NYFWM: GRUNGY GENTLEMAN SS18

Jace Lipstein, CEO and designer of Grungy Gentleman, is back again  with a new collection that can only be described as men's athleisure wear. This Spring 18 collection, off the heals of his New York Knicks collaboration, has a  NYC hip hop style that could be appreciated the world over.  

  

GG is known for giving fashion for the everyday man with style and sophistication and edge, but this collection seem to lack the edge of his previous collections.
Colors was based in grey, black with a splash of blue here and there but if you were looking for bright bold color this was not the collection.  What made this collect interesting was not the colors but the designs.  

A few items that caught this men's wear enthusiast eye was the athletic sports jacket,warped tank top and denim like sweat pants. There seems to be a concentration on giving unique design to athletic clothing through modern cuts and fabric use.  

The stripes on everything became repetitive and sometimes unnecessary.  It also felt like a it threw back to a collaboration with Knicks too much.  But, overall it was a good collection.  

The garments showed great constructions and really spoke to me.  Also,  thumbs up for using a divers models including older gentlemen. This help the audience to know that athletic clothing is not just for the young man.   

Here are a few more photos of the collection.

photos by impression

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK MEN'S: STREET STYLE

IN JULY the streets of NYC is flooded with stylish men heading to their own fashion week.
If you can not make it into the elite fashion shows inside, the fashion outside its just as stylish, trendy and hot.

Here are a few of the fashion street styles I was loving during Men's Fashion Week.

 

 

               

PHOTOS BY IMPRESS

NYFWM: NICK GRAHAM GIVES FASHION WEEK WHAT IT NEEDED....COLOR

LAST YEAR Nick took us to Cuba.  This season, he took us under the sea!!! From the opening I knew this was going to be a great collect, and Graham didn't let us down.

The collection started with he classic shades of blue and white giving us a nautical feel.  As the collection continued I thought this would be the only colors in the collection and would have been very happy with that because I love these colors. As the collection went on the blues took on a lighter saturation of blue.



The collection quick change to very bright and vibrant colors giving the collection a jolt of color. The colors chosen seem to be inspired from the coral and plant life of the sea.

 Finally the collection ended with a high saturation of red that pulled everything together.

This collection was just amazing.  From the crab, lobsters and birded added the the shoulders, the colors nets, and even the fringe rope belts.  The collection was well put together and a great representation of what is to come from this great designer.  This collection was a great different from the grays, navy, black and white of all the other shows.  After looking and collection after collection of gray loose fit slacks, its was nice to see color, and creative styling in a fashion show.  This show I will look forward to see every season.  

Congratulations on a successful collection!!!!

photos credit to  inspiration.com

FFFWEEK MENSWEAR FASHION SHOWCASE: MAKE ROOM FOR BRAWNS!!!

WOW!!!Full Figured Fashion Week 2017 has come and gone and I just now stop wiring from all the excitement.  Because of grad school (and the 3,000 pages I have to write constantly) I wasn't able to attend all the events but I did get a chance to go to the Menswear fashion showcase, AKA Baewalk, at the 404 Event Space in NYC.

Menswear has grow by more that 30% each year for the past 5 years.  This is two time as faster then menswear and 1/2 as fast as plus size women wear. With the growth of Instagram and Snapchat not only do women of all size want to look amazing and unique in their clothes so do men of all sizes too.
Even with the multitude of information on menswear, its hard to find statistics on big & tall menswear and how they are growing or if they are being serviced in the market.   Yes, there are retailers that carry big & tall (a label that also needs to be renamed in order to show the diversity of the category) but most are classic in style, cut and color. I say that were plus size was 10 years ago is where menswear is now.

As menswear grows just as fast as plus size women category, its exciting to see FFFweek give three designers a platform to showcase our big and tall male models and designers.  We all deserve great fashion and I was happy to hear that Devoe Signature Events sees the need as well.  For us women who love menswear...thank you for this!!!

This show was a separate showcase from the main event and was dedicated only to the big and tall category of fashion.  The designers giving fashion and fire for men over a size XL.  This showcase was sponsored by MVP, a new high end fashion line also created for brawn men.

Below are photos of the three designers for 2017.

MVP Collections

SOS Denim

can you believe these designers are teenagers #lissentothekids

Brandon Kyle Collections

YES!!! Romphim is not just for small men!!!

Swimwear you want...swimwear you shall have

Special thank you to all the male models.  You dared to show the plus size world that all bodies of all shapes and heights and gender is okay.  

I ask you all to follow them encourage them on their journey.  They have a fight in front of them and if your a plus model you can understand that struggle.  

Oh and my outfit was from Gwynee Be click HEREto subscribe

And the best thing its...its a rental!!! 

photos owned by NEC STYLE