Mighty Volumes

The Mighty fashion editorial in Fall 2015 issue of Fantastic Man Magazine delivers an outstanding lesson about volumes, new menswear styles and fashionable silhouettes. Actor and model Connor Newall wears designer pieces from Jil Sander, Calvin Klein, Juun.J, Lanvin, Versace, Lacoste, Craig Green and Camper, perfectly groomed by Julian Ganio and lensed by Andreas Larsson.

Fantastic Man, F/W 2015 / Photographer: Andreas Larsson / Styling: Julian Ganio / Hair-styling: Naoki Komiya / Model: Connor Newall

Posted on November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 by laviniaban 0

Craig Green’s Art Installations

Usually Craig Green’s fashion shows delight the audience through designer’s signature mix of art installations and ready to wear outfits. His new Spring 2016 menswear collection makes no exception. The clothes designed in sparkling colors, with all the quilted and laced details, spread good vibes as for a perfectly summery mood. I guess the proper craftsmanship combined with the lightness and looseness of the outfits is one of the most important assets of Craig Green menswear.
In terms of installations, I particularly liked the minimalist approach in this collection. With the skeleton hidden inside, cleansed from additional details, the black/red/white color blocks look really powerful. Merely flat as canvases, these giant installations are endowed with a more subtle spatiality – the slits and round cutouts look as accurate and concise as Lucio Fontana’s artworks.

Craig Green Spring 2016 Menswear/ images via style.com

Posted on June 17, 2015October 7, 2015 by laviniaban 0

Into the Blue

Craig Green S/S 2015 Men

Posted on July 28, 2014July 28, 2014 by laviniaban 0

Taste Some Color!

Craig Green’s recipe for S/S 2014 menswear collection is based on simple ingredients: strong colors, tie-dye technique, camouflage effect, 3D cardboard constructions. The overall look – strong, artsy, conceptual, incredible, so Craig Green.

images via fashionising.com

Posted on November 29, 2013 by laviniaban 0

Monsters in Fashion

From February 13th until April 7th, ATOPOS cvc is presenting its ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion exhibition at La Gaîté lyrique. The craziest, sexiest and most radical monstrous creatures are invading Paris!

Atopos is a non-profit cultural organization based in Athens. Founded in 2003 by Stamos J. Fafalios and Vassilis Zidianakis, Atopos is already a powerful reference in contemporary fashion, collaborating with various designers and artists, for exhibitions, publications, performances and events. In less than 10 years, Atopos CVC (its name denoting the strange, the unwonted, the eccentric and the unclassifiable) is a meeting point for different visual disciplines, gathering rare original creations of contemporary designers. Atopos stands out with their unusual projects focusing on the human figure and its relationship with costume – see RRRIPP! Paper Fashion (now in Germany, Waiblingen), Atopic Bodies, ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion (with the first presentation at the Benaki Museum in Athens, and currently on display in Paris, at La Gaite Lyrique).

Based on an original idea by Vasslis Zidianakis, with the design of Fafalios Stamos, ARRRGH! Monsters in Fashion manages a unique combination of fashion, animation, costume and art. Participating designers and artists reshape the human body and reveal a new universe full of dreams, nightmares and hybrid creatures. The theme seem very appealing to me, and the 58 exhibitors from around the world, turns it into a stunning cocktail:

Alexander Mcqueen UK, Alex Mattsson SE, Alexis Themistocleous CY, Andrea Ayala Closa ES, Andrea Cammarosano IT, Andrea Crews FR, Bart Hess NL, Bas Kosters NL, Bernhard Willhelm DE, Boris Hoppek DE, Bronwen Marshall UK, Cassette Playa & Gary Card UK, Charlie Le Mindu FR, Chi He CN, Claire Michel FR, Craig Green UK, David Curtis-Ring UK, Digitaria GR, Dr Noki’s NHS UK, Erika Mizuno JP, Freeka Tet FR, Filep Motwary & Maria Mastori CY & GR, George Tourlas GR, Helen Price UK, Henrik Vibskov DK, Heyniek NL, Hideki Seo JP, Isabel Mastache Martinez ES, Issey Miyake & Dai Fujiwara JP, Jean-Paul Lespagnard BE, Josefin Arnell SE, Kim Traeger DK, Leutton Postle UK, Luis Lopez Smith UK, Mads Dinesen DK, Maison Martin Margiela FR, Manon Kündig CH, Marcus Tomlinson – Gareth Pugh UK, Mareunrol’s LV, On Aura Tout Vu FR, Paul Graves US, Pictoplasma DE, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello FR, Piers Atkinson UK, Rejina Pyo KR, Rick Owens US, Rozalb De Mura RO, Shin Murayama JP, Sotiris Bakagiannis GR, Takashi Nishiyama JP, The Brainstorm Design GR, Tracy Widdess CA, Toma Stenko RU, Urban Camouflage DE, Walter Van Beirendonck BE

Posted on February 21, 2013April 7, 2013 by laviniaban 0

Fashion Men Fall 2013/2014

Recently, the menswear fashion scene became quite exciting, in fact, much more creative than womenswear. I mean you can always find something fresh and new out there. That’s why I’ve decided to write about four of my favorite Fall collections for Men, relevant enough for what’s going on in this fashion sector.

Craig Green is leading the section of “new talents”, delivering a personal view on menswear. Part of designer’s concerns on contemporary wardrobe and lifestyle, the wooden headpieces were perfect to spice up the show. We can spot there his sculptural approach, organic look with raw edges, simple cuts for loose silhouettes. Nomadic lifestyle is surely Green’s favorite theme, shaping his work as a promissing designer. I really appreciate his take on menswear, but, after all, I guess his work is beyond masculinity, it’s about a new age of humanity.

Meadham Kirchhoff open their Fall 2013 Men Collection with a performance. Taking further the outwear/homewear concept from their S/S 2013 Men collection, the beloved fashion duo put it more radical and summarise “throwing away the shit of last year”. The models wore interesting outfits and charming accessories, while the set design was stuffed with garbage bags, fragrance, scrap furniture and burnt candels. At Meadham Kirchhoff, I love the romantism and the freshness of the mood and the way they try to redefine men’s experience with the ritual of dressing up.

I’m sure that J.W.Anderson‘s men catwalk show for Fall 2013 was the most intriguing of the whole season. Not just intriguing, but also smart and charming. The designer plays around the gender theme (as Gaultier did once, but in a much more subtle way). The beautiful&strange outfits resulted are androgynous avoiding to be a synthesis (which sometimes means neuter, asexual) but generating creative hybrids (that brings something fresh and new). Just look at the bustier with pockets and the noeprene shorts with those frills!

Thome Browne infused the male outfits in his fall 2013 show with theatricality. The male suit was often compared with a perfect box designed for urban life. But what happens if we try to convert everything in men’s wardrobe to boxes and cubes? Thom Browne spreads the angular lines from hats and glasses, to jackets and trousers, checkered fabrics, shaping a collection that recalls the dystopian old SF movie imagery. But the experiment is funny too, really challenging and highly creative.