Bastian Thiery & Taras Koltun by Daniela Müller-​​Brunke for INDIE Magazine

The New Min­i­mal­ist–Nest model Bas­t­ian Thiery joins Taras Koltun for a Kris Van Ass­che fea­ture in the lat­est INDIE. Wear­ing pieces from both Dior Homme and Van Assche’s name­sake label, styled by Bodo Ernle (Nina Klein), the youth­ful pair are pho­tographed by Daniela Müller-​​Brunke. /​ Groom­ing by Hauke Krause (Bigoudi).

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Taras Koltun by PAPRIKA for Philippe Dubuc Spring/​Summer 2012

Dark Start–Elmer Olsen model Taras Koltun con­tin­ues to be a favorite of Cana­dian label Philippe DUBUC, appear­ing in their lat­est col­lec­tion film for the spring/​summer 2012 sea­son. Directed by PAPRIKA, Taras is clad in dark shrouds as he nav­i­gates a mys­te­ri­ous environment.

Dsquared² Fall/​Winter 2012 by Alessandro Casagrande

Scholas­tic Tales–Dsquared² went back to school for their fall/​winter 2012 show­ing in Milan and pho­tog­ra­pher Alessan­dro Casagrande was there to set his lens on a cou­ple of the boys, ready for their cat­walk debut. /​ View Dsquared²’s fall/​winter 2012 show here.

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John Galliano Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

Gang­ster Lore–Look­ing to the days of pro­hi­bi­tion for the inspi­ra­tion of his sec­ond out­ing for John Gal­liano, cre­ative direc­tor Bill Gayt­ten honed in on char­ac­ters, rang­ing from gang­sters and the law estab­lish­ment to Amer­i­can sports-​​stars. Empow­ered by the stigma of a gang­ster, the col­lec­tion was off to a strong start with over­size sil­hou­ettes ush­er­ing in the double-​​breasted suit and fine coats of fur. Turn­ing to ref­er­ences by J.C Leyen­decker and Nor­man Rock­well, the baggy trousers of America’s infa­mous king­pins were closely fol­lowed by Gaytten’s noto­ri­ous band of hench­men. Youth­ful, cold and belted in for a show­down with the law, the men­ac­ing were met with hues of army green, dress­ing the avi­a­tor jacket, a mil­i­tary jacket, com­plete with epaulettes and other heroic pieces. Caught in the mid­dle of the two fac­tions and bring­ing the show to a close were John Galliano’s sports heroes, reveal­ing a pol­ished evening wardrobe, sequined and gen­er­ally more fitted.

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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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Dsquared² Fall/​Winter 2012 | Milan Fashion Week

Schol­arly Days–Dsquared² design­ers Dan and Dean Caten send their boys back to school for the fall/​winter 2012 sea­son. Bring­ing smarts to their sig­na­ture sta­ples, loosely slung denim was paired with light lay­ers con­sist­ing of leather jack­ets, sweat­shirts, button-​​downs and sweater vests. Acces­sorized with news­boy hats, duf­fels and back­packs, the season’s theme was a no-​​brainer. From goody two shoes prep to the sar­to­r­ial bad boy, Dsquared² packed an easy punch with a relaxed wardrobe that even­tu­ally tran­si­tioned into more pol­ished gar­ments. Still apply­ing their own hand­i­work to evening­wear, denim and sequins col­lided for a cheeky finish.

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