Crank up the volume

Came across this great piece over at the v-man site written by Karlo Steel about the development of menswear going from a skinny shape and silhouette to one with flow and volume.











"One of seeds for this shift were planted by several seasons earlier by Kris van Assche’s debut collection for Dior Homme (S/S 08), at the time one of the most critically lauded and watched menswear labels. Kris unveiled a series of multi pleated, volumnous trousers that signaled a move away from the super slim look the house was famous for. That same season, Lanvin were continuing their experiments with fabrications to achieve a kind of floaty weightlessness, and Stefano Pilati presented oversized, unstructured jackets and coats. It would take a few seasons before these proposals would begin to resonate, but now there are more than a few designers who work within this vernacular, of which Rick Owens seems to be the most captivating."

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