Valet Mag has a nice visual spread of the best men’s collections from the recently wrapped up New York Fashion Week. Most notable trend seems to be the lack of consistency between one show and the next, with style trends hardly discernable.
Marc Jacobs played it retro with quirky additions and something of a hip hop vibe.
Rag and Bone went simple and clean in shades of black and grey.
And Ducky Brown seemed uncharacteristically deconstructed, more like something you’d see from Comme des Garcons.
Valet Mag: The Fashion Week Spectrum
February 24, 2009
NY Fashion Week Men’s Roundup
February 19, 2009
Amidst Recession, Diesel Goes Big on 5th Ave
Diesel has just opened its largest store ever on Fifth Avenue in NYC, an event obviously several years in the making, but which comes at a time when brands are canceling their runway shows and store closures are a dime a dozen. Diesel’s new store boasts “over 700 different denim styles and washes on every floor” and it makes you think if this store is going to be able to move all that merchandise, or if it’s just a brand play that will have residual effects on worldwide sales.
Maybe even more interesting, the window displays at Diesel Planet, as the [...]




