Milan Menswear Fashion Week Fall 11/12 Schedule

[Squizree]

the menswear calendar really highlights some of the inanity of the entire fashion system. seriously, by the time some of these clothes find themselves in front of consumers, they will look and feel ridiculously out-of-date. how can discerning that's-so-last-season clientele stand the feeling that something they JUST bought has been worn by the elite continuously since over a year ago?

seriously, burberry pre-fall 2010 still sits on store shelves and we're already picking apart next years offerings!

I know what you mean, it's like everything is on fast forward. Makes you appreciate and respect Mr Ford that much more.

 

[Street_a_Licious]

uhm. i'm familiar with WHAT those mid season collection consist of. but it doesn't change the fact that people start wearing Cruise/Resort now already, especially trend hunters who can and feel the need to follow the latest in fashion. in the past few years, both Cruise and Pre-Fall developed far beyond what they were originally conceived to be. some might be more basic, but a lot of design houses see them both and present them as full fledged seasons.

and we're talking about how the perception of seasons got totally screwed up for people who actively follow fashion.

but since you say you're well informed, you must have known about that too, right?

 

[markese91]

People don't wear Cruise/Resort runniing around in NY now... as I said they wear them now but they are worn at the same time as Fall/Winter. while some people wear them now others are wearing fall/winter because they are not in a tropical locale. trend hunters have cruise trends and fall/winter trends... which run consecutively. I know because I work for the blog component of a trend forecasting company.

So yeah... I was aware

 

[Prairie]

Can't wait to watch Burberry Prorsum show!
Hope I'll have time to watch it online between all these exams.

 

[mikeijames]

cape cod and saint tropez are freezing right now: those are summer places. saint barths, palm beach, bali, marrakesh on the other hand.....beautiful.

 

[markese91]

bwahah thanks Mikeijames I'm horrible at locations :/ but I know fashion lol.

 

[Bezimienna]

FINALLY!

 

[mikeijames]

not for everyone, only us really.

by mid-season, i already get NEXT YEAR'S collection in focus and sale shopping becomes 'looking for pieces that will feel good in a year too'. it's a fact that amuses and annoys me. i'm literally shopping for next year.

at least Burberry offers 'Buy off the runway', but even that is seriously ridiculous. pieces get delivered about 6-8 weeks after ordering (that'd be right after the shows), so what, i either wear F/W clothes for summer or see those coats, jackets and accessories hanging in front of me for over 4 months and by the time i get to wear them, i might be sick of their look already.

all that, of course, is for the 'that's-so-last-season' clientele.

and then you see those supermarket chains or mail order catalogs with their 'latest trends!!!' and you can't help but snicker.

/snob



why not? it's looks we'll be orientating ourselves on next winter... (or, more specifically, Feb+Mar 2011, then Nov2011-Jan2012)

while i maintain we constitute an intellectual elite class when it comes to fashion (even some of my friends who ostensibly WORK in fashion haven't digested chanel's byzantine), the fashion consumer at large -- not the mall rats specifically but the bond street, madison avenue, rodeo drive lot -- stays in touch with the ever changing winds of fashion. they're going to these parties where people wear off-the-runway stuff. they're attending premieres. and if they're not, they're reading about it on blogs and in magazines. and the lack of choices (and the dearth of fashionable men) make this problem more acute with the menswear seasons. by the time one reaches mid-season (especially in fashionable cities), the stuff feels so terribly done.

it had barely gotten cold when prada camo stuff looked so tired hanging on the rack (when i tried it on, the highs outside were in the nineties). now, if i could have bought and worn it last winter soon after i first saw it, then it would have made sense.

 

[get fashion]

Milano!
Dolce, Gucci, Prada in my heart.
Good abs in Dsquared2 and Emporio.
Bad things from Versace and Cavalli.

 

[mikeijames]

^i'm curious if versace menswear will give us some of that quintessential gianni like we saw in the womenswear.

style.com

 

[get fashion]

Versace it's totally lost, i think it'll give us: modern and alternative rubbish.
I don't know why Donatella left the sexy italian dandy men.

 

[Street_a_Licious]

while i maintain we constitute an intellectual elite class when it comes to fashion (even some of my friends who ostensibly WORK in fashion haven't digested chanel's byzantine), the fashion consumer at large -- not the mall rats specifically but the bond street, madison avenue, rodeo drive lot -- stays in touch with the ever changing winds of fashion. they're going to these parties where people wear off-the-runway stuff. they're attending premieres. and if they're not, they're reading about it on blogs and in magazines. and the lack of choices (and the dearth of fashionable men) make this problem more acute with the menswear seasons. by the time one reaches mid-season (especially in fashionable cities), the stuff feels so terribly done.

it had barely gotten cold when prada camo stuff looked so tired hanging on the rack (when i tried it on, the highs outside were in the nineties). now, if i could have bought and worn it last winter soon after i first saw it, then it would have made sense.

well... yes.

we're on the same page on that, no?

 

[Crying Diamonds]

Milan Winter
Keen to see Ferre and Jil Sander.

 

[mikeijames]

^one wonders how elaborate of a collection ferre will put on given they're in limbo with their sale.

 

[afterrhours]

Ready for Jil Sander!

 

[Squizree]

Versace for me B)

Also Ferre, Ferragamo and McQueen

 

[mikeijames]

^i'm obsessed to see ferragamo as well.

 

[Squizree]

^ Have they retained the same designer for their menswear?

 

[mikeijames]

^yes, giornetti does it all now.

 

[NJson]

ready for GUCCI !