January 2012

The SAG awards were held yesterday.   Overall, the men played it pretty safe and there wasn’t very much to cover. However there were a few notable looks that we really liked here at FresherThanChris.com.   Most of the time, men are supposed to rock a black tuxedo, but we appreciate when men try and [...]

SAG Awards tends to be  a little more casual than the Golden Globes and the Oscars.  Seems like all of the stylists picked from the same view designers.  Overall, there weren’t very many WOW moments, but check out these women who really held their own on the red carpet.    Muse worthy indeed.  

Agnes B collection was cool.  The collection had great tailored suits,  cool plaid suiting,  jewel color outerwear as well as well as Harris Tweed and marbled knits.  Agnes B played with the ideas of different silhouettes,  introduced a winter short (with hosiery underneath), showed color tailored skinny pants, as well as oversized knits.    See [...]

Nautical meets Natty.  Paul Smith’s collection was heavily inspired by a nautical voyage.   It seems fitting.  Not only is his collection totally in theme with his show’s premise, but the collection itself is a total departure from his usual collection.   The usual mix of bright colors and stripes seem to be replaced with [...]

Acne’s fall 2012 collection was a very understated and current approach to a menswear show.   It presented some of the very trends we’ve seen thus far.   From the tailored suiting, to the jewel tone color blocking,  the capes and the oversized overcoats.   Some notable  items in this collection include his use of [...]

The theme of this collection seems to be classic meets contemporary.   Suiting will forever be an important part of menswear and quite honestly, has been a constant throughout all of the Fall 2012 collections we’ve seen thus far.  Lanvin presented his take on menswear which included a collection with color blocking, broad stripe knits, colored [...]

Working class meets High street.   Junya Watanabe’s Fall 2012 collection was a boastful return to the early looks of the working class railroad male.   The collection featured lots of patched plaid, bib front overalls, suspenders,  and denim with leather and wool detail.   It’s not my favorite collection by Junya, but a very [...]

Givenchy’s collection really pushed the envelope.  The guy who wears his stuff is all about redefining the terms of masculinity.  Years ago, the idea of skirts in a mens’ collection would have made me turn my nose up.  Yet, Riccardo Tisci’s makes us rethink this idea.   He mixes amazing tailoring and suiting, with studded [...]