Watch The Street - #1

With the weather in the UK not exactly warming up yet I thought I’d kick off this week’s new feature, Watch The Street with warmer looks from the recent fashion weeks in Milan and Paris. Here are some of my favourites, seen through the lens of Tommy Ton.

Spotted: Milan

One of my favourite looks has to be Bruce Pask in this luxe Dries Van Noten navy coat with fur on one side of the lapel from the Fall 2012 collection. It’s such a statement piece and I’d love to see this filter down into some of the department stores this winter. I’m tempted to recreate this look myself, DIY style!

Spotted: Florence

Here’s one of the reasons I love winter, you really get to experiment with texture and pattern in a way that you can’t in warmer weather. I just love how well he complemented his pink houndstooth jacket with that sleeveless grey puffer jacket. It’s one of the best examples I’ve seen of mixing sportswear with formal. If anyone can identify this gentleman or that blazer I will be very pleased!

Images via: Tommy Ton

Paris Fashion Week - Fall 2012

Here’s a round-up of all my favourite looks from the shows in Paris last week. I’m breaking it up into two parts because there are quite a few. Let me know what you thought about the collections shown in Paris and Milan over the last few weeks. 

 I loved Acne’s Fall runway show for many reasons. First of all I loved how Jonny Johanssen subtly incorporated faux leather and fur amongst more luxurious fabrics. The colour pallette was full of deep tones like rust red, moss green as well as pastels, which really added a light touch to the collection . I really loved the way the looks were layered, especially the cropped shearling lined leatherette (yeah you heard right, fake leather!) jacket and the quilted jacket worn over yet another quilted jacket. I love the way they played around with length as well. Altogether I’d say it was one of the collections that really captured the modern day man’s wardrobe in a successful and playful manner.