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WOOD HOUSE Fall/Winter 2017

Styling by: Christian Stroble 

Casting and production by: Gilleon Smith 

Make up by: Augment

Hair by: Oribe

Grooming by: LAB SERIES Skincare for Men

Shoes by: WOOD HOUSE x Green Fish

Sunglasses by: Stealer

Photo by: Dan Lecca

 

Special thank you to Agentry PR and NYMD

BOSS Menswear Fall/Winter 2017

New York City, January 31, 2017. With a collection designed for the global traveller and focused on the fundamental elements of the brand, the BOSS Menswear show presents a man prepared for everything and ready to take on the world.

 

Adventures and explorers provide the direct inspiration: those who voyage across the world and rely on performance and functionality. This approach, informed by a nautical influence, is combined with key foundations of BOSS Menswear – precise cuts and construction, and a love of detail – to create a collection that’s primed for the modern traveller.

 

Tailoring sits at the heart of the collection. Each look is grounded with precision cuts and expert construction: the starting point of BOSS Menswear. Wider silhouettes based on BOSS suiting from the 80s and 90s are mixed with slimmer, modern cuts, and long and short designs are mixed together.

 

The contrast in each look – heavy, dense wool with lightweight nylon, precise suits under practical parkas – emphasises an attitude to dressing that’s modern and exemplifies what BOSS does best.

 

A maritime influence is found in design and detail. Pea coats and duffles are cut from heavyweight cloths and secured with buckled straps and chunky fastenings, while hardware reflects nautical equipment.

 

Innovative fabrics reinforce this theme, with boiled wool and bonded leather and cotton providing protection from the elements while also creating oversized shapes that feel new. Fisherman-style knitwear is crafted in generously chunky constructions, and zipped closed with functional ring pulls, providing a practical, masculine look.

 

The story continues with the construction of the garments. Many pieces have sealed seams for protection, while specialist equipment has been used to sew the heavier fabrics to create truly sturdy outerwear.

 

Colours are precise and masculine: off-white, burgundy and olive green tones sit against grey and navy shades. The same slant is taken with accessories, where sturdy leather shoes are reinforced with substantial rubber soles, and bags come in practical shapes based on holdalls and sailor’s duffles.

 

In keeping with BOSS’s considered approach, each piece in this bespoke collection is perfectly fitted to the model who wears it. Every item of outerwear has the model’s name sewn into the collar, reflecting this personalised approach.

LFWM AUTUMN/WINTER 2017 SHOW – TOM COPPENS

For Fall/Winter 2017 at Pitti Immagine Uomo 91, the Tim Coppens man and woman are living in apocalyptic times. The man is Max, a young New Yorker traveling to Europe for the first time, hoping for one last renegade adventure on his dirt bike before the oceans engulf the continents. The woman is Tequila, a girl with two long braids, a white bird symbolizing peace, and a white horse. They are rebellious, but nevertheless tuned into the world around them. Max finds Tequila and the story begins.

 

This is the concept behind Coppens’ most developed and personal collection to date– a homecoming to Europe for the Belgium-born designer after five years of showing in New York.

 

Elements of the characters’ rough, Mad Max-influenced aesthetic and raw, equestrian notes run through an otherwise refined men’s and women’s offering. The ribs of a jacket are custom made in Merino wool. A clean, ivory shearling coat has moto accents in the sleeves. Lettering reading  “Acid” is reworked and displayed on Italian mill spun Merino wool knits. The words “Never Ending Fun” are printed on a graphic of an H2O bomb exploding—the image is a reference to Robert Longo’s beautiful, haunting charcoal drawings of atomic explosions. New categories for women—Coppens women’s collection has doubled for Fall 2017, taking on a decidedly feminine appeal—include expanded dressing and skirting. Details are considered.

 

These clothes are personal—touches of rave culture, the skate scene, and social and political investment shows up—and filled with dark humor. A color palette of washed-out reds, blues, and yellows, as well as muted tans, ivories, military, blacks and greys is sophisticated and singular. A pair of old Vision shorts and the cover of Frank Oceans’ blonde come to mind.

The looks bring together classic Italian tailoring and technical, athletic precision with newfound ease.

There is a coolness and a toughness, but also a sensitivity—an awareness of construction, of materials, and still more, of what is going on in the greater world—at play.

Featuring a first look at a Fat Tire motorcycle boot created in collaboration with UAS (Under Armour Sportswear) – for which Coppens is executive creative director – and sunglasses made with Berlin-based eyewear brand Mykita.