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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.
Mr. Porter
Online fashion haven Mr. Porter shared a tantalizing look at its upcoming Gucci collaboration with just a single pair of light-tinted lenses. Similar to those featured in the Italian house’s Spring/Summer 2017 eyewear campaign, with just a slight bridge alteration, the image heralds a collection that could follow the same print-heavy, color-crazed Gucci looks of late, should the decadent accompanying video, available only on the account’s Instagram story, be any hint.
Jimmy Choo
Jimmy Choo released a first look at its Pre-Fall 2017 line, turning its focus from the sensual edge of last year’s aesthetic towards a more simplified ethos. Approaching the looks with a dependable and long-lasting hand, the British brand seems to have found its stride—matching Spring/Summer 2017‘s everyday sensibility with the darker tones of the colder season.
Todd Snyder
Despite the unconventional approach to Todd Snyder‘s Autumn/Winter 2017 collection, don’t expect the American brand to shed its vintage heritage without a fight. Highlighting golf pros Arnold Palmer and Ben Hogan as style icons to reflect on, the label showcased the correct way to wear a polo with an aim to promote its latest update to the classic piece, all Italian cotton silk.
Jean Paul Gaultier
The controversial designer Jean Paul Gaultier, unveiled a quick look at his latest fragrance, capitalizing on the popularity of YouTube unboxing videos with a model-filled rendition of his own. Entitled #funboxing, the made-in-France brand showcased its Classique and Le Male scents in a characteristically on-tone effort from the Enfant Terrible himself.
Lindberg Eyewear
Danish optical authority Lindberg Eyewear threw it back to 2014 London Fashion Week where it turned heads with a dazzling projection show displayed across several of the rainy city’s monuments. A favorite of both Matt Damon and ESSENTIAL HOMME June/July 2016 cover star Nick Jonas, the bespectacled brand, since Big Ben and River Thames takeover, has seen its image reworked through rounded monocled silhouettes and a look back at discreet design traditions.
Long a champion of classic American style, Todd Snyder shifted out of its comfort zone for Autumn/Winter 2017, showcasing light layers and unconventional materials to craft a poised line of refined tailoring.
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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! Below is the second day of New York Fashion Week: Men’s.
Public School
Mug shots never looked so chic as Public School gathered the city’s baddest to the home front. Matching drop crotch pants with crisp button-down shirts and instilling masculine proportions to classic pieces, the label showed polished streetstyle done properly.
Thom Browne
Channeling “The Officeman,” Thom Browne presented its signature fitted, shrunken suits tailored to New York’s finest working crowd.
Calvin Klein Collection
Always been more focused on quality and fit than external details, Calvin Klein presents clean-cut cropped pants and sleek outwear in shades of black and white of its Calvin Klein Collection.
Todd Snyder
Laidback American classics resurface on Todd Snyder’s collection, featuring sun-faded tanks, linen suits, and sweatshirts, finished with knotted bandanas.
DBYD @ Concept Korea
High-performance met avant-garde on DBYD’s runway.
Look out fellow fashionistos, here comes the most anticipated event of the fashion month: the very first New York Fashion Week: Men’s. With merely days left on the countdown, we compiled a list of the shows and presentation that we are most excited about this season. It’s okay if you can’t join us, though, all you have to do is sit back, relax, and stay tuned for exclusive coverage just for you.
Tuesday, July 14, 2015
OVADIA & SONS AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Ovadia & Sons
Hailing from Brooklyn, the Ovadia brothers of Ovadia & Sons follow in the footsteps of their father’s garment business to present a one-of-a-kind, preppy menswear.
Public School
A hallmark of sleek menswear infused with rebellious street style, the distinctively New York City label Public School never fails to offer rule-breaking designs.
Concept Korea
Concept Korea is an exclusive New York Fashion Week show founded in 2010, tailored to introduce Korean aesthetic culture to a wider venue through distinct designers every season—this time the show includes: Kang Dong-jun of DBYD and Jang Hyung-chul of Ordinary People.
Todd Snyder
With previous influences to and from Polo Ralph Lauren, Gap, and J. Crew, Todd Snyder’s designs are distinctly gentlemanish with a pinch of urban.
Rochambeau
Rochambeau is a brainchild of longtime friends and business partners Laurence Chandler and Josh Cooper whose favorite muses feature glamorous scoundrels of the city.
N. Hoolywood AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
N. Hoolywood
Its brand ethos comprising “North,” “Hollywood,” and “hooligan,” the Japanese fashion house N. Hoolywood epitomizes funky high-end menswear—edgy with a dab of retro spirit.
Thom Browne
A must-have in any man’s closet is Thom Browne’s signature fitted, shrunken suits: a uniform of the modern dandy.
Calvin Klein Collection
Since 1968, Calvin Klein has been a no-brainer staple of sharp and chic designs.
Anzevino Getty
Founded by Californians William Anzevino and August Getty, Anzevino Getty focuses on highlighting the distinctly West Coast luxe vibe.
Duckie Brown AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Duckie Brown
Hand-tailoring, distinctive fabrics, and vibrant colors reign Duckie Brown’s collections with a mission of “dressing men beautifully.”
Rag & Bone
Started off to offer quality jeans, Rag & Bone has since become a uniform of luxury street-style.
Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Perry Ellis AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Perry Ellis
Perry Ellis’s designs are centered on the sportswear ethos of its birth with an appreciation for innovative and unconventional details.
John Elliott & Co
With painstaking focus on manufacturing, John Elliott & Co is all about the highest-quality essentials.
Michael Bastian
Its brand philosophy treading both the luxurious and the broken-down, Michael Bastian came into men’s fashion to offer a new American voice.
Richard Chai AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Richard Chai
Richard Chai’s bold and experimental vision marks him as one of the “new Asian” influences on modern design.
Tim Coppens
Last year’s winner of the CFDA Swarovski Award for Menswear, Tim Coppens influences both street culture and high fashion.
Michael Kors
There is a reason for Michael Kors’s explosive success both on screen and runway—he defines luxurious classics.
Tommy Hilfiger
For decades, globally recognized label Tommy Hilfiger has brought the “classic American cool” to the runway.
Billy Reid AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Billy Reid
Awarded as the best new designer in America by multiple platforms, Billy Reid is now a hallmark of broken-down and colloquial designs.
Nautica
A water-inspired global lifestyle brand, Nautica focuses on introducing high-performance classics with authentic style.
Thursday, July 16, 2015
Orley AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
Orley
Family-run brand Orley specializes in quality knitwear with its signature refined yet youthful essence.
Parke & Ronen
Sun-ready, Parke & Ronen’s swimwear collections are simple and refined yet with sensuality galore.
Robert Geller
A NYC-based German designer Robert Geller is not afraid to play with the conventions, presenting experimental proportions and details while staying true to German practicality and focus on quality.
Siki Im
More a spiritual guide than a technician, Siki Im seeks to create clothing that is distinctly natural and human—soft, disproportionate, and serendipitous.
John Varvatos
John Varvatos redefines hot and dangerous, instilling a sense of ruggedness to even the sharpest designs.
Polo Ralph Lauren
Polo Ralph Lauren embodies the ultimate American classic with refinement and elegance motoring its pieces.
J. Lindeberg AW15. Image: Essential Homme.
J.Lindeberg
With its distinct sense of cool, J. Lindeberg creates classic pieces perfect for winding cobblestone streets.
Lucio Castro
A dedicated cinephile, Lucio Castro draws his creativity from films, establishing character from clothing that is unique in its texture, fabrics, and proportions.
Entering new territory, Todd Snyder‘s first outerwear-focused collection sees an assortment of bombers, coats, leather jackets, and everything in between, finished with the cool urban qualities that make Snyder a wardrobe favorite.
American designer Todd Snyder just launched his namesake label’s secondary collection, White Label, exclusively at Nordstrom, featuring Savile Row tailoring and classic formalwear styles of suits, sport coats, dress shirts, and neckwear in contemporary patterns and cuts designed for the modern man. The centerpiece of the collection is the “Mayfair” suit, which features exquisite craftsmanship, as exhibited in its soft natural shoulders, canvas interlining, narrow lapels, and the herringbone-patterned felt beneath the collar. Other pieces, such as flannel chalk striped sport coats, similarly feature luxury trimmings and distinctive linings, utilizing fabrics sourced from the United Kingdom and Italy.
Image: Nordstrom.
Image: Nordstrom.
Image: Nordstrom.
The entire collection will be available at the Nordstrom Men’s Shop in select Nordstrom stores and online.
Before any awards are handed out at the CFDA awards on June 3rd, those nominated for the Swarovski Award for Emerging Talent got to have a little fun. Namely, by creating “objets d’art” out of nothing less than a mountain of Swarovski crystals. The pieces were revealed today and go on sale at New York City Boutique Fivestory. The collection is almost more exciting than, well, the awards, if that’s at all possible and in effect, makes each of the designers a winner in our book. Among our favorites? Suno’s crystalized cactus, Tod Snyder’s bejeweled New Balance Sneakers, Tim Coppens crown-like helmut and Public School’s BMX creation. Check out the entirety of the collection below.
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Proceeds will benefit Free Arts NYC, a non-profit organization that provides under-served children and families with a combination of arts and mentoring programs geared towards boosting self-confidence and resilience.
With all the buzz around CFDA Swarovski Crystal Menswear Award Nominee Todd Snyder, we’re guessing that his first ever sample sale, taking place this weekend, might be a little grabby. Civilized, of course, but also…competitive. Some strategy on how to make the most of the sale—or really any men’s sample sale, along with details of this one, after the jump.
1—Bring a beautiful girl who loves to flirt. She’ll hopefully distract some of the other guys your size. And bonus if you trust her sense of style—she can give you some advice on how the fairer sex may feel about the looks you’re culling together and also, double your grab time by snagging things your size off the rack before the other guys.
2—Drink your coffee before you get there. Yes, you want to be caffeinated, and thus quick, but also, you lose valuable hand space, not to mention increase your risk of embarrassing spills.
3—Go offline. No pain, no gain and for every second you’re texting, instagraming, facebooking, emailing, working, bla bla bla, some other dude your size is closer to that shirt you had your eye on.
4—Check out what might be at the sale before hand.Todd Snyer’s website is here. Looking at what you think might work first, trains your eye to find it when you first arrive.
5—Dress appropriately. Not the day to wear your skinniest jeans or sweater that’s annoying to get out of. Think date night. Also, wear clothing—shoes, socks, pants, shirts, jackets, ect, that you might actually wear with the designer you’re shopping. Your imagination isn’t always right and returns are rarely possible.
6—Come prepared. Cash, Credit and ample time will help you make the best decisions.
