"From a flawless Cary Grand to a kilted Kanye West, menswear is changing. Currently a sort of renaissance is taking place which is seeing spend a bit more time and money on creating their wardrobe" (Peterson 2014).
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| Christopher Kane floral t shirt |
A new trend which has taken menswear by storm is one which is traditionally known as a more feminine cliché is the floral print. Floral print were a huge part of the Spring 2014 by many designers including Prada, Dries van Noten and Christopher Kane. EditD a fashion market analysis has reported an increase of 130% in floral pieces this year while Asos has sold out of floral suits for men . (Cochrane 2014). This trend has coincided with a new type of fashion conscious man who know as
yummie, a term coined by HSBC analysts, describes young urban professional men with an unabashed interest in grooming and fashion, that includes keeping up with the latest catwalk trends.
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Prada floral shoes
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Bomber jackets have seen a revival with both luxury and high street stores having a numerous selection, with the more colourful the better. Continuing with the flower theme Zara has a bomber jacket which is straight off the luxury cat walk with bright colourful flowers dotted around the jacket.
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| Zara floral bomber jacket |
Although this moda style fashion is now popular with men, classic tailoring still is very important the mens fashion with mixed tailoring becoming ever so popular especially coming into the summer months. This involves mixing blazers with different coloured trousers and shirt to give a more Italian mediterranean inspired look (esquire). This is an example pf mixed tailoring where key pieces from other suits has been mixed together to form a mixed tailored look suit.
According to fashion beans, another key trend linked to this mixed tailoring is wearing trainers with a suit. It goes it to discuss what suit is suitable for this look.
Fashion beans suggests that the suit should not be a bold or daring colour but plain black, blue or grey and well tailored. This look should not be worn in the office simply because it is just no suitable.On shoes, it advises to keep the colour;s simple and not too over the top. Below shows the contrast between wearing a suit with shoes and with trainers .Trainers are matched well with linen suits something which is a key trend for 2014. Acording to the Swiss import promotion programme linen is a vital fabric and key material for both spring/summer 2014 and Autumn/ Winter 2014/ 2015.
