Day 2 at Paris Fashion Week Menswear


Yesterday was the second day of Paris Fashion Week for Menswear and by God what a day it was. I've loved everything Kim Jones has done for Louis Vuitton and is he now in his seventh collection for the French luxury house? Big question for you all, Kim Jones or Marc Jacobs for Louis Vuitton menswear? Leave a comment below stating which designer and why you chose him, I'd love to know. Phillip Lim got my heart racing with those Jupiter prints and clasp-closing belts. But for now let's start with Gosha Rubchinskiy who if you don't know, is a relatively young designer from Russia who now shows during Paris Fashion Week (Thanks to Rei Kawakubo). He's now getting a little political and I don't know about you but I love fashion that makes a statement with a concern for our world. So shall we begin?

Gosha Rubchinskiy
Born is Moscow, Russia. Gosha Rubchinskiy has quickly propelled from working as a stylist to establishing his eponymous label back in 2008. Based on youth, street sub-culture and the Russian skateboarding scene when he caught the attention of Comme Des Garçons' Rei Kawakubo who when seen Gosha was struggling to put on his shows, helped him out by producing his garments. Whether the Japanese brand still does I don't know. Anyway Gosha Rubchinskiy's latest collection was inspired by both 1980's Italians with his much loved Russian football hooligan scene. I loved the take on the classic Tommy Hilfiger logo with Gosha's name replacing Hilfiger's name and the hybrid of the Russia and China flag to symbolise the tension between great powers. As like in previous collections, he uses street-cast models for his shows, but you'll be happy to know some as young as thirteen walked yesterday. Wow. Jeans were washed out to within an inch of their life, with shoelaces replacing belts. What I do love about Gosha Rubchinskiy is although he makes great sportswear fashion, his prices of his clothes are extremely reasonable. Almost like Saint Laurent, you would expect to pay in excess of £3000 for a leather biker jacket, but £300 or below for their jeans. The styling was great, and whether or not he styles his own shows I'm not too sure but those jeans and sweatpants tucked into socks looked great. "CNOPT" was repetitively printed across garments, which if I remember correctly means "Sport" in Russian, but don't hold that against me if I'm wrong haha! The fur and shearling was some of my favourites as well. Below are my favourite looks.



Gosha Rubchinskiy

3.1 Phillip Lim
I loved Phillip Lim's latest menswear collection for Fall 2015. It had a whole sort of survival experience to it, from climbing ropes and clasp closing belts to trekking backpacks, blankets and hiking boots. My absolute favourite pieces in the collection, were actually these two what looked like neoprene, vest and t-shirt that had the words "Climb Jupiter" written on them. Suspended rocks hung in the air, which is something I most certainly wouldn't want to be sat under necessarily but would love to see them in person. I suppose you could call this installation art couldn't you? I also thought those oversized jumpers were great, but when you take the Autumn and Winter weather into consideration everybody loves big chunky knitwear so...Oh and the climbing net being incorporated into garments I thought was an innovate design concept, moreover I thought all the clothes in this collection were conceptual. Do we think this collection was based around the idea of wanting to climb something? Anyway here are what looks I thought were best.




3.1 Phillip Lim

Louis Vuitton
If you want my answer to the question I asked in the introduction to this post, it would be Kim Jones because I feel he captures the luxury travel element to Louis Vuitton more so than Marc did with the menswear side to the fashion house. This season saw Kim inspired by his favourite designer Christopher Nemeth, who had four original prints shown in today's mens show. They were used over and over, laser cut into shearling coats, bonded cashmere sweatshirts, wool/cashmere denim overlaid with paper patterns all to boast about the extraordinary craftsmanship at Louis Vuitton. Although the collection was heavily inspired by archived prieces and designs, yesterday's show was very modern and fresh, something Kim Jones is a master of and being a creative director of such a big name, like Louis Vuitton is of course you have to be I suppose. I also loved the excess of luggage everybody was carrying, sometimes three bags were being carried by a single person, I also loved the crossbody messenger bags that were crossed over one another. I adore an updated version of the Louis Vuitton monogram every time I see one as well.



Louis Vuitton

Well that's it for day 2 at Paris Fashion Week Menswear. I know I said it would be up earlier but things got in the way of my schedule. So yeah sorry for that. Anyway what did you think of Day 2? Join me back tomorrow for shows including Comme Des Garçons, Givenchy, Junya Watanabe and a show that's everyone was looking forward to, John Galliano's first ever menswear collection for Maison Margiela. I know you shouldn't make promises if you can't keep them but I will try to upload tomorrow's blog post, even if I have to write it in advance haha!
The Wolf of High Street
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