Sleeves Magazine Men's Fashion Week Special Men's Fashion Week June 2016 | Page 22

eye-catching, memorable. Secondly,
and most impressively, they are never
oppressive or bondage-y. They’re warm
and comfortable, promising a fun,
positive experience, like the restraints
on a rollercoaster, not those of a
straitjacket.
Metallic and otherwise shiny fabrics are
another strong theme contrasting
nicely with the rather classical, tea and
crumpets tailoring to create a familiar
but progressive vibe. There’s even a
faint whiff of Sergeant Pepper about
some of the looks, especially a couple
of sumptuous jackets with floral and
bird-based imagery front and centre.
Then there are the faces. Many of the
pieces boast smiling faces upon their
front, most constructed from various
independent elements like a collagevisage created by massacring several
magazines and comics. One nose
appears to be a light-bulb, or bell flask,
while the surround of another face
(and, impressively, the entire body of
the jacket) appears to be constructed
of interlocking hair clips.
And the shoes…! Oh, the gorgeous,
smack-you-in-the-face-fantastic shoes!
A fairly ordinary, flat shape, a stocky
leather snub-nosed boot really, they
are given vivacity by a thrilling array of
bright colours and treatments,
sometimes differing from panel to
panel. These treatments, sometimes
warm and healthful reds and oranges,
other times spangling metallic greens
Photo: Jose Emilio de Veyra