Image: Sandro.
A delicate homage to film noir, Sandro‘s Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign, photographed by Karim Sadli, is a bitingly barren look at youth culture underneath a cold winter sky.
Image: Sandro.
Image: Fred Perry.
Newly appointed Calvin Klein creative leader Raf Simons partners with UK style monarch Fred Perry for a collaboration of dramatic ethos. This their 14th collaboration, the Belgian designer has attached his creative vision, one of intensity and clean-cut clarity, to the seminal pieces upon which Fred Perry grew British youth style.
Image: Fred Perry.
Colors of ice and bronze are dashed across the collar of the piqué – its graphic trims a victorian boldness accentuated by the darted shape. A brazen, woolen base, unconventional yet slimming, is added to the hem of the padded bomber, while the double layer v-neck, an illusion in itself, alludes to a more historic vintage.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
The classic knitted sports shirt, cuffed in a cooling contrast blue, becomes the geometric cousin to the Inatarsia crew neck, an eye-catching spectacle, that modernizes a collection ushering in a new age of British sartorial iconography. The zig zag stitch, noticeable to any Raf superfan as a graphic staple, and dual branding on the chest complete this must have collection – a new creative step for European modernism.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
Raf Simons x Fred Perry is available now.
Image: J.W.Anderson.
J.W.Anderson incorporates the unseen peripheries of the film world into its Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign photographed by Jamie Hawkesworth and styled by Benjamin Bruno. Captured in instantaneous backstage moments, the piece holds a dark charisma that is sharpened by the black and white tones.
Image: J.W.Anderson.
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Images: Stutterheim.
Known for its iconic rubberized cotton, Stutterheim is breaking free from its own mold, unveiling a new bonded cotton collection. Waterproof and breathable, the new pieces are equally lively and colorful, all while tip-toeing the line between the fun and reserved ideal that the brand has perfected.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Mario Testino draws on the elegance and balance that reflects Massimo Dutti‘s Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign. Pulling from sports, music, and industrial design, the imagery is both timely and effortlessly cool with a vanguard styling that’s eclectic in execution.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Massimo Dutti.
Image: Fred Perry.
The iconic Fred Perry uses decade-spanning industry clout to partner with Sam Lambert and Shaka Maidoh of Art Comes First, a tantalizingly fresh-faced brand. The designers, who prefer the moniker ‘traveling tailors,’ inflict their own imagery and design principles onto classic Fred Perry pieces like a canvas, utilizing script and fashion as tools for artistic expression.
Setting their sights first on The Fred Perry Shirt, the piece retains its archetypal silhouette and glistening white wash, yet a new patch has been added over the breast, reading ‘avec ces freres’ – ‘with these brothers.’ And so the collection forms itself, based on this band-of-brothers ideology. Created for the modern nomad, as Lambert and Maidoh have officially dubbed their clientele, the Fred Perry Shirt is joined by the Harrington jacket – jet black with an intimidating scissor graphic on the lining – and the track jacket, which bears the same self-reflective punk patch as the previous. To top it off, a Christy’s wool hat is revamped, circled by a black grosgrain ribbon and bearing a gleaming gold safety pin. Made to be looked upon with precision, these traveling tailors have undoubtedly re-simplified punk in a powerful way.
The collection is available online now.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Fred Perry.
Image: Reebok.
Acclaimed director Nabil and Grammy Award winning megastar Kendrick Lamar bring you the final installment in the Reebok Classics series. Shot using vintage equipment, the prints are a testament to the real and raw integrity known to Kendrick and his new Classic Leather Perfect Split pack – pearly white kicks with a complimentary stone base.
Image: Reebok.
Image: Reebok.
Image: Reebok.
Image: Reebok.
Image: dunhill.
An air of modern regality surrounds dunhill‘s Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign, a timeless peek at the traditional English man, complete with scotch in hand.
Image: dunhill.
Image: dunhill.
Image: Vivienne Westwood.
A true fashion experience as designers intended, Trending Tunes is the definitive collection of sleek, rippling audio that graces Spring/Summer 2017 runways the world over. Plug in to the longstanding pairing of music with sartorial art and let the beats inspire.
Soundtrack from Vivienne Westwood‘s Spring/Summer 2017 runway show in Milan for Milan Fashion Week by MODE-F.
Audio: MODE-F, courtesy of Vivienne Westwood.
Neither ESSENTIAL HOMME nor Vivienne Westwood claim ownership of any of these songs. If you have ownership of music in this playlist and wish to not be included, please contact us at INFO [at] essentialhommemag.com and we will remove immediately.
Image: Études Studio.
Eerily ominous and obliquely devoid, Études Studio‘s Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign, shot by Nicolas Poillot, utilizes ’60s underground aesthetics and Xerox’d imagery to produce an inherently complex reality.
Image: Études Studio.
Image: Études Studio.
Image: Études Studio.
Image: John Varvatos.
Masculinity channels a brooding undertone with John Varvatos‘ Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign, starring “Take Me to Church” crooner Hozier as a disenchanted rocker and photographed with deft precision by Danny Clinch.
Image: John Varvatos.
Image: Commes des Garçons Homme Plus.
A true fashion experience as designers intended, Trending Tunes is the definitive collection of sleek, rippling audio that graces Spring/Summer 2017 runways the world over. Plug in to the longstanding pairing of music with sartorial art and let the beats inspire.
Soundtrack from Commes des Garçons Homme Plus‘ Spring/Summer 2017 runway show in Paris for Paris Fashion Week by Frederic Sanchez.
Track list in the following order:
01. “Toccata & Fugue in D Minor, BWV 565” – Makoto Nakura & Satoshi Sakai
02. “12 Variations on La folia d’Espagne, Wq. 118/9” – Makoto Nakura
03. “Violin Sonata No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001” – Makoto Nakura
04. “‘St Matthew Passion’ BWV 244, Part Two: 78 Chor: Wir setzen uns mit Tranen nieder” – Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra & Otto Klemperer
Audio: Frederic Sanchez, courtesy of Commes des Garçons Homme Plus.
Neither ESSENTIAL HOMME nor Commes des Garçons Homme Plus claim ownership of any of these songs. If you have ownership of music in this playlist and wish to not be included, please contact us at INFO [at] essentialhommemag.com and we will remove immediately.
