Fashion Weeks A/W 10/11 - Menswear Shows

Burberry - Liked most of it, didn't push any boundaries but it worked well together. Minus the boots.

Bottega Veneta - Future Teddy Boys, loved the hi shine shows with white socks.

Dries Van Noten - Exquisite tailoring from what we expect, highlight was the clashing raglan sleeves on shirts and outerwear.

Romain Kremer - The oddball, but that's why I liked it, Robocop meets circus clown.

Lanvin - One of my favorites by far, world traveller chic. Can't keep my eyes off the technical fabrics and billowing silhouette

Hermes - I want it all please, time to try the silk scarf vibe again.

Paul Smith - Taking on a darker approach this season, still had plenty of character, with slight Victorian undertones. Ps capes are everywhere.

Tim Hamilton - Another futuristic offering, the way that blazer is cut on the right is just excellent. Leather trousers made cool?!

Rick Owens - Super stripped down and minimal, with the classic white being replaced with muted browns and such. Works for me, especially the longer skirt type shape. Should I?

So what is your top pics? Lots of interesting small details, as always with menswear, that's why I love it. Lots of small trends emerging, what do we think we break through to the mainstream?

Wooyoungmi A/W 09/10 Collection

I'd describe this collection as a futuristic Soviet uniform. The detail on some of the outfits is brilliant. Fabrics, cuts, colour palette, accessories, it's all working for me and works together without looking like there's too much going on.

Click to enlarge, make sure you check out the amazing shoes. Now I'm off to buy some material to wrap around my shoulders....

Images via Coute Que Coute

Hair Raising

Creepers featured heavily in some of the shows at London Fashion Week, the most innovative being these hairy so-and-so's in Charlie Le Mindu's show.

Time to grow our hair?

Image from www.tukcreepers.blogspot.com

Paul Smith Spring 2010 Collection

Paul Smith's latest collections is based on Congolese dandies called the Sapeurs. Paul Smith is set to release a book is about these guys called "Gentlemen of Bacongo". The books about these immaculately dressed gents who live in the run down streets of Congo. They remind me of the SPIVS, who romed the streets of London in the early 1940s selling anything you wanted at knock of prices. Best describes as the first wheeler-dealers.

As you can see the first outfit has been recreated from the image of the front of the new book;

Filled with clashing colours, stripes, animal prints and some abstract this was a mixture of everything and more. The collection also features so creative styling ideas with cardigans been slung off the shoulders and belted, tops were wrapped, bandage-like around the top of arms and mish-mash patterned were teamed with gentlemanly brogues. This collection has really impressed me and is a bit of an eye opening.

There's lots more going on at New York/London Fashion Week right now, some other of my favourites have been Marios Schwab, Todd Lynn, Marc Jacobs and 3.1 Philip Lim. More reviews to come soon.

The book is now going on my wishlist.