Craig Green. Fall 2018 Men’s collection - London Fashion Week
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The proficiency of Craig Green is his exactitude. Able to move from
costume design (I cannot urge this enough for the younger designers to
consider) back into runway expose. Skilled and adaptive in its
presentation. The military/mountaineering styles or trends from 2017 have spilled
over into 2018. Which may have something to do with an emergence in
pushing for a return of the adventurous male, the explorer, the risk
taker. That, at times, is the solitariness of masculinity. Of not only
going beyond society’s expectations, but defying nature. To be faced
alone. When you are young, a boy, you want to see what is over the
horizon. Even if others won’t follow you. To imagine, to create.
Move forward and conquer. These are such missed strengths that, when a
designer like Craig Green, reinvents these visual evocations, he must
be applauded.
The “mold” aspect of Green’s Men’s Fall 2018 showing, refers to the
ideal fit. In references to toy or miniature action figures. Not the
“rigidity” of military aesthetics as I have read from some reviews of
this collection, it is more of what can be set and layered onto the male
form without it looking sloppy. The blazer and shirts, both trends of
2017, once again, hold a aesthetic dignity within male fashion. But, it
also represents a conservatism. Since fashion tends, through all its
peaks and troughs, backlashes on its self once in a while. If designers
choose to rediscover the blazer with its accompanying business/evening
style shirts then it should be reinvented. A reworking with an
imagination of how to reconfigure the form of traditionalism in
fashion. Make it relevant into the now. Such is experimentation in all
it’s adventure.
For Craig Green’s Fall 2018 collection with a mix of reworked
conservative styles, shirts and pants, unique cutting and propped up
folds. A very original restyling of traditional men’s looks. The
military influences is there with outdoor inspired jackets, tactical and
futuristic ‘special forces’ style long and short jackets. There is an
even combination of both polyester (and possibly Viscose) blends and
polyamide, materials we may see more of on the runways in 2018. With
touches of wool and denim for various pieces. Some theatrical style
meandering with conceptual pieces, with the stand out aspects of Green’s
collection being the long draped, tribal (humanistic) hooded style
jackets. The imagination of when you are young, the creation of styles,
influenced by science fiction and fantasy. To become a reality.
Beautifully cut and structured draped ensembles, once again polyamide
appears to me the main fabric. With it’s slight crinkle and shimmer.
Geometric shapes, primary colors such as orange, blue and green with
earthy yellows, reds, khaki, tan and desert colors.
Outstanding collection.
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