Raf Simons Mens F/W 08.09 Paris

[wheneveriwakeup]

The outerwear is stunning. Well made and such lovely collars, I esp. love the blue detail around the collar of the gray jckt. His prints this season have been genius! I adore this print, though I am not too keen on the red, orange, purple, & charcoal combination.

Thanks for posting, Mullet!

[KindlyCuddly]

I want all of it.

[dhclam]

This is Raf Simons boys coming out from their space ship to conquer the earth again. One can see all the effort used on the sharp-tailoring, however, you see the same old pattern (or design) coming out again in another colour every few exits after the last. There are things that I appreciate: the oil painting effect, the new beige (in his case), the experimental lapels, the shoes (not personal fave). He's up there with Prada on menswear, IMO.

However, I don't know if I like this show or not as a whole, it doesn't gimme a strong "wow" effect like last season, and I don't know if his fans are looking for something like this yet again, cos none of these items are sth that they don't have in their wardrobe for sure.

Just lotsa question marks, and it's not a good sign.

[mcnuwave]

OMG! I'm definitely feeling a trend.

Innovative structural Jackets or something. And I love it! I love seeing this modern look of jackets that are coming out by designers. It makes the traditional jacket (ala zipper on front with pockets on sides) look dated and so last millenium!!

since i don't have money to buy all this...i can't wait until this hits the street!

[fouroclock]

"Structured" jackets (see: Miu Miu) tend to look like they're made of paper though. Flawed collection but it has some very good pieces.

[the-smiths]

Heinous. They look like women. This is not the future of menswear.

[Scott]

i so adore the construction of this collection. it's probably the most architectural side we've seen from raf in a long time. but it's sooo contemporary and still has that quirkiness with some of the detailings like the fingerless glove sweater...

so lovely,this is. a resounding bravo from me.

[disco54]

Originally Posted by MyNameIs

If those pants get any skinnier, they'll be leggins.

YEAH...i like some of the coats but the pants are ewwwwww, legging like pants on man are very effiminate and prada but I guess thats the point he is making but still not my cup of tea,,,nothing on the YSL collection .

[mass]

terrible... but those pants with the big pockets are dope.

[god_save_hedi]

wow!
it's great!
some impressive pieces here. the high-waisted and huge-pocket pants are beautiful. the suit tailoring is stunning.
tnks for sharing!

[kiddokiddo]

After a youthful technotronic outing for SS08, I'm glad to see Raf Simons dabble back into cutting edge tailoring that he's known for...it's so sharp, the jackets look so elongated and molding the body like gloves...I love the silhouettes and the prints are fantastic, love the jodhpur like pants as well...it didn't disappoint my expectation from him at all

[nqth]

It looks like there is a certain thickness under the surface of thin material, felt, padding? I like coats with high collar. It keeps you warm:-)

But the proportion is weird. It looks only good if you have long legs :-)

[BerlinRocks]

this is as perfect as i expected....
but i feel very unconfortable somehow.
some silhouette seem to be sooooo stiff and narrow and razor cut.... more than ever.
if i had to give a contre-exemple quickly, i should say Giles Deacon fw08..... is the total contrary to that......

but most of the pieces are amazing.
i'm not really fond of the mohair(?) sweaters though.
the last silhouette is sooo bourgeoisie from the future.

i like it a lot....
but it's not tomorrow the end of diet for men....

[Starry]

I love this collection personally! The slim silhouette, the ptints, all of them!
Raf seems to push the trend forward, this season really impressed me a lot!

[borjacapella]

WHOA!!!! i dont wanna sound hiltonish but THAT IS HOT!!!!!!! love the golden/camel jackets... the only thing i didnt like were the trop-pres-du-corp tops... the rest was amazing!