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2009 Menswear Trend: Goth Ninja
Goth Ninja/Batman meets Rick Owens/Dorian Gray meets Damir Doma/Japanese rock star, whatever you call it, it's hot and it's growing.
One of the biggest yet somehow underground driven trends in the last couple of years has been the Goth Ninja; and it's growing as a fashion trend in 2009. The figure hugging, black clad youths are perhaps the biggest consumers of the lesser celebrated designers. They've moved away from most big name Parisian and Milanese designers and reverted back to the Antwerp six and most recently the Tokyo 6 (or was it 7 or 8? I stopped counting after Mihara Yasuhiro).
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Men's brooches: from dandy to edgy
When I wrote of men's brooches as an increasingly prevalent men's fashion trend I made one unfortunate mistake: I labelled them a dandy accessory. Talk about selling the trend short; straight from The Sartorialist we take the concept left of centre; a safety-pin; throw in an earring and a dash of nail polish, and the trend goes from dandy to eff off cool.
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Men's brooches: a dandy accessory
There aren't all that many fashion accessories for men when one considers the sheer volume that exist for women. And of those that do exist, quite often you find that they're heavily associated with a sub-culture or movement that you're simply not interested in associating yourself with. Brooches for men are, however, one of the few men's accessories which can cross the sub-culture divides, are perfect for both Spring/Summer and Autumn (Fall)/Winter seasons, and are slowly making a come-back.
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Men's suits: tailored trends in 2009 and 2010
Men's fashion trends are few and far between; yes, a lot of women's trends are eventually adapted to the men's market, but if 2009 men's hair trends prove anything it is that classics will always rule when it comes to men's fashion. Unsurprisingly it's no different when it comes to men's suits.
Two suits perfect for 2009 and 2010 from Tom Ford's Spring 2009 collection
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5cm Menswear Store To Open in Melbourne
Some of you local Melbournians may have spotted the freshly postered scaffolding at Melbourne Central and Chapel St hailing the opening of 5 cm. The brand is one of Hong Kong's fashion powerhouses, which somehow has managed to trickle its way down the Pacific Rim all the way Down Under.
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Deep V-Neck Tops: Men's Trend 2009
Mark my words, Deep-V T-shirts are going to be the bane of men's fashion trends in Spring-Summer 2009. For that very reason I'm thankful that the Deep V-Neck trend won't be confined to the tee.
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Moschino Menswear S/S 2009 Collection
Paris and Milan have been abuzz, with the latest Spring-Summer menswear collections hitting the runways. There will be more about the trends later, for now check out one of the highlights: the 1950s rock 'n' roll meets modern gentlemen portrayed by Moschino's 2009 show.
View the full collection in the Moschino men's S/S 2009 forum thread, or view more 2009 runway collection coverage.
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Tuxedo: Men's 2008/2009 suit fashion trend
Clothing inspired by dinner suits were a major inspiration for women's fashion in 2008, so it doesn't really come as a surprise that the same fashion trend will be prevalent in menswear in 2008 and 2009.
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Seeing blue: cerulean trend for men
I'm seeing blue.
And no, it's not the Viagra. Not that I use it, but if you want some for kicks, give me a call, I know a guy who knows a guy who lives in Springvale. I'm kidding. Anyway if you may have noticed, this colour has been slowly sneaking its way onto the catwalks the last two winters - bright blue that is. Actually, I'm not even sure what hue they're using. Maybe Merryl Streep can clarify it for us: "...it's not just blue, it's not turquoise, it's not lapis, it's actually cerulean".
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Shorts and knits? Shorten it!
One of the good advantages of living in the southern hemisphere is adopting the European summer looks months before they hit the stores in Paris, Milan, Berlin etc. Of course Melbourne has its own unique looks for this summer such as err... whatever it is they wear for overdosing on speed. I'm guessing Everlast singlet and fluro-green trunks. But the point is, why not follow suit of some Melbournians and give your "CBF it's too hot" shorts and tee combo a bit of a runway spin to it.
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