While the future of fashion and how designers choose to show and release their collections seems to be on the cusp of major change, today we're focusing in on the newly-released pre-fall collections, set to hit stores in May. Scroll down to see the best looks from designers like Alexander Wang and Christopher Kane, and be sure to leave your favorite in the comments below.
LONDON — Fashion is often centered on the new: a different material, the unexpected silhouette. But by the same measure, the first commandment for any commercially viable brand is always to know thy customer. And pushing men out of their comfort zones can be particularly high risk.
The designer offerings over the past weekend at London Collections Men suggest that there is no clear trajectory for fall. But here are three themes so far:
Photo Shearling on the runway in Coach's fall 2016 collection. Credit Tom Jamieson for The New York TimesShearling: Outerwear inevitably takes pride of place during the fall shows, with a proliferation of shearling on the London runways as much a certainty as the constant January drizzle. The British biker brand Belstaff clad models in reverse leather, cropped shearling jackets as part of its Heading North collection. Stuart Vevers, the returning local boy who brought his Coach collection home this season, trimmed '90s parkas and '70s-style leather macintoshes with the fluffy stuff, as well as offering one or two super-size B.F.J.s (Big Furry Jackets).
Continue reading the main story Slide Show J.W. Anderson: Fall 2016CreditNytcredits: Gio Staiano/Nowfashion
Head-to-toe knits: J. W. Anderson sent out a series of knitted culotte and sweater combos during his show, streamed on Grindr, on Sunday, while Sibling offered up floor-skimming, jewel-toned cardigan coats with knitted boxers for its latest boxing-inspired collection.
Continue reading the main story Slide Show Alexander McQueen: Fall 2016CreditGio Staiano/Nowfashion
Trompe l'oeil: Battered leather biker jackets embellished with painted Scandinavian wild flowers were a standout at the cult label Tiger of Sweden, while, at Moschino, Jeremy Scott plasticized puffas and jeans with sprayed trompe l'oeil printing in a DayGlo palette of bright reds, blues, fuchsias and yellows, following tea with the avant-garde British artists Gilbert and George, known for their use of shadows for 2-D effects. Sarah Burton at Alexander McQueen took a more subtle approach to proceedings at her show in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, etching butterflies onto suit lapels and trouser legs and printing Darwin inspired sketches onto traditional double-breasted two-pieces.
