Nearly a year after being the guest designer at Pitti Uomo in Florence, where he presented his first ERL runway show, Eli Russell Linnetz is looking closer to home for the next phase of growth for his brand ERL. Thursday, the Venice Beach, Calif.-based Linnetz is launching his e-commerce site with a new made-in-California collection. … Read more
In January, Pharrell Williams, the singer turned men’s creative director of Louis Vuitton, transformed the label’s Paris men’s fashion week catwalk into a giant pop-up box reminiscent of a barren desert. Pharrell Williams walks the runway during the Louis Vuitton Menswear autumn/winter 2024-25 show as part of Paris Fashion Week on January 16, 2024. Photo: … Read more
New York Men’s Day (NYMD), the biannual showcase for emerging men’s and genderless brands, is now accepting applications for the spring 2025 season. The presentations are slated for Sept. 6, during New York Fashion Week. NYMD will feature 10 to 12 designers, each of whom will present in an individual studio space during either a morning or afternoon session. Designers who are selected … Read more
Johnnie-O is taking the plunge into womenswear. The Santa Monica-based men’s brand known for its surfer logo and West Coast prep aesthetic will introduce its first women’s capsule collection on Friday. The lifestyle line of sweaters, pants, shorts, dresses, tank tops and T-shirts will launch online and in a handful of the company’s own retail … Read more
As retailers around the country are striving to strengthen sales by whatever means they can, the St. Louis Fashion Fund gave a boost to eight local menswear stores through its Men’s Retail Day. An offshoot of “Gent Men’s Fashion Week,” the event was held on Feb. 17 and the SLFF teamed up with Major League … Read more
New York Fashion Week officially kicks off Friday, and Willy Chavarria is the talk of the town. You can feel it in the energy at his Greenpoint studio, where he’s prepping for his show Friday night — it is his time. With gender-blending at his core, Chavarria is conflicted about launching a separate womenswear collection, … Read more
At Givenchy’s historic George V couture salons on Wednesday, Ruinart Champagne in fancy crystal coupes was ferried on silver trays as piano music tinkled. Tables were laden with madeleines and mini lobster sandwiches from the Ritz hotel, and small black serviettes with 4G logos were proffered with silver tongs. Less than three weeks after creative … Read more
If you’ve ever attended a coed fashion show and felt that the womenswear overshadowed the menswear, you’re not alone. That’s one reason Olivier Rousteing is giving back Balmain‘s men’s collection its own spotlight with a dedicated show on Saturday during Men’s Fashion Week in Paris. “Also, sometimes the men’s buyers are not coming during women’s … Read more
Giorgio Armani is watching. One of his piercing blue eyes stared out from his fall invitation and runway backdrop, his men’s show opening with a brief video clip of the Italian fashion maestro approaching a backstage peep hole to check the audience’s reaction to his fashion show. On Monday, he observed via a monitor, and … Read more
Silver balloons tied to every seat and at the entrance of the JordanLuca show might have suggested to guests that founders Jordan Bowen and Luca Marchetto were in the mood for celebrations. Considering how their latest coed collection further built on their brand’s ongoing development in terms of design maturity and credibility, that could have only been … Read more
