Set aside your outdated hype playlists or over-spun DJ tracks and turn to a more updated fare with Trending Tunes, the definitive Autumn/Winter 2017 runway compilation from around the globe. Just set up those subs, press play, and walk that walk.
The mix:
Soundtrack from Malibu 1992‘s Autumn/Winter 2017 runway show for Milan Fashion Week by Dorian Stefano Tarantini and Paolo Forchetti.
Audio: Dorian Stefano Tarantini and Paolo Forchetti, courtesy of Malibu 1992 .
Neither ESSENTIAL HOMME nor Malibu 1992 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.
Christian Louboutin embraces design duality for its Spring/Summer 2017 collection, looking to the future while retaining its centuries-old principles. Culture Convergence, the line’s ambiguous name, demonstrates the brand’s desire to pair its historic Italian-leather manufacturing with a young-man’s invigorated approach to design. Releasing a range of classic silhouettes pumped with a resurgence of new life, the pieces are crafted by an intergenerational artisanal team hyper-focused on creative expansion. The result: Red carpet favorites like the Top Daviol receive a hand-painted wax finish, the Daurassic sees its body covered in a muted spike detailing, the Crapamale’s brogue becomes an intricate studded design. A bridge between past and present, the kicks show a strong marriage between color palette and textile, a partnership that pushes and pulls to create an eye-grabbing wardrobe finisher. In its entirety, the collection is both an homage to a brand whose doctrine, since its 1992 inception, has been reinvention through tradition, as well as a triumphant display of Louboutin’s skilled beauty.
Image: Christian Louboutin.
Image: Christian Louboutin.
Image: Christian Louboutin.
Christian Louboutin’s Cultural Convergence collection is available online now.
Craig Green‘s Spring/Summer 2017 campaign bears an illuminated weight, one that wrestles with a Renaissance revitalization, the kinetic beauty of human movement, and religion’s writhing anguish—all working hand-in-hand to create a haunting visual.
As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.
WHAT
Les Visionnaires
Whether rooting for “Moonlight” to snatch Best Picture away from “La La Land,” or for Viola Davis to finally grab her long-awaited gold, this year’s Oscars are sure to give you all the nail-biting anxiety of a brooding David Fincher flick. Ease your way into film’s cutthroat season with Les Visionnaires from Grey Goose, inspired by the allure of the Hollywood Hills themselves and guaranteed to have you seeing stars.
HOW
Ingredients:
1.5 parts Grey Goose La Poire
0.75 parts Fresh lemon juice
0.5 parts Sage simple syrup
2 parts Cedron Tea
1 spritz Fresh cut grass essence
Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Supremo, P&J Trading, and Grey Goose La Poire.
THEN
Combine ingredients, shake, and strain over fresh ice cubes into a Collins glass. Spritz the cut grass essence overtop before garnishing with a stirrer and wheatgrass.
Set aside your outdated hype playlists or over-spun DJ tracks and turn to a more updated fare with Trending Tunes, the definitive Autumn/Winter 2017 runway compilation from around the globe. Just set up those subs, press play, and walk that walk.
The mix:
Soundtrack from MSGM‘s Autumn/Winter 2017 runway show for Milan Fashion Week.
Audio: MSGM.
Neither ESSENTIAL HOMME nor MSGM 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.
MOST WANTED (pg. 22) features the ten most desired items you must have this season, a series of bags, tech, shoes, and more, from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Dolce&Gabbana, and Pierre Hardy.
Image: Nao Fujishiro for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
NEW ARRIVALS (pg. 50) details the latest collaborations and launches in fashion and art, including a Zayn x Giuseppe Zanotti collaboration, Gucci’s Neo-Vintage bags, and Phillip Lim’s denim vision.
Image: Giuseppe Zanotti.
Image: A.P. KIM.
Image: 3.1 Phillip Lim.
SCENE (pg. 58) Dressed up to the nines or down to barely anything at all, not even cold weather could halt this fierce winter lineup.
Image: Alexander Wang.
Image: Tommy Hilfiger.
Selected features include:
VOLITION (pg. 32) This way of ways was how the two dreamt it. There was only their own to blame.
Image: Byron Mollinedo for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
FIRST LOOK (pg. 62) Bright, bold, and blond: Yellow outshines nearly all else as this season’s powerfully colorful wake-up call.
Image: A.P. Kim for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
PERFECT DAY (pg. 78) It was all but a dream, he felt. To just be there, alone, in the presence of simply no one else at all.
Image: Cyrill Matter for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
CONVERSATIONS (pg. 90) At Pitti Uomo 91 this January, Tim Coppens spoke with Sebastien Perrin about their collaborative history and the brand’s European runway debut.
Image: Jordan Hemingway for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
A COMMON THREAD (pg. 99) Designers Jérémie Egry and Aurélien Arbet dwell between two artistic domains with Études Studio.
Image: Byron Mollinedo.
CHANGING LIGHT (pg. 107) Véronique Nichanian invited euphoric progression in Hermès’ spring intention.
Image: Jong Hyup for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
SCENTS AND SENSIBILITY (pg. 115) An appointment with Ramdane Touhami, the genius behind the bottle of L’Officine Universelle Buly.
Image: Thomas Goldblum for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
COME TOGETHER (pg. 122) Stripes—those magically simple and oh-so-little lines that just keep going—continue their sartorial reign into this season and beyond.
Image: Bridget Fleming for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
REST ASSURED (pg. 136) Making his name known, the steadfast Michiel Huisman lets his guard down.
Image: Thomas Goldblum for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
Image: Thomas Goldblum for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
ODD FELLOWS (pg. 148) They didn’t know what to make of them. Out there. On their own. So they turned their heads. They left them to themselves.
Image: Jack Waterlot for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
HOME REMEDY (pg. 160) Fuller hair, clearer skin, a better body. All that and more are possible with just the right dose of these cure-all super supplements.
Image: A. P. Kim for ESSENTIAL HOMME.
THE ART OF MORE (pg. 164) After years of delays, the Louvre blooms in the Abu Dhabi desert.
Image: Ateliers Jean Nouvel.
The February/March 2017 issue of ESSENTIAL HOMME magazine is available for purchase online today and on international newsstands as of February 28, 2017.
About ESSENTIAL HOMME magazine: ESSENTIAL HOMME is a US-based bi-monthly style source for affluent, successful, and fashion-forward men who are passionate about high quality, high-end luxury fashion. ESSENTIAL HOMME has been published since 2010, and past cover stars include the likes of Theo James, Michael Shannon, Luke Evans, Adrian Grenier, Tinashe, Alexander Wang, Daniel Radcliffe, Future, Hugh Dancy, Theophilus London, Sullivan Stapleton, Kellan Lutz, and Ian Somerhalder.
Set aside your outdated hype playlists or over-spun DJ tracks and turn to a more updated fare with Trending Tunes, the definitive Autumn/Winter 2017 runway compilation from around the globe. Just set up those subs, press play, and walk that walk.
The mix:
Soundtrack from Plein Sport‘s Autumn/Winter 2017 runway show for Milan Fashion Week.
Track list in the following order:
01. “Panda (Desiigner Violin Remix)” – Eric Stanley
02. “New Level ft. Future” – A$AP Ferg
03. “Famous” – Kanye West
04. “Dirt Off Your Shoulder / Lying from You” – Jay Z & Linkin Park
05. “Starboy (feat. Daft Punk)” – The Weeknd
06. “Lucifer” – Jay Z
07. “Hot N***a” – Lil Wayne
08. “Jungle (Remix) [feat. Jay Z]” – X Ambassadors & Jamie N Commons
Audio: Plein Sport.
Neither ESSENTIAL HOMME nor Plein Sport 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.
This week’s complete social snapshot, distilled for your pleasure.
From the hottest celebrity parties to the regretful morning-after shots, ESSENTIAL HOMME‘s Weekly Instagram Roundup brings all of the hottest designer, model, and trendsetting pics from the week directly to you. After all, no one has time to scroll through anything but the best.
Tommy Hilfiger
Couldn’t make it to Tommy Hilfiger‘s all out Californian bash for the second Tommy x Gigi installment? The brand’s Instagram has you covered with a glossy highlight reel that shows every slow-motion celebrity (Lady Gaga on the sidelines, Fergie performing live), Coachella-esque drum circle, and, on-site screen-printed tee. The party to end all parties, it would most definitely seem.
John Targon
John Targon and Scott Studenberg put a major dent in the fashion world this NYFW with a rock-glam, off-the-cuff metallic line. The Baja East creative masterminds celebrated the occasion by partying hard at NYC’s Kola House, high-kicking alongside fellow club rats Maria Borges and Winnie Harlow for a night of memorable, if not slightly destructive, fun.
Versace
Bruce Weber stepped into the ring once again to shoot the latest rustic, wildlife-infused campaign for Italian fashion house Versace. After overtaking the Kentucky countryside for Spring/Summer 2017, the iconic photographer turned his lens to the brand’s masculine counterparts, branching off the previous campaign with this behind the scenes look at the upcoming men’s Spring/Summer 2017 visuals.
Diesel
Jump for joy with Diesel‘s new Spring/Summer 2017 campaign. Make Love Not Walls embraces Artistic Director Nicola Formichetti’s preferred explosion of energetic marketing, similar to his eponymous brand‘s more eccentric aesthetic. The images, a cut-and-paste collage of mood board, flower-power hope, profess an “all love, no hate” mantra, a youthful display that bites at the heels of the current political state and the brand’s own “louder and prouder than ever” proclamation.
Prada
Star of “The Young Pope,” Jude Law took some time away from the Vatican to pose for Prada Spring/Summer 2017. Photographed by Willy Vanderperre, the images are a byproduct of the brand and Law’s Prada 365 film, a re-imagining of the classic campaign through five different visual identities, including Pathways, Terrain, and Exits.
Equal parts fashion and memoir, Pyer Moss Creative Director Kerby Jean-Raymond turned to familiar heritage for Autumn/Winter 2017. Named My Father as I Remember – 1980-1999, the pieces drew on memories of life with his father in East Flatbush, Brooklyn, a heavy focus on wool, nylon, and “dad” leather that distilled visions of the era.
Models Lexi Boling and Jordan Barrett bare all for Versace Jeans Spring/Summer 2017. Shot with the roiling tension known to the campaign’s photographers Luigi & Lango, the images create a hyper-real canvas brushed with royal, austere prints made famous by the Versace house—re-worked Italian pieces burning against the flesh.
Tommy Hilfiger Denim nods to ‘70s motifs and preppy classics in its Spring/Summer 2017 campaign, a video and photography series that reflects the energy of the label and the versatility of the collection’s namesake material. Starring Anwar Hadid, Sofia Richie, and Lucky Blue Smith—the brand-favorite model who most recently appeared in Hilfiger Denim’s Autumn/Winter 2016 campaign—the new range plays with linear patterns and patchwork, all featured in the line’s signature white, blue, and red color scheme. The sun-drenched and youthful Downtown Los Angeles aesthetic provides a snapshot of the changing face of the brand, evident in its recent Tommyland installation in Venice Beach, featuring Anwar’s sister Gigi Hadid. Through these ventures, the commonalities between youth, California, and culture can be seen as the new heart of the classic label, a sentiment honored in the campaign’s closing statement: “Live Love LA.”
As true believers of the work hard, play hard mantra, we present you with It’s Been a Long Week, a weekly column aimed at awarding some liquid appreciation to you for just being yourself, dammit. Make a glass or two on us, you deserve it.
WHAT
The Skylark’s Rio Verde
Looking for the perfect way to celebrate National Margarita Day as it comes creeping around the corner? The Skylark‘s Rio Verde, a cocktail mixed and poured at the Manhattan lounge’s bar with a view, will put a warm smile on your face faster than you can say “salted rim.”
HOW
Ingredients:
1.5 oz. Milagro Reposado Tequila
0.5 oz. Agave
1 oz. Ancho Reyes Verde Chile Liqueur
0.75 oz. Lime Juice
Image: ESSENTIAL HOMME, Layenda del Milagro, Menjurje of Ancho Reyes, and Maretai.
THEN
Combine ingredients, shake, then ice and strain into a tortilla salt-rimmed glass. Garnish with a spiked, grilled tomatillo and cilantro sprig.
