8 must-see shows from Paris Mens’ Fashion Week

Paris’ menswear week was one filled with upheaval. Aside from the buzz surrounding the possible new designer for Dior womenswear and the shocking result of the Brexit vote, there was also the passing of the iconic fashion photographer Bill Cunningham. His death marks the end of an era for fashion and it reinforces the sense that the industry is in the throws of some fundamental changes.

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Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Lanvin’s Creative Freedom

Change is in the air at Dior. An announcement is expected any day now, revealing the name of the new designer for the brand’s womenswear collections. But on Saturday the only Dior anyone was taking about was the fiery Dior Homme collection that Kris Van Assche presented alongside a massive « Lite-Brite » swirling rollercoaster fun fair set.

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Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Dior Homme’s Anarchy

Change is in the air at Dior. An announcement is expected any day now, revealing the name of the new designer for the brand’s womenswear collections. But on Saturday the only Dior anyone was taking about was the fiery Dior Homme collection that Kris Van Assche presented alongside a massive « Lite-Brite » swirling rollercoaster fun fair set.

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Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Givenchy’s Money Shot

Ricardo Tisci lucked out. Given how much breaking news there was in the world (Brexit) and the fashion universe (the possibility that Dior would soon have its first female designer), his guests had quite a bit to talk about while they waited for over a hour in the hot late afternoon sun for his Givenchy menswear show to start.

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Paris Fashion Week SS17 : The Louis Vuitton Tribe

Whenever Kim Jones returns to his roots he comes up with a winning collection for Louis Vuitton. So when he combined his memories of the time he spent in Kenya as a child, following his hydro-geologist father around the country, with the equality formative years he spent as a young man in London, the result was a collection chock-a-block with covetable pieces. Outfits that telegraphed a more youthful and rebellious energy, without every losing sight of the luxe factor.

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Paris Fashion Week SS17 : Balenciaga’s Religious Experience

On the rooftop of the catholic school Lycée Saint Louis de Gonzague in Paris, under the watchful eye of God above, designer Demna Gvasalia presented the first ever menswear runway show for the house of Balenciaga.

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12 must-see shows from Milan Mens’ Fashion Week

The Milan spring-summer 2017 menswear shows were marked by one dominant idea, that of escape. There was a real sense that designers felt that men were in desperate need of taking some time off to trek out into the wilderness, disconnect or at the very least get their bodies back in sync through some wholesome living.

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Milan Fashion Week SS17 : Green with Envy for Gucci

Although the menswear show that designer Alessandro Michele presented in an emerald green venue on Monday was the final one before the Gucci brand folds the line into its future womenswear presentations, it proved that the Gucci man is still more then capable of standing on his own in terms of creativity and whimsical flair.

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Milan Fashion Week SS17 : Prada’s Fashion Climb

Miuccia Prada is a designer who is always looking for new sartorial heights to climb. And ascend she did with a strong collection that not so much pushed fashion to new peaks as it proved that the designer has her finger on the pulse of fashion.

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Milan Fashion Week SS17 : Marni Menswear Makes its Mark

In a Milan menswear spring-summer 2017 season that is missing quite a few familiar faces in terms of brands showing their collections it was a treat to see the Marni menswear line, which only recently started doing a runway show, really come into its own on the catwalk.

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