Perfect if you want to look sharp in the office or cool in the alpine, Rei Kawakubo made up a showing mainly of four-piece suits; fluid pants, tailored jackets, fastened vests, and shorts. Even if you aren’t the type to wear shorts with your suits, the main pieces are still tailored and nifty enough, completed in interesting, but still wearable fabrics.

Coming in the form of head wraps and lengthy fur coats, or even trailing up the front of a sweater (making for a true contrast placket), fur was another staple of the collection.

Finishing off  the mainly darkened hue show off with pastel colored shoes, rounded like most of the shoulders seen throughout, Kawakubo keep suits traditional yet modern for the waist up, playing with proportion from the waist down. Accenting ties and the undersides of collars with fur.

If you sometimes may find Comme des Garcons to be too extreme for you, looking hard enough you will, for the most part, find something chic and wearable.

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After displaying a relaxed and refreshing Spring 2010 collection based around nudes and neutrals, designer Tillmann Lauterbach now takes on a bit more structure. Deconstructing noted basics, building them back up to form something so natural and carefree.

Setting the mood for his latest presentation by having no more than one freckled model on the runway at once, walking to the sound of instrumentals, including the ‘Requiem for a Dream’ theme song played out classically on piano, the designer showcased 27 looks simple to the naked eye, but skillfully thought out once closer. An up and coming designer, Lauterbach already proves to be a master at minimalism. Making your standard shirt into something more by adding pleats, then pairing it under a jacket with a horizontal cut running across the chest, the show appeared to be styled with an artist in mind. Complete with jackets and trousers alike, printed in paint marks. The deconstruction motif also took to the collection’s bags, made to look as if it had been through a quite a few uses, perfectly injecting the show with the feel of the results of what you would get from wearing your favorite pieces time and time again.

Hopping aboard the tucking train, boots were also tucked into boots, much as the running trend this season. Though, the boots now holding your pants when not cropped or cuffed, now laces up to tie in the back. Putting a fresh twist on the classic leather shoe.

With a fresh ideas projected into refreshing and realistic designs, I have a strong feeling that Tillmann Lauterbach is someone to keep an eye on.

In a special collaboration with Homme Times, photographer Syed Munawir captures the Lauterbach’s Fall 2010 collection. To be posted soon.

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For Fall 2010, Elie Saab took the mysterious forest in as his muse and produced a collection that did not disappoint.

The palette featured the colors you would see in a forest on any beautiful night; the green of the leaves, the blue of the water, the purple of the sky. The lace detailing highlighted the conceal/reveal ways of many things in nature, also. If you still aren’t convinced, there was a more straight forward reference to the forest in the form of a print of black branches on a bodysuit created by an off the shoulder ruched top with skinny pants, and many dresses.

Accessorizing looks that came in ruched lace and wool with sheer socks paired finished off with patent heels, and bags with tough yet classic chains, the essence of hard meets soft gleamed throughout the venue. Approaching daywear with the same refined luxurious feel that you are always sure to expect from his showstopping floor sweepers, the Lebanese designer once again reminds us of the importance of dressing-up and how it is still possible to take risks without appearing contrived. A message reiterated time and time again with the showing of cut-outs matched with effortlessly flowing tulle.

Towards the end of the presentation came Saab’s always extremely glamorous gowns, mostly sparklingly embroied and in liquid-like tulle, that would please even the most discerning of women. The slits in the fronts and backs of the dresses are perfect for grabbing attention on their much deserved and destined red carpet endeavors.

Elie Saab truly is a wonderful designer and that shines through when you see him stay faithful to his clients while still putting out a new, cool, and edgy collections for those truly looking for pure eye candy and astonishing quality.

Above, my coverage from the show.

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Backstage at Gianfranco Ferré Fall 2010

(It was it his 23rd Birthday that day.)

Smalto Fall 2010 Men’s