A friend of mine recently challenged me to take my fashion cues this coming season from the men's collections, and the idea stuck. I love androgyny in fashion and toying with gender norms, even though I do not really do it on purpose-- maybe it's because I'm tall, but I really like tailored menswear looks, which I feel are immediately feminized the appropriate amount if my hair is down. Voila. Or, actually, just if I'm wearing them, because whatever some of my friends may say, I don't think I look like a man. Usually.
Second disclaimer: I don't really do "trends," at least not on purpose. It happens by osmosis, but classic and cool always win, and can always be fun. Whatever you want. Whatever. BUT I got far too elated looking at just the first few Spring menswear collections, even just going down the list on gq.com in alphabetical order. I haven't made it past "B," in Paris, let alone to Milan or the Fall 2012 collections. Oh dear, another time suck. Here's my favorites so far:
The above three are all Acne-- Love them, from the relaxed silhouette to the colours. However, I actually where things almost identical to these often (definitely been into white shorts and red sweater for about 18 months), so I feel like it is almost cheating to put these up...
The rest are Balenciaga (I am gaga for Balenciaga, any time, any place, any decade, Ghesquiere or the OG).
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| Love the colours, the soft and luxe structuring. Clean and modern refinement. |
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| A little Star Trek, maybe-- but I prefer this color blocking over anything I've seen so far in womenswear this year. |
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| Chunky-looking knits with tailored suiting?! What?! Just yes. |
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| I am a sucker for a few things, including: peacoats, red pants, skinny red pants, and fitted peacoats. |
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| Virginia Mouzat, style editor of Le Figaro-- A quintessential Parisienne makes menswear styling tres chic and plus feminin. J'adore. |
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