It might be a little shallow to talk about fashion especially in the midst of a horrible catastrophe that the Haitians face right now (my deepest condolences to those affected). But sometimes we need a little of escapism from the sort of gloomy world we live in right now.
Enter Milan Menswear Fashion Week. From yesterday until about one week ahead, the best menswear designers in Milan will show their Fall 2010 collections. Yes, it's still wintertime, but designer being designer, they always live in the future. These are the highlights from Day 1.
Dolce & Gabbana
(Photo: Andrew Thomas/gq.com)
As usual, Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana bring down the house by showing one of the most interesting collections in the city. For this season, it seems that Dolce shows that Italian—or more specifically, Sicilian—farmers can pack quite a luxurious outfit. This being winter, there’s a lot of knits with dark palette going on, like in this coat over here. And that silver sneakers make me drool. But there’s one unique thing here: longjohns as outerwear? Hmm… Maybe the underwear-as-outerwear trend from women’s collections has also invaded menswear. Overall, this collection is Italiano at its best.
Burberry Prorsum
(Photo: Andrew Thomas/gq.com)
Since Christopher Bailey became the creative director of Burberry in 2001 (in 2009, he became chief creative director), he has injected style into the British fashion house, well-known for its signature plaid pattern and trenchcoats. As far as I'm concerned, Bailey's menswear collection always has rock 'n' roll feel to it, which is evident in the edgy boots donned by this model. Speaking of model, it looks like the Burberry guys are always rail-thin with shaggy hair, which seems to be the scene on London streets. But never mind, it's the clothes we're talking about here.
The star of the collection is, of course, the outerwear--something that Burberry is famous for. The overcoat here has some military influences, what with the army green color, the epaulettes, and the brass buttons (once again, menswear designers apparently take a lot of cues from womenswear where military trend is huge right now). All in all, this season, Christopher Bailey has successfully managed to make his venture to the military world without ever leaving the British roots of this fashion house
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