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Weekly Instagram Roundup: Tommy Hilfiger, Baja East, and More

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 […]

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Calvin Klein Releases Creative Director Raf Simons’ Debut Campaign

Image: Calvin Klein. Stoking the flame of his anticipated debut as the new creative director of Calvin Klein, Raf Simons presents the brand’s latest campaign. Shot by Willy Vanderperre, the campaign eschews the erotic qualities of previous Calvin Klein campaigns, replacing sex appeal with contemporary art. Models pose in the legendary briefs and jeans—re-imagined with […]

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Raf Simons Spring/Summer 2017 Campaign

Image: Raf Simons. Shot by Willy Vanderperre, Raf Simons’ Spring/Summer 2017 campaign draws on an artistic appreciation to redefine masculinity. Each print, in true Simons fashion, contains a Robert Mapplethorpe photograph, crafting meaning within the shadow of the great artist through black and white, sexually-charged images. Using a variety of materials for which Simons is known, the collection includes shirts, tank tops, […]

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Weekly Instagram Roundup: Tom Ford, Kris Van Assche, and More

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. Tom Ford […]

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Prada Resort 2017 Campaign

Image: Prada. Themes at the heart of Prada – travel, art, identity – are explored again in the second installment of the brand’s 2017 Resort collection, featuring a photography and videography campaign shot by Willy Vanderperre and starring actor Dane DeHaan. Image: Prada. Image: Prada. Image: Prada. DeHaan, star of Luc Besson’s upcoming “Valerian and […]

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Raf Simons to Return to Pitti Uomo

Image: Willy Vanderperre, courtsey of Raf Simons. Pitti Immagine Uomo 90 looks to be the most anticipated iteration yet, revealing designer Raf Simons as another special guest at the the biannual menswear event. Celebrating the legendary force, “Florence Calling: Raf Simons” will debut the designer’s Spring/Summer 2017 collection, in addition to a special project developed […]

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Dior Homme Summer 2016 Campaign

Image: Dior Homme. Image: Dior Homme. Image: Dior Homme. Image: Dior Homme. Belgian artist Rinus Van de Velde and musician Oliver Sim (notably of The xx), star in Dior Homme‘s smoldering Summer 2016 campaign. A collaboration between Creative Director Kris Van Assche and noted photographer Willy Vanderperre once again, the project subverts the rules of […]