News | Hans Madsen Makes His American Debut

First Among Equals has the spe­cial honor of becom­ing the first Amer­i­can retailer to stock the work of Dan­ish designer Hans Mad­sen. Madsen’s fall col­lec­tion will arrive in store on Octo­ber 2, 2009, but to com­mem­o­rate the event, First Among Equals will be hav­ing a pre­sen­ta­tion to honor the designer on Octo­ber 3, 2009, where Mad­sen will be present.

Hans Madsen Exclusively For Force Of Nature

Designer Hans Mad­sen is busy at work. Not only has he been work­ing with Diesel Black Gold and Col­lette in addi­tion to his own col­lec­tion, but now he has teamed up with Copen­hagen retailer Force of Nature for an exclu­sive collection.

The line con­sists of:

• A navy blue zip Jacket in washed wool and sheep­skin leather with high qual­ity linning.
• Black Wool cardi­gan with clas­sic but­tons and mil­i­tary shoul­der detail – the cardi­gan is knit­ted in fully-​​fashion techniques.
• Knit­ted cot­ton v-​​neck tee in oxford grey – fully-​​fashion knitwear.
• Heavy jer­sey, clas­sic striped tee with over­sized arms.
• Tie dyed navy blue t-​​shirt with details in the neck line.
• Navy blue hoodie in high qual­ity isoli mate­r­ial, with tie dye details.

(more…)

The Fashionisto — The Highlights (2008 Collections)

(more…)

Topman Presents Man Fall 2009

Feature Label — Hans Madsen Fall 2008

Intro­duc­ing Hans Madsen

Hans Mad­sen was born and raised in Den­mark.  Mad­sen believes that his “Scan­di­na­vian back­ground has been a great inspi­ra­tion” for his work.  Mad­sen grad­u­ated in 2007 with an MA in knitwear from the Royal Col­lege of Art.  Madsen’s first col­lec­tion “was rec­og­nized for his well-​​crafted con­cep­tual,” yet approach­able pieces.  A key ele­ment of Madsen’s work is “Nordic folk­lore rein­vented.”  Mad­sen uses his cloth­ing line to explore the past and present of Nordic design and crafts­man­ship, “while fus­ing func­tional and com­fort­able fash­ion with per­sonal expression.”

Hans Madsen’s fall col­lec­tion will be avail­able for pur­chase at the b Store.

Q & A

Do you have any fash­ion role models?

I do admire design­ers that are able to com­bine con­cep­tual fash­ion with wear­able gar­ments, and do find that Yohji Yamamoto is a good exam­ple of this combination.

What are your favorite web­sites or magazines?

No favorite, [but it is] always great to find and explore a new web­site or mag­a­zine. [How­ever], I do like the good old clas­sics like ID and Vogue.

What have you been doing since graduation?

Since my grad­u­a­tion, I have been work­ing with Diesel, and won the world’s most pres­ti­gious fur com­pe­ti­tion, The Golden Fur Pin in 2007. A lim­ited HANS MADSEN hand-​​knit col­lec­tion will be avail­able at the b Store pop-​​in store at Sel­f­ridges this autumn.

What inspired you to start your own line?

The inspi­ra­tion to start my own line came from the great feed­back I received after my grad­u­ate col­lec­tion and the invi­ta­tion from Fash­ion East to join MAN.

How did you become involved with Topman?

Menswear is the area where my enthu­si­asm is. It is the area where I am able to express my work and I got con­tacted by Fash­ion East in Decem­ber 2007 with an invi­ta­tion to join the MAN Show at Fash­ion Week in Feb­ru­ary 2008 with an A/​W 08 collection.

What should every fash­ion con­scious man have in his wardrobe when it comes to knitwear?

V-​​neck jumper in gray or black lamb­swool or Cashmere-​​classic com­fort­able fashion.

Who do imag­ine wear­ing your clothes?

My col­lec­tion [con­sists of] clothes for every­day use, never com­pro­mis­ing gar­ment or design qual­ity. It is mod­est afflu­ence for the man who appre­ci­ates fash­ion that lib­er­ates and sup­ports his own excep­tional personality.

The Spring Collection

“The S/​S 09 col­lec­tion is a trib­ute to med­i­ta­tive style mil­i­tary cloth­ing and the Fair Isle while tak­ing a strong nod to the Scan­di­na­vian knit­ting tra­di­tion. It plays with clever high-​​tech mate­ri­als and an inter­est­ing mix of inno­v­a­tive fab­rics still with strong empha­sis on the impor­tance of per­fected design and crafts­man­ship. Ele­gant black tai­lored pieces and sports­wear pay atten­tion to sil­hou­ettes and volu­mi­nous upper bod­ies to evoke refined graphic ele­ments, bring­ing to mind a sporty look that never becomes too casual. Nordic folk­lore reinvented.”

(more…)

The MAN Show Spring 2009

MAN

Lon­don Fash­ion Week closed with the MAN run­way show.  MAN is a col­lab­o­ra­tion between Top­man and Fash­ion East.  Each year, the panel behind MAN is ded­i­cated to find­ing the newest tal­ent in menswear to show­case.  This year, James Long and Hans Mad­sen were invited back to show for the sec­ond time with new­comer James Long.  Also fea­tured on the run­way is the Top­man Design col­lec­tion for the sophis­ti­cated Top­man cus­tomer a cut above the rest.

Read­ing the pieces that Lon­don Fash­ion Week orga­niz­ers com­piled on each of the design­ers assists in a greater appre­ci­a­tion for the col­lec­tions.  After read­ing, it became clear what each designer is try­ing to do with their work.  A per­sonal favorite out of the three design­ers is Hans Mad­sen and his knits.

Top­man Design

Christo­pher Shannon

“Gain­ing a schol­ar­ship on the Cen­tral St Mar­tins MA Menswear course by the for­mi­da­ble pro­fes­sor Louise Wil­son, the first of it’s kind in 10 years, Christo­pher Shan­non moved to Lon­don from his native Liv­er­pool, and has worked as design assis­tant to both Richard James and Kim Jones.  Hav­ing worked on Kylie’s cre­ative team for 2 years, he met his teen hero Judy Blame, work­ing 2 sea­sons on a col­lab­o­ra­tive lux­ury print cloth­ing label with him, which sold out in some of the most pres­ti­gious bou­tiques and stores.  His grad­u­ate col­lec­tion, which fea­tures col­lab­o­ra­tive pieces with spon­sors who include: East­pak, Nike, New Bal­ance, and Levis, and fab­rics spon­sored by Calvin Klein, is cur­rently stocked in Colette.  He has reworked shell suits and sports pieces in new fab­ri­ca­tions with a nod to North­ern style and mar­ket stall boot­leg­ging, and lots of reversible ele­ments, some­thing he describes as ‘refined scal­ly­ism’.  He was awarded the Dun­hill Menswear Award ear­lier this year.”  Christo­pher Shan­non Offi­cial Web­site [Lon­don Fash­ion Week]

Hans Mad­sen

“Dan­ish native Hans Mad­sen grad­u­ated with an MA in Knitwear from the Royal Col­lege of Art in 2007, recog­nised for his well-​​crafted, con­cep­tual and approach­able pieces.  His process-​​orientated approach to design where beau­ti­ful sim­plic­ity meets the min­i­mal­ism and med­i­ta­tive style of mil­i­tary cloth­ing takes a strong nod to Scan­di­na­vian knit­ting tra­di­tion.  The con­trast between highly pro­tec­tive and sporty out­er­wear pieces in nylon and other stiff fab­rics, and baggy hand-​​knits and non­cha­lant, worn shirts matched with com­fort­able pants, all evoke a casual image of a tra­di­tional Scan­di­na­vian style with a raw twist.  Since grad­u­at­ing, he has been work­ing with Diesel, and won the world’s most pres­ti­gious fur com­pe­ti­tion, The Golden Fur Pin.  He was recently cho­sen to cre­ate a lim­ited edi­tion hand-​​knit for the forth­com­ing b Store/​Selfridges Pop-​​In Store later this year.” Hans Mad­sen Offi­cial Web­site [Lon­don Fash­ion Week]

James Long

“Grad­u­at­ing from The Royal Col­lege of Art with an MA Menswear/​Accessories, James Long stud­ied his BA at Lon­don Col­lege of Fash­ion, mov­ing to Lon­don from Northamp­ton.  When GQ Asso­ciate Edi­tor and MAN panel mem­ber Char­lie Porter pur­chased sev­eral pieces from his grad­u­ate col­lec­tion he knew he was onto a good thing, with var­i­ous edi­to­ri­als fea­tur­ing his work to fol­low; Dazed & Con­fused, i-​​D Mag­a­zine, Another Man, Numero and many more with spe­cial com­mis­sions for Ital­ian Vogue.  Work­ing from his Hack­ney stu­dio, he mainly works with leather and sheep­skin com­bin­ing them with mod­ern mate­ri­als such as gauze net­ting and plas­tics, to cre­ate battle-​​ready hard sil­hou­ettes.  He chan­nels his sculp­tural acces­sories knowl­edge into cloth­ing, pre­fer­ring not to work from blocks.  He regards his cloth­ing as a type of pro­tec­tion.  He has just been nom­i­nated along­side 7 inter­na­tional design­ers for the Ams­ter­dam Denim Award and has just done a col­lab­o­ra­tive project with Dazed Japan.  For Spring/​Summer 2009, he will col­lab­o­rate with Jef­fery West on footwear.”   James Long Offi­cial Web­site [Lon­don Fash­ion Week]

Pic­tures from Lon­don Fash­ion Week

Follow Us

• Like our Page
• Check our Boards
• Follow our RSS
• Follow us on Twitter
• Subscribe to our Channel

Popular Posts

Luke Worrall by Jahn Hall for Fashionisto Exclusive
Fall Comes Easy with Daisuke Ueda for H&M
Dominik Takacs by Mark Law for Men’s Folio
Justus by Tobias Wirth for Fashionisto Exclusive
Garçons de la Journée by Julian Niznik for Fashionisto Exclusive

Subscribe by Email

Fashionisto Summer 2012

Do you like us?

View Updates by Modeling Agency

Fashionisto Magazine

Recent Articles

• Miles McMillan & Ton Heukels Cover the Latest from the Un-​​Titled Project
• André Bentzer Shows Off His Athletic Ambitions for H&M
• Chiun-​​Kai Shih Aims His Lens on Heritage Ranch for Stil Magazine
• Sebastian Sauvé is a Summer Dream for Armani Exchange S/​S 2012
• Adrian Cardoso, Zhao Lei, Hao Yungxiang & David Hundertmark Dip Into Menswear Highlights for Robb Report