Portrait | Hans Hatt by Richard Kranzin

Posted 2 months, 18 days ago on March 7, 2012 by

hans5 Portrait | Hans Hatt by Richard Kranzin

Oh No!–A Parisian hotel in sham­bles serves as the col­or­ful set­ting for an impromptu photo shoot with Richard Kranzin behind the lens and Major Paris model Hans Hatt, the camera’s one true affection.

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Miharayasuhiro Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Posted 4 months, 4 days ago on January 22, 2012 by

mihara Miharayasuhiro Fall/Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Com­ing Undone–Mil­i­taris­tic ref­er­ences and a sense of rugged ele­gance come together for Miharayasuhiro’s lat­est Parisian show­ing. Work­ing around the idea of strong sep­a­rates, struc­tured items like the cropped pea­coat are con­trasted against over­size cargo pants. Accent­ing a somber sea of dark hues with a large plaid print, vary­ing pro­por­tions are melded together. Lay­ered, fine con­struc­tion gives way to jack­ets with halved sleeves, cam­ou­flage suit­ing and a tai­lored sense of sportswear.

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Dior Homme Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Posted 4 months, 4 days ago on January 21, 2012 by

dh Dior Homme Fall/Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Com­bat­ive Fash­ion–Fol­low­ing an impres­sive show­ing for his name­sake, Kris Van Ass­che returned to the run­way for his lat­est col­lec­tion for Dior Homme. Another inspir­ing lineup for the sea­son, Van Ass­che let the focus on tai­lor­ing take a back­seat with a fully fleshed out motif that empha­sized sports­wear with a mil­i­taris­tic flair. Hid­den under caps and shades, the men of Dior took to the run­way with a strong stance on suit­ing, giv­ing way to more relaxed pieces. Don­ning low slung trousers and over­size out­er­wear, cut to max­i­mize pow­er­ful move­ment, gar­ments in an army green gave the sea­son a life dra­mat­i­cally dif­fer­ent from pre­vi­ous col­lec­tions. Play­ing with shear­ling, pip­ing and tech­ni­cal fab­rics, crisp com­bat­ive sil­hou­ettes were at once fresh, mark­ing a suc­cess­ful over­all out­ing for Dior Homme.

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Kris Van Assche Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Posted 4 months, 5 days ago on January 20, 2012 by

kva Kris Van Assche Fall/Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Work­force–Show­ing one of his strongest col­lec­tions to date, Bel­gian designer Kris Van Ass­che turned to world affairs to take hold of his lat­est inspi­ra­tion. Cast­ing the banker and the work­ing class as his char­ac­ters of the sea­son, Van Ass­che took his stead­fast pen­chant for suit­ing to a new dimen­sion. Evok­ing a cer­tain ele­gance that felt fresh, men of a roman­tic imag­i­na­tion breezed by the cat­walk. For an ele­ment so fre­quently referred to, Van Assche’s turn to the work­er­swear aes­thetic prompted a regal qual­ity when blended with his skills in con­struc­tion and drap­ing. Relaxed trousers, cut to a fine art floated by while more fre­quented items like the bomber jacket felt deci­sively urban. Jux­ta­posed with knits that fell like a dream, in a sea­son with so much focus on suit­ing, Kris Van Assche’s fall/​winter 2012 col­lec­tion exe­cuted the fun­da­men­tal with such ease and difference.

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Issey Miyake Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Posted 4 months, 6 days ago on January 19, 2012 by

imiyake Issey Miyake Fall/Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Sim­plic­ity in Color–First to hit the cat­walk for Issey Miyake was a lineup of tex­tured knits and trousers, cut loose with sig­nif­i­cant pleat­ing. Deliv­er­ing quite the num­ber of col­ors against a core grounded in gray, color, tex­ture and shape gave the new col­lec­tion def­i­n­i­tion. A com­bi­na­tion of keen atten­tion to sil­hou­ette and the nur­tur­ing of an aes­thetic, the options remained lim­ited but excelled in the sense of sell­ing the label’s finer points. Mar­ry­ing an east­ern school of thought with west­ern ide­ol­ogy, relaxed jack­ets, shirt­ing and trousers were mixed and matched for an end­less wardrobe of laid-​​back style options fea­tur­ing a dis­tin­guished harmony.

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Gucci Fall/​Winter 2012 | Milan Fashion Week

Posted 4 months, 9 days ago on January 16, 2012 by

gucci Gucci Fall/Winter 2012 | Milan Fashion Week

Fine & Dandy–Gucci cre­ative direc­tor Frida Gian­nini looks to the nine­teenth cen­tury for the inspi­ra­tion of her lat­est col­lec­tion. Mix­ing var­i­ous ref­er­ences, Gian­nini arrived at what she refers to as Bohemian Grunge. If course with no expense spared, the Gucci man was sent on this path with the ideal trap­pings for a luxe fall sea­son. The vision of smart sim­plic­ity, crew­neck sweaters and mod­est jack­ets made for the per­fect con­tem­po­rary suit­ing state­ment while ornate flo­ral prints cre­ated a tapes­try of enrich­ment. Dress­ing pants and jack­ets for quite the sar­to­r­ial debut, Gucci’s prints were just one of the season’s trea­sured motifs. Work­ing with vel­vet, silk and bro­cade, the show was rounded out by a nod at aris­toc­racy, craft­ing pleated trousers and fit­ted jack­ets for the ulti­mate sea­son of luxury.

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