LFW-Menswear

RIGHT, LONDON FASHION WEEK MENSWEAR STARTED ON MONDAY AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME REALLY INTERESTING CATWALK SHOWS... I HAVE PICKED THE ONES I THINK ARE MORE WORTH HAVING A LOOK AT, ALTHOUGH I'VE GOT TO ADMIT THAT SOME OUTFITS I FIND HORRIBLE TO SEE ON A MAN, NOWADAYS IT'S VERY VERY DIFFICULT TO MAKE THE DIFFERENCE WHEN IN COMES TO FASHION, SO IT'S CHALLENGING TO THE EYE TO SEE WHAT, FOR EXAMPLE, J.W. ANDERSON HAS PROPOSED HERE, SHORT DRESSES AND STRAPLESS TOPS IN MEN SOUNDS RIDICULOUS. I MUST ADMIT I WOULD GIGGLE (IF NOT LOL) AT A MAN DRESSING LIKE THAT IN THE STREET.
EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED ON THE CATWALK LADIES AND GENTLEMEN

HERE SOME PHOTOS AND A BRIEF DESCRIPTION

Christopher Shannon. I love the colours used in the collection, somes pieces I found very interesting, others bored me a bit. There were some girls on the catwalk as well which adds to this ongoing thing about androgyny we've been seeing for a while.

James Long. I think this have been my favourite mens collection so far, I love how playful it is in terms of textiles, I'm not a huge fan of brown for womenswear, but for men it gives it that bohemian look. Love the patterned shirts,  love those rubbery looking trousers.

J. W. Anderson. Right, I have issues with this, I love him, I love the tailoring, love the fabrics he uses, but this androgyny thing I was mentioning earlier doesn't apply here, because this is way too feminine, (and I only added three photos of the girly outfits). But putting this fact aside, I think the colour palette works really well here, a very strong klein blue mixed with khaki, grey and black. Jumpers=amazing, coats=amazing, tailoring=amazing.

Oliver Spencer. For some strange reason, while I was looking at the photos of this collection, I kept thinking how well the pale pink and grey background look with the colour palette (although is broad). This is a nice collection, no risks taken, I would say it's 100% commercial, and there is nothing wrong with that. The striped suit is lovely. I'd like my bf to wear this I have to say.

Matthew Miller. Although I did not like the "moto" phrase for this collection: Born to Fail (a bit depressing) it'd be nice to see what the inspiration was to put that phrase on the jumpers. I liked what Miller did here, a very plain palette, black predominating the catwalk with some beige and red adding their touch to it. Nice tailored pieces with sharp lines. Some feminine presence on the catwalk too. Very niceeee 

Alexander McQueen. Here is probably the most awaited one of all London Fashion Week designers. I did like this a lot, not my favourite, but it would be stupid to ignore how nice these clothes look, you can tell just by looking at them the quality they are. Very long coats, ankle length trousers and some crazy "tapestry" patterns added a  fun touch to the collection. These red coats I put at the end reminded me of Prada AW 2012 menswear collection. 

Sibling. Oh well, trying to put my critic glasses and leave my "conservative" side for  myself. I personally do not like this, a bit over the top, but it's been good to see knitting taking to an extreme, veeeery thick wool in oversize hats, scarves. jumpers and globes. A strange colour palette but the presence of black was always in every garment/outfit. I do like the 'please kill me' jumper. Patterns like, a bit of animal print.

TOPMAN. This was a very interesting collection and there was a lot going on in every single outfit, overloaded models with layers and layers, I find it difficult to give this a line of inspiration, because I do think or have the feeling there is a bit of a mixture of things here, but the outcome is very good. I have put here my favourite outfits. I love the navy suit. There were skinny and baggy trousers, tailored suites and coat and almost high street looking garments like the coat in the 1st picture, some very monochromatic outfits (like the orange one) and others with patterns and quite messy in the eyes. They could belong to different collections and I wouldn't notice.

Vivienne Westwood. I don't like Vivienne Westwood although I think she is a very brilliant woman. As we know this woman is obsessed with looking after the environment and this collection was about that (there was a sign reading 'Whats good for the planet is good for the economy' and tailpipes everywhere). Anyway, very 'Westwoody' collection, quite deconstructed and 80s I'd say, I like the 3 last outfits of the photos, the houndstooth trousers reminded me of HoH FW12 collection a bit. There is always something bohemian and medieval about her collections, that's her signature and that's what worked for her. 

Anyways, this is only the beginning, loads more to come, London is only the first.

SALUD!!!