Topman invite six top designers to refresh the denim jacket

Topman have launched the Denim Jacket Project with 6 top designers invited to add their creative style to the denim jacket. These will be available as in seleccted stores and online www.topman.com

from  5th April. Which one will you choose?

OLIVER SPENCER

Renowned for mixing quintessential English styles with quirkiness and attention to detail. Here Oliver Spencer mixes the denim jacket with the leather biker style to create a navy denim biker jacket complete with a double assymetric zip fastening. 

LOU DALTON

Lou Dalton's style is contemporary classicism and refined tailoring. For her denim jacket she has kept the classic denim jacket style and concentrated on the threadwork and wash. French seams are used which retain the colour during the washing process to give depth.

KATIE EARY

Known for glamorous streetwear, she has added a detachable Borg collar and gold finish metalwork on to her heavily bleached jacket. The lining is of a bold animal print plus animal badges on the collar and pockets.

SHAUN SAMSON

In keeping with his AW12 collection, Samson's washed denim jacket has a contrasting sports mesh covering the back..

MARK MCNAIRY
Mark's design encompasses a cut and sew raw denim jacket fusing two different jeackets together to create one.

TOPMAN DESIGN

Topman Design have taken the boxy 1930s one pocket denim jacket style and added a polka dot print to give a contemporary finish.

Price will be £70

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Energie SS12 collection

Energie SS12 is awash with bleached colours, graphic prints and a mix of neutral and pastel tones.

There are neutral with pastel tone tees, preppy style shirting and shorts ranging from colourful checks to sleek tailored styles.

New this season are:

Relaxed fit chinos in bright bold colours of green and red or the more neutral classic stone. Above are the red paint chinos worn with the blue checked Bardow shirt, denim Consul jacket and Holly Three shoes.

Bardow polka dot denim shirt

The denim shirting range from bleached effect to polka dot patterns.

Rainer shorts

Shorts range from the relaxed style such as the Rainer shorts in bleached yellow....

....to the sleek tailored look which will take you from day to night.

And for those chillier evenings there is the Hamilton sweater

And of course the denim. These range from slim to easy fit styles available in a mix of washes and strong colourways. Their Super Luxe range uses high quality demin, high impact distressed washes and authentic Made in Italy production.

Available online from www.energie.it

AM Golhar mens AW12 knitwear collection

AM Golhar loves the styles of  military clothing and so always brings some concept of this in to all of her collections. 

This AW12 season she creates shoulder and elbow patches within the knit to give that military jumper feel. Here worn with her checkered knitted jogging bottoms with two rows of cable stitching down the side emulating the stripes worn down military trousers..

The above 'Bobby' style was recreated from the military polo jumper with Am adding a special touch of knitting technique. 

 Inspired from a 1973 military cape, 'Oscar' is recreated in heavy gauge cashmere knit. Worn here with plain knitted jogging bottoms adorned with a cable stripe at the front seam..

The Corby cardigan was inspired by the blazer jacket with AM changing the shape of the neckline.

Main colour palette is black and shades of grey, but brightened with blues and dark red.

Leyton jumper has a traingular neckline similar to a neck scarf.  In a medium gauge using a diamond lace hole knitting technique. Worn here with knitted joggers using the trellis technique for a 3D textured effect..

Giving a Cossack feel is the Sylvester -assymetrical shape jumper with colour block stripes. worn here with plain knit joggers with cable stripes at the side.

Also in the collection are soft leather joggers, a  popular piece since her AW10 collection.
Her vision for this season was to create a collection with a tailored smart appearance whilst using very luxurious soft yarns such as cashmere, cotton and angora.

Will be available soon on her website:

www.am-golhar.com

The New Face of Motor Racing - Oli Webb

 20year old Oli Webb is set to become a big name in the world of Motor Racing, Over the past few years he has been working his way up the racing trail.

Topman Generation Magazine caught up with him off the race track for an exclusive interview and photo shoot. The in-depth interview explores how an enthusiastic  9yr old fo cart racer has turned into one of the brightest young stars of international racing, destined to be one of the stars of Formula One
Here's a few snippets of the interview:

"You’ve got to have that extra sense of your car to be a racing driver – when you are having a little bit of a slide at 190mph, you need to be able to feel that in the seat of pants to be able to stop it without it turning into anything. Sure, it may look like nothing on television or from the .stands, but you could have just had a 200mph crash into a wall."

"You've got to make sure your competitors are scared of you, not in terms that you could really hurt them, but in terms that wouldn’t be afraid to make that dangerous decision if they left the door open to do that. If there’s two cars side-by-side and there’s enough room for three-quarters of a car to get through, I think people like Senna, and hopefully myself, would always take that gap – the second you don’t try to take that gap, your competitors know that you never would."

For the full interview go to 

http://magazine.topman.com

Oli is wearing Topman (of course)  

Black A La Galeries vest £14 

Stone herringbone skinny blazer £75

Blue Aviator sunglasses £14

Large wood rosary necklace £15

Bead multipack wristwear £12

Colours-A-Blazing at the True Religion Brand Jeans Corral

True Religion have launched a new corduroy jeans range and have come out with colours blazing.

The men’s Geno  stretch cords  are slim fit  with a narrow 24 wale cord and have a soft velvet-like texture.

Fabric 70% cotton 30% polyester

Colours are bright shades of : Bright Red, Limeade( green), Pacific (blue) and Pineapple (yellow)

Available at the True Religion Covent Garden store, Harrods and Selfridges.

To promote the launch of this new collection True Religion produced the short video - The Legend Of Kid Corduroy" inspired by the film "High Noon" - except that this one is in glorious Technicolor!

Vincent Gallo featured in G-Star Raw SS12 campaign

Actor Vincent Gallo featured in G-Star Raw SS12 campaign

Arc 3D slim fit denim jacket cut short at the back and longer at the front £139. Inspired by the corkscrew the sleeves  'turn' around the arms due to the twisted seams and inseams.
Arc 3D loose tapered jeans £149 with twisted side seams and inseams, low crotch and hemlock denim
Raw Correct Line Baseball King Bomber jacket with contrasting white sleeves£169

E. Tautz AW12 menswear collection at London Fahion Week

Designer Patrick Grant took his inspiration for this season from minimalist sculptor Richard Serra’s heavy graphite pieces, military cloaks ranging from Japanese Jinbaori to the Household Cavalry and the battered hats and tweeds of the Everest mountaineer Mallory.  Quite an eclectic mix.

The coats style varied from the soft raglan shouldered with wide sleeves,

 and the dropped shouldered boxy cagoule style to the more tailored and structured single breasted crombie style.  All are minimalistic in their detailing with hidden buttons. 

 Colours ranged from the sombre black, navy and shades of grey with only a glimpse of red lining showing as the models walked, to the bold statement black & red......

 and black & blue oversized checks.

Crew neck sweaters are either colour blocked or checked; 

in subtle monochrome or in the bright combination of black and red.

Suits were both single and double breasted with slim fit trousers and in various shades of grey.

Accessories included the bell shaped fedora and long extra wide scarves

 Visit www.etautz.com  for stockist’s details

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