Agi & Sam AW16 Menswear Collection

This season, Agi & Sam explore a utopia where ultilitarian and military clothing is transformed in to the uniform of peace and communality.

Video of the finale show:

Outerwear takes utility detailing and subverts it, playing with the placement of pockets or creating fastenings from panels taken from protection vests.

Fabrics are contrasted on coats, while rucksacks are attached to gilets for a new take on practicality

The Agi & Sam raglan sleeve oversized coat comes in soft cashmere blend,

 while neoprene macs are cropped and field jackets and hoodies come in woven distorted camouflage in various shades.

Lightweight knitwear is key with cream cotton knits that patch panels of vertical ribbing against horizontal,

or fine rollnecks in colour blocked bands of horizontal brown, navy and cream.

Wool pants are wide, and flare slightly from the knee.

Menswear UK Nominees for International Woolmark Prize‏

As the International Woolmark Prize (IWP) launches into its fourth year, The Woolmark Company is pleased to announce the British Isles nominees for menswear:

Agi & Sam 

A. SAUVAGE

 Craig Green 

 Kit Neale

 LEE ROACH

This year a sixth region has been added to the competition, The British Isles, with the regional award to be held in London.
The five other regional awards will be held in Shanghai, Sydney, Antwerp, Dubai and New York to select the 12 finalists globally (6 menswear & 6 womenswear), each receiving AU$50,000 financial contribution towards their next collection as well as an invitation to participate in the international final.
The six menswear finalists will meet at an event held during PITTI UOMO, Florence in January 2016
The British Isles regional award will be held on 3rd July 2015 where the designers are required to present sketches of a Merino wool capsule collection comprising six outfits, with one full outfit to be produced. The collections will be judged by a panel of local and international experts soon to be announced.

Agi & Sam AW15 Menswear Collection

Inspiration began with a trip to Agi's family home in Yorkshire. His mother showed them some drawings of a clothing range he'd designed when he was four years old. It was called 'The Coolman Collection' They then got in touch with their old primary schools to ask today's pupils about their favourite clothes and what they wished clothing could do.

Coats and jackets have been ripped apart and deconstructed as puzzles. These were given to childrem who were asked to put the garments back together with Velcro.These patchworks formed the basis of entirely new garments, the Velcro panels of which are interchangeable.

Tailored jackets and trousers are inside out to reveal their construction, the lapels sewn down. Both the inside of the jacket pockets and the trouser front pockets of the suit below can clearly be seen due to the bright contrast of their orange fabric to the darker colour of the rest of the garment.  .

Inside out trousers also reveal their satin lining reaching down to the knees.

Prints merge bold VHS covers with prescription drug packaging.

Knitwear is a collaboration with Jaeger with coloured panels of fine wool patchworked over each other, each left with a raw edge. All fabric has been sponsored by LANIFICIO CERUTI. Shose are Adidas Superstars

Main colour palette was of primary colours.

For the finale check out the video below:

www.agiandsam.com

www.jaeger.co.uk

www.adidas.com

International Woolmark Prize - Europe Nominee Announcement‏

The Woolmark Company is pleased to announce the European Nominees for the 2014/15 International Woolmark Prize, which has become one of the most truly coveted designer awards of our time.

For the first time, two designers will receive the overall award, one for menswear and one for womenswear.  For the UK the menswear nominee is AGi & Sam. Here's a peak at their sketch entry:

Five regional awards will be held in Asia, Australia, Europe, India (& Middle East) and USA to select the ten finalists, each receiving AUD$50,000 financial contribution towards their next collection as well as an invitation to participate in the international final.

The five menswear finalists will meet at London Collections: Men in January 2015 and the five womenswear finalists will meet in Beijing in March 2015.

The European nominees for menswear prize are:

Belgium – Cedric Jacquemyn

Czech Republic – Pavel Ivancic

Denmark – Asger Juel Larsen

France – Melinda Gloss

Germany – Vladimir Karaleev

Italy – CAMO

Netherlands – Hyun Yeu

Spain – ETXEBERRIA

Turkey – Serdar Uzuntas

UK – Agi & Sam

Agi & Sam

Agi & Sam SS14 Collection

Truly making travelling on public transport cool, prints from this collection were inspired by the upholstery on bus and train seats

Oversized long sleeved white tees and white trousers sported small placement prints at the front creating silhouettes of skinnier short sleeved crew neck tees and shorts. Maybe an alternative to dieting?

Suits were in colourfully loud jazzy lines with trousers skinny and ankle skimming. Large bags in collaboration with Chapman were a combination of soft leather and the same transport inspired prints in plush velour fabrics. www.chapmanbags.com

 

Still jazzy but more toned down, the monochrome look was used.

Shorts were knee length and boxy or were tailored with pleated fronts. The footwear was in collaboration with shoe designer Oliver Sweeney. Here the calf leather trainer with thick contrasting soles takes on a clean minimalistic style void of eyelets and laces. www.oliversweeney.com

 

The collection was not all patterns and prints; the plain fabrics were block colours of summer sky blues and turquoise on blazers ranging from slim with long sleeves to the oversized with short sleeves.

Bright pops of oranges brought an alternative to the cool blues. Check out the Oliver Sweeney derby brogues with their orange nylon tape detailing.

Three quarter length coats were trimmed with rubberised taped seams around the cuffs and creating a border around the contrasting blocks of colour.Left:

Worn with white Oliver Sweeney Chelsea style boots with clear soles embossed with an Agi & Sam pattern.

Colours were not all bold. Both the pale pink shade, the rounded shoulders devoid of epaulettes and the wide lapels softened the usually structured style of the trench coat.

Pristine white was given texture with a tactile and embossed bobbled pattern.

UK Stockists include Liberty, Mr Porter and Harvey Nichols.

What to Wear at Glorious Goodwood Races

Although traditional attire for Glorious Goodwood Races, the wearing of the linen suit is not obligatory but a jacket is. And remember even in hot weather you need to wear a tie or cravat with the jacket.
To make sure you still look stylish amongst all those dapper linen suits, here are two blazers with a contemporary twist. Both from the menswear brand 1... Like No Other. The brand specialises in unique prints and limited editions.

Subtlety is the style of the bronze Navaho Herringbone linen jacket. You may have to look twice to notice the slim piping around the lapels, pockets and cuffs in a ditsy floral pattern. Blending in but more noticeable is the wider trim on the bottom of the front opening. Check out the jacket lining in the brand’s signature teapot tailor print. Fabric: 100% linen. Price £350

http://www.1likenoother.co.uk/p-navaho_herringbone_linen-290

Keep it light with a pair of beige or cream chinos and a cotton shirt in a pastel shade. Or add a touch of wildness to a white shirt and have a hoot in this white owl print shirt from Topman’s collaboration with designers Agi & Sam. Fabric: 100% cotton, Price £50 Click here for Topman Agi & Sam owl shirt

Don't forget the tie - it is compulsory in the Richmond Enclosure. Team with the tonal multi coloured Harrington tie in The Spoon is a Balloon print.Fabric: 100% silk Price was £50 now £25

http://www.1likenoother.co.uk/p-harrington_tie-174

Accessorise with a pair of Hardy Amies Randolph sunglasses in light horn Price £240.

A limited edition with all frames individually numbered.Also available in the classic black and tortoiseshell plus a marble grey.

http://shop.hardyamieseyewear.com/catalog/randolph/

For a more daring look go for the navy Miracoli jacket which has a floral silhouette over its Prince of Wales check . Trimmed with plain navy.Fabric: 76% linen, 24% cotton. Price £350

http://www.1likenoother.co.uk/p-miracoli_floral_linen-288

Wear with a white or pastel shirt. This Olmec Watermirror cotton shirt in aquamarine would look great with a cravat, showing off the unique water mirror print on the inside of the collar. The print can also be found on the inside and as a strip around the cuffs. Price £120

http://www.1likenoother.co.uk/p-olmec_watermirror_shirt-250

Accessorise with a pair of Hardy Amies Carlton sunglasses in petrol blue Price £280

http://shop.hardyamieseyewear.com/catalog/carlton