RUNWAY REPORT.....Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014: Thom Browne Pics + Runway Video

 Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

Sunday signaled the end of Paris Menswear Fall 2014 Fashion Week (and coincidentally the beginning of Haute Couture Fashion week Spring/Summer 2014) with the Thom Browne Fall 2014 collection...Browne is famous (or infamous) for putting on shows. Never mind that very few of the specific
clothes shown on his runway collections find their way onto the backs of many customers (or even into
stores); it's all about fashion as theater and well, showing his "inspiration". It all then gets merchandised in a way that will make it somewhat palatable for that UBER skinny shrunken suit-loving very wealthy dot.com hipster/actor/musician who can afford Thom Browne.

The Look: The runway--from looking at the video--reminded one of a desiccated landscape of animals looking ready to pounce and
trees stripped of all foliage. Models with headdresses of elephants, rabbit and elephants...as well as tattooed painted faces and mesh masks all wearing lots of gray tweets, plaids and checks. A Lewis Carroll book come to life--about Men's Fashion. The final looks were a Cirque du Soleil wet dream!

Colors: Gray.



Trends: Shrunken double breasted jackets, shrunken vests, cropped "high-water" trousers (all a Browne staple); mixing plaids, mixing grays.



Collection Highlights:

 Lewis Carroll Chic: Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Animal Season: Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Cropped: Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Shape Shifter: Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Tattoo Haute: Thom Browne Menswear Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014



Click Below for Thom Browne Fall 2014 Menswear Fashion Show:

RUNWAY REPORT.....Fall 2014 Paris Menswear Fashion Week, Walter Van Beirendonck Fall 2014 Pics + Runway Video

 The Middle Finger: Walter Van Bierendonck Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

  Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck

From NYMag.com: "When Karl Lagerfeld's Pre-Fall 2014 Collection
featured models wearing Native American-inspired headdresses, it
certainly raised some eyebrows and some ire, but there was also a sense
that because it was Karl, it was luxury fashion, and not as offensive as when Urban Outfitters or Karlie Kloss  featured similar headgear. So Karl remained pretty much unscathed. Now Belgian designer Walter Van Beirendonck is here to remind us all that the headdress thing was a big faux pas.
For his latest menswear collection, he sent a model down the runway
wearing a cartoonishly large feathered headpiece adorned with a middle
finger and the words STOP RACISM scrawled across it. Just call it the runway version of a subtweet. We get you loud and clear, Walter, but will everyone else?"



The Look: The Walter Van Beirendonck Army Brigade of Fashion Anti-Racism Boys; feathered headdresses; bomb-shelter-like hats; fabulous mitered striped jackets



Colors: LOTS! neon blue, navy blue, dusty rose, tomato red, canary yellow, pea green...



Trends: Striped jackets; big bold colors; oversized "blanket" sweaters; stretch leggings; "Olympics" actionwear, ski and/or running pants with tailored jackets

 Walter Van Bierendonck Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Walter's Olympic Boys: Walter Van Bierendonck Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 Striped Boys: Walter Van Bierendonck Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

 LOVE these oversized Sweaters: Walter Van Bierendonck Fall 2014--Paris Menswear Fashion Week Fall 2014

Click Below to Watch Walter Van Beirendonck Fall 2014 Runway Video: