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Loungewear with a performance twist, Lucio Castro‘s Spring/Summer 2016 played with extremes—from oversized trousers to fitted bombers, all covered in ethnic prints—for a colorful blend of tribal chic and tailored cool.
Image: Lauren Beck.
Image: Lauren Beck.
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Each day during Fashion Month, we’re bringing you exclusive images on our Instagram of your favorite brands (and soon-to-be obsessions), straight from the front of the runway. Can’t keep up? That’s cool too, because we’re also re-capping our favorite shows here online. Ready, set, follow us at @essentialhomme, and lez go! The last of New York Fashion Week: Men’s.
Perry Ellis redefined suits and created a totally laid-back tailored looks.
Experimenting with drastic proportions and cuts, Siki Im added an avant-garde tone to fundamentally retro pieces.
Mix and matching patterns and fabrics, Lucio Castro created a curiously colloquial and easygoing line with a dab of the ethnic vibe.
The modern cowboys made an appearance on J. Lindeberg’s runway in suede jackets and fringed designs.
The ’70s made a comeback as Parke and Ronen introduced flower power and psychedelia to high-end swimsuits.
Polo Ralph Lauren did what they do best–bringing the classic American cool to everything from polished suits to jean jackets and flannels.
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Menswear basics with just the right touch of graphic emphasis and tall socks paired with even taller necks backstage Lucio Castro‘s Autumn/Winter 2015 presentation at New York Men’s Day.
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In a third season of partnership, New York Men’s Day and Cadillac accelerate past the present state of American menswear, offering a nurturing home for emerging and contemporary designers to showcase their work in a collaborative, bi-annual setting in NYC. To officially kick off Autumn/Winter 2015–this season the event takes place on February 11, 2015—all 12 designers have taken part in the official Cadillac Car Wrap Challenge. Tasked with the creative opportunity to transform Cadillac’s ELR into a work of moving art, each designer submitted a digital rendering of the vehicle that brings their brands to life atop the hybrid coupe. The three winning car designs will be unveiled at the showcase next Wednesday, but until then see some of our favorite entries from Timo Weiland, J.Lindeberg, David Hart, and Lucio Castro below.
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Summertime sadness sees soviet style in Lucio Castro‘s ’70s Russia-inspired stark collection for Spring/Summer 2015.
Last night the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Target celebrated the most recent class of designers from the CFDA {FASHION INCUBATOR}, a two-year-old business development program powered by both brands that fosters emerging designers, at a seated dinner at The High Line Hotel in New York City. The evening was hosted by Target’s Director of Design Partnerships, Noria Morales, and CFDA CEO Steven Kolb. Attendants included incubators such as Kaelen Haworth, Lucio Castro, Sarah Law, Target tastemakers, and a few of our editorial friends. See the images from the dinner below.
Images courtesy of Target.
Listen up men of New York: in case you haven’t heard, we’ve finally been given a day for ourselves. This Wednesday, February 5th, marks the inaugural launch of Agentry PR’s New York Men’s Day, a bi-annual presentation of the best and brightest in US menswear, presented by Cadillac and held at Industria Studios. While it’s no LC:M, it is certainly progress. This season the roster includes a mix of seven talented designer that range in style as much as one might expect. Luckily, we got the low-down on each of their varying inspirations.
“This season I was inspired by the classic television series The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling. I was interested in how television made its way into every home in America as a new medium, and the impact it had on society. I also thought of this in relation to how smart phones have affected our generation [today]. There is texture and ‘static’ in the majority of the textiles I developed this season, and it runs throughout the entire collection. For the color palette, I took inspiration from photographs by photographer Alex Prager, because of the artist’s ability to capture moods of tension, suspense, isolation, and sadness in a flat colorful image…it’s the modern day version of film noir.” – David Hart, Founder and Designer
“This season we looked at the juxtaposition of modern sartorial style and Chinese traditions: from the artist The Invisible Man, films like In The Mood for Love, and the year of the horse.” – Amelia Pretious, Design Director
“The collection is a reflection of a journey – the journey from one decade to another, from the cities we visit and live in, to the people we meet that inspire our being and work. A journey from childhood to adulthood and beyond; it is a simple quest to do the work we love and perfect one’s trade. This is a tribute to that journey and an homage to its players.” – Antonio Azzuolo, Founder and Designer
“The Fall/Winter 2014 collection is inspired by the spirit of Andre Gide’s 1902 novel L’immoraliste. It contains a refined mood that lies in tension with an impending sense of freedom. Familiar silhouettes are revisited in innovative fabrics. The clothes are introspective yet quietly alluring.” – Lucio Castro, Founder and Designer
“Ernest Alexander’s Fall/Winter 2014 collection’s inspiration came from early American motorcycle racers of the 1920’s and 1930’s. The colors we chose were a reflection of the environment of that period and the people who defined the era.” – Ernest Sabine, Founder and Creative Director
“The [new] collection centers around the theme of the ‘Gaucho,’ or cowboy, and is about this spirit of self-reliance, camaraderie, and being one with nature.” – Carlos Campos, Founder and Designer
“[We] collaborated with Harley Cortez to develop some great images that gave a lot of life to the collection. Downtown New York meets the London East End.” -Sammy and Liam Fayed, Co-Founders and Designers
Images courtesy of each respective brand.
The color blocking theme was one of the most noticeable trends at the mens shows in New York and one that newcomer Lucio Castro interpreted through an eye of irreverence and illusion. Pants are blocked to look like shorts and ties are blocked and appear short. And then there’s the part you don’t see—all the pieces have been designed with an interior of yellow as a shout out to an all yellow Upstate New York Courthouse the designer spent some time trying to hammer out a speeding ticket. Also what you don’t see is that the playfulness is woven with an ethical hand. Lucio Castro uses mostly organic Japanese fabrics, Argentinean leather and small factories in the developing manufacturing nation of Sri Lanka. The rest of the collection offers great pops of bright primary reds, yellows, purples grounded on beige, charcoal, and black and good stipe options, both horizontal and vertical. All in all—casual, laid back for the man who appreciates a bit of flippant humor.
Photos by Adrianna Favero
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