Huge promotions Ltd – diary
04-02-2006
Diary of Huge Promotions Ltd:
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Week 40 –Menswear fashion
At Huge we have been exploring different avenues of fashion on a regular basis and from time to time, we make sure that we have new areas of fashion from catwalk to high street covered. This week we covered a very important but sometimes neglected area of fashion, menswear, with the recruit of a new male work experience candidate we have opened out eyes all the different aspects to menswear from tailoring, colour, textiles and accessories.
From magazines like Drapers to Sunday Times style magazine we have been able to see a slow but steady trend of menswear of finally amalgamating away from logo t shirts and ripped jeans…finally! In Drapers we have seen a low down of the fashion weeks of menswear, this being a sharp tailoring to luxurious fabric from super shiny to soft cashmeres in all shades of grey and other opulent colours like mulberry, purple and berry red. For example Emporio Armani and Versace offering pearlescent tones and the most reoccurring piece is the waistcoat from blues, to greys and even stripped the varieties were endless the only similarity was that it had to be tight! Fitting and tailoring is a key look in menswear.
In the Louis Vuitton’s catwalk show consisted of streamlined tailored wool suits or a wool and cashmere topcoat, there a nylon parka over bronze nylon trousers. And everywhere, has been contrasting combinations like fur and nylon to sharp lines to chiffon ruffles.
Tailoring is still proving to be popular in menswear collections, and this shows with what is available on the high street. The key look seems to be scruffy tailoring. Think Pete Doherty. Mixing denims and smart tailored pieces is the look being showcased at Topman.
Rural influences are also evident this season. Mixing plaid and check tailoring with floral and paisley shirts is a way of achieving this look. Simple additions to any wardrobe could be a simple paisley scarf, which are readily available on the high street.
It seems that the High street is trying to veer away from the ‘pink t-shirt & ripped jeans’ look that has been popular with ‘modern men’ over that last few years. Tailored separates are the way of introducing this. The key look is to combine opulence with commercial appeal. (Think
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