Tommy Hilfiger Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

March­ing For­ward–The men of Tommy Hil­figer marched to a dif­fer­ent beat for the fall/​winter 2012 sea­son. Trad­ing in the Amer­i­can prep that Hil­figer has become so syn­ony­mous with, the lav­ish col­lec­tion read as a rich set off the run­ways of Europe. Bring­ing together bur­gundy and black, leather and shear­ling, Tommy Hil­figer was sim­ply rav­ish­ing. Armed with an aris­to­cratic flair, deli­cious tex­tiles deliv­ered a sharp arse­nal of arrest­ing pieces. Acces­sorized with leather rid­ing gloves, the show kicked off with tai­lored jack­ets and coats, func­tional and ready to be trans­formed at a moment’s notice, cour­tesy of tear away details. Cham­pi­oning the leather inset and bring­ing the elbow patch to the front for a divinely mod­ern look, the devil was in the details. From pleated trousers and sleeve detail­ing to a fetch­ing palette of muted tones, Tommy Hil­figer cre­ated an army for the mod­ern age, bring­ing the ulti­mate lux­ury to the Amer­i­can stage.

Behind the Scenes | Costume National Homme & Ermanno Scervino Fall/​Winter 2012

Behind the Scenes | Corneliani & Z Zegna Fall/​Winter 2012

In Wait–Sara Cimino cap­tures a calm behind the scenes look at Cor­neliani and Z Zegna’s fall/​winter 2012 shows with mod­els in hair and makeup with a great book not too far away.

Thom Browne Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Lit­tle House of Hor­rors–Gather a high volt­age chair, a splash of the macabre and the Amer­i­can sports­man and you have Thom Browne’s lat­est cre­ation. Stuffed into Browne’s lit­tle gray suit, a steroid-​​induced man appeared with bulging shoul­ders against a petite alter ego, infused with punk. While sweaters, cut from mohair made for a giant-​​sized impres­sion, studs and safety pins dec­o­rated seams and hems. Inject­ing the var­sity jacket with vol­ume, clas­sic stand­bys were treated to a whim­si­cal retreat into the dark cor­ners of Browne’s cre­ative genius. Jux­ta­posed with mid-​​riff bar­ing tops and gar­ments in water­melon green and pink, the idea of clas­sic menswear was torn to shreds and pre­sented as Thom Browne’s lat­est fan­tasy, in some aspects wear­able but at large a stir­ring ges­ture to sit back and take in.

Damir Doma Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Jour­ney–Damir Doma’s loose sil­hou­ettes are treated to an exotic makeover, cour­tesy of an expe­di­tion that takes in rich prints and lush fab­rics for the new sea­son. Adorned with beads and dressed in tribal prints, Doma’s man reigned supreme with a cer­tain entrap­ment. Belt­ing jack­ets and lay­er­ing with loose over­coats, sharp ensem­bles packed quite the bold punch before trim­ming down for a black­out. Turn­ing to a quiet and focused dimen­sion, mil­i­tant gar­ments filled a void for the fit­ted. Demon­strat­ing a hand for both struc­ture and swift drap­ing, Damir Doma’s lat­est col­lec­tion mar­ried the sub­dued to the extrav­a­gant for a strik­ing fall/​winter 2012 outing.

Kenzo Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Kenzo Work­day–Play­ing it safe for their debut col­lec­tion, new Kenzo cre­ative direc­tors Carol Lim and Hum­berto Leon, revealed a sea­son right off the con­veyor belt. Dec­o­rated in bright, youth­ful prints, the tai­lored trap­pings of the Kenzo man came out to play. From fit­ted quilted jack­ets and laid-​​back sweat­shirts to the odd knick­knacks, sports­wear fueled the col­lec­tion. Hon­ing in on a relaxed aes­thetic that achieved a bal­ance of casual sophis­ti­ca­tion and nov­elty, Lim and Leon rep­re­sented the quirky sen­ti­ments of the clas­sic man.