Giorgio Armani stated at the end of Milan's menswear fashion week that the menswear shows have turned into a sort of spectacular circus full of useless provocations and featuring designs created without keeping the necessities of modern and ordinary men in mind.
While agreeing with him on this point, I would also like to add that there hasn't been anything new on the menswear runways and that the end of the fashion industry is extremely near.
So while I put some order into my mind and my notes, I would like to leave you with something to ponder about, an illustration by Thayaht from L'industria della moda (The Fashion Industry).
This illustration relates to the menswear trends from the 1929 Summer season.
Among the most fashionable items at the time there were colourful ties, precisely cut shirts, silk and linen pyjamas; sandals with oversized soles to protect the wearer's from extremely hot sand; blue and yellow bathing suits with matching caps and sand-coloured canvas cloche hats ideal for driving cars thanks to their intergrated plastic visor.
The suprise of the season was the beach "toga", though, a 1,50m x 2,00m towel-like piece of fabric with geometrical decorations along its edges that could be wrapped up or draped around the body like a toga.
As much as bizarre this item may sound like, allow me to say that it still looks desperately refreshing compared to what we have seen so far on the menswear runways.
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