Siki Im Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Ath­leti­cism for the Style Afi­cionado –Siki Im revis­its school days with a new col­lec­tion that draws its inspi­ra­tion from the gym. Don­ning sweat­bands and sneak­ers, the men of Siki Im hit the gym­na­sium turned run­way with a lineup that jux­ta­posed the fun sporty motif with acces­si­ble gar­ments. The parka was turned out in an over­size boxy cut, chan­nel­ing the vic­tory lap of a cham­pion with room for more del­i­cate pieces like a fan­tas­tic long cable-​​knit sweater, fur­nished in black. Mean­while, leg­gings, sweats and lay­ered pants made the per­fect com­pan­ion to vari­a­tions on the let­ter­man jacket. Blend­ing suit­ing with sports­wear, the over­all results were noth­ing short of genius. Pre­sent­ing the best of both worlds, Siki Im’s fall col­lec­tion tai­lored to the inter­ests of the cre­ative while res­onat­ing the fun­da­men­tal ideas of menswear.

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Rag & Bone Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

The Rugged Dandy–Approach­ing the fall/​winter 2012 sea­son, Rag & Bone design­ers David Neville and Mar­cus Wain­wright took hold of the dandy and roughed him up with a wild eye for the unkempt out­doors. Infil­trated by woodsy sen­ti­ments, fine tai­lor­ing took on a util­i­tar­ian pur­pose, jux­ta­posed with details of the mod­ern age. Lasered fab­ri­ca­tions and satin lin­ings joined care­fully placed leather inclu­sions for a notion of today’s designs. Mean­while, relaxed trousers as well as heavy coats of wool tied into a Lon­don roman­ti­cism that is indif­fer­ent to time. A sub­tle twist of menswear fun­da­men­tals, the col­lec­tion as a whole fueled a space for clas­sic ideas with a hint of exper­i­men­tal fod­der aimed at the season.

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Request Fall/​Winter 2012 Show Package

Request–Turn­ing to pho­tog­ra­pher Ste­fani Pap­pas once more to cap­ture the cre­ative for this season’s show pack­age, Request lends their boys a lit­tle edge with a sub­way shoot — not that they need it. With reg­u­lar bad boys Yuri Pleskun and Cole Mohr avail­able for the fash­ion­able plunge, Request keeps their board in top shape. There’s the always pop­u­lar David Agbodji, the strap­ping Arthur Kulkov as well as stand­out up and com­ers, rang­ing from Misa Patin­szki to Bap­tiste Radufe. Add to the mix, a fast-​​rising Jesse Shan­non or recent Request recruit Willy Cartier and you have an agency pack­ing solid mus­cle, the fash­ion vari­ety if course.

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Yuri Pleskun by Jens Ingvarsson for L’Officiel Hommes Korea February 2012

Cover Boy–Pho­tographed by Jens Ing­vars­son, Request model Yuri Pleskun cov­ers the Feb­ru­ary 2012 issue of L’Officiel Hommes Korea with styling by Katie Bur­nett.

Paul Smith Fall/​Winter 2012 | Paris Fashion Week

The Calm Before the Storm–Bask­ing in hues of blue and black, Paul Smith sends his men out to sea for his fall/​winter 2012 col­lec­tion. Cap­tur­ing the iri­des­cent qual­ity of water, var­i­ous fab­ric fin­ishes gave the range depth as Smith exe­cuted easy gar­ments with a sub­tle twist. Lay­er­ing flu­o­res­cent col­ors with darker coun­ter­parts, the algae of the sea was trans­lated into a novel idea, while anchors and var­i­ous sea crea­tures gave life to charm­ing col­lec­tion accents.

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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.

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