BFC Announces Expanded Menswear Program
As a development of the Men’s day at London fashion week, the British Fashion Council has just announced a new menswear showcase, entitled London Collections: Men, set to launch June 2012.London Collections: Men, running June 15-17, will have most of the same brands and designers who participate in Men’s day, selected by chairman and GQ [...]
Prabal Gurung Takes The Reins At ICB, Designers At Midlife, Spring (Campaigns) Are In The Air, And More…
The Japanese label ICB, formerly designed by Michael Kors and then Victor & Rolf, stopped distribution in the West in 2002, but it will soon be back on these shores. Owning company Onward Kashiyama has announced that Prabal Gurung will helm the relaunch of the collection in U.S. and Europe, beginning here in Fall 2012. [...]
Sole Men
Ever since the Prada creeper brogue clomped its way down the runway way back in Spring ‘11, the heavy-soled shoe has been the go-to for menswear editors and savvy shoppers. In Milan, the layered brogue-espadrille (brogue-adrille?) was still one of the shoes of choice among the showgoing class, and on the runways, lace-ups continued strong. [...]
At Home With A Gap Guru, Topshop Loves Love, And More…
Tired of envying your neighbor’s closet? Take a break and envy her whole apartment, instead. Refinery29 takes a peek inside the Brooklyn digs of Jane Herman, Gap’s director of concept. We shall not covet… [Refinery29]Pamela Love will join forces with Topshop for her first-ever retailer collaboration; a range of Love’s America-inspired jewels for the Brit [...]
Tux Appeal
The pre-fall shows continue to roll out: We’ve added Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani, and later today we’ll be publishing Alexander Wang’s pre-fall ‘11 collection. Wang’s famous for wearing his hallmark stretched-out T-shirt to even the occasional black tie gala, but for the ladies, he’s proposing a more traditional formalwear—the tux. His slouchy take on [...]
Best-Dressed Blokes Of 2010?
The U.K. edition of Gentlemen’s Quarterly—a magazine that ought to know about such things—published its list of the 50 most stylish men in Britain online today. (The print edition, which will also include the ten worst-dressed men, not only in Britain but worldwide, arrives on Thursday.) The inclusion of young Romeo Beckham (#26, ten spots [...]
LIVE FROM LONDON: BURBERRY
The Burberry live stream starts any minute now. In the meantime, check out our Burberry Unplugged series, featuring acoustic performances selected by Christopher Bailey and recorded in and around London.Burberry Unplugged: Patch William >Burberry Unplugged: The Cheek >Burberry Unplugged: One Night Only >
Burberry Unplugged, Part III
Christopher Bailey’s Burberry Acoustic video series—which we’ll be running exclusively here on Style.com, leading up to the live-stream of the Spring ‘11 Burberry show on Tuesday—continues today with a new, unplugged track from One Night Only. The Yorkshire-born band recorded their track, “Chemistry,” live at Ampleforth Lakes in North Yorkshire, where they used to spend [...]
Burberry Unplugged, Part II
Yesterday, Christopher Bailey and Burberry introduced us to Patch William, the tow-haired lot who performed “Jealousy” for the new Burberry Acoustic series. (We’ll be running videos for Bailey’s favorite new English artists, recorded live and unplugged in London, exclusively here, leading up the the live-stream of Burberry’s Spring ‘11 show this Tuesday.) The latest [...]
Burberry Unplugged
Music has long been a key part of the Burberry brand—not for nothing is Christopher Bailey’s most recent fragrance called “Beat.” Over the years, Bailey has tapped musicians to front his labels and walk his shows, and in the run-up to his latest Burberry collection—which hits London fashion week this Tuesday, September 21st, and will [...]






