My oh my! We’re in fashion week overload here at T5M, with the fashion season kicking off in grand style last month with the men’s shows in Milan, swiftly followed by Paris. I have to admit I boarded the flight to Milan expecting a swathe of depression and glum looks from the front to the back rows, but luckily such fears were quashed within a few hours – optimism reigns supreme in the fashion world!
So what’s on the horizon for A/W 09/10? Well, there was no surprise to see an abundance of outerwear. For the next round of winter months expect ‘the big winter coat’ –from big black precision cut leather overcoats at Prada to deep pile fur jackets resting on shoulders at McQueen it appeared as if a modern-day armour for the modern-day man was emerging. Adam Kimmel drafted in all his New York hipster friends to model his latest collection of reversible coats that morphed into further separates of their own accord due to concealed engineering…cheeky Mr. Kimmel!
To help us with our layering there was also a fair share of fair-isle knits and last Autumn/Winters runaway success of Plaid still featuring, albeit this time around those checks will be larger in their scale. Plaid will not be going away anytime soon, it’s merely morphed itself into a new state, slightly more understated and as a final finish to an outfit as opposed to being coated into check from head to toe.
Ok, ok so we know we should all be looking forward to cracking out the summer staples, donning and shorts and espadrilles, but when you feast your eyes on next season’s trends, you’ll want to get your fashion mitts on MC pants, military boots and an overcoat you can hibernate in too…!
Stay tuned to t5m for more instalments of next season’s must – do menswear trends.
James Tregaskes
Fashion Commentator
