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Marlon Gobel’s F/W 2012 collection was simply amazing.  With a heist theme, the collection was all about enemy meets egocentric.  When designers go super avant garde for menswear, one worries if they will be fit properly.  Not a problem here. The collection was well tailored. Gobel, who’s been compared to a modern Thom Browne isn’t afraid to try new things with menswear. Coming off a season of  printed fruit blazers, Marlon Gobel chose to stay with a plaid story this season.  Whether it was big check plaids or fine stripe,  plaid was a mainstay.   Gobel also added a “safety vest” reminiscent of a Ninja turtle shell.  By the smiling faces coming down the steps at the end of this runway, Gobel is here to stay.