Original Penguin AW17 - Cafe Counter Culture

For this collection, the brand looks towards The New York School of the Fifties. Jack Kerouac, Jackson Pollack, Lucian Carr, Lucian Freud and Alan Ginsberg and the generation that they inspired. - They meet in the cafes and bars of the Lower East side in Manhattan New York to talk about how they want to change the world. They wear an anti-uniform to distinguish themselves from the crowd.

Their style draws from an eclectic medley of sources to create an irreverent wardrobe that challenges the classic look of the status quo.

Simple and clean are re-invented to create modern and unique with sometimes the most subtle of touches like tone on tone texture shifts of matte to shiny.

Jackson's Pollock’s technique of pouring and dripping paint is thought to be one of the origins of the term action painting. Pollock was able to achieve a more immediate means of creating art, the paint now literally flowing from his chosen tool onto the canvas. The Splatter story takes inspiration from the Pollocks famed abstract expressionist drips and gives our knits, wovens, and outerwear a fresh, artistic 50’s / 90’s update.

Paint By Numbers kits were invented, developed and marketed in 1950 by Max S. Klein, an engineer and owner of the Palmer Paint Company of Detroit, Michigan, and Dan Robbins, a commercial artist. The Paint by Numbers group takes a whimsical look at the idea of being an artist. With our paint by numbers floral… anyone can be an artist

Plush - fabrications that have a brushed hand, a cut nap or pile that offers a luxurious softness. The plush group focuses on soft and luxurious textures. Sueded knits, brushed flannels and cosy teddy bear style sherpa

The Trend For Relaxed Fits and oversized garments in both tops and bottoms has been entering the market for a year or two now, and is finally hitting mainstream. With Raw finishes it hints a bit at 90s normcore, but done in clean fleece or jersey styles it feels modern and relaxing

Technical Innovation continues within outerwear constructions, making garments in the range 2, 3 and 4 in one! Reversible jacket: 2 in 1

M65: 3 in 1, The trend for rubberized fabrics are followed through on the M65 and Bonded Raincoat.

Parka: 4 in 1

https://www.originalpenguin.com/

AW15 trend - The Shacket‏

The Helix Shacket is also reversible!! One side it is 100% recycled quilted polyester shell and the other soft merino plaid flannel.

Direct link :

http://uk.icebreaker.com/en/merinoloft/merinoloft-helix-long-sleeve-reversible-shirt/102666.html?dwvar_102666_color=301

Villain SS15 - Prints Charming

T.M. Lewin Opens New Store in Oxford Street

T.M.Lewin is opening its new flagship store on London’s Oxford Street, just in time to catch all the last minute festive gift hunters on London’s busiest and most famous shopping street.

 Launching as a pop up in the week before Christmas, the new-look T.M.Lewin, Oxford Street will become a permanent fixture in the new year, when the fully refitted store launches officially. Designed to compliment the 100 year-old brand’s ever-evolving collection of formal shirts,tailoring, casualwear, accessories and womenswear, the latest Lewin store is packed with new contemporary fittings and fixtures, giving London’s latest shopping destination a very fresh modern-classic feel. The launch on Oxford Street marks the latest exciting development for the British multichannel retailer, which now operates 90 stores across the UK, a thriving online business and over 60 stores internationally.

 http://www.tmlewin.co.uk/

Welcome Spring Scandinavian Style: Elvine SS14 Spring Essentials‏

Marshal Artist Spring/Summer 2014 - Saturday Boys

Marshall Artist SS14 fuses technically advanced fabrications with classic British styling.

Stand out fabrics include  ‘dura-wax’ nylon with it’s intense colouration finish and the compact lightweight cotton / polyamide that gives a softer, more worn-in feel
 to some outerwear pieces.
The collection also includes several ‘micro technical shell’ fabrics that are specifically produced to a high technical standard to allow water resistance to 5000mm & 3000gr/m2 bonded to a hydrophilic breathable lamination membrane for complete lightweight protection from temperamental spring weather.

Premium quality cotton oxford shirting, cotton jacquard shirting, lightweight ‘ice nylon’ chambray....

...., premium cotton gaberdine & pigment dyed cotton also feature in this inherently British summer collection.

An extensive collection of premium fleece, jersey & pique are also presented alongside a broad range of full fashion knitwear in light & medium weight gauges.

A mature colour palette is apparent throughout the collection. Staple navy, sky blue, crisp white, stone & ecru are mixed with splashes of burnt orange, indigo & sun bleached red.

For SS14 Marshall Artist collaborate with k-way to create a reversible jacket with a slimmed down silhouette. The iconic ma m–90 camo print is on the outer shell with the inner shell in a block colour. Fabric is from the k-way archive and the original fabric used throughout the 80’s during k–way’s most popular period on terraces across Britain.
2 colours are available:
 olive camo with the iconic ‘away- days’ green on the reverse - a tip of the hat to the must have cagoule colour of the 80’s.
The second colour is slate grey M–90 camo with silver grey on the reverse: a brand new colour block for k–way and a fresh approach for summer ‘14.
 All the usual k–way signatures are present: multi coloured zip tape, iconic branding at the chest, branded zip puller and of course the stow-away pocket bag.
Available soon via:

http://www.marshallartist.co.uk/

 

Checkmate - Flying Horse check shirts

Available from their London flagship store at:

 8 Newburgh Street, off Carnaby Street, London, W1F 7RJ

Or online via:

http://www.woodhouseclothing.com/searchresults.php?brand=Flying+Horse&gclid=CJ70gafgirsCFa3KtAody2gAyQ

Cheap Monday AW12 Collection

Inspiration is drawn from evolution in nature with coarse structures giving the feel of earth or gravel.
Colour palette reflects fog and dust.
Touches of Eastern philosophy and contemporary martial arts influence. Although the below image reminds me of a medieval knight in chain mail- what do you think?

Hisoka sweater in colour blocks of grey, green and pale beige accessorised with 2 plaited leather belts, the bottom one of which has 2 leather keychain necklaces dangling from it. The sleeve suspenders are separate from the jumper.Worn with 2 tube scarves, one in black one in grey and underneath is the long sleeved Tung Tee in dark grey marl .
Jeans are a tight yet classic silhouette all the way from top to bottom. In a non stretch fabric with low waist and normal back rise. Legs are tapered. Key wash for AW12 is the Coated Denim in black

Torex shirt in grey blue with fade blue jeans. Accessorised with black Alan hat. Braces separate from shirt.

I can see the martial arts influence on the above image. Alas I have no information on the shirt jacket - I don't think it is out yet.

Accessories: Black tube scarf, black Hoffa fingerless gloves and Jekko skinny leather belt.