Spring has come and finally we can get rid of dark coats and heavy sweaters, showing our most colorful shirts under lightweight cardigans or unlined jackets, but as every year we have a “seasonal problem” (especially the men who love prints and patterns, like me): in the shops there are always the same things with already seen patterns and fantasies! So, here it is some practical shopping advice to improve our summer wardrobe thanks to Esprit.

Looking at the last two weeks of menswear fashion shows in London, Florence, Milan and Paris, seems that fashion designers aim to redefine the men’s sexuality introducing in their collections particular items that invite us to think about the role of garments and how they condition our behavior.

The fashion designers from all around the world have returned their verdict and after London, Florence, Milan and Paris, we realized that the Autumn Winter 2013/14 menswear will be characterized by a strong dichotomy between the refined elegance of sophisticated dandies and the typical middle-class boy who plays it safe without mistakes, or nearly so. However there have been a few “fashion licences” on the casual style side: the dandies seem the dictators’ descendants of Miuccia Prada (who modeled on the catwalk just over a year ago) with tapestry prints, furs and military uniforms; while the new bourgeois reveal a…

Festive atmosphere at Gucci with the Spring Summer 2013 menswear collection that pays tribute to the 60 years of the Gucci loafers. The famous soft loafers with the horsebit, worn by all the Hollywood stars like Clark Gable, John Wayne, Fred Astaire, which immediately became a cult, until in 1968 it also appeared in the female version. For this collection there are a lot of different kind of leathers, like calfskin, crocodile, python, patent leather, as much as the colors. So far from the first models of 1953 in black or brown. Clima di festa in casa Gucci che con…

The emerging fashion designer Christian Pellizzari has presented his new “Jungle” Spring Summer 2013 collection during the Milan Men’s fashion week. Durante la settimana della moda maschile di Milano anche lo stilista emergente Christian Pellizzari ha presentato la nuova collezione Primavera Estate 2013 dal titolo Jungle. The Man imagined by Christian Pellizzari for Spring Summer 2013 is an English Lord suffering from the famous Mal d’Afrique, who revisits the classic gentleman’s wardrobe to pay homage to this land and to its uncontaminated nature. L’uomo Christian Pellizzari per la primavera estate 2013 è un raffinato lord inglese vittima del famoso Mal…

The man of the Paris fashion week runs between two extremes: blue and white contrast; or total prints with contemporary-dandy patterns. There are even solid warm colors echoing the Milan catwalks, but they’re like a banal deja vu. If the fashion designer did not dare with the colors, I wonder, where are the research of shape, cuts and tailoring? The general panorama of the Parisian menswear shows offers loose and comfortable clothes, but someone looks even for long silhouette such as the long coats and caftan/top by Riccardo Tisci for Givenchy. It seems that for each season he puts just new prints…

The Milan men’s fashion week has already ended. Four days in which all the bright colors as yellow, red, blue and green triumphed on the usual sand and white tones. It has been like a boost to the male wardrobe with also some prints: less floral and more geometric or classic patterns. Non ha fatto in tempo ad iniziare, che la settimana moda uomo di Milano è già finita. Quattro giorni in cui hanno trionfato i colori brillanti: giallo, rosso, blu, verde. Una vera sferzata al guardaroba maschile. Molte anche le stampe, ma pochissimo floreale, l’uomo è geometrico o ricoperto…

Dull beginning for the London Men Fashion Week’s debut. London has claimed the paternity of menswear style and elegance, so it had its own men’s fashion week but on the catwalk we saw little tradition, many young names and strange ideas, but also many “inspirations” derived from other brands or previous collections. Partenza un po’ fiacca per questa prima London Men’s Fashion Week, è infatti da quest’anno che anche Londra ha inaugurato la propria settimana della moda maschile, rivendicando la paternità dello stile e dell’eleganza. A dire la verità in passerella abbiamo visto poca tradizione, molti nomi giovani, idee curiose,…

New York e Londra stanno rivendicando la possibilità di avere delle fashion week maschili indipendenti grazie al proliferare di brand che riescono ad attirare sempre più l’attenzione di buyers e media. E’ quindi venuto il momento di analizzare i trend visti in passerella. Non ci dobbiamo aspettare grandi innovazioni, anche perché come sappiamo, lo stile e l’eleganza maschile devono rispondere e rispondono a dei diktat e canoni classici sui quali gli stilisti si sbizzarriscono con variazioni su tema. New York and London are aiming to have an independent men’s fashion week thanks to the increasing number of menswear brands. Media…