London - The 9th (and albeit last) edition of London Collections: Men has come to an end, as the British Fashion Council aims to rechristen the men’s fashion week London Fashion Week Men’s from next season onwards. Although some industry insiders have begun to wonder what the future for men’s fashion weeks may hold, with the rise of unified...
Jun 14, 2016
London - London Collections: Men may be well under way, but a radical shift in the traditional fashion week calendar has taken root thanks to the rise of the see-now, buy-now business model which threatens the future of men's fashion weeks. Already a number of changes have taken place for this season's of men's fashion weeks, including the...
Jun 13, 2016
The British Fashion Council has stated that London Collections: Men, which runs until June 13, will be renamed London Fashion Week Men’s from next season, as it looks to make the event more consumer facing. The news of the rebrand for the autumn/winter 2017 shows in January came as new figures revealed that the men’s clothing market is at the...
On day two of London Collections Men, the year’s most important event in British menswear, the calendar was full of promises and propositions for next season. Below are some of the highlights of the day for Spring/Summer 2017: Agi & Sam This season design duo Agi & Sam explored what it means to be masculine in 2016, with traditional male and...
Jun 12, 2016
Suits worn over fishnet tops, tiny tailored shorts, loafers and sunburnt noses -- Topman Design went to the British seaside for its latest collection Friday, kicking off four days of men's fashion in London. J.W. Anderson, Christopher Kane, Coach, Barbour and some of Saville Row's top tailors are among those showing at this season's London...
Jun 10, 2016
His ground breaking career was as much about style as it was about music -- David Bowie plundered a wild array of influences to redraw the boundaries of fashion and blur the lines between masculine, feminine and other-worldly. In the middle of Burberry's London fashion show, a model showed her palms to photographers, displaying a name written in...
Jan 12, 2016
On the second day of London Collections Men the first show is Savile Row's E Tautz at 09:30 at this season's all new venue, 180 The Strand. E Tautz's Creative Director, Patrick Grant, recently won the GQ/BFC Designer Menswear Fund, worth 150,000 pounds. E Tautz There was a strong outerwear statement at E. Taut, where duffle coats, safari coats,...
Jan 10, 2016
Leaping from the traditional to the radical, the men's edition of London fashion week opened on Friday with shows from country gentleman label Barbour and young urban designer Nasir Mazhar. Fashion VIPS, buyers and journalists gathered under the elegant arch of the Swiss church in central London to catch a glimpse of Barbour's autumn/winter 2016...
Men's fashion takes centre-stage in Paris for five days from Wednesday, with Balmain's first menswear show among the highlights on a packed schedule. Taking over from last week's menswear extravaganza in Milan, Paris men's fashion week will see catwalk shows by some 50 labels including Valentino, Hermes and Louis Vuitton. Saturday's debut...
Jun 23, 2015
London- Although London has a long history of creating what can only be described as unique menswear trends - think back to the 18th century dandy, to the bowler-hatted civil servant of the mid 1800s, to the pinstriped stockbroker of the 1950s, to the 70s safety-pinned punk in bondage trousers - the notion that men can and should pay close...
Jun 16, 2015
Four years after a public, drunken, anti semitic outburst nearly ended his fashion career, infamous fashion designer John Galliano is set to make his much anticipated comeback to the industry on Monday, during the final day of London Collections: Men, as the new creative head for Maison Martin Margiela. The 'enfant terrible' will be bowing a...
Jan 12, 2015