Marc by Marc Jacobs Resort 2008

Not even the mod­el­ing of Luke can tar­nish my love for Marc Jacobs.  One of the pieces I desire the most this fall is a pair of sweats like the ones fea­tured in the first pic­ture.  Marc also has a hybrid of sweats in his main Marc Jacobs line.  Those can be seen in the fall col­lec­tion look­book images pre­vi­ously posted here.

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United Colors of Benetton Fall 2008

There are three things I like about this col­lec­tion: 1) The col­ored pants; specif­i­cally the bur­gundy pair.  I’m not to crazy about col­ored pants, but I love that more design­ers are embrac­ing bur­gundy this sea­son.  Such a rich color. 2) The use of tweed; such a clas­sic mate­r­ial that looks great when lay­er­ing.  3) Inter­est­ing head wear.

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SOPHNET Fall 2008

I think the patch­work on the jacket fea­tured in the first pic­ture is inter­est­ing, but I’m con­flicted on the shelf life of  a piece that is so dis­tinct.  Regard­less, I think this is a nice aes­thet­i­cally pleas­ing col­lec­tion of func­tional sil­hou­ettes that are not going any­where any­time soon.

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Feature Label: S2VS Fall 2008

The cre­ative force behind quickly ris­ing label S2VS is Sean William Salim.  Salim con­sid­ers him­self “a late bloomer in fash­ion. He did not actively pur­sue a career in the fash­ion indus­try until 2004, at the age of twenty-​​one. At that time, Salim enjoyed shop­ping for clothes, but felt there was not a selec­tion of inter­est­ing and entic­ing clothes that he could afford.  Swear­ing to change that, and while in the process of obtain­ing a degree, Salim applied for the Par­sons School of Design and was accepted.  His edu­ca­tion at Par­sons pro­pelled him into the lime­light.  His “senior the­sis at Par­sons was a big hit with press and stores wanted to buy it.  The rest is history.”

Fall 2008

The S2VS fall col­lec­tion draws inspi­ra­tion from the Indus­trial Rev­o­lu­tion of the late eigh­teenth and early nine­teenth cen­turies.  Salim noted, “It was a very util­i­tar­ian period and peo­ple lay­ered up to keep warm because they couldn’t afford that one good cash­mere coat.” An ongo­ing theme that con­tin­ues into Salim’s upcom­ing spring col­lec­tion, spe­cial atten­tion was paid to children’s wear.  The col­lec­tion takes inspi­ra­tion from the best of indus­trial children’s wear and updates the adult sil­hou­ette to find the per­fect mix of youth­ful­ness and sophistication.

Spring 2009

Salim’s upcom­ing spring col­lec­tion is inspired by chil­dren wear of the 80s.  View­ing past images of his child­hood, Salim feels that clothes for chil­dren were much more inter­est­ing back then.  Children’s clothes appeared to have more char­ac­ter than the clothes of today.  They were infused with “pup­pies, stripes, nau­ti­cal, and school uni­form ele­ments.”  Children’s wear back then was specif­i­cally cre­ated with chil­dren in mind.  Salim feels that chil­dren wear now is a “crap ver­sion of adult wear.”  Hope­fully, the S2VS spring 2009 col­lec­tion will shape up to be the best of both worlds; child and adult.

Q&A

What inspired you to start your own line?

I felt like I have a point of view and a goal to cre­ate a brand that is cor­rectly rep­re­sent­ing today’s aes­thet­ics and the most impor­tant thing is to keep it affordable.

What does S2VS stand for?

That’s one very big secret. Though I assure you that there is a log­i­cal expla­na­tion behind it.

How do you view your own collection?

I view it as style that reflect on today’s cul­ture and atti­tudes in menswear, which I find is a nos­tal­gia for the past and a fas­ci­na­tion with the future. The clothes tend to have a hint of vin­tage and sci-​​fi to them, which are two of my favorite genres.

Who do you imag­ine wear­ing your clothes?

I think S2VS is for every­one. While not every­one wants to wear the skin bar­ing tank tops, there are won­der­fully con­structed shirts and coats. It essen­tially is a brand for peo­ple who care a lit­tle about fash­ion but does not have fash­ion­ista as pre-​​requisite.

For more infor­ma­tion and/​or stock­ists, please visit the S2VS offi­cial website.

Thanks to Sean!

NEXT FEATURE LABEL — NICHOLAS K

Pic­tures from S2VS

Cavern Fall 2008

First, I must give kudos to the styl­ist for the styling of the first pic­ture.  Dual hoods and mate­ri­als of great con­trast are a great way to layer if you can pull it off.  The def­i­nite high­light of these looks for me has to be the coat in the sec­ond pic­ture.  I know this is an unusual way to describe it, but for me, the coat is a crazy hybrid of Sher­lock Holmes’ iconic trench, Dracula’s cape, and a pea­coat.  It’s quite unusual, but the per­fect blend of ele­ments from dif­fer­ent pieces.

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Mundi Fall 2008

I can’t remem­ber where I saw these pic­tures first.  I think they were on Diane’s A Shaded View on Fash­ion.  Regard­less, I was pleased to stum­ble upon them again on Supertalk, because I had long for­got­ten about them.  I don’t like wear­ing exag­ger­ated sil­hou­ettes, but they are nice to look at.  I do how­ever love when design­ers cut shirts and ties out of the same fab­ric.  It looks crisp.

Pic­tures posted by jmatsu on Supertalk

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