Private Policy was absent of models this season. But absent of meaning it was not. The presentation at New York Men’s Day was a smattering of racks and look book banners, androgynous wears like “War Is Over” graphic T-shirts, camo-printed coats and sequin sweatpants. In case you were wondering, the downtown brand has never shied away from a conversation piece. But the real conversation was not about the clothes. Is it ever?
In light of President Trump and the current social plights plaguing the entertainment and fashion industries, Private Policy decided to dedicate their Fall/Winter collection to the late Charlie Chaplin and his 1940’s satire, The Great Dictator, in which he starred as Adolf Hitler. Inspired by Chaplin’s bravery in mocking the very bizarre, painfully real beliefs of the leader of one of the Western world’s most infamous genocides. It was at a time when many thought not to question, mock, or defy him, and just as many Americans supported him.
“Today we ask ourselves, how do we prevent another rise of a dictator?” the program asked. While we may not have the answers to this quasi-rhetorical question, Private Policy’s answer is simple, even if that means fronting exaggerated olive trenches and sequin pants.
For the FW18 campaign Steph Hoff got inspired by the horror genre, paying a tribute to the Italian director Dario Argento’s films (Suspiria, above all) and the cult Friday the 13th by Sean S. Cunningham, with irony and lightness.
Last night, sivasdescalzo presented the new menswear collection by London streetwear brand, Aries Arise in Madrid as part of their disruptive Fall/Winter 2018 campaign.
Diesel took some of the hate received as a brand, like “Diesel is Dead” and “Diesel is not cool anymore” showing them with pride and turning them into unique items.
Marcus Huang graduated from Shih-Chien University this summer. His collection titled “Self-Destruct Mechanism” exist for one sole purpose: to warn people.
Bernhard Willhelm has clear ideas and a lot to tell. He is a natural provocateur, a conscious dissident. His fashion is a courageous, unbridled warning to the rampant respectability, conformism, and the fake anti-conformism.
It’s midnight on a Friday night in 1999… Basement Jaxx is blasting through the speakers of your bedroom stereo and your pre-gaming on Vodka/7ups with your girls!
Josef Lazo and Andreas Schmidl dream, experiment, have fun. Their Lazoschmidl is an outrageous love declaration to the contemporary man, to the real big-boy.
