Topman is Most Definitely Team UK
New Gen Tees–Topman is collaborating with popular up and coming London designers once more, this time around on a new t-shirt collection to celebrate British talent. Inviting James Long, Katie Eary, Lou Dalton, Sibling and Christopher Shannon to design for the project, the range’s theme is Menswear Rules Britannia. Priced at £18, £5 from each sale will go to The British Fashion Council Princess of Wales Charitable Trust in support of young designers. The project launches June 7, 2012, right before London Fashion Week, which kicks off June 15, 2012. Until then, here are pictures of spunky British youth captured on a sightseeing tour, captured by Craig Thomas.
R.Groove Fall/Winter 2012
Team.Groove–Shown during Fashion Rio in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, R.Groove’s latest lineup hit the runway with an obvious cool factor. Putting together relaxed fits with an effort of carelessness, everything from t-shirts, stamped with R and trousers featuring perfect raised seams to oversize shirt jackets made an appearance. Dressed in novel prints and armed with a fair use of color, R.Groove mastered a mix of fun youthfulness and modern smarts.
Os Burgueses Spring/Summer 2012 | Modalisboa #37 — Transfusion – Day 1
An Opera for a New World–Day one of the thirty-seventh Modalisboa edition placed under the theme of transfusion kicked off with the new blood of Lusitanian designers Os Burgueses, showing as part of lab, the platform for the youngest talents. Launched in 2009 by Pedro Eleutério and Mia Lourenço, the new label showcased a spring/summer 2012 collection inspired by heritage as well as freedom, which also included a couple of men’s silhouettes … a very light palette of white, grey and pale pink for casual clothes with a twist in twill, jersey, cambric or leather … relaxed new tailoring, draped bermudas, sleeveless jumpsuit shorts … the silhouette was fresh and clean, this season’s inevitable checks were present and zips everywhere …
Alexandra Moura Spring/Summer 2012 | Modalisboa #37 — Transfusion — Day 1
Nothing is as Certain as Uncertainty–For Modalisboa #37, long-time regular of the Portuguese fashion week, Alexandra Moura presented a spring/summer 2012 collection entitled The Uncertainty Principle inspired by a book, a compilation of animal illustrations organized in such a way so that one can shape one’s own combinations amongst them and create the most extraordinary, unique and sometimes surreal creatures … following this concept, the collection takes life from a mix of ideas, reference, time periods, art movements … A strong geometrical statement is created through the assembly of materials — cotton, silk, vinyl, jersey, crepe, cool wool — and colors — putty, green, pink, black, white, orange … straight lines contrast with volumes … color blocks oppose to stripes … ruffled bermudas resemble skirts and are sometimes paired with matching trousers, shirts are punched to look as if in polka dots, vinyl tops take on poplin bottoms … accessorized with sling-back brogues and surrealistic sunglasses, rounding out the lineup with a loose silhouette that is young and comfortable.
Maria Gambina Spring/Summer 2012 | Modalisboa #37 — Transfusion – Day 1
Candy Boys–Inspired by Ned Doheny’s Hard Candy album, Portuguese designer Maria Gambina presented her latest offering during the first day of Modalisboa. Part of Modalisboa’s Transfusion edition, the designer revealed select outfits, crafted from outerwear in technical fabrics, worn with rolled-up trousers and fine cotton knits, featuring a preppy cut. Ultimately delivering a sporty silhouette for young guys with a clean but laid-back attitude, billowing shorts made for the perfect completion to a relevant spring showing.
Jitrois Pre-Spring 2012
Product of the Age–Jitrois gears up for the new season with a pre-spring lookbook, featuring an expanded lineup of treated leather. From contemporary jackets and pants with a fantastic finish to timeless accessories, the label updates menswear fundamentals with a modern look that challenges the times with a great use of material.
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