I always say I loathe shopping because men’s fashion is so frickin’ boring. It seems Walter Van Beirendonck is directly challenging that sentiment with his Fall/Winter 2012-2013 collection. I mean, it’s certainly not boring… But what is it?
FYI: Thom Browne‘s collection was also, um, interesting.
– Dewitt
Click through for more looks from this collection:
Countdown to a Secret Sex post about the designer: 5, 4, 3, 2…
More pics from the show at Homotography.
not interesting, just stupid
Well, I’m sure Thom Browne finds it attractive…..
ugly as HELL and worse? prolly expensive as hell to boot
I guess if I had to model that crap, I too would be wearing a mask
They look like real life pieces from the game clue???? WTF Dewitt…theres gotta be hot half naked models walking a runway somewhere else that you can post as a fashion entry…I wasted my time refreshing my manhunt daily window for this….
Yo SeanJohn betta watch out
I think that, if u take out the head pieces and the gloves, a lot of these items r totally cool and completely wearable…
And the designer came out in person to acknowledge he had created those messes? Wow — he must be really brave. I hated every single piece in this collection. I can’t imagine seeing any of them being worn on the street by anyone! Hip waders? Really?
Is it a tribute to Michael Jackson with those masks?
i wish there was more men only fashion shops and not just shops that have a menswear dept.
Are you kidding me?
The shoes looks nice.
Nope, I don’t like it and he is a fugly man.
i still don’t understand what the point of even creating these … “clothes” is, to begin with.
i’m talking about “real world” applications.
not some Hollywood Fantasy Movie, or similar•such-as-that.
I like it, its unique, its edgy but it would have worked best without the masks or whatever dat is
Not interesting at all. Next!
is he designing this stuff for gay pimpS?
Instead of writing it off as ugly why not read the reviews to get a sense of where the designer was going, as well as a sense of the mise en scene and then think about it? In the context of the theme (and as a cohesive collection) it’s actually very sophisticated and interesting. Moreover, if you look at individual pieces a lot of it isn’t entirely insane. Furthermore, the masks clearly reference fetish gear and I don’t see too many people here whining about fetish gear when there’s a half naked man involved. A lot of intellectual fashion questions gender and sexuality and attempts to incorporate sexuality into daily life rather than compartmentalizing it. In my eyes, it’s a much healthier view. I don’t understand why people, and gays in particular seem to be so hellbent on putting things into boxes: life/sex, reality/fantasy, masculine/feminine etc. It seems sad to slap a label onto something because it’s confusing, abnormal or just doesn’t fit cleanly into a predefined box. Frankly, coming from a community who will wear chaps, bondage harnesses and jockstraps for a night on the town, I find this thread to be rather hypocritical…
It’s fashion for the forward thinking serial killer!
and with all that said..
..would you deign wear these pieces, as part of your standard wardrobe, guy?