Dapper Young Men

One of the few trends I ever see is a guy wearing a relaxed version of a suit. Girls are fine with pairing a black blazer or jacket with dark jeans or little dress, but I think the general conclusion of teenagers who wear blazers is douche, right?
That's if they can't pull it off, and very few can ever make it happen. The only place I'd find a guy wearing a blazer/jacket would be at the local flea market at the Rose Bowl. He'd be a little indie kid of course :P
I think its just the whole lack of well dressed boys wherever I go.

So going with this whole thing of wishing more guys would dress like there's no tomorrow, the brand's Roberto Cavalli and Costume National really get the point across.

For Roberto Cavalli, his fall 2010 collection really put a spin on the usual fabric used for dress suits. I kinda have a twisted sense of the Mad Hatter meets Sherlock Holmes meets antique store clothes. Its actually quiet nice, and the models look very dashing. Their laced boots give the perfect piss off attitude any British boy would have. Another interesting accessory is their scarfs. Silk with an old fashioned print just makes me think of them having tea! I'm too imaginative for my own good.







*note: I just realized that I'm giving a recap from Costume National's fall 2009 show...deal :)

While Cavalli wants to give men the chance to show that they have a wild side while still looking like they have a day job, Costume National wants to remind women that men in black will take your breath away. In fact you might even need an inhaler.
The color palette was entirely black, gray, and a little touch of white. The models? To DIE FOR.
Seriously, Costume National snagged all the soft looking men to wear black as night suits and the overall effect was stunning. Very effeminate, which is what I love in men. (Hairy guys disgust me)
Also, Costume National had a nice decision of having one of the models carry a cigarette down the runway. I've seen this on another runway, with the girls smoking and holding Starbucks, but I can't remember which. But its a nice touch, trying to show that any guy on the street would wear one of their suits and smoke a cigarette. Now enjoy the beauty :D

Leather and Blood

On Tuesday fashion shows for the expectant fall lines happened in Milan. For the men, the usual staple designers had their shows: D&G, Armani, Versace, Prada, Burberry Prorsum, and Alexander McQueen--all of whom I was actually disappointed.

Yes, I'm not a man. (duh) And I'm not in my 20's (damn) but anyone with eyes can see that so far these staple designers are out of juice. After browsing through the coverage on their shows I can say that there was a certain underwhelmed theme of costume suits, but it was really really underwhelming. There was the occasional extra sized godfather suit, especially with McQueen's work, and most of the other pieces were just average coats. I guess you could say that their designs were RTW [ready to wear, a new word i learned today!] for chain stores to rip off and mass produce without alot of difficulties, but really who wants that nowadays?

After doing this search, I've become more interested in men's clothing. The point of a designer is to not only bring a new look but to make it appealing for it to trickle down into the average college student's wardrobe. The problem with guys is that they aren't going to wear something with a leopard print or 80's zigzaggs. Women are more willing to take the leap because its really all about standing out. Men want to stand out but not to the point where they need to be more than 4 feet away from his group of friends.

I was really impressed with the show by Dsquared². Their collection ranged from dinner jackets to glitter coats, something that D&G, Prada, Mcqueen, and Burberry failed to do.
Another element that Dean and Dan, the designers and twins, also went with was the entertainment factor. The perfect, chiseled faces of all their drop dead gorgeous models were covered with blood.

Delicious.

'Hockey Night in Canada meets Friday the 13th meets Rocky Horror.'

I've seen the video of the runway show and my mom suddenly started asking me questions about the music. Because of my impressive ignorance my mom had to explain that the opening clips of voices were from Rocky Horror Picture Show. I am so culturally inept.

Along with the clips and blood, many of the models were wearing hockey protection gear.
So I guess it was the entertainment of seeing men getting all bloodied up from playing hard-core hockey while in the atmosphere of Rocky Horror that stole my heart.
That, and the fact that Bill Kaulitz, singer for Tokio Hotel (DUH) was the surprise opening piece for the show. Be still my heart as I see Bill walk down that runway as if he's going to devour it. He fucking rocked it, which is impressive because he was wearing this large feather shoulder wing thing which seemed to be precariously perched.

Anyway, the show was great. The clothes were really fucking awesome and I wish more guys around here dressed like that.
I'll be doing a few more posts of the other designers I've gained new respect for after finals.

Enjoy the stunning beauty.
p.s. i love that they also put twins models in the show
p.s.s. the last picture is of dean & dan with bill <3