A/W 14/15 Men's Catwalk

This year was a good year for Men’s fashion week especially as sportswear was one of the main influences throughout collections which meant it linked in with the assignment brief, where I also have to input sportswear. In my previous blog post I have researched different designers but I have used WGSN to help research what is on current trend this season to help inspire me with my own design.

Autumn/Winter 2014/2015 began with London Collections: Men and according to chairman and editor of Men’s magazine GQ Dylan Jones it was. “the best season ever”. (http://www.stylus.com/frgpgv) while the three day London event is still competing with big designers that get shown in Florence, it is slowly becoming more of a success.  

So, this season on the catwalk revealed colours of blue, white, saffron and red.  The blue featured many different shades while the white was more of a soft finish mostly used in knitwear. Saffron yellow was a forceful colour used in a lot of the outerwear garments, as well as red which also stood out combining with white and black, again mainly used in the outerwear garments.


Lou Dalton

 

Xander Zhou

 

Hardy Amies

 

Hardy Amies

 

 

Christopher Raeburn

Topman

 

 

Xander Zhou

I particularly liked the white colour which is making an appearance in this season collections; it is new with a fresh look. I think the most suitable colour relation with my own design for British Racing Company is the red which reminds me of the formula 1 racing.

Two pocket jackets were a trend throughout collections which interested me as I plan to add different pockets to my own design. Designers such as Topman, Agi & Sam, Richard Nicol and Matthew Miller all had use of the two pocket trend.


Agi & Sam

 

 

Topman

 

 

 Matthew Miller

Richard Nicol

 

Different style coats including biker coats, oversized jackets and parkas walked on the catwalk. They all caught my eye when browsing through catwalk images because I was interested in their shape. For my own design, it is important what shape/silhouette I am using for my particular choice of sport which is car racing.

Dior (Parka)

Topman (Biker)

 

Christopher Kane (Oversized)

 

Leather trims and details are a common trend throughout seasons and seem to make an appearance in the recent A/W season.  

Hermes

 

 

 James Long

 

 

I would like to incorporate leather trims to my own design as it creates a smart finish and looks well presented.

 

 

Other things I particular liked this season was the use of high collars…

 Emporio Armani

 

Tweed made a comeback!  A classic, British fabric great for tailoring, as well as looking good for casual attire.

Part of my assignment brief for ‘Made in Britain’ is to design garments for the British Racing Company using natural fabrics. Tweed fabric would be perfect as it also relates to British heritage.

 

 Hackett

E.Tautz

 

Layering construction in a garment was also shown in some collections such as, The Kooples, Sopopular and Samsoe and Samsoe. The layering aspect gives the illusion of colour or different fabric blocking.

 So Popular

 

For my own design, I have researched films feature cars or car racing. One of them I came across was called ‘Drive’ which features actor Ryan Gosling wearing a jacket which has the use of layering round the arm hole. I will defiantly be using this technique when designing my jacket; it is a really good idea for movement and looks good.