Adrian Cardoso, Zhao Lei, Hao Yungxiang & David Hundertmark Dip Into Menswear Highlights for Robb Report

Luxe Life–Robb Report mag­a­zine takes a moment to look back and high­light pin­na­cle menswear col­lec­tions within the past year. Mod­els Adrian Car­doso, Hao Yungx­i­ang, Zhao Lei and David Hun­dert­mark suit up with Cor­neliani shirts, Ste­fano Ricci jack­ets, Brunello Cucinelli knitwear and much more, includ­ing col­lab­o­ra­tions from Kim Jones for Louis Vuit­ton and Alessan­dro Sar­tori for Berluti. Lead­ing this trib­ute to lux­ury is pho­tog­ra­pher Dean Isidro while the Wil­helmina quar­tet is styled by Christo­pher Camp­bell. /​ Groom­ing by Wal­ter Obal.

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Zhao Lei for Pepsi “Now in a Moment” Campaign

Model Moment–Pepsi taps music artist Nicki Minaj for their lat­est cam­paign and along for the ride, mak­ing an appear­ance is Wil­helmina model Zhao Lei. Skip to about 50 sec­onds into the com­mer­cial and Zhao hits the catwalk.

Band of Outsiders Fall/​Winter 2012 | New York Fashion Week

Ol’ Santa Fe–Adapt­ing his prep­ster uni­form with the typ­i­cal cheek one has come to expect of Band of Out­siders, designer Scott Stern­berg vis­ited the south­west for the inspi­ra­tion of his lat­est show­ing. Set under the water­color painted sky, Sternberg’s pla­toon came out to play with all their smarts on dis­play. From evening wear to daily essen­tials, a col­lec­tion dressed in rich hues and accented with Navajo-​​inspired prints delighted. Sleepy loungewear pro­vided the quiet coun­ter­part to more pol­ished num­bers, rounded out by blaz­ers, crew­neck sweaters and fit­ted shirt­ing. Mean­while, cor­duroy reared its head with pants and jack­ets adding to a clas­sic Amer­i­cana image. Incor­po­rat­ing quilt­ing and shear­ling, care­fully con­structed out­er­wear added a tough exte­rior to more gen­tle touches such as tas­sel adorned knitwear. Alto­gether mix­ing gar­ments of a sub­dued mood with louder state­ment pieces, Band of Out­siders deliv­ered their finely tai­lored aes­thetic with a splash of south­west­ern nos­tal­gia to color the season.

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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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Gabriel Aubrey & Zhao Lei by Stefan Armbruster for Hugo Boss Selection Spring/​Summer 2012 Campaign

Clas­sic Lines–Hugo Boss favorite Gabriel Aubrey is back for another sea­son, step­ping in front of the cam­era for their Selec­tion range. Joined by Zhao Lei, Gabriel is pho­tographed by Ste­fan Arm­bruster for a crisp mod­ern out­ing, empha­sized with clean lines and impec­ca­ble tai­lor­ing. /​ Set design by Kadu Lennox.

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Wilhelmina Fall/​Winter 2012 Show Package

Wil­helmina–Mas­ter­ing the art of the per­fectly main­tained men’s board, Wil­helmina lends New York Fash­ion Week unde­ni­able stars such as Clement Chaber­naud and Jon Kor­ta­jarena. Trea­sured amongst the ranks are famil­iar faces James Smith, Tay­lor Fuchs and Matthew Hitt as well as count­less oth­ers. In the new faces depart­ment, Wil­helmina charms no doubt with this season’s Givenchy star, Chris Moore and strik­ing up and com­ers like Tay­lor Cowan. Round­ing out their lineup with wel­comed mod­els such as Vladimir Ivanov and Reid Prebenda, Wil­helmina solid­i­fies a phe­nom­e­nal track record in the stars department.

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