Fall/ Winter 2020 Menswear: Highlights
February 10, 2020
News
Words:
Jessica Gianelli
Jessica Gianelli
This season, many designers continued to do away with whatever ‘menswear’ was thought to mean, creating shows which included boys, girls, and (thankfully) gender non-conforming humans, too. Personal restrictions continued to be toyed with, while ease, playfulness and function too carried on while pushing forth notes of subversion. Looking back, we discuss our favourite bits.
ALYX – FALL / WINTER 2020
1017-Alyx-9SM designer, Matthew Williams, returned with his multi-gendered casting, using a beautiful assemblage of crystals, silk, and sleek tailoring to underscore an air of luxury in the young brand, whose maintained rawness and rough attitude help to obscure its status somewhere between streetwear and the high-end. Coats (yes!), dresses (double yes!)––tinkered with dichotomies flitted down the runway, tossing notions of fierceness, softness, leisure and elegance into a giant crystal-covered vat left for all watchers to stir and digest.
AMI PARIS – FALL / WINTER 2020
Playfully elevated basics dawn theatrical touches and vibrant colours in Alexandre Matussi’s ninth show at AMI. In a chaplin-esque mood, houndstooth and its other black and white companions are centre stage, the looks often embellished by rounded top hats, and supported by an array of delicious jewel tone coats, sweaters, frilly tops, and skirt-like trousers, to introduce a flavoured flair to the beloved Parisian chic.
