Historics Of Style.: The Paris Collections: Menswear

Tuesday 22 January 2013

The Paris Collections: Menswear

What a joyous event the Paris collections were, the pattern mania we've been experiencing was dispersed in Paris with print scattering themselves into only a few collections. However Paris showed us a range of innovative silhouettes, an abundance of sliced and dissected suits with unusual inserts and plenty of style masterclasses! With so many amazing collections to choose from i found myself listing nearly all to talk about but i don't have a week spare so i've begrudgingly narrowed it down to my top 5 picks from Paris!

I find myself discussing Thom Browne first, and excellent hats weren't the only highlight in this collection the interesting textural approach to print pleased me and the almost embossed fabric that we've been seeing a lot this season was at its best in Browne's collection. Plaid was also a big hitter here but the way it was used almost made for fresh viewing rather than worn out and a lovely lot of layering too which i always like!

Paul Smith brought a burst of colour to the collections with some wonderfully unexpected shades, exceptional tailoring was also on the cards but thats no surprise, i loved the shape of trouser and the smart yet playful jumpers, although the ties have to be my favourite.

Now for Sacai i loved the fabrics, colours, styling, and trousers in this collection it was all so right! Charming coats for autumn/winter sat on top of an eclectic mix of garments creating cool outfits, the heavy blue wool suit was my absolute stand out piece with its perfect white buttons and trouser creases!

Comme des Garcons brought the usual whimsy with pastel colours for A/W, bunny ears, lots of trim, two tone bowling shoes, pom pom suits, tapestry fabrics and plenty of texture. Its a whole lot for one collection but they can never fail to make it work and who knew boys could look so good in pastel pink!

Finally i'll leave you with Dries Van Noten who brought his usual wealth of texture and muted colours. A seamless collection including a full paisley ensamble i can't stop looking at, and lots of lovely pattern in varying formats, perfect A/W shades and just great clothes.