SS17 Menswear Week 1 - "Start of all trends"

Another season of menswear fashion weeks has started. London was the first to present its potentials to the world. Here's the summary of all the potential trends might be happening throughout and next few weeks, we'll see if it does follow that trends or it fell out of the fashion week gap.

"Sahara Mid-Western Fusion" 

Markus Lupfer, Topman Design, Bobby Abley, Oliver Spencer, Craig Green, CMMN SWDN 

"Denim Mixed Fabric Patchwork"

Markus Lupfer 

"Checked Here & There" 

Topman Design, Oliver Spencer

"Bohemian Tranfusion" 

Florin Dobre

& All The Others: 

Barbour, Phoebe English Man, Xander Zhou

McQ SS16

McQ Spring summer 2016 was revealed in series of lo-fi shorts, reconstructed frames digitally for the first time in the history of the eclectic brand. To capture its youthful, irreverent spirit of the brand's identity, McQ invited three creatives - Lea Colombo, Jack Davison and Sharna Osbourne to reinterpret the collection through their own specialise communication channels. The presentation happened down the Crypt of Spitalfield's Christ Church, 2 decades after the late Lee Alexander McQueen showed his AW1996 collection there.

  

LFW: Three+Four+Five Trends

Referring to the High Summer predictions (here), and foreseeable trends from Day ONE- TWO (here), along with further references from designers shown Day 3,4,5...
Smoke Teal & Ash Grey Palette:-
Erdem, Antonio Berardi
 

Patchwork, overlaying variance layers:- 

Paul Smith, Thomas Tait

Monochrome, fluidity,
Erdem, Jonathan Saunders, Matthew Williamson
 

Oversized, Menswear inspired, abstract colour palette:
Antonio Berardi, Paul Smith, Thomas Tait
  

NEW - Minor Trend: 

60s Master Prints:

Giles, Peter Pilotto, House Of Holland
 

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LCM DAY02: James Long

James Long

Comment: Thumb up for the high-waisted trousers surfacing finally! Gorgeous print per normal, slightly romantic gothic with its purple colour palette. Reintroducing subtle metallic is also very adventurous for an AW collection. Madly in love with long coats. They WILL be mine!

Reference: Inspiration from the fabric tones, oddness of print and John Waters' personal style... neat shapes that's playful, considered and confident. rubberised plaid mac that hangs in a simple and lpeasing shape. knit bomber acts as new version of cardi. double cuff for definition and comfort. marquetry techniques, special collab with Kurt Geiger

More pictures after the jump.

LCM DAY02: YMC

You Must Create
"Dead Inside"
Comment: Many silhouettes, selections of cut, handful of texture, but one codeword: Practical. From what looks like skater would wear to what I personally would wear (Smart casual with a twist). The dapper the better - the classic bright golf jumper are back on the spotlight (refer to the spade jumper). Alongside, the carrot fit chino are getting more carrot than ever (refer to the chino in turquoise) & also the boiler suit, with lots of zip detailing - interesting indeed, maybe influence by the recent onesie subculture.

More Pictures after the jump!
Reference: "The collection is nostalgic and looks back to 90s when YMC launched... spirit of post-punk and celebration of the era. beret representing freedom. Minimal with a touch of utility, smeared with punk attitude. wax wool, and leather trimmed covert coat, waxed, silk zip bomber. mohair sweaters, parachute chinos."

LCM DAY02: Nicole Farhi / Martine Rose

Nicole Farhi

Comment: The attention in detail is exceptional this season at Nicole Farhi, with a very subtle yet flattering colour palette, especially that blue wool overcoat is a must! Like others, losing the skinny trend, focusing more on good-dressings with slim fit. Prints, Tweed, Wooliees.

Reference: "Craftsmanship is a key focus... Tailoring takes the form of relaxed separates with heritage... Monochrome tweeds, navy and charcoal melange..."

Martine Rose

Comment: Extravagant per Martine Rose, saw her last season. The spirit still the same throughout her career so far. The grunge style mixing streetwear, but then bravely introducing the flared / oxford bag cut trousers. The best piece from the collection is the patchwork bomber jacket featuring Jack Daniel's logo.

Reference: "Martine took inspiration from her time spent in Jamaica, and the rites and rituals of the Rasta community... Elevation and status are key aspects of the community, via an attitude, an idea, almost a code of conduct... Function being a key to the collection. military references from Bates compliment, addition of peacoats. inspired by nobles status shown in layering furs. Ghetto Kings.

More Pictures after the jump. 

LCM DAY01: Craig Green

The coverage continues, we apologised for the delay. Don't forget that the finale of most shows we're covering are on our YouTube channel, and you can catch up from the show gossip via our Twitter too.

Now over to one of Harry's favourite designer.

MAN - Craig Green

Comment: Personally loves Craig Green, all from beginning when I saw his collection in Fashion East, with coverage too (Click Fashion Week). This season brought another surprise as he presented his collection via a runway show instead of a static, his wooden face mask had set the collection with a very high creativity bar. Matching patchwork knitwear, along with individual embellishment brought out the dark side of what clothing can really represents. Various cotton texture made the classic collection looks immaculate, especially with the matt trousers which I thought was linen alongwith worker jacket. Can't wait to see this collection in reality.  

Reference: "Taking his obsession with the interplay between light and dark to its most literal of outcomes... looks that appear disembodied through face coverings and abstracted with sculptures... Glitter and vinyl edging forming the sole embellishments..."

More pictures after the jump.