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Once dedicated to solely denim, Korea-based brand PLAC continues to expand its assortment of cool clothes in a Spring/Summer 2016 campaign that showcases its full-on ready-to-wear with a breath of new attitude. Inspired by indie band Arcade Fire, the campaign stars model Dominik Ha in studio and against an urban landscape.
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Michael Shannon, Future, Boyd Holbrook, Xavier Dolan, and Shiloh Fernandez star on Essential Homme‘s special five year, five cover August/September 2015 issue.
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MOST WANTED (pg. 34) features ten must-snag men’s bags from Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane’s Americana silver backpack to a.testoni’s dazzling briefcase. CODE OF CONDUCT (pg. 44) showcases a poised military feeling shared by designers everywhere this season.
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In NEW ARRIVALS (pg. 56), the latest product collaborations and launches are featured, including Alexander McQueen’s slogan-touting leather goods, 3.1 Phillip Lim’s tin-armored ten-year capsule collection, Cadillac’s collection curated by Nick Wooster, Prada’s street-wear inspired backpacks, and more. SCENE (pg.64) invites you through the best bashes of Fashion Month Spring/Summer 2016.
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Selected features include:
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The August/September 2015 issue of Essential Homme magazine is available online and at international newsstands starting today.
For further information please contact info@essentialhommemag.com.
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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Had your fill of New York Fashion Week: Men’s? No? We didn’t think so. But while the shows were great and all, pictures can only say a thousand or so words. So minimize that web gallery and put your noise canceling office headphones on, because it’s another season of Trending Tunes, where we bring you the best music from the runway.
Soundtrack from PLAC‘s Spring/Summer 2015 presentation in New York City at Industria Superstudio for New York Men’s Day by Mimi Xu.
Track list in the following order:
01. “Always Something Better” – Trentemøller
02. “Wake Me Up”
03. “Silver” – Caribou
04. “Tip Toe Walk (Siriusmo Remix) – Bodi Bill
05. “Apogee” – City Beautiful
06. “Don’t Summarise My Summer Eyes” – Bibio
07. “Wolf Cub” – Burial & Four Tet
08. “It’s Automatic” – Zoot Woman
09. “Keep Me In My Plane” – WhoMadeWho
10. “Long Hot Summer” – The Style Council
NOTE: THIS SOUNDTRACK HAS APPROX 1 MIN OF WHITE NOISE BEFORE THE MUSIC. PLEASE SKIP TO 00:01:00 FOR THE OFFICIAL MIX.
Audio: Mimi Xu, courtesy of PLAC.
Neither Essential Homme Magazine nor PLAC 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.
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! First up for New York is the biannual New York Men’s Day.
A staple white shoe finishes each of David Hart’s vibrant looks, complete with multi- colored constructed sweaters and accessorized with effortlessly round eyewear.
Dive into a cool-blue world of color with GARCIAVALEZ’s breezy and simply cut ensembles.
CWST knows how to make that all-black ensemble pop with a wrinkled-pleat texture and some serious layering.
Dreary-chic takes on a whole new meaning at PLAC, where oversized outerwear pairs with striped black and white undershirts perfect to outfit a streetwear ready squad.
Kenneth Ning revamps a classic lace styling with intricately patterned jackets and pants, confidently reinventing a traditional look for today’s contemporary market.
