2010 Spring Menswear Trend

The travel theme continues in Milan & one thing that these jet-setting men share in common is the suit jacket. Like the trench coat, the suit is also the subject of deconstruction & reconstruction this season as designers propose new way to wear it & new silhouettes for it.


But the kurta is not the new thing added. Donatella Versace also proposed a new closure for double breasted suits. Instead of the traditional buttons, she used straps & D-rings.

Recognizing the importance of the Middle East & India as luxury markets, Donatella Versace & Carlo Pignatelli made the kurta “the shirt” that goes with the suit. Though this might look strange to westerners, this is as well as a sign that fashion had gone global & beyond the traditional borders.

White seem to be a favorite color . Gucci, together with Versace, Carlo Pignatelli & Neil Barrett built their collections around a white suit. Of work we also proposed other colors, but white was given center stage.
Calvin Klein, Roberto Cavalli, Etro

When it comes to sharp elegant silhouettes, Calvin Klein, Roberto Cavalli & Etro did more than justice to the suit jacket.

Italo Zuchelli at Calvin Klein cut the suit perfect, enough to show the shape of the male torso, but loose enough for easy movement. & with a transparent shirt under it, it makes it the suit of choice of Chris Pine’s Captain Kirk.

Because we have to accept it, whether Captain Kirk is played by Chris Pine or William Shatner, we one sexy Starfleet captain! as well as a Calvin Klein suit will give that swagger the sophistication it needs.

plus though Roberto Cavalli, by his standards had turned low key this season, his suits are far from being wall flower. Let us say that if the Jonas Brothers start wearing Roberto Cavalli, we will find themselves more than teen heartthrobs.

want any reference? Ask Megan Fox, who was voted by FHM as the Sexiest Woman Alive. She wore a Roberto Cavalli at the Berlin premiere of Transformers 2. Her sex appeal went up several notches that made one wonder, does she want more help in that department?

Etro is betting that the return of the bowtie is not a flash in the pan, but here to stay! I believe that men dressing up are good for everyone’s morale. Woodstock was 40 years ago; it changed the way we dress. Casual became a lifestyle. The 1950s are forever gone, but the elegance it radiates can come back.
Prada, Neil Barrett, Salvatore Ferragamo

Double-breasted suits do not have to be formal as proven by Prada, Neil Barrett & Salvatore Ferragamo. Styled properly like what Miuccia Prada did – without a tie or Neil Barrett who decided that shirts are optional; while at Ferragamo, a hat in a rakish angle did the trick, the double breasted suit is something a modern day Casanova or Don Juan should wear.
Byblos, Enrico Coveri, Dirk Bikkembergs

Designers do think of everything, as well as a man want not worry that there is no suit out there to fit his taste. At Byblos, the net Generation will find out that Manuel Facchini is their friend when it comes to suits.

plus for the sportive male, we don’t have to look far because Dirk Bikkembergs is their man.

For the college boys or out of the university, Enrico Coveri’s casual outlook will be appealing.