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Galliano delivers fantasy with wild menswear show

What do musket-toting Minutemen, bare-bottomed barristers and the half-man, half-goat hybrid Pan have in common? They peopled indomitable British designer John Galliano's winter 2009-2019 menswear world, which drew inspiration from vastly varied source...

Givenchy's Tisci goes darker with S&M men's show

The king of Goth just got darker. Riccardo Tisci delivered a strong, kinky menswear collection on Friday that was infused with a medieval S&M sensibility. The clothing showed for the Givenchy 2009-2010 winter was tight, cinched onto the body with not-s...

Thierry Mugler shows a costume party

With models pounding up the runway dressed as 19th-century English lords, WWII fighter pilots and even a yeti, French label Thierry Mugler's show Friday looked more like a costume party than a proper menswear collection. Looks were wildly varied, but t...

Paris menswear designers buck crisis aesthetic

Paris designers spurned the temptation to play it safe during the economic crisis, sending out challenging, fun and bold collections that went well beyond the basic, perennially marketable suit. Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto dared bankers to go to w...

Women Make Guys Look Good

Women are always telling guys how to dress, while in the fashion world it's usually the other way around. But on Monday, the third day of Milan menswear preview collections, Gucci's Frida Giannini and Donatella Versace had their say about how they would

DIY bow ties: A guide

It's not often that "black tie" are buzzwords, but with 10 official inaugural balls Tuesday to celebrate the presidency of Barack Obama _ and at least 10 unofficial ones _ the bow tie will surely be back, if just for one night. But there is an art to t...

Air Jordan plays style offense with defensive shoe

Three years of engineering have gone into developing the new Air Jordan sneakers _ the Air Jordan 2009 _ which are described by the designer in words normally heard in the world of auto manufacturing. "We framed the process as fuel injection into the c...

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