Milan Men’s Fashion Week – Round Up: Day 1

With London fully recovered from the three day fashion frenzy that was London Collections: Men, and Pitti over in a flash of equal fashion measure, we turn our attention to Milan – arguably one of the most stylish cities in the world, to see what each day had in store for us…

CORNELIANI, , The safari style tones we saw in London at the likes of Richard James came to our attention again at the Corneliani show. Sergio Corneliani says he looked to the future for Spring 2015, which came across in the slightly oversized suiting, but Corneliani’s laid-back take on tailoring certainly caught our eye. Loose fit white trousers looked effortlessly stylish when paired with neutral thin knit pullovers and unstructured sandy jackets – a very dapper look indeed.

ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA, , At first glance, you’d be forgiven for thinking that these dark blues, greys and blacks were the colours of AW, but alas, no. The looks sent down the concrete catwalk at Ermenegildo Zegna were indeed the colours of SS15. With stripes in varying directions, thickness and colour – some of the more casual wear appeared almost nautical at times, whilst the pin-stripe suits remained very business-like indeed. The final few looks sent down the runway introduced a rare, but welcome pop of colour to the show, however, resembled more of an autumnal feel than we would have liked – sumptuous jewel tones in burnt orange, deep aqua greens and crimsons.

DOLCE & GABBANA, , Domenico Dolce and Stefano Gabbana took the bull by the horns (literally) with this latest offering. The grand scale collection sashayed down a crimson red runway to the delight of onlookers. Matador inspired jackets and bull and baroque motifs were in abundance, but our personal favourite look was a lavishly emblazoned black dinner suit with crimson velvet lapels.

JOHN VARVATOS, , Whether it was washed or textured, the fabrics seemed to be of paramount importance to Varvatos. He reimagined suits and tuxes with beautifully light layering fit for the warmer months. Some looks were more akin to a bohemian Parisian writer than the suited and booted gentlemen of Milan, but nonetheless a look we think we rather like, especially in the earth tones of grey, white, sandy beige and tan.

VERSACE,

The stand out pieces for us were the Matisse-esq black palm print bomber jacket, and the coloured suits (pictured) – even if some were a little shiny! But we think we’ll be giving the string vests under summer leather jackets a miss come next summer. This certainly wasn’t a collection for the faint hearted, and that’s even before the white speedo-come-toga came down the runway. Models marched the catwalk with gold vial’s slung around their necks – decadent? Yes. But we wouldn’t expect anything less from Versace now would we?

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