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Twice a year, flocks of stylish men descent upon Florence, Italy, for Pitti Uomo - the defining menswear tradeshow. The 59,000 square meters of exhibition space are filled with everything from suiting to streetwear, a buyer’s heaven for all things related to men’s fashion. As with previous years, Pitti Uomo’s 2012 tradeshows will launch new fashion projects, discover new brands, and present a range of special events. Below you’ll find coverage of Pitti Uomo 2012 along with past coverage from 2011.

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Pitti Uomo coverage 2012

Men’s military trend comes full circle

Has it actually come full circle, rising from the ashes instead of settling into the dust of the battlefields where it was shot down? It certainly seems that way. After being a dominant trend for the better part of the past decade men’s military fashion is back to exactly where it started. You need only take a look over the street style photos to come…

Maturing with attitude

Ever a man to watch, Nick Wooster’s style always maintains a perfect balance between being kempt and rugged. With his his gait, tattoos and selection of clothes Wooster has an air of attitude about him, yet none of it is without a well practised polish nor an obvious sense of refinement. Attending day three of spring 2012‘s Pitti Uomo, Wooster gave men everywhere a lesson…

Making use of an overcoat’s pocket

You’ll see many a pair of gloves in the top pocket of the overcoats worn by the gents at Pitti Uomo, but you’ll see few pocket handkerchiefs in their place. Tailor Valentino Ricci doesn’t make the mistake of leaving his pocket bare, however.

Trussardi 1911 A/W ’11 (video + pictures)

Pitti Uomo 79 saw the 100th anniversary of Trussardi and it obvious that those preceding years have not dulled the label’s love of leather in the least. The collection, something an homage to the many ways in which the material can be used, plays to the relaxed fit of many of the autumn / fall 2011 men’s collections we’ve been privy to at Milan fashion…

Florentine second day

The pictures we snapped of the super chic crowd attending the second day of Florence’s Pitti Uomo are now online. With the second day proving much busier than the first, the crowd were eager to pick through Pitti’s offering all the while proving their own sartorial credentials.

Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79
Day 2 at Pitti 79

8 observations from Pitti men’s 79

Pitti Uomo, and it’s smaller sibling Pitti Donna, are over for another year, Florences’s weather having left host city Florence largely dry. In a climate of constant decline for menswear sales (Italian menswear sales have declined year on year since 2007) 2011′s Pitti left us with no doubt that this is a time where most pundits are putting their money into several key areas. So…

Florentine first day

A selection of pictures from day one of Pitti Uomo 79, largely of the street style variety, are now online.

Day 1 at Pitti 79
Day 1 at Pitti 79
Day 1 at Pitti 79
Day 1 at Pitti 79
Day 1 at Pitti 79
Day 1 at Pitti 79

Words to live by

Excuse the lo-fi quality, this was snapped on my iPhone at Pitti Uomo today, but given the sentiments of the quote run so close to Fashionising.com’s own outlook on the matter, the opportunity was just too good to pass up.

Steve McQueen x Barbour

If you could mix up a formula for cool that involved two parts dashingly handsome and one part danger, then the end result would undoubtedly be Steve McQueen. McQueen is legendary not just for a stellar film career but as an avid car and motorcycle racer, adventurer, stuntman and style icon. It was in celebration of the latter that we gathered yesterday, on the first…

Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party
Barbour Steve McQueen collection launch party