One Girl's Wanderlust: Menswear

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Lady Gaga Party....Menswear Costume Ideas

It is going to be my 18th party real soon and I have planned to host a Lady Gaga themed party. It is going to absolutely fantastic and everyone is coming in fancy dress. I have been asked many times by my guy friends about costume ideas for the party so I thought I might as well do a blog post to give them some inspiration. Here are some very Lady Gaga inspired looks......

Tuesday, 21 June 2011

Milan Menswear Shows SS12 Roundup-Catwalk Report

Now the menswear shows are done and dusted in Milan, we can start to get excited about fashion week in September. However, as I have been posting countless photographs of the shows over the past few days, I think it is only right to roundup the coverage with an overview of the week as a whole.

As you can see from the photos...Roberto Cavalli gave us a collection of highly tailored bright summer suits, injecting colour and life into the old fashioned concept of mens suits. This was also carried on by McQueen who featured plush velvet jackets in rich yellows and reds along with outstanding tailoring. Even Versace featured bright colours making their collection appear like "Grandad's wardrobe on acid" as one blogger put it yesterday.

Milan fashion week was not all folly and decadence however, the Dolce & Gabbana show featured a palette of navy blues, black and white that made up an army of sharp, edgy suits. The Ferragamo show took us back in time to a time when colonialism was the only lifestyle. The rich earthy tones of the crisply pressed light summer fabric and the wide brimmed hats made the models appear as if they were living the high life on the French Riviera during the 1930's or in the British controlled areas of India. It took us back in time and made us remember the roots of menswear as we know it today.

It was not just the collections themselves that caused a storm this season but also the scenery in which the collections were shown. Prada's show embraced the much loved summer sport Golf and had its audiences dotted across the carpet of bright green astroturf on electric blue foam cubes which had been individually named for all the attendees of the show. This provided the models a maze through which to walk through to display the clothes of the season. This intimate show caused a huge sensation on Twitter where show attendees kept posting photos of their seats at the show, still in disbelief at the prospect of sitting for a whole half hour on a foam cube. It was also at the Prada show that male model Karl Morrall made an appearance. After watching Channel 4's hit TV series The Model Agency which featured the London based agency Premier Models, he decided to pop in to their office whilst on a trip to London and from that moment onwards he left his supermarket job to hit the Milan catwalks.

Never before has menswear caused such a stir in the world of fashion but it seems this year that everyone wants a piece of the action. The talk on Twitter was non stop with bloggers like Bryan Boy updating us of his every move during his trip to the shows. Designers also took advantage of the demand for knowledge about the SS12 shows and they were regularly updating their Facebook, websites and Twitter accounts with new photos from backstage and from the front row of the catwalk. This just proves the power bloggers have in the world of fashion and how accessible high fashion is becoming due to the rise of social networking sites. Viva Fashion!!