For his first venture into menswear, designer Albino D’Amato finds just the right mix of classic and contemporary, producing a line of clothes structured with a man in mind that will also available in women’s sizes once in shop.

Describing the collection as something “everyone can wear and can put in their suitcase to leave for holiday”, the designer creates an airy sea of neutrals built up of light and fresh travel-ready pieces layered one above the other effortlessly, without complication.

Displaying jackets both single-breasted, double-breasted and some even featuring the collection’s recurring jacquard print, that comes in a varity of shades, D’Amato offers up great range and comfort for a refined yet unwound wearer.

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Going in a lighter and more fluid direction for Spring 2011, Iceberg designer Paolo Gerani expands on the labels relaxed approach to dressing by introducing the Iceberg man to series of muted hues. Displaying everything from pale blues to heavier tones.

Paying homage to contrast, a progression from a light to dark was made from the show’s beginning of bright day looks that were comprised of shorts, multi-pocket jackets and more easy-going trousers, to the end of the presentation that brought forward transitional looks in of navy and midnight blues.

With much focus channeled into the the build up of a bold and relaxed spring/summer, sandals were seen both laced and strapped, completing looks that were not already paired with the classic shoe or an ombré shoe made to give of a rustic feel.

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Held responsible for some of fashion’s most epic and entertaining shows, designer Thom Browne once again outdoes himself at Moncler. Producing a collection based around bike riding, staging it in an area that couldn’t suit it any better.

Using the Velodromo Vigorelli track cycling arena in Milan to stage another one of his productions, Browne creates a multi-faceted sportswear wardrobe comprised of lighter fabrics, allowing for fast paces and swift movements. Recreating looks true to that of what your standard track cyclist could be found wearing, lycra shorts and leggings take to legs of models ready for a bike ride, fully equipped with classically striped hat instead of helmet and riding gloves. Though we have witnessed the pairing of shorts with leggings for quite some time now, Browne revamps the idea in an authentic manner, now displaying them printed with bicycles in red and blue, still managing to get them to read as masculine.

Repetition being a large facet in the show, we see patterns of checks both small and wide, alongside perforations appearing on both trouser and jacket.

As the show closed, models took to the track riding, you guessed it, bicycles. Perfectly matching the song “Bicycle Race”, by Queen, that floated through the background.

Moncler Gamme Bleu Spring 2011, taken by Homme Times

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Marni Spring 2011, taken by Homme Times

High energy and full of life, Vivenine Westwood draws up the scenario of the manic last days of life on earth. Seeing as it would not be a true Westwood collection with a little added extra, men are portrayed as dolls, now gone berserk.

Arriving at galaxy prints which appeared on tank tops and round-neck shirts, Westwood states, “maybe we’re just like a star, at the end of its life it burns brighter and brighter before it goes out”. Continuing on with this deeper pre-apocalyptic concept in a playful and relaxed manner, the designer channeled broken broken glass using reflective fabrics, forming drawstring swim trunks in metallics with mirrors creating penises at crotch. A cardigan was seen with key-hole rips all about, made to look as if it were mercilessly torn, while outdoor table umbrellas are used as props, taking the place of the standard.

Building up looks with a myriad of patterns, as Westwood is well known for, we see plaids mix with stripes when striped suspenders take to check patterned high-waisted trousers.

Lighting up the structure of your run-of-the-mill tailored suit by cropping jackets, and placing plaid shirts underneath as it’s base, Westwood proves that times are changing and life in present day can still be enjoyed while embracing classics.

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