![]() ![]() Better yet, names like Topman Design, Christopher Shannon and Cottweiler proved barely-there colours are every bit as versatile as an all-white or earth tone palette. From sky blue to soft tangerine, coral to lemon sherbet, pastels made a serious comeback at the SS17 shows. Asosbrown Double Breasted Herringbone Suit.Jigsaw Bloomsbury Italian Indigo Cotton Linen Suit.Crew Ludlow Suit Jacket With Double Vent In Italian Wool Acne Studios Black Jack Travel Slim-fit Wool-pique Suit.Top tip: take your cue from the latter Maier’s suits are loose enough to let you nod to the trend (not to mention let your body breathe come summer) but won’t also turn you into the ‘After’ half of a #TransformationTuesday Instagram. The switch from skinny and slim suiting to something more unwieldy was widespread, with designers such as Demna Gvasalia at Balenciaga and Tomas Maier at Bottega Veneta also propping up the trend for a broader-shouldered silhouette. Gosha Rubchinskiy led the charge at his debut Pitti Uomo show, the Russian designer supplemented his signature 1990s sportswear with a selection of broadly-cut navy suits, some of which – in their late 1980s Armani-ness – wouldn’t look out of place on a modern-day Patrick Bateman.īut it wasn’t just menswear’s current enfant terrible shaking up tailoring this season. Incotex Four Season Relaxed-fit Cotton-blend Chinosįor the first time since the 1980s, tailoring is letting loose.Chimala Cropped Distressed Selvedge Denim Jeans.Weekday Drift Loose Cropped Jean Tonal Blue Wash.Diesel Jifer Regular Slim Taper Cropped Jean 900 Dark Wash.Selected Homme Chino In Wide Leg With Pleats.Best swerve these for now unless you’re waif-ery thin, work in ‘the arts’ and/or an actual model. But it’d also be remiss of us to suggest you actually wear them. ![]() Which means you need some, especially if you want to swerve sweaty mankles this spring/summer season.Īlso, it’d be remiss of us not to mention that there is, among some of menswear’s more daring designers ( Balenciaga, Issey Miyake and Wooyoungmi to name but a few), a movement towards high-waisted trousers. Heck, even Dolce & Gabbana (formerly the patron saints of the skinny suit) had them. Out go ankle-enveloping second-skin jeans, and in come cuts cropped just above the ankles in relaxed, but not baggy, fits. No, to paraphrase Bob Dylan: the trousers they are a-changin’. (Related: From The Experts: Men’s Style Predictions For 2017) So maybe sweeping hakama-style wide-leg trousers haven’t caught on like fashion thought they would (funny that), but that’s not an excuse to keep trying to pass off your skinnies as groundbreakingly stylish. River Island Black Only & Sons Hooded Parka.River Island Dark Green Bellfield Lightweight Parka.Topman Rains Grey Longline Rainproof Parka.French Connection Lightweight Nylon Detachable Parka Coat.Asos Lightweight Parka Jacket In Burgundy.“Parkas, you say? In summer? Won’t I sweat my balls off?” You won’t, actually, because these designs are much lighter than the chill-deflecting winter variants we’ve been seeing in recent seasons.Īlso spotted at Versace, Lemaire and Lou Dalton, these warm-weather parkas are cut from breezily light manmade materials, often unlined and ideal if you’re looking for an alternative to a hoodie to top-off an athleisure look once the temperature starts hiking. Whether or not you’re on board with the slightly hamfisted comparisons drawn between Prada’s SS17 collection and the plight of Syrian refugees (the backpacks, each of which will probably retail for somewhere north of £1,000, were reportedly intended for “difficult times,” according to Miuccia), one thing we can all agree on is that Prada does make a mean parka. Rag & Bone Camouflage-print Cotton-jersey T-shirt.River Island Grey Camo Scuba Sweatshirt.Nonnative Tropper Camouflage-print Gore Windstopper Cotton-canvas Jacket.River Island Khaki Camo Borg Collar Jacket.Then add to that some more unlikely camo allies in the form of Italian tailoring label Bottega Veneta and florals-obsessed Belgian designer Dries Van Noten) and it’s clear this pattern’s got life in it yet. Just take a look at the SS17 collections from brands and designers including Dsquared2, Givenchy and Valentino. (Related: How To Wear 2017’s Biggest Colour Trend: Green) Less a trend, more a seasonally updated staple, the military print remains something every man needs in his wardrobe no doubt bolstered by the come-about of green as 2017’s colour of the year. But like the bomber jacket and smart-casual sneakers, camo isn’t budging. You thought it was dead, didn’t you? Thought that pile of trampled-on T-shirts you saw in a bargain bin last week was a sure sign that we’d hit peak camo. ![]()
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