Your Top 6 Menswear Fashion Designers...

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1. Yohji Yamamoto
2. Hedi Slimane
3. Alexander McQueen
4. Helmut Lang
5. Raf Simons
6. Junya Watanabe (only from an appreciation standpoint though...the clothes are hard for me to wear)

designers I tried to like but just can't get into: Carol Christian Poell, CDiem/Linea (save a few select pieces)

 

[fashionist]

no real order to this (except Cavalli)

1.Roberto Cavalli
2.Hedi for Dior Homme
3.Ozwald Boateng at Givenchy
4.Ennio Capasa for Costume National
5.Valentino
6.Alexander McQueen

 

[AlexN]

1) Ann Demeulemeester
2) Carol Christian Poell

On second thought, just look at Faust's post. That basically covers it, with a few minor swaps.

 

[eugenius]

Christopher Bailey @ Burberry

Hedi Slimane @ Dior

Neil Barrett

Dries Van Noten

Paul Smith

Prada (even though she loses points by not putting colored people in her shows, from what Ive seen)

 

[Arturo21]

In no particular order:

Hedi Slimane
Ann Demeulemeester
Helmut Lang
Carol Christian Poell
Spastor
Naoki Takizawa

Like Faust:
Honorable mentions:
Masaki Matsushima, Alexandre Plokhov, Rick Owens, Raf Simons, Jens Laugesen, Yohji Yamamoto, Junya Watanabe, Maurizio Altieri (From the few things I've seen from him, he'd be on the top of the list..but I haven't seen much so I can't say he's my favorite if I don't know anything about him), Linea, Comme des Garcons.

 

[travolta]

It's very sickening and reminds me of articles I read where Japanese fashion lovers build virtual shrines to their favourites in their apartments. QUOTE]

hm..i'm going to have to check that out

 

[faust]

It's very sickening and reminds me of articles I read where Japanese fashion lovers build virtual shrines to their favourites in their apartments. QUOTE]

hm..i'm going to have to check that out

search this site, there were a few posted. it is pretty crazy.

 

[birdofparadise]

If you want, there is a book of photographs by Kyoichi Tsuzuki called 'Happy Victims' that actually is really very good, covers the Japanese fanatics of Gucci, Westwood, Margiela, Gaultier, the whole gambit.

 

[AlexN]

^Ah, that's exactly what the thread is about.

 

[birdofparadise]

*Smirk

 

[solomonsdevalois]

1.Moritz Rogosky
2.Moschino
3.Sebastien Meunier
4.Andrew Mackenzie
5.Hedi Slimane
6.Stephan Sneider

 

[Rhizm]

1. Veronique Branquinho (Sorry, but she is and stays my favorite).
2. Martin Margiela
3. Hedi Slimane
4. Dries van Noten
5. Helmut lang

 

[perfect10]

Hedi Slimane is God.
I am a girl, but I wear hes clothes to. You can feel the passion in his clothes. His the best. I must say I'm addicted

 

[tricotineacetat]

Hedi Slimane is God.
I am a girl, but I wear hes clothes to. You can feel the passion in his clothes. His the best. I must say I'm addicted

I´d love to see you wearing Hedi Slimane, what pieces in te collection do you pick up?

My faves have got to be the following:


*Hedi Slimane
*Kostas Murkudis (very subtle detailing and ultrafine stitches, very considered colours, the finishings are just amazing and you see that there´s a lot of love going into the collection)
*Stephan Schneider
*Nicolas Guesquière (I just discovered Balenciaga as a label I can easily wear)
*Ann Demeulemeester (although I don´t own any of her clothes yet)
*Raf Simons (I wasn´t a big fan until I saw S/S 2006 in person, mayor improvement on the mainline!)

 

[tuomas]

carol christian poell
raf simons
rick owens
martin margiela
ann demeulemeester

club 6:
hedi slimane (for ysl and early dior homme), helmut lang (wishing for a comeback), stephan schneider, miquel adrover (another comeback,please...), old cdg & yohji...

 

[Sybarite]

Ann Demeulemeester
Dries Van Noten
Raf Simons
Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme
Carol Christian Poell
Ennio Capasa for Costume National

 

[VICTIM]

1. Ann Demeulemeester
2. Hedi Slimane for Dior Homme and YSL
3. Alexander McQueen
4. Nicolas Ghesqurie (sp?) for Balenciaga
5. Andreas Kronthaler (sp?) for Vivienne Westwood MAN
6. Raf Simons



Honorable mentions: Helmut Lang, Kim Jones, Ennio Capasa for Costume national Homme, Rick Owens, Christopher Bailey for Burberry Prorsum, Jean Paul Gaultier.

 

[Deleted member 7575]

Hedi Slimane, Junya Watanabe, Raf Simons, Martin Margiela, Miu Miu, Marc By Marc Jacobs

 

[Andro]

1. J I L S A N D E R- (Ms. Heidimarie Jiline Sander that is, not the design team or whatever the crap Milan Vukmiurovic did)

2. Tom Ford for GUCCI- He was the best male designer, and Probably female designer too!!

3. Helmut Lang- Ahhh! the art of Helmut...

4. Brioni- Beautiful custom made menswear. Probably the closest you can get to haute couture for men.

5. Hugo Boss- As much as I'd hate to see myself buying anything bt Hugo Boss... I'm in utter dismay when I'm shopping and I begin to gasp at a beautiful cashmere coat that catches my eye- only to find out it is a HUGO BOSS one.

6. Miuccia Prada for PRADA- And as I would equally love to snubb Ms. Trend wh*re off the list... You guys got to give credit where its due. *Darnit!* Miu Miu's done it again!

 

[dennissyh]

they r all simply amazing

Dior Homme

Carol Christain Poell

Cloak

Yohji Yamamoto & Y's

Ann Demeulemeester

Dries Van Noten