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Showing posts with label Menswear. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Menswear. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

A Buck Short

Today I tried a little experiment ... I typed 'menswear' into google wondering where it might take me.

The first link on the list was to 'Henry Bucks Menswear Store', with a short descriptive account that 'Henry Bucks showcases the worlds finest and most wearable mens clothing from top European brands.'  Now I don't know exactly how google search results function but my belief is that the most popular links pop up at the top.  So my powers of deduction tell me that Henry Bucks is a pretty popular little dig for menswear browsers.  Figuring that this store must carry all my menswear needs I decided to spend some time taking a look at what it has to offer and I must admit that I was rather disappointed.  All I seemed to be turning out was standard menswear styles, classic suits, standard pants, boring shirts.  I have no doubt that all of these garments would have been beautifully made in expensive fabrics but all I could think of was how boring it all seemed.  Certainly all of the garments showcased in Henry Bucks have a very clear and stable place in the menswear market but is the most popular menswear link on google really this store?  Is 'the fabric of the city' really a black wool suit as advertised in the Henry Bucks Autumn catalogue?  Surely not.  I like to live in hope that maybe Australian men, or at least the younger generations are becoming more experimental than relying on classic suits and cotton shirts but perhaps I'm mistaken?

Standard menswear shot at http://www.henrybucks.com.au/


Thursday, May 6, 2010

Kirrily Johnston Spring/Summer 2010/11

How refreshing it was, amidst the fashion frenzy, to see Kirrily Johnston once again throw some unique yet wearable menswear at us!  Let's face it - everyone loves a male model - and are they not all the more enticing when layered up in something a little out of the ordinary?  It's not an easy thing to work mens and womens wear into a cohesive collection but Kirrily seemed to achieve this rather effortlessly through relaxing, wearable shapes that might actually hit the wardrobes of some of the more fashion thinking men out there.  While her menswear is a little less fashion forward than some of her womenswear, it is has been designed to be worn, which ideally is what menswear boils down to.  Australia is slowly stepping up our menswear and building a rather neat little portfolio of menswear designers.  With a bit of luck (and perhaps a little push from the ladies), we might begin to see some well considered mens fashion really take it's place within the market.