The Best AW19 Menswear Trends To Wear Right Now
War-core! Skirts! Bootcut jeans! In case you missed it, these were just a few of the highlights – literally, in the case of day-glo – from the recent “Men’s Fashion Month” that comprised London, Milan and Paris Men’s Fashion Week, plus Florence’s Pitti Uomo trade show. (New York takes place at the start of February.) Who says January is dry?
Before you pour yourself a stiff drink at the prospect of incorporating these advanced moves into your wardrobe, let us reassure you that there were some AW19 menswear trends lend themselves somewhat more easily to transitioning from the runway to the real world. Like long puffers, preppy or, er, leopard print. Bear with us…
Long Puffers
Just when you though that puffer jackets couldn’t blow up any more – and peak North Face Nuptse had been summited – the trend is extending all the way down to your knees. Long-serving Arsenal manager Arsène Wenger may be gone but his sartorial legacy lives on in the caterpillar-like coats crawling all over the AW19 catwalks: Kent & Curwen, Iceberg, A Cold Wall, Qasami, Off-White, Ermenegildo Zegna, DSquared, Canali, Philipp Plein… The list of designers is as long as the style. Whether their new-season offerings will be as difficult to zip up as Monsieur Wenger’s notoriously uncooperative outerwear remains to be seen, but at least your legs should stay warm.
Preppy
The equal, opposite and inevitable reaction to the race-to-the-bottom led by scumbros Jonah Hill, Justin Bieber and Pete Davidson is a smartening up of men’s fashion. Ralph Lauren’s 50th anniversary celebrations gave everyone a warm and fuzzy feeling for Polo bear sweaters, while Noah, the streetwear label founded by former Supreme creative director Brendon Babenzien has raised the tide of formality with casual tailoring. Even sneakerhead bible Highsnobiety has been converted to proper, preppy shoes – loafers, no less – and Cottweiler is driving “golf casual”, white gloves and all. Maybe don’t accessorize with a Make America Great Again cap though: class privilege is not a good look.
