NINE MEN’S DESIGNER BRANDS THAT ARE HAVING A MOMENT THIS SPRING
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There’s a lot happening in menswear right now. New brands are emerging at breakneck speed. Storied luxury houses, once the bastions of tradition and heritage, are reinventing their established codes and installing forward-looking designers at the creative helm to shake things up. Even the streetwear set has begun to infiltrate the once hallowed halls of the tailoring world. Is it exciting? Certainly. Exhausting? A little. Because once you’ve factored in the working, eating and sleeping portions of your life, there simply aren’t enough hours in the day to stay on top of every single style development. Luckily for you time-poor lot, then, that task falls to us. And, while we’re not usually one for playing favourites, we’ve put our heads together to narrow these goings-on down into a digest of the labels and collections we think you should have on your radar. Read on for nine brands to watch (and add to your Wish List) this season.
JACQUEMUS
New to MR PORTER this season is the first menswear collection from Mr Simon Porte Jacquemus, a Frenchman who put forward a summery offering last June on the beaches of Marseille, his hometown. Titled “Le Gadjo” – a boyish nickname for the swaggering Bohemian types spotted about town – the collection is a sandy, sun-soaked affair with lots of loose tailoring, oversized camp-collared shirts and, believe it or not, Speedos. The return of skimpy swimwear aside, perhaps the most important takeaway from the show was what Mr Jacquemus proposed in the bag department: the mini bag, a smaller, sleeker and, to our mind, smarter way to carry your accoutrements. An evolution of the latterly dominant belt-bag trend, these diminutive accessories are designed to be worn around the neck or, for a smarter interpretation, over the shoulder. Anticipate packing lighter than usual this summer.
NEEDLES
If you find yourself in Shibuya, Tokyo, and stumble upon an ancient felled tree, you haven’t been spirited away to the Studio Ghibli universe; instead you’ve likely found the door, marked by an uprooted trunk, to the city’s streetwear mecca: Nepenthes. Founded by Mr Keizo Shimizu in 1988, the store’s in-house label, Needles – one of the latest brands to join MR PORTER’s ever-expanding coterie of hard-to-find Japanese labels – followed in 1997, during the city’s streetwear renaissance. The line broadly mirrors the country’s clothing culture. It’s a miscellany of classic Americana, East Coast prep, thrift-store finds, skate-meets-surf gear, 1990s sportswear and traditional Japanese textiles, too. From the latest collection, the bleached denim, wide-leg sweatpants and printed bombers all deserve a prominent position in your spring wardrobe.
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