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

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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Marcel Castenmiller by Ben Rayner for Nylon Guys

An Afflic­tion for Black & White–DNA model Mar­cel Cas­ten­miller takes to the pages of Nylon Guys for a new photo shoot with Ben Rayner. Blend­ing the magazine’s laid-​​back street vibe with a more pol­ished fash­ion­able approach, Micah John­son pulls together a wardrobe of Yigal Azrouël, Dries Van Noten and other labels for a quirky story on steroids.

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Tommy Hilfiger Holiday 2011 Campaign

A Hil­figer Hol­i­day–Just in time for a lit­tle hol­i­day cheer and clad in plaid, Andre Dou­glas, Fran­cis Lane, Luis Borges, Mar­cel Cas­ten­miller, Max Rogers, Noah Mills and Sam Way gather with the rest of the Hil­figers for Tommy Hilfiger’s hol­i­day 2011 cam­paign, pho­tographed by Craig McDean with styling by Karl Tem­pler.

Marcel Castenmiller by Simon for Toh Magazine

Shower Scene–Fash­ion Milano model Mar­cel Cas­ten­miller finds him­self at the cen­ter of pho­tog­ra­pher Simon’s sec­ond edi­to­r­ial for Toh’s recent issue. Tak­ing to the shower for an unortho­dox photo shoot, Mar­cel is styled by Alex Vac­cani in laid-​​back fall pieces from the likes of Givenchy and Frankie Morello.

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Ethan James, Marcel Casternmiller, Miles Garber, Paolo Anchisi & Tomek Szczukiecki by Paul Maffi for Varón

Black & White Beauty–Varón scores its lat­est issue with poetic pho­tos of Ethan James, Paolo Anchisi (Ford), Mar­cel Cast­ern­miller, Miles Gar­ber (DNA) and Tomek Szczukiecki (Wil­helmina) cap­tured by Paul Maffi and styled by Tom Van Dorpe. The mod­els delin­eate the high-​​low prose through a well con­structed mix­ture of pro­por­tions, both syn­thetic and nat­ural tex­tiles as well as fine-​​sculpted hair.

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