Top 6 Men's Designers

• Helmut Lang
  
• Yohji Yamamoto
  
• Hedi Slimane for Christian Dior
  
• Raf Simons
  
• Hussein Chalayan
  
• Viktor & Rolf

 

dior homme
Calvin Klien
Louis Vuitton
Mcqueen
yohji yamamoto
helmut lang

 

Tom Ford
Marc Jacobs
Hedi Slimane
Helmut Lang
Martin Margiela
Comme des Garcons

 

in no order:

Armani
Versace
Dolce and Gabana
Kors
Jacobs
Posen

 

Junya Watanabe (a friend of mine just snagged one of those absolutely amazing Lewis Leathers jackets from Spring '03)
Hedi Slimane
Miuccia Prada
Comme des Garcons
Helmut Lang
Dolce & Gabbana

 

Rick Owens
Margiela
Hedi Slimane
Raf Simons
Martine Sitbon

 

I forgot Carol Christian Poell & Xavier Declour

 

Dirk Shonemberger
Xavier Delcourt
Raf Simmons
MaisonMMargiela
Helmut Lang
Viktor & Rolf
Junya

Slimane before Dior (while in YSL)

 

margiela
alessandro dell'acqua
hussein chalayan
heidi slimaine
sebastien meunier
and moschino

 

in no order, I like:

Slimane for Dior
Dirk Bikkembergs
Viktor and Rolf (even though they are sort of new!)
J lindeberg
Helmut Lang
Costume National

 

Tom Ford

Christopher Bailey

Alexander McQueen

Antonio Marras

Paul Smith

Viktor & Rolf


...you said only 6

 

Christopher Bailey for BURBERRY prorsum
miucia prada for prada and miumiu
Hedi Slimane for Dior homme
helmut lang
dolce and gabbana
...i can only think of my top five...

 

They are great things actually, quite hard to get a hold of in Europe at the time, other than in the waxed cotton. I have this one!:


Anyway, my faves:

1 Rei Kawakubo
2 Junya
3 Dries
4 Ann Dem
5 Yohji
6 Richard James

 

1. Tom Ford for Gucci
2. Alexander McQueen
3. Viktor & Rolf
4. Versace
5. Louis Vuitton

 

Dior Homme
Dries
Helmut Lang
Comme des Garçons
McQueen
yohji yamamoto

 

1. Carol Christian Poell
2. Maurizio Altieri (For Carpe Diem and Linea)

The rest is unordered:

Vincenzo de Cotiis (Haute), Luca Laurini (Label Under Construction), Collection Privee?, Ann Demeulemeester, Yohji Yamamoto (Y's),
Rick Owens

Honorable Mentions: Ann Valerie Hash, Martine Sitbon, Junya
Watanabe (amazing womenswear though), Rei Kawakubo

 

Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme
Ann Demeulemeester
Alexandre Plokhov for Cloak
Helmut Lang
Carol Christian Poell (after seeing the thread about him...wow)
Ennio Capasa for Costume National

 

In order:

Ann Demeulemeester (no contest! )
Carol Christian Poell
Raf Simons
Carpe Diem
Hedi Slimane

6h place will be replaced with honorable mentions:

Junya Watanabe/Rei Kawakubo/Les Hommes/Helmut Lang/Rick Owens/Dirk Schonberger/Cloak

Would love to love, but can't (as far as menswear goes):

Margiela/Dries van Noten/Hussein Chalayan/Veronique Branghuino/Yohji Yamamoto

 

Dries Van Noten. I'd like to list more but the truth of the matter is, I've sold off my entire wardrobe and wear just him exclusively. It's very sickening and reminds me of articles I read where Japanese fashion lovers build virtual shrines to their favourites in their apartments. But I just can't help myself. That being said, I do have a Junya Watanabe CdG + Moncler down jacket coming my way...but that's just a splurge.