New York Class of Fall 2011 | Exclusive Casting Call by Steven Chu

Left to Right: Arthur Sales (Soul), Paul Boche (Fusion), Michael Elmquist (DNA), Fran­cis Lane (Root), Alec Fos­ter (Red), Leebo Free­man (ADAM).

This past Sat­ur­day, we hosted a day of faces, both new and estab­lished for a class photo of sorts. Don­ning a dou­ble breasted blazer from Diwon Man and a mod­est shirt from Hyden Yoo, the mod­els each sat for a brief ses­sion with Steven Chu before mak­ing a dash to cast­ings for the upcom­ing fash­ion week.

Over the course of fash­ion week, we’ll pro­vide a closer look at this season’s class as each model reveals their secret for sur­viv­ing an end­less amount of castings.

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Cavalli Class Spring 2011 Campaign | Arthur Sales

Cav­alli Class taps Arthur Sales for spring’s mod­est cam­paign. Fea­tur­ing a col­lec­tion dri­ven by inten­sive prints, the clothes make for quite the state­ment this cam­paign season.

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Dsquared² Fall 2011 | Milan Fashion Week

Fol­low­ing a sur­pris­ingly demure spring 2011 cam­paign, Dsquared² deliv­ers the unex­pected for their fall 2011 col­lec­tion. Dress­ing their lat­est designs in somber col­ors and approach­ing the sea­son with a more seri­ous flair, Dan and Dean Caten cre­ate a strong char­ac­ter with west­ern influ­ences. Topped off with a hat, fall’s lineup comes together with Dsquared²’s sig­na­ture dis­tressed denim and leather trousers. Mix­ing casual ele­ments with the for­mal­ity of over­coats, elon­gated pro­por­tions and the rugged­ness of apron-​​inspired sep­a­rates, Dsquared² prompts a smart sea­son dri­ven by strong designs that solid­i­fies a new chap­ter for the label.

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Moncler Gamme Bleu Fall 2011 | Milan Fashion Week

On the hunt, Mon­cler Gamme Bleu brought its usual ath­leti­cism to the table with a gen­er­ous serv­ing of plaid and the season’s hottest new com­mod­ity – a bas­set hound. When not play­ing it safe with hues of black and brown, the col­lec­tion felt extremely fes­tive with red as well as green. Com­pos­ing this season’s uni­forms, shorts, boots and quilted apparel made quite the state­ment while pro­por­tions played to a prac­ti­cal sense for a change.

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Corneliani Fall 2011 | Milan Fashion Week

Gloss­ing over fall and head­ing into a cold win­ter, Cor­neliani ensured that their man was bun­dled in lay­ers to com­bat the cold. Embrac­ing ele­ments, rang­ing from a sar­to­r­ial call­ing and relaxed mil­i­tary motif to a slope-​​ready turn in fash­ion, the label braced itself with a color palette derived from nature. Shift­ing from dark to light, the col­lec­tion expe­ri­enced a strong show­ing with dou­ble breasted blaz­ers, robe-​​cut out­er­wear and endear­ing knits that man­aged to find a cer­tain cohe­sive­ness felt in dom­i­neer­ing fashions.

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Dolce & Gabbana Fall 2011 | Milan Fashion Week

Embrac­ing fiery red and rich furs for their fall 2011 col­lec­tion, Dolce & Gab­bana infused their prized Ital­ian machismo with a youth­ful zest. Shak­ing up their usual cast­ing with a vari­ety of faces, the design­ing duo put on dis­play a myr­iad of influ­ences. From the clas­sic musi­cal styling of Bryan Ferry to the label’s ongo­ing fas­ci­na­tion with the work­ing man or a spunky take on tomorrow’s scholar, Dolce & Gab­bana impressed with vel­vet, color and an end­less amount of charm. Round­ing out the col­lec­tion with pin­stripes, braces and wingtips, the label put a cool new spin on the mar­riage of old and new style motifs.

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