Boys of Frankie Morello Spring 2012 by Luca Finotti

It’s Rain­ing Boys!–Luca Finotti cap­tures the fun spirit of Frankie Morello with an infec­tious film fea­tur­ing the happy go lucky boys of the label’s spring 2012 lineup. With many rec­og­niz­able faces and a ridicu­lous amount of per­son­al­ity to go around, the film fea­tures Alexan­der Johans­son, Alexan­dre Cunha, Bran­don Wil­son, Fran­cisco Lachowski, Jacob Coupe, Jakob Hyb­holt, Jakob Wiech­mann, Jamie Wise, Josh Tuck­ley, Leebo Free­man, Malthe Lund Mad­sen, Oskar Tranum, Peter Bruder, Philipp Bier­baum, Reid Prebenda, Sebas­t­ian Sauvé, Sid Ellis­don, Simon Ness­man, Thomas Hoef­nagels and Vladimir Ivanov. /​ View Frankie Morello’s spring 2012 col­lec­tion here.

Behind the Scenes | Paris Fashion Week: Kenzo Spring 2012

High Spir­its at Kenzo–The joy­ous mood of Kenzo’s spring 2012 style trip to Hawaii inspired an equally happy group of mod­els cap­tured behind the scenes. /​ Pho­tos by Jean-​​Luc Dupont. View run­way images and review here.

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Acne Spring 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Shapely Sea­son–Acne trav­els a sim­ple path for the spring 2012 sea­son, look­ing to the bicy­clist to guide the way. A stand­out label for atten­tion to shapes this sea­son, the cohe­sive lineup finds its stride with boxy out­er­wear, com­ple­mented by fit­ted pieces such as the knit and dress shirt. Out­fit­ted in col­ors that empha­size a retro atti­tude, ele­ments, old and new con­tinue to be show­cased through­out a col­lec­tion that takes pro­por­tion to task with a waver­ing stance. Ulti­mately com­ing out on top with a sub­tle cam­ou­flage accent among strong mono­chro­matic num­bers, Acne con­tin­ues to be a crowd pleaser.

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Mr. by Roland Mouret Spring 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Mov­ing Lines–Bil­low­ing sil­hou­ettes in a great array of col­ors stole the show for Mr. by Roland Mouret’s spring 2012 out­ing, where the trouser reigned supreme. Paired with more fit­ted tops, the lineup was kept sim­ple with soft neu­trals accented by bright bursts of color, whether in canary yel­low or cobalt blue. Alto­gether, trans­lat­ing the rich­ness of the sev­en­ties into a wear­able col­lec­tion that included the likes of belted safari jack­ets, sleeve­less knits and dou­ble breasted blaz­ers, the man of Mr. by Roland Mouret achieved a chic fin­ish with an impres­sive taste for simplicity.

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Kenzo Homme Spring 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

A Place in the Sun–Warm thoughts of 1960’s Hawaii and the gor­geous images from the port­fo­lio of Slim Aarons inspire a trop­i­cal get­away for the lat­est Kenzo col­lec­tion from Anto­nio Mar­ras. Embark­ing on a charm­ing tale, a gen­eral relaxed sil­hou­ette takes pri­or­ity as a myr­iad of prints lend the range its spirit. From stripes and flo­ral prints to polka dots, the Kenzo man enjoys some time off in a won­der­ful array of blue, green as well as fuch­sia. Show­cas­ing tai­lored sta­ples, rang­ing from the dou­ble breasted jacket and pleated suit­ing shorts to semi-​​fitted trousers, Mar­ras once again demon­strates a lev­eled hand, employ­ing a con­cept and sound con­struc­tion side by side with great results.

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John Galliano Spring 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Calm After The Storm–Qui­etly tak­ing the reigns of John Galliano’s name­sake label after the designer’s abrupt fall from grace ear­lier this year, Billy Gayt­ten kept the momen­tum going with a new col­lec­tion that had plenty a high moment. Still employ­ing the­atrics but tun­ing more into the spirit of the gar­ments, John Galliano’s men took the run­way, tak­ing on every­thing from the dap­per nerd to the bel­lâtre. Dish­ing out a well-​​balanced col­lec­tion of the flam­boy­ant and the stead­fast, relaxed suit­ing rep­re­sented the season’s core, while sep­a­rates offered a moment for per­son­al­ity, tak­ing inspi­ra­tion from the Eng­lish set­tlers and the indige­nous tribes of the new world. Whether it was a dreamy pair of printed silk trousers or a crisp white suit and foulard, Gayt­ten served up a season’s worth of par­tic­u­lar interest.

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