...

Milan Menswear AW15: Calvin Klein Collection

Livia Feltham
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An omnipresent grey climate hasn’t made the Calvin Klein man as pallid as you would expect this season, on the contrary, he may be moody but he’s just as insatiable and up for it as always. Going greyscale on u...

Milan Menswear AW15: Bottega Veneta

Livia Feltham
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Tomas Maier has continued his reign as one of the menswear designer’s most harmoniously attune with what fashion’s key menswear demographic really want, once again this season. Nonchalant and very luxury, Maier...

Milan Menswear SS15: Salvatore Ferragamo

Livia Feltham
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Making their usual stylised statements for AW15, Ferragamo took comfort clothing to an extreme by lavishing luxe materials upon the body generously. Chief creative Massimiliano Giornetti got an artistic longing...

Milan Menswear AW15: Dolce & Gabbana

Livia Feltham
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That wonderful A-team at D&G, Domenico and Stefano have done it again – giving us the menswear we want, need and love but also introducing our palate’s to something a little spicier. Home and family was wea...

Milan Menswear AW15: Missoni

Livia Feltham
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Missoni made a jaunty addition to their menswear line this season, putting on an exotic display which saw the ideal Missoni man take his first steps on a pathway of opulent ethnic rugs. Angela Missoni, creative...

Milan Menswear AW15: Versace

Livia Feltham
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When you see the same chiselled faces in the Versace menswear line-up it’s comforting because you know these are Donatella’s boys, nay, her Adonis’, and you are in for another stellar collection. Though she has...

LC:M AW15 – Burberry Prorsum

Calvin Baillie
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One of the key markers in the LCM calendar, Burberry walked its Prorsum Menswear Autumn/Winter 2015 collection elegantly down a packed space in London’s Kensington Gardens and boy was it a riotous romp in all t...

LC:M AW15 – Tiger of Sweden

Livia Feltham
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Amping it up for LC:M’s final few hours, Tiger of Sweden kept the energy going with a show of brute fashion force. Harking back to the days of industry gone awry (think Britain’s fuel crisis of the seventies) t...

LC:M AW15 – Alfred Dunhill

Livia Feltham
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Taking heed from the long line of archetypal male luminaries that have been associated with Dunhill since the brand’s inception, new creative director on the block John Ray focused in on the man behind the gent...

LC:M AW15 – Sankuanz

Livia Feltham
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An Asian youth sub-culture clash, a spectrum of StreetFighter neon brights and some Chinese rap music; what else could possibly make for the perfect wake up call? Opening the last day of LC:M, the brand pushed ...