The only exclusively men’s fashion house under LVMH, Berluti retains its masculine, utilitarian aesthetic with a range of bomber jackets, released alongside its Spring/Summer 2017 collection. Offering a warmer alternative to its Summer Essentials range, the collection includes a rock-inspired lambskin jacket, featuring a removable shearling collar with an alligator undercollar in blood-red, a shade reflected in the jacket’s silk lining. The collection is a part of creative director Haider Ackermann’s debut for the brand, a coveted designer whose modern, sophisticated draping and knotting style reflects his international upbringing.
Image: Berluti.
Image: Berluti.
Rounding out the collection, the remaining styles reunite the bomber with its military history—a jacket made with calfskin nubuck, finished in unfussy walnut-brown with a shearling collar and quilted lining, and a cashmere bomber in medium gray and violet, featuring a Berluti leather patch beneath the breast. With Ackermann’s skillful blending of color and material, Berluti redefines a classic men’s style.
The Berluti bomber jacket collection will be available in select stores starting April 18, 2017.
French house Berluti reiterates its claim on mens leather accessories, following the recent Krug collaboration in all its dark cherry splendor, with a new spirited and agile line of a much more relaxed nature. The Essential Summer Signatures collection consists of two bags and one pair of sandals that are just as well suited for life walking on the Mediterranean beaches as they are strolling down the Via Del Corso.
Image: Berluti.
Image: Berluti.
The B-Light backpack, available in Hike On and Off Track variations, is a nylon answer to travel’s trickiest issue—the luggage. The former, a more compact companion, fits a standard laptop and all of the essentials, tucked neatly away within its many easy-access pockets. Its older brother, the Off Track, is a clever two-in-one—a quick snap and the bag becomes a tote and vice versa, leather accents on the drawstrings making it a Berluti staple with a deluxe touch of drama. The undisputed champion of the release, however, is the Paros sandal, a strappy shoe that reminisces a Capri getaway. Perfect for the simple man with a taste to match, the sandal is available in both a khaki and Gialo color scheme and rounds out a collection that builds on Berluti’s continued dedication to the reworking and reapplication of quality cultivated leather.
The Berluti B-Light backpack and Paros sandal will be available in stores beginning February and March 2017, respectively.
The crisp flick of a black card is a sinful, self-indulgent holiday treat when they’re your bags to take home. Here to help you partake in a smarter form of vice, we present the 2016 Holiday Gift Guide for Yourself. Of course, any selfish grab can be balanced by a few humble purchases for the other important people in your life: check back next week for delicious picks for the rest of your squad.
1. Zipped Bi-Fold Wallet, ALEXANDER WANG
Image: Alexander Wang.
Banish all thoughts of demure or introverted tendencies with this statement-making accessory from Alexander Wang.
Alexander Wang zipped bi-fold wallet, $250. Available at Alexander Wang, NYC and AlexanderWang.com.
2. Classic 11 Shields, SAINT LAURENT
Image: Saint Laurent.
Don’t go quietly into winter this season with a fuzzy piece from Saint Laurent giving a daring new meaning to eye-catching.
Saint Laurent special edition classic 11 shields, $675. SaintLaurent.com.
3. Sk8 Hi & Old School, VANS x DSM
Image: Vans x DSM.
Throw it back with these checkered kicks from DSMNY and Vans, black and white nostalgia pumped with a modern flair.
Vans x DSM old school in black and white, $64. Available at DOVER STREET MARKET NEW YORK and NewYork.DoverStreetMarket.com.
4. Snake Print Silk Scarf, GUCCI
Image: Gucci.
Wrap yourself up in this truly sleek accessory from Gucci, the printed snake design a tightly coiled, decadent motif.
Snake print silk scarf, $465. Available at select Gucci stores nationwide and Gucci.com.
5. Mini Tool Box, LOUIS VUITTON
Image: Louis Vuitton.
Jet set in style with Louis Vuitton’s latest opulent addition to a line of iconic cases and travel sets.
Louis Vuitton mini tool box, price upon request. Available at select Louis Vuitton stores, 866-Vuitton, and LouisVuitton.com.
When Joseph Krug, the winemaker behind the elite champagne-house Krug, took to creating the perfect blend, he wrote down his notes and thoughts in a journal of a distinct, dark cherry color. Over a century later, when Krug and Berluti, two properties of LVMH, collaborated on a new collection of dress shoes, they were inspired by Joseph’s notebook and recreated the dark cherry patina on the shoe’s leather. Now, for autumn 2016, Berluti and Krug expand their partnership and honor Joseph Krug with a new collection of bags in the same dark cherry gloss. The new style draws from Berluti’s emblematic Un Jour briefcase and comes in two sizes, both of which are designed to hold the respective brands’ iconic champagne and shoes. Both bags feature an outer zip pocket with a Venezia leather zip-pull, and the Berluti pour Krug signature features inside and out. Each bag comes with removable compartments, a bottle of Krug Grande Cuvée, and Joseph champagne glasses. The bags, limited edition with only 100 available, pay tribute to the longstanding excellence of both French luxury brands, known for their elegance and refinement. The collection is one of the earliest releases from Berluti under its new creative director, Haider Ackermann.
The Berluti pour Krug bag will be available mid-October at Berluti boutiques.
For the brainy, the bookish, or those just looking to store an extra set of gym clothes, here are the best backpacks of the season to stow your essentials and complete your collegiate look.
1. Marni
Image: Marni
Marni has fun with textiles in this strikingly unique backpack – the horizontal strap and opposing pocket colors a fashionable step into a bold new accessory direction.
Cotton and leather backpack, $1,390, MARNI. Available at Marni boutiques.
Effective immediately, Colombian designer Haider Ackermann takes creative control of French fashion house Berluti, following the departure of ESSENTIAL HOMME December/January 2016 cover star Alessandro Sartori from the position in February. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ackermann’s eponymous label, created in 2003, carved a niche for itself in the fashion industry with eclectic ready-to-wear and unique tailoring. Dubbed by many as the “new Yves Saint-Laurent,” and once Karl Lagerfeld’s ideal successor for Chanel, Ackermann will bring his sartorial charm to the iconic Berluti legacy. All eyes will be on the new Creative Director during the first runway under his new title at Paris Men’s Fashion Week, January 2017. “I am very honored to join Berluti,” says Ackermann. “This house stands for the essence of luxury menswear and embracing this new adventure inspires me.”
Leaving his role as Artistic Director of Berluti—a five year post in which the designer transformed the bespoke shoe brand into one of LVMH’s most powerful labels—Alessandro Sartori joins Ermenegildo Zegna, now creatively overseeing all of the group’s brands. A homecoming, Sartori served as Artistic Director of Z Zegna from 2003 to 2011, launching the young line at Pitti Uomo and then carving out a place for it in the contemporary market. On his new appointment the designer said, “I grew up watching and admiring [the Zegna family’s] creations, and I am extremely excited to write the next chapter. I cannot wait to enter their fabulous archives and to meet their artisans [and] start working on the new collections.” Sartori follows Stefano Pilati, whose last offering for Autumn/Winter 2016 just showed at Milan Fashion Week, and whose own departure is just one of the many shuffling of chairs to shake up the fashion world in recent weeks.
From first looks backstage to post-show details, Fashion Month is a rampant, non-stop race from runway to retail. As we continue to bring you our favorite snaps in media res on Instagram, here we back away and take pause to present a curated look at the best moments of the season.
Berluti
Artistic Director Alessandro Sartori showed innovation in menswear with Berluti‘s Autumn/Winter 2016 double-front jackets, desert tints, and soothing accents of raspberry and blue hues.
Givenchy
Givenchy’s Autumn/Winter 2016 collection celebrated a trend inspired by freedom through different cultural references marked on bomber jackets and coats.
KENZO
An eye-popping collection with polished coats and thick color palettes was delivered in KENZO Autumn/Winter 2016.
Acne Studios
A military influence with added decoration and mixed in lavenders made up Acne Studios‘ Autumn/Winter 2016 collection through a reinterpretation of creative director Jonny Johansson’s military past.
Earlier this week, noted choreographer Benjamin Millepied, former New York City Ballet star Janie Taylor, and an intimate chorus of dancers allowed a one-night only performance at the L.A Dance Project’s annual benefit event. Three pieces were performed throughout the night, one being Millepied’s “Hearts and Arrows,” which featured a custom garment designed by Berluti Artistic Director Alessandro Sartori. Ultra-light construction and super-stretch fabric lent to Millepied’s costume, a deconstructed and elastane seamless wool suit perfect for fluid movement. The second collaboration between them—the two creatives first teamed up last September for an André Saraiva short, “Rendez-Vous Au Club Swann”—both foot and hand reunite to fuse their respective worlds of art.
Following last year’s tradition, Alessandro Sartori, the artistic director of Berluti, covers Essential Homme‘s December 2015 / January 2016, the annual designer issue.
Image: Essential Homme.
MOST WANTED (pg. 26) Ten must-haves this season, from Jimmy Choo’s black leather Leopold boot to Tiffany & Co.’s gold postage money clip. PIPE DREAM (pg. 36) Sandro schemes to end conformity this winter with a brutalist clash of structured silhouettes, somber straight lines, and post-punk nonchalance.
Image: Essential Homme.
NEW ARRIVALS (pg. 48) The latest collaborations and product launches, featuring the first trainer from Christopher Kane, Dover Street Market’s two-year anniversary capsule, Curtis Kulig’s collaboration with TOPMAN, Calvin Klein Collection’s Pre-Spring 2016 collection, and many more.
Image: Dover Street Market New York.
Image: Christopher Kane.
Image: Calvin Klein Collection.
SCENE (pg. 54) From playing polo to dressing up, swipe right to our favorite affairs in and out.
Image: Moncler.
Image: H&M x Balmain.
Image: Dior.
Selected features include:
SPRING SNEAK (pg. 58) Fast forward to next season with the top trends of Spring/Summer 2016.
Image: Essential Homme.
NIGHT STEP (pg. 70) Ornate details and an oriental eye bear an imperial bliss tough to pacify in Dolce&Gabbana’s Spring/Summer 2016 collection.
Image: Essential Homme.
CONVERSATIONS (pg. 82) The boys behind west coast-inspired, swanky city brand Baja East break down their California cool style.
Image: Essential Homme.
FIT TO BE TRIED (pg. 90) Dunhill’s relaunched bespoke program from John Ray is at the forefront of a new wave of personalization.
SPARK OF WARMTH (pg. 94) The science behind UNIQLO’s smart but simple wardrobe that changed winter forever.
THE COLLECTOR (pg. 98) Alessandro Sartori’s bold, new Berluti beckons years of personal fandom.
HOLLOW TIME (pg. 112) In this place there is nothing but the romance of the land and the private silence of us.
Image: Essential Homme.
NOTES ON WINTER (pg. 124): What makes the perfect seasonal scent? A suggestion of warmth, baked goods, and the frosty forest outside. Bottled.
Image: Maison Margiela.
SUPREME BEINGS (pg. 126) Out of all the grooming greats that debuted this year, these are the ones that came out on top.
THAI TALE (pg. 128) Indigenous folklore inspires hyper-luxe fantasy in the remote rainforest resort of Keemala.
The December 2015/ January 2016 issue of Essential Homme magazine is available for purchase online today and will be at all international newsstands by 12/20/2015.
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. The magazine has a specifically-targeted audience of 133,225, 10% of which is distributed internationally, and is available in all major cities globally. ESSENTIAL HOMME has been published since 2010, and past coverstars include the likes of Michael Shannon, Boyd Holbrook, Adrian Grenier, Tinashe, Dean and Dan Caten, Daniel Radcliffe, Future, Hugh Dancy, Theophilus London, Sullivan Stapleton, Kellan Lutz, and Ian Somerhalder.
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Saint Laurent
Saint Laurent keeps the Parisian runway effortlessly French with its shortened jackets with oversized hoods and extra-long shirts peeking out from underneath.
Y-3
Sports-themed wear gets a cool upgrade with Y-3 through monochromatic staple pieces with eye-catching finishes and loose-fit bottoms.
Officine Generale
Officine Generale contrasts close-fit denim jeans and waist-length jackets with loose-front bottoms and over-long coats for a look that adapts.
Lanvin
Lanvin utilizes movement through tassels and cords to compliment its darker, layer-centric line.
Hermès
Accessories steal the show at Hermès; its range of bags including a bright kelly green over-the-shoulder and handbags in either black or tan.
Acne Studios
Not one to shy away from color, Acne Studios combines ’90s friendly patterned ensembles—complete with pastel flair—with muted single-color suit separates.
Berluti
Berluti heralds summer in with the most amazing colors on the runway: from bright red bottoms to swirling deep blue shirts overlain with baby-blue and green jackets.
Actor Hugh Dancy stars on the cover of Essential Homme February/March 2015, the magazine’s biggest spring fashion issue of the year.
Opening the book, MOST WANTED (pg. 21) this issue focuses on two fragrant releases from Carven, Hublot’s collaborative and charity-benefitting watch with English band Depeche Mode, and Kris Van Assche’s futuristic frames by Linda Farrow Gallery. Next, in WHISTLING FOR THE WIND (pg. 40) photographer Markus Ziegler and stylist Adrian Manuel welcome nautically roused, ultra-light clothing that even on land makes waves, featuring Raf Simons, Gucci, E. Tautz, Prada, Dries Van Noten, and more.
Image: Essential Homme.
In product news, NEW ARRIVALS (pg. 52) showcases Sperry’s beach boasting collaboration with noted photographer Gray Malin, Dolce&Gabbana newest scent, Intenso, starring Colin Farrell in the cologne’s inaugural campaign, and Alexander Wang’s luxe lounge chair and trunk collaboration with Italian leather vanguard Poltrona Frau, just in time for NYFW. SCENE (pg. 60) paddles through Art Basel Miami Beach 2014’s hottest parties—from Bally, Berluti, Salvatore Ferragamo, and more—after the galleries and beside the shore.
Image: Poltrona Frau.
Image: adidas.
Image: BFAnyc.
Selected features include:
A TINGE TANGY (pg. 62): From the cell block all the way up to the catwalk, orange’s cheerful complexions build bold outfit components as sweet as they are sour with Michael Kors, Burberry Prorsum, Hermès, and more.
Image: Essential Homme.
WINDOW SHOPPING (pg. 78): Call it a gateway pattern, or a calm middle ground between solids and prints of a more provocative nature, the windowpane arrives this season in full view.
FULL THROTTLE (pg. 78): Hardly reserved to the common blue jean, today’s newfangled denim deviations from Maison Martin Margiela, KENZO, Moschino, and more blast ahead cooler and more daring tan those still on the road, as shown by model RJ King atop a Harley-Davidson’s finest.
Image: Essential Homme.
LONG STORY SHORT (pg. 90): Storytellers, Opening Ceremony founders, and co-creative directors of KENZO, Humberto Leon and Carol Lim summon the same old tales in a new, paradigmatic fashion.
MADE UNDER THE ITALIAN SUN (pg. 96): Eyeing both fashion brands’ bright future, CEO Gildo Zegna reveals Ermenegildo Zegna’s new partnership with Italian eyewear manufacturer Marcolin.
Image: Essential Homme.
IN THE DARK OF YOUR LOVE (pg. 104): Months after Twin Shadow’s runway debut this fall, he returns this March with his third album, the musician’s first major-label release that continues his quest from the shadows to further places we dare not pause.
Image: Essential Homme.
CANNIBALS AND CALMNESS (pg. 120): Opposite a mad man on the small screen, actor Hugh Dancy finds fatherhood just as gripping.
Image: Essential Homme.
UNDER YOUR SPELL (pg. 132): Motionless in a romantic trance, the best, most mysterious bounties of the season expose a darker scene for spring.
Video: Marco Falcetta.
FORGING THE FLEX ZONE (pg. 149): Protein packs with a new age boost from Protein World, Juice Press, and Orgain.
NOW BOYS ALLOWED (pg. 150): Once quarters to Eleanor Roosevelt, Louise brooks, and Sara Teasdale, the formerly female-only Martha Washington hotel returns several lives later fully revived for all.
Image: Jonathan Chesley, courtesy of Selldorf Architects.
The February/March 2015 issue of Essential Homme magazine is available on national and international newsstands and online starting today.
About Essential Homme magazine: Essential Homme is a bi-monthly print publication and website that act as the style source for affluent, successful, and fashion-forward readers that are passionate about high-end men’s fashion and its reflective lifestyle. Essential Homme has been published since 2010 and past cover stars range from Dean and Dan Caten, Daniel Radcliffe, Theophilus London, Sullivan Stapleton, Kellan Lutz, Ian Somerhalder, and Colton Haynes. From bold editorial spreads showcasing the latest in style trends, to features on fashion industry insiders and the most stylish men in entertainment, an eye to the nightlife scene, and an exploration of fashion’s most exciting new gadgets and spaces, Essential Homme is a leading authority for the style and design enthusiast.
