Design Squad

 

New trends and styles for men’s clothing and accessories are often influenced and preceded by women’s fashion. If floral’s are on the cards for spring 2009 then similarly you’ll see watered down versions in suits through to silk ties.

It might sound ridiculous, but, it has been so for centuries.

Louis Patou a Paris fashion designer made silk ties from women’s dress material, hence the advent of the designer tie.

So the concept is nothing new. The fact is women’s fashion is specifically designed to attract man.

And so naturally including a smidgeon of femininity into men’s accessories, silk ties in particular, makes perfect sense. The other thing is, you’d be surprised at the number of females that design men’s clothing.

It is our good fortune that they do, otherwise we’d end up with nothing other than grey suits, striped ties and tattered old wallets.

I’ve seen the spring summer 2009 silk tie collection, they are drab and colourless, a series of stripes and geometric patterns, no floral’s at all, which, after seeing what women plan to wear is in contrast to logic.

How much longer do we have to be confined to conservative shades of grey?

Well, luckily there are changes afoot and if you’re prepared to look hard enough will be rewarded. There are designers out there who accurately forecast future trends and they’re the ones to watch as they buck the critics view.

The women fashion designers I know of and or associated with all share common traits, the way they incorporate colour and pattern cannot be mimicked by man. And that’s where the great appeal is, it’s the scent of a women in the designs they create.

Rather than follow mainstream, we’ve created our own regime with a small cluster of male and female designers. People may ask, what’s so special about that? Well there’s only one way to find out.

By name, Cressida Bell, Victoria Richards and Vivienne Westwood, Shane McCoubrey, Ian Flaherty, Lbb London and Simon Carter.

By unique product; Falling Leaves autumn silk ties, Bar, mens jewellery, and the famous cube cufflinks by Ian Flaherty.

And if it’s Jewellery for men you’re searching for? The best is deigned by a woman.

Now here are a few historic anecdotes from our data base.

1971: Maverick screen actress Katherine Hepburn, whose long-term lover Spencer Tracey was a customer of Huntsman, takes the extraordinary step of ordering bespoke denim jeans from her late lover’s Savile Row tailor. Hepburn’s commission foreshadows bespoke denim collections launched in 2006 by Timothy Everest and Evisu.

1973: Robert Redford stars in the definitive film of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby. Fitzgerald was a dedicated customer of Jermyn Street bespoke shirt maker Turnbull & Asser. The shirts that reduce The Great Gatsby’s socialite heroine Daisy (Mia Farrow) to tears with their beauty in the film all bear the Turnbull & Asser bespoke label.

1974: Gieves Ltd acquires Hawkes (and the precious freehold of No I Savile Row) and become Gieves & Hawkes.Tommy Nutter seeks sanctuary at Kilgour, French & Stanbury after his acrimonious exit from Nutters of Savile Row. Kilgour also incorporates the famed hunt tailoring specialist Bernard Weatherill. Nutters of Savile Row continues with Sexton, Roy Chittleborough and Joseph Morgan.Maurice Sedwell hires Trinidad-born Andrew Ramroop who will go on to become Managing Director and a Professor of tailoring at the London College of Fashion.

There will always be a niche to fill and our aim is to do so.

 

 

This year is the beginning of a new era; a New Look in fashion will be characterized by the challenging time we now live in. What becomes unfashionable is influenced by this shifting economic change and what becomes fashionable will be an emotional reaction.

From the excessive gluttonous, ’take all that one can get’ years to a future of growing financial concerns and constraints, we have now entered into a time of more restrictions placed on our daily choices. How will this play into fashion. We live in an era of greatly diverse fashion choices than ever before, when just a few decades ago fashion designers produced a look by virtue of the times. Wars, economic boom times as well as downturns dramatically made their effect known on the world of fashion as well as the world of music and food, interior design, cars and gadgets.

‘What’s in, what’s out’ are determined by are value system and the new financial restraints dictated by this capricious time. The days of consumerism and opulence are over for now.

The monogram bag and showy studs, metal and tacky gemstones, silly frills are about out. Statements of worth by virtue of corrupt financial worlds are out and a more authenticity and simplistic styling are certainly gaining admirers. Society has a way of imposing what we wear by the changing times. What comes with a time of economic criticism of capitalism, possibly a greater independence from the social hierarchy with a growing emphasis on clean simplistic classical lines that avoids fashions excesses.

The 1970’s and the financial crisis of deep economic recession brought us longer hemlines, trousers for women, denim, thrift store hippy finds, and a retro return to the 30’s emphasizing the romantic nostalgia.

Time is right for denouncing gimmicks, monograms on bags and extolling a discreet minimal look with earthy hues. Hmmm, where are we going with this? This is 2009, fashions time for a transformation. So how does the fashion industry deal with this added constraint by consumer resistance to pay high prices for trendy looks. It may be a practical time but with women still holding on to elegance and glamour with a sense of power yet romance and allure while avoiding the unwelcome attention of gimmicks.

Women are admired for their intellectual and perceptive powers, their enigmatic clever wit, their good sense and their lively enthusiasm. Innovation is in the hands of designers to define this new era of fashion that will compliment the woman of today whether she is  a housewife or a businesswomen, a doctor or an artist, living in the countryside or a cosmopolitan city. Fashion demands something new like elegance and practicability.

“Reduction, restriction and the reversion of the complicated to the simple; this is not a cluttered effect. This return to the basics has been repeated time and again throughout the history of fashion.” Gerda Buxbaum

New styles will emerge that will set a new era characterized by simplicity and adaptability. Conforming to this prevailing cultural change will establish a new trend.

Emmanuel Ungaro is one of the most celebrated fashion designers. He is also specialized in the making if wedding outfits. Most of his latest compilations were opened at the Paris Fashion fair this year. Apart from wedding outfits, there are so many other types of outfits for various occasions among his designs.

The wedding outfit is always given utmost and paramount importance by the woman. This is for the simple reason that this is what she thinks of most on her wedding day. Remember that it is the wish of every young girl to get married some day. And when that day comes, all her thoughts are centered on how that day is going to look like. Most young girls will always wish that so many good fortunes should be showered on them on their wedding day. If this is your wish, one of the greatest things you can imagine is to desire to put on a wedding outfit designed by Emmanuel Ungaro. Who is Emmanuel Ungaro? Born in France precisely in Aix-en-Provence, Emmanuel Ungaro is seventy five years old. You can hardly talk of any modern French designer without referring to his name. In fact, there is just everything about every wedding outfit that you can ever think of in is works. Apart from solely making wedding outfits, he carefully does the combination of every other ornament related to the wedding outfit. What he puts into his designing just makes the bride look like an angel.

Apart from being at the center stage of modern designing, he is also among the ambassadors of Haute Couture, a wonderful blend linking fine art, modernity and technique. All these are simply a representation of what the modern society should look like. Remember that Haute Couture is a French way of art which is calculated to fit into the demands of the client. What should be noted about Emmanuel Ungaro is that he also does all the flowery designs and fittings that always match with the wedding outfit. He is also specially recognized for his ability to match flowers that reflect today and even centuries behind, all with the aim of making the best out of your wedding.

If you really want to look sovereign, then you should consider nothing more than the designs of Emmanuel Ungaro. Remember that all what you should be in search of is something that will set you apart from any other bride. There is an assortment of designs that you can choose from. Every design is simply there to make the difference. What is important is that every wedding outfit is made in such a way to first of all meet the taste of the bride and secondly, to match with her physical features. What a wonderful way to set you apart from any common wedding outfit.

There is no denying in that one of the most memorable days in the life of every woman is her wedding day. Emmanuel Ungaro can make that day even more than memorable by choosing the best combination that will be admired by every onlooker. Remember that he is also a lover of colors and flowers, which are some of the features of Provence. As a bride, you should know that all eyes will be on you and the right way to make those eyes remain glued on you is to go in for any of Emmanuel Ungaro’s wedding outfits.