When More is Less: Grungy Gentlemen NYFW: Men’s SS17
When Less Could Be So Much More
As the invitees gathered into the event space, the DJ was playing fantastic tunes — we would later find out that the music would turn out to be one of the more exciting elements of the showcase.
Countless stripes and one hour later, the show was beyond underwhelming — and although there were some nice moments, there was no interesting or finitely complex detail to make this collection as memorable as it needs to be, to bring talented designer Jace Lipstein to level he may yet deserve to be.
Every product category that was presented had only a variation in the location of GG’s signature stripe, and all were extraordinarily simple. It became exhausting to see the same knit pant, tee shirt, and boots in endless minor reiterations, with no noticeable variety to speak of. He also presented too many looks, making the lack of variety even more evident.
As a result, the aforementioned excitement flatlined very quickly.
The most exciting look was a pair of possibly-vinyl pants, although a bit ill-fitting on the model.
As much as I wanted to like it, I feel Jace needs to do something — anything — to break the monotony, and instead of wearing us out, leave us begging for more.
Here’s to next season from this otherwise burgeoning talent.
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With love,
FWO
