The Comme des Garcons show turned a kilt into shorts as a sartorial conjuring trick, parading top hats squashed into strange shapes and perfectly sober suits with a smattering of Punk lettering.
Mens's Fashion: A Special Report
Comme des Garçons has the winning mix By SUZY MENKES All the strong designers for the 2008 winter menswear season are stirring up a mix to get an ironic take on apparently sober clothes. So a shrunken suit turned to show a wacky back at Junya Watanabe and Yohji Yamamoto had classic outfits with manic proportions.
Industrial style Calvin By SUZY MENKES Between the style of a samurai and a sports star, the model's lattice jacket gleamed space-age silver on the runway. Was this a piece of intricate Italian handcraft at the Calvin Klein men's show?
A global campus for Zegna By SUZY MENKES "A respect for nature" was part of the concept that Gildo Zegna has brought to the company's mighty new 8,000-square-meter, or 86,000-square-foot, headquarters in Milan's Via Savona.
Menswear mantra: 'Do it right' By REBECCA VOIGHT The search for well-made clothes has never generated so many good ideas. Doing it right has replaced doing it differently as the mantra for the latest crop of talents to emerge on the European scene.
The muse, when it comes to men By ROBB YOUNG The muse has been the domain of men for centuries - not least because long stretches of art history were essentially the same story.
Giorgio Armani leads menswear trend for 'normality' By SUZY MENKES Giorgio Armani's show on Tuesday clarified the mood of the autumn/winter season. Nobility, virility, stability was the message as menswear returns to what Silvia Venturini Fendi describes as "normality."
Burberry pins hopes on accessories By RACHEL SANDERSON / Reuters The British luxury goods house, whose brand has been experiencing its biggest revival since its clad British soldiers in trench coats in World War I, is focusing on handbags and accessories as a way to grow in an economically unsure time.
At Prada, sex; Gucci, Russia and rock 'n' roll By SUZY MENKES The difference between Prada and Gucci is chalk and cheese. Or, in the case of the new Milan menswear shows, priests and partisans.
In Milan: Finger-friendly clothes By SUZY MENKES The tactile surface is the story of the winter 2008 menswear season, whether it is plush velvet pants, hairy knits or brushed wool jackets.
Youth market gets suited up By KATIE WEISMAN While your 20-something son might be giving up his disheveled look, he will likely need to be bankrolled because it is this younger consumer, 25 to 40 years old, who is driving the designer and luxury suit market.
Adam Kimmel and friends at Pitti Uomo By JAMES SHERWOOD Rather than a conventional catwalk show, Adam Kimmel brought his friends to Florence to wear his clothes and to, well, just hang out during an informal collection preview.
Menswear Milan: Melancholy elegance By SUZY MENKES Last season it was hedge fund hotties in glitzy gear. But now the luxurious offerings for a male wardrobe have gone from supreme to subprime in just six months.
M/M (Paris) : Art, commerce and communication, all in one By ALICE RAWSTHORN The work of M/M (Paris) ranges from books, exhibitions and opera sets to fashion branding and music graphics, all shown in art galleries and museums all over the world.
