
Going into their second season collaborating, Opening Ceremony and Pendleton lighten their color palette and branch out into chic suiting. Armed with everything from cuffed shorts to the convertible bag/jacket, their collaboration offers the perfect pizazz this season needs.

Spring beckons and the February issue of Engine magazine answers the call with an early look at suiting from Giorgio Armani, Jil Sander, Tom Ford and Louis Vuitton as styled by Tomoki Sukezane. Photographed by Junji Hata, Matvey Lykov lends the shoot his calm demeanor.

Lasse Pedersen photographed by Rasmus Jensen

Often mistaken for George Barnett and vice versa, Bastiaan Ninaber takes it in jest with a biting sense of humor: “Yes I know people make that mistake. Quite strange, because I’m obviously better looking than George, hahaha. Especially his Lanvin campaign – people couldn’t tell the difference…everybody was congratulating me with my new campaign. I think we do look similar in some pictures, but on the set you can easily keep us apart.”

Although most collections make their debut on the runway, there is something about a lookbook done right that adds a certain appeal to the clothing. In lookbooks, there tends to be a special relationship between the model, garments, styling, set and above all designer’s vision. This relationship may get lost on the runway, but here in pictures, they help create a lifestyle that adheres to a conceptualized aesthetic. After the jump are spring 2009’s standouts.