Also with an eye on the coffers, Raf at Jil Sander dropped a neat, dynamic collection. Pert flecked suits with ‘80s ‘Fosters Menswear’ shiny fabrication verged on an edgy photocopier salesman (in a good way). Duvet style matt finish ‘urban’ jackets were most fanciable and the perfect antidote to the wet Moncler epidemic that has gripped Italy.At Trussardi’s new lifestyle store we were compressed into lifts to enter to the showroom above. We shared ours with fashion tour de force Milan Vukmirovi. He was sporting a nice black Hermes Cap Cod Double Tour watch I noticed, and duly flattered him on it in an attempt to secure an interview. It worked (check out the video below). His Trussardi 1911 collection of lux-lumber chic paired with tactile, covetable knits and tailoring dealt with straight masculinity. The almost anti-high fashion collection of wearable clobber was refreshing. Canadian mountain-esque robust tartans on everything, worked with man staples from washed leathers to Savile Row pinstripe tailoring. He’s obviously double clever and grasped the nettle of the current clime, melding luxury with a look he says comes from the streets of Tokyo. I worry all that tartan could look Lux-Hoxton to us in London, after the overkill we’ve seen on the check Shoreditch trendies already.
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TOM STUBBS, WRITERTom Stubbs is a stylist and writer who works for Sunday Times Style, The Rake, The Quarterly, FT How To Spend It, and Finch’s Quarterly. He has also just launched his own blog www.styleanderror.co.uk. Stubbs is reporting live from the AW10 menswear shows in Milan. Click here to read the blog.
INDIGO CLARKE, WRITERWriter Indigo Clarke is Fashion Features Editor for Lula Magazine UK, Editor at Large for Oyster Magazine AUS, Contributing Features Editor for Russh Magazine AUS, Correspondent for Harper’s Bazaar AUS and also writes features for AnOther Magazine UK, Plastique Magazine UK and The Melbourne Age Newspaper. Reporting from the big apple, Indigo brings us the front row fashion from New York Fashion Week.
COCO LE FREAK C'EST CHIC, BLOGGERCoco – aside from being a full-time fashion enthusiast, is a photo-journalist, trend forecaster and writer. She presents her ‘collection of musings, opinions and inspirations’ from the realm of fashion and lifestyle in her eponymous blog ‘Coco Le Freak C’est Chic’. Coco brings her unique take on street style to the farfetch.com blog.Click here to read the blog.
VIOLAINE BERNARD, PR As the PR director for London boutique Feathers, Violaine has to be up to speed on all of the key trends and new collections from global designers and fresh, new talent. This September, she brings us the lowdown on the definitive shows from London Fashion Week and as a native Parisian she will also be heading to some of the Paris runways too.