10/10/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Burberry Prorsum Menswear Autumn/Winter 2015 – The Full Runway Show

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For the Burberry Prorsum Menswear Autumn/Winter 2015 Collection Christopher Bailey shifted direction with a collection labelled ‘Classical Bohemian. Inspired by the dandy decadence that marked the end of the Sixties’ menswear explosion, the show added a whole new swathe of surfaces and details to the label’s existing palette: faded tapestry florals, plush leopard-prints, saturated velvets, thickly-fringed blankets and shimmering Rajasthan mirror work.  Continue reading

10/3/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday – Anything Goes: Balenciaga Fall Winter 2015/2016

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Alexander Wang said he started working on his new Balenciaga collection by thinking about Cristóbal’s original clientele. Wang’s shapes were straight out of the archives: a cocoon coat, rounded jackets with stand-up collars, bubble skirts—all of it decorated to the hilt with paste jewelry, like the ladies would’ve done back in the day, only with the real stuff.  Continue reading

9/26/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Taz Arnold Men’s Style

By Adewale Adekanbi Jr.

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Taz Arnold is a designer, producer and musician, who lives and works in his hometown of Los Angles, California. He is the founder of the clothing brand TI$A and released three full-length albums with the hip-hop performance ground The Sa-Ra Creative Partners. He has also produced music for artists such as Dr.Dre, Kanye West and Erykah Badu. In addition to his own design Arnold is an avid collector of vintage clothing including Benetton, Versace and Ralph Lauren Polo. Continue reading

9/19/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Fendi- Fall Winter 2015/2016 Menswear Collection

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The Fendi 2015 fall/winter collection pushed the notion further by making every jacket and coat fully reversible. For a moment, Venturini Fendi even considered sending the collection down the catwalk one way, flipping it inside out, and sending the entire collection out again. “The collection looks completely different when it’s reversed,” she said. “It’s like the peekaboo effect in clothes.” Or like the brown suede coat that flipped to gray leather. Continue reading

9/12/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Gucci Fall Winter 2015/2016 Menswear Fashion Show

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The Gucci style team may have pulled off a fashion record. They designed and produced the menswear runway show for next winter in five days, after outgoing creative director Frida Giannini left sooner than had been announced.   Continue reading

8/29/15 O&A NYC Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Miles Davis Quintet Live at Teatro dell’Arte in Milan, Italy on October 11, 1964

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Miles Davis Quintet performed on Sunday, October 11, 1964 Teatro dell’Arte Milan, Italy. The quartet consisted of four musicians plus Davis: Trumpet: Miles Davis, Saxophone: Wayne Shorter, Piano: Herbie Hancock, Bass: Ron Carter, and Drums: Tony Williams.

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8/22/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Louis Vuitton Men’s Fall/Winter 2015-2016

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Christopher Nemeth was always Kim Jones’ favorite London designer. The way he mixed Savile Row and the street anticipated Jones’ own aesthetic. But, outside Japan, where Nemeth lived from 1986 until his death in 2010, he was largely overlooked. Jones set out to fix that state of affairs today. Utilizing to the max the creative muscle of Louis Vuitton, he saluted the man who was, on some level, his mentor. Continue reading

8/15/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: Greg Lauren Spring/Summer 2016

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Greg Lauren prefaced his Spring ’16 collection as a “Noah’s Ark” of male archetypes. There were dandies, athletes, suits, and even fishermen, each one disheveled and distressed to the Greg Lauren standard. “I took the opportunity to have a true men’s collection, a real story.”   Continue reading

8/8/15 O&A Its Saturday- Anything Goes: McQueen And I

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McQueen And I is the dramatic story of Alexander McQueen’s rise to fashion stardom, his relationship with his eccentric, aristocratic muse and patron Isabella Blow, and of both their tragic suicides.  Continue reading

8/1/15 O&A EXTRA Its Saturday Anything Goes: Christian Dior Haute Couture Spring Summer 2015

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Raf Simons showed a thoroughly modern couture collection, employing the luxury techniques of the house alongside his own creative aesthetic. Opening with a transparent printed pale green plastic coat over a short dress, he established the mood of the show which was assured and very much his own. Continue reading