Day 4 at Paris Fashion Week Menswear

Its the penultimate day of Paris Fashion Week Menswear and again what a day it was. Incredible talent from a wide variety of talent. We'll discuss Dior Homme, which I loved what Kris Van Assche did last season and I'm sure it'll be just as good this season if not better in fact. There was also Hermés to discuss which is perhaps the most luxurious fashion house out there and finally up first, we'll get to something a little more contemporary and that is Kenzo. So shall we commence with the second to last day in Paris?

Kenzo

Kenzo is a fashion house founded in 1970 as Jungle Lap, a small boutique in Paris at Galerie Vivienne, a place in which Kenze Takada sold his first handmade woman's collections. The first mens ready-to-wear collection was debuted in 1983. After celebrating it's 30th anniversary, 1999 it's founder Kenzo Takada retired. In 2011 the founders of Opening Ceremony Carol Lim and Humberto Leon were appointed Creative Directors of Kenzo giving it a fresh re-start. This AW15 collection was influenced and driven behind the idea of extraterrestrial and that fact we may not be alone. Are we? What do you think? I'm aware this has nothing to do with fashion I'm just curious, leave a comment below. This collection was nevertheless for the young and incredibly bold...Classic Kenzo. Forget the Kenzo Tiger this latest collection was infused with symbols or UFO related statements "UFO's are coming back" were the words on one garment. I personally loved the parkas, the orange and black acid effect was cool as were the spray painted fur collars, laces but not just on the boots (which were amazing by the way) no, laces were all over the place! It felt very military, but geometric is this the future of warfare? And colours that popped would be a total understatement. If you didn't already believe in something else being out there, I think it's safe to say these models definitely came from another planet. Here are my best looks.

Kenzo

Hermés

Let's face it, what I said in the introduction about Hermés being the most luxury driven house, I wasn't messing as this latest collection proved just that. This collection was enforced by the idea: What is the "City Man" of 2015? Jackets were teamed with sweatpants, but not just any sweatpants, C'mon it's Hermés they were made out of sheared mink. Beautful bright what looked like cashmere scarves, crocodile sweatshirt, Shearling coats, two very large leather bags and the most well executed of suiting. Oh and if your interested in how to make a luxurious boiler suit, ask designer Véronique Nichanian. Ties were actually used in yesterday's show, which over recent collections have gone AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) for you geniuses haha! Overall it was an exquisite collection, one that most people couldn't afford (Myself included) But sometimes you just have to appreciate fashion as an art form, most of the times these pieces are totally unwearable, however sometimes they are. I think I'll just stick to my "H" Belt haha! A question I've read today in regards to this show is, if a sweatshirt is made from crocodile, is it still a sweatshirt? Leave a comment...You know where by now. Anyway favourite looks featured below...

Hermés

Dior Homme

Before we start, let's get things straight, This collection featured a 32-piece freaking string orchestra. Calling Kris Van Assche's latest Dior Homme collection anything less than extraordinary is just plain and simply wrong. If I remember correctly in my last blog post for Dior Homme I changed my mind about suit-heavy collections, and I'm so glad I changed the tune because I loved and admired every piece entirely as it graced the runway yesterday afternoon. When creative director of womenswear John Galliano and creative director of menswear Hedi Slimane were at Dior these two worlds couldn't be further apart. Galliano stage some of his greatest, most creative productions at the iconic house, whilst Slimane took full advantage of his rockstar ways at a luxury French house. Whereas now they couldn't be closer. The way I think it should be, they should go with one another hand in hand and bounce off of each other. That is one very important element in presenting for both men and women. This may have been a formally strict collection, as all models were seen wearing either a tie or bow tie, but the creative side came out to play for Kris Van Assche as he brought in real flowers to place under clear badges which the designer commented on himself "It's a new, punkish, young kind of way of looking to those elegant roots" And still adore the skinny silhouette previous created by Hedi Slimane that remains at Dior Homme.

Dior Homme

Well guys and dolls that is it for the second to last day of Paris Fashion Week Menswear I hope you all enjoyed it. Join me back tomorrow for the final day in Paris. With shows from Thom Browne which excites me every season and it's a good one, Paul Smith, Lanvin and my favourite show that is the coolest show always now, Saint Laurent by Hedi Slimane.

The Wolf of High Street

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