Fall 2014 Menswear shows: New-York, London, Paris, Miiano. After watching all the shows for Fall 2014 for men on style.com, we noticed that there is actually only 1 item not to be missed: The Sweater. Almost every designer showed this key item and used it as a statement piece; The Sweater tells the story behind the collection, with a print or with fabric. (Bonus: the customer can show if he is: funny, religious, a Trekkie an animal lover or a traditionalist.) We, at Mimi Berlin do love a sweater and a print so we gathered and categorized them for you: Take your pick from: Animals/Fur/Faces/Flowers/Text/Patchwork/Fun/Romantic/The usual suspects. We hear you say: Well that’s nothing new, this “Sweater Thing” started at Givenchy, Balmain, Kenzo etc. a couple of season’s ago. No it isn’t, we reply, but if your label doesn’t carry a signature sweater by now you are really missing out on $$
Corliani: traditional fur
Louis Vuitton: traditional fur
Iceberg; traditional fur
Lanvin: fur
Givenchy ; fur
Marc Jacobs: animal, abstract
Balmain: animal, abstract
Alexander McQueen; abstract
Neil Barret; abstract and bold
Antonio Marras; usual suspect, colorblocking
Viktor& Rolf; usual suspect, colorblocking
James Long: patchwork
Kris van Assche: patchwork
RAF Simons: patchwork
No 21: traditional check
Joseph: traditional check
Miharayasuhiro: checks and flowers
Dolce and Gabbana
Iceberg
Roberto Cavalli
Antonio Marras
Paul Smith: animal,; dinosaurs
3.1 Phillip Lim: animal, horses head
Pringle of Scotland: Romantic flowers
Christopher Kane: Romantic flowers
Casely Hayford; funny flowers
Christoper Shannon; funny pop artsy cigarette box
Paul Smith: music lover
Lanvin; bodyparts
Julien David; sports jock
Kolor; sports jock
Acne Studio’s: deep text
APC
Calvin Klein Collection: Text, (sweater also comes with Eternity)
Alexander Wang: text and barcode
Givenchy
Ports 1961: Leather
Fendi: Fur patchwork
Scarves: In addition of the first part of our story: We were glad to notice that there is actually another, more fashionable, key item: The Scarf. The sweater was, almost, absent at the Burberry Prorsum show, instead the models wore fishnet vests. AND tada: A Scarf, a large piece of cloth with every single look! The Sweater was also absent at the Prada show, but not so much The Scarf. Prada’s scarves ranged from what looked like, at first site, ill fitting ties to the larger snugglier fur kind. At Missoni the models wore knitted scarves the size of blankets; homely comfort taken to the street, what a nice concept. Walter van Beirendonk already designed blanket-like coats. The Floor-Lenght-Scarf was the third kind to be found at several designers.
Burberry Prorsum
Burberry Prorsum
Prada
Prada
Givenchy; fur
Dries van Noten: fur
Prada: fur
Lanvin; floor lenght
Sacai; floor lenght
Haider Ackermann; floor lenght
Louis Vuitton; floor lenght
Marc Jacobs; floor lenght
Y-3; blanket
Sacai; blanket
Burberry Prorsum: Is it a scarf? No, it’s a plaid!
Missoni; blanket
Walter van Beirendonck
Christophe Lemaire
Hermés, notice the lovely bag!
Tommy Ton, Menswear Fall, 2014 Milano
Digging a little deeper we saw that
Tommy Ton’s “street wear” pictures are full of people wearing
The Scarf as well. Dear confectioneurs; get your print and dessin designers on the phone and start producing
The Scarf. (all images are taken from
style.com)