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July 2, 2013

40 Looks We Want From the Spring 2014 Menswear Shows

By Sally Holmes and Diana Tsui

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Photo: Imaxtree

Street style during the menswear shows tends to bring out the best in the dapper male attendees, but it’s the women who stand out. While some (like Anna Dello Russo and Caroline Issa) tend to keep their looks feminine, many get into the boy-meets-girl spirit with suits, ties, and brogues. Esther Quek, group fashion director for The Rake, takes that styling cue literally, often showing up for menswear shows in perfectly tailored three-piece suits complete with vest, tie, and pocket square. And while menswear is notorious for the ridiculous, many of this season’s pieces were on-trend, handsome, and highly covetable — for women. Head-to-toe florals were big at Alexander McQueen, Comme Des Garçons, and 3.1 Phillip Lim. Mixed prints were also everywhere (in dot, leopard, tie-dye, and stripe forms) helping the models at Dries Van Noten, Dolce & Gabbana, and Lanvin look perfectly mismatched. Meanwhile Valentino and Raf Simons both showed beautiful, color-blocked jackets with sleek silhouettes that would look fantastic thrown over a black dress and finished with a pair of heels.

Other times it’s an entire outfit that inspires lust, like the relaxed navy leather trousers at Hermès worn with a crinkled silk tee or Acne’s fitted checkered sweater and slouchy trouser combo. Other times it’s individual pieces, like Saint Laurent’s form-fitting, sparkly leopard tuxedo jacket, which would look perfect on Kate Moss, or Dolce & Gabbana’s oversized shimmery tweed top, just asking to be worn with jeans and stilettos. For all of the talk about “borrowing from the boys” style, spring 2014 menswear transcends gender lines by incorporating cuts, patterns, and colors into the pieces that suggest these pieces shouldn’t be borrowed, rather stolen. See the  looks we covet most in the slideshow below.

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Hermès  Photo: Imaxtree
Comme des Garçons  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Givenchy  Photo: Imaxtree/Armando Grillo
Xander Zhou  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree Imaxtree
Marni 
Raf Simons  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Alessandro Lucioni
Meadham Kirchoff  Photo: JAB Promotions
Dries van Noten  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Burberry Prorsum  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Valentino  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Prada  Photo: Imaxtree
Carven  Photo: Imaxtree
Katie Eary  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
3.1 Phillip Lim  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Thom Browne  Photo: Imaxtree
Christopher Shannon 
Pringle of Scotland  Photo: COURTESY of PRESS OFFICE/COURTESY of PRESS OFFICE
Gucci  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Dior Homme  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Topman  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Balenciaga  Photo: Imaxtree
Acne  Photo: Courtesy of Acne
Dolce & Gabbana 
Issey Miyake  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Christopher Kane  Photo: COURTESY of PRESS OFFICE/COURTESY of PRESS OFFICE
Haider Ackermann 
Ann Demeulemeester  Photo: Imaxtree/Armando Grillo
Paul Smith  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Saint Laurent  Photo: Imaxtree
Lee Roach  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Alessandro Lucioni
Lanvin  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
Richard Nicoll  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Yohji Yamamoto  Photo: Imaxtree/Armando Grillo
Fendi 
Louis Vuitton  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Alexander McQueen  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Jil Sander  Photo: Imaxtree
E Tautz  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
Kenzo  Photo: Imaxtree/Alessandro Lucioni
J.W. Anderson  Photo: Alessandro Lucioni/Imaxtree
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