Duckie Brown Fall 2011 | Mercedes-​​Benz Fashion Week

Duckie Brown returned to true form today, blow­ing out sil­hou­ettes and embrac­ing their sig­na­ture knack for quirky detail­ing. Flu­id­ity ampli­fied, the Duckie Brown man was treated to a com­fort­able show­ing of relaxed pro­por­tions in var­ied tex­tures and col­ors. Offer­ing attrac­tive pieces in all shapes and sizes, when Daniel Sil­ver and Steven Cox were not occu­pied with fan­tas­tic fab­ric selec­tions such as their take on shear­ling, they were intent on inter­ject­ing suit­ing with fun and spon­tane­ity. Don­ning crisp col­ors and empha­siz­ing a relaxed pace of move­ment, Duckie Brown’s trousers and jack­ets made the per­fect clos­ing state­ment to a sea­son on point with per­son­al­ity and substance.

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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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Yohji Yamamoto Fall 2011 | Paris Fashion Week

Opt­ing for a more seri­ous mood this sea­son than last, Yohji Yamamoto’s fall col­lec­tion takes a somber turn while also expe­ri­enc­ing a poignant art moment. Deliv­er­ing on expec­ta­tion, but also push­ing the bound­aries to pro­vide room for a more thought­ful touch, a uni­form for men of all ages comes together with atten­tive care to form and func­tion. Cut large and dressed by sub­dued col­ors besides a shock­ing jolt of red, the lineup pro­vides a tidy fusion of east and west as the stag­nant nature of suit­ing is dis­sected into an attrac­tive lifestyle of great ease.

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Rick Owens Fall 2011 | Paris Fashion Week

Cut from gray and black, Rick Owens’ lat­est designs revolve around an angu­lar look for fall. From asym­met­ri­cal zip­pers on boots and a sig­na­ture exer­cise in drap­ing to new hard­ware adorn­ments, Owens con­tin­ues a unique path. Dis­play­ing an unusual soft­ness despite the hard edges, the col­lec­tion finds momen­tum in graphic lines defined by color, tex­ture and form. Inter­twin­ing the usu­ally dark color palette with a sheen fin­ish, fall’s col­lec­tion is rounded out with a for­mal feel.

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General Idea Spring 2011 | Behind the Scenes by Shannon Sinclair

With beau­ti­ful back­stage images to match a won­der­ful spring show­ing from Gen­eral Idea, Shan­non Sin­clair cap­tures peace­ful look behind the scenes with famil­iar faces that include Matvey Lykov and ris­ing star Miles Gar­ber.

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General Idea Spring 2011 | New York Fashion Week

Tying together a grad­ual pro­gres­sion of color and sil­hou­ettes, Gen­eral Idea’s recent New York show­ing of the lat­est col­lec­tion enti­tled Nos­tal­gia delighted the senses with a vari­ety of bold cuts and graphic prints. Kick­ing the show off with a crisp fash­ion­able take on sports­wear dressed in fiery red, designer Bum­suk Choi addressed the basics before try­ing his hand at the mod­ern sil­hou­ette. Relaxed and extended, the touch of an artist came to mind with splashes of paint across trousers, while a fit­ting blast from the past came forth in a seg­ment of work­er­swear per­fected with draw­string belting.

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