WELL!! Finally we have something to talk about here and that
would be Michael Bastian for spring 2016. This is a collection that is at all
times “grown up” meaning it wasn’t shown on pubescent looking boys and was
not designed with them in mind.
Mr. Bastian deftly proposes clothes that are ageless and yet
so age appropriate for anyone between 20 and death. This is a collection about
massaged classics and filled with nuance rather than radical extreme designs.
The fabrications are just that little bit off center to make them hugely
appealing; for instance the banana leaf print that masquerades as camouflage
and the flecked suitings. The shoulder button knits, the quilted rifle patches,
the so perfectly designed Levi jacket that does not look like it came out of a
thrift store. You have to love the classicism as well as the chic of it ...
even the somewhat relaxed dishabille attitude of it all works.
Also of particular note as well are the knits which again
are just slightly off center of what you might expect and that included
textures on a simple white polo shirt or toggles on a “fair isle” cardigan. While
we are on the subject, the shirtings and their silhouettes are of great interest. While
we are really discussing clothes here, let’s say the overall silhouette is not boxy, not
skinny but just right for just about any body shape. There is a slickness and
polish here that has been lacking in almost every other collection that has been
seen...
Kudos Mr. Bastian! I tip my hat to you …..
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