This entry is part 14 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — In a youth obsessed industry, male and female baby boomers had lamented that no new fashion is being created for them; that if you go to the department stores, even specialty boutiques, the latest trends [...]
This entry is part 15 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — Final day of the Paris Menswear Spring 2009 season featured household names like Paul Smith, a respected designer with a cult following like Masatomo and an emerging designer who is fast becoming the latest darling [...]
This entry is part 16 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 29, 2008 / FW/ — This is my first Dior Homme show since Hedi Slimane left. Quite frankly, I miss Hedi, but I can also honestly say that the new direction Kris Van Assche is taking for Dior Homme is [...]
This entry is part 17 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 28, 2008 / FW/ — Opting for a parking lot full of white cars (or was it really a garage or showroom?) as a venue was a very controversial choice especially with the high price of gasoline foremost in almost [...]
This entry is part 9 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 27, 2008 / FW/ — Considered edgy by fashionistas, Blaak Homme, Kiminori Morishito and Romain Kremer presented collections that make you think. Intellectual dressing had never been very popular with the mainstream fashion followers, but with the changing views of [...]
This entry is part 8 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 27 2008 / FW/ — Thierry Mugler and Kris Van Assche are separated by at least one generation of fashion houses. While Thierry Mugler, the designer has retired and his house currently under the capable hands of Rosemary Rodriguez and [...]
This entry is part 7 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009Kentroy Yearwood and “Intoxica”
PARIS, Jun 27, 2008 / FW/ — In a small room filled with 5-kilo bundles of old t-shirts, Kentroy Yearwood’s presentation of his all-natural, low-consumption line, “Intoxica,” struck an interesting chord in the fashion world. This presentation represented 1% [...]
This entry is part 5 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009Day 1: Diary of Paris Menswear Spring / Summer 2009
‘Every Length but Full Length for Gaspard Yurkievich and Julius
PARIS, Jun 26, 2008 / FW/ — Feminine touches on men’s clothing seem to be the order of the day as France’s Gaspard Yurkievich [...]
This entry is part 6 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009PARIS, Jun 26, 2008 / FW/ — Here’s another French and Japanese designer pairing for the Paris Menswear Spring 2009 season – Jean Paul Gaultier and Number (N)ine who gave us their familiar repertoire yet very new and for all intent and [...]
This entry is part 4 of 17 in the series Paris Menswear Spring 2009Day 1, Evening: Paris Menswear Spring / Summer 2009
Veronique Branquinho and Henrik Vibskov in ‘The Garage’
PARIS, Jun 26, 2008 / FW/ — Man’s demesne, ‘The Garage.’ Perhaps its because the automobile had always been a fascination for men. It can even be [...]
