Milan Fashion Week: 2010 Menswear

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

White seem to be a favorite color in next season. Gucci, Versace, Carlo Pignatelli and Neil Barrett built theirspring/summer 2010 collections around a white suit. Of coursework they also proposed other colors, but white colour was given center stage.

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

When it comes to sharp elegant silhouettes, Calvin Klein, Roberto Cavalli and Etro did over justice to the suit jacket.

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

and 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, they will find themselves over teen heartthrobs.

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 nice for everyone’s morale. Woodstock was 40 years ago; it changed the way they dress. Casual became a lifestyle. The 1950s are forever gone, but the elegance it radiates can come back.

Double-breasted suits do not have to be very formal as proven by Prada, Neil Barrett and 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

Fashion designers do think of everything, and a bloke require not worry that there is no suit out there to fit his taste. At Byblos, the web Generation will find out that Manuel Facchini is their friend when it comes to suits.

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