MFSHOW Men by El Corte Inglés is the first – and for now only – men's fashion catwalk in Spain for what is called "men's fashion week” ¡Here I recap the September edition of 2016 with male proposals for spring / verano 2017.
¿What is MFSHOW Men by El Corte Inglés? I speak of the male section MFSHOW, a walkway leading independent revolutionizing the world a few seasons moda Traditional in Spain thanks to its commitment to young brands, different and people hitherto "forgotten” – like curvies or men. I've been going to it for quite some time – almost from birth – and I see a very positive progression, tuning not only organizational issues, but also in the media and public interest.
In this case I speak of the male part of the same, a success in a very short time has become an indispensable meeting industry experts, passionate, celebrities or press. ¡Not even Norma Duval missed it! That is why El Corte Inglés – that you know they have a great eye for spotting hits – It has been supporting MFSHOW Men as a sponsor for several seasons and including some of its emblematic firms within the programming of the fashion shows.. Por ejemplo, this edition opened the catwalk the spectacular parade of Emidio Tucci… But let's not anticipate events that I will shortly review all the participants with their pros and cons (you already know that this blog and social networks (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram Snapchat (GafasAmarillas) there are all, all and all).
ECI (El Corte Ingles acronym for those who do not know) proposed to a serie of bloggers who lived closely – ¡and so much! – the catwalk and we would tell you with hair and signs. And I accept the challenge. So here's lights, shadows and details of the parades of MFSHOW Men by El Corte English September 2016, which it was held in the Museum of Costume and presented proposals for menswear for spring / verano 2017.
Emidio Tucci
What the brand says: A Mediterranean and minimalist atmosphere surrounding the collection next summer. The designer Piero Rosin studying a new male silhouette, high pants and comfortable linen shirts remind us that both Rupert Everett at the height of its elegance and beauty, playing the role of American dandy in Venice The Comfort of Strangers. A walk style in a summer sunset, where white, the cakes, blue and finally the original costumes chocolate, reinforce a classic style, both quiet and cool, always in trend, characteristic signature.
What seems to me: I found a consistent collection, well-founded and particularly well adapted to the life of your real customer. I liked the total look – when all the styling in the same color – betting on colors "baby” like pink, blue or pure white. I was struck by the profusion of jackets counting on is aimed at summer dress but realized that much and are essential in some male sectors. I also liked the rise of the bottom of the suits that are shortened but without becoming ankle-length and above all that they bet on a trend that is increasingly seen – but it is still controversial – how is it to mix jacket suits with sandals.
Highlight: They have very clear the kind of man that defines your brand, I know by heart and are able to make it “advance” with small details but maintaining its style and tone. They are not carried away by "the lights of the choubisnes” and they try to present on the catwalk something far from what we can find in the day to day of their buyer.
To improve: ¿It is that the man Emidio Tucci never goes to "real sport"? No, I don't mean that "sport"” in chinos and a shirt with rolled up sleeves. I missed a slightly more relaxed look – without falling into the tracksuit, of course – but good jeans with a good t-shirt, nice and fresquita.
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the detallazo: ORIOL. Perfectly defines the brand values: classic without being stale, professional, consistent and durable, close and iconic. Opening and closing the show with him – and with that cute little puppy – managed to make us all smile ¡Something that is greatly appreciated in a parade!
Gran Canaria Moda Calida: Chelo Clo / Dapresa
What the brand says: SS17 MEN MFSHOW by The English Court began its second day with parades Gran Canaria Moda Calida. He participated in Chela Clo: A young firm mainly bathroom, enhanced by some add-ons. Its designer Jorge Toledo, It has inspired this time in various sports competitions retro, such as cycling, motorcycling, JetSki, Windsurf, volleyball etc, in the splendor of the years 90 in California, Vintage style nourished the time, embodied in the combination of acid colors with pastel and pixelating some of his designs. The other participating firm has been Dapresa, who has filed a bathroom collection in black playing with the sensuality of men and women, creating combinations with provocative connotations. Destructured cuts parts bath and combined mesh, term, neoprene and lycra.
What I like my: Two collections showing perfectly the progress of male clothes bath begins to leave your comfort zone with colors and riskiest forms.
Highlight: Swimwear becomes an imperative to consider. It is also one of the most difficult because in the boy he cannot "hide” some other defect. That is why it is essential that brands have to think of us to find even more variety.
To improve: It is clear that you have to think of the parade as what it is – a pure and hard sample of the best that the brand can contribute – pero ¿What will happen to some of those outfits we take to the real world? I assure you that some of those pieces with the slightest lorza lose all, todísima, the force.
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the detallazo: Although the beginning of this post I told you that I was going to tell the gory of all parades, as you can see by the photos, here few hairs I can tell you ¡But signs enough! I love that you have tattooed models, but I miss in any fault with pelito.
Only Me
What the brand says: Soloio presented his collection inspired by the summer as initiation into adulthood. El amor, Germany, individuality, responsibility for our actions, group membership, storm the awakening of adolescence halfway between tenderness and wildness. All this vital process, SOLOiO creates its own aesthetic imagery through the sense of color and the evolution of print, marking the language of your collection , CAMP, which is governed by the watchful gaze cotton in all its possibilities, from piqué to poplin, leads with skin and silk evolution of its proposal for next spring-summer.
What seems to me: I thought it was a very very nice collection but with a certain risk – I hope that it will be solved later in the store by expanding the options, with for example slightly longer pants – And I don't know if the Spanish man is prepared to face the total printed look that they proposed in the parade. With a printed capable of falling in love at first sight, materials adapted and very juveniles, Soloio bangs on the table to vindicate his difference ¡They are not a menswear brand like all the others!
Highlight: Estilismo incredible work carried out by Natalia Ferviú who managed to provide continuity and character to all outputs + the soundtrack totally successful and brought us a smile on more than one occasion.
To improve: We must not forget that the range of potential buyer and fashion conscious man is found in a complicated age. ¿Is the collection prepared to respond to a forty-year-old or is some age range unattended? As I said before, I hope this solvent in the shop at the end with more options under the same designs).
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the detallazo: The complements – and props – They managed to enhance by a thousand the idea that Soloio intended to convey with these summers of youth. The backpacks, hats and stuffed animals carrying models ipso facto moved us to this crucial moment in the life of many people in the transition from childhood to adulthood.
Tenkey
What the brand says: The fascination with the classics again the starting point for the Spring Summer 2017 of Tenkey. En esta ocasión, whose parade was presented at the Club Alma, reference is 'Brideshead', Evelyn Waugh's work that led to one of the most sublime series for male style history. As then, the result of combining more formal clothes with notes sport have allowed the creation of very disparate sets together, with a wide range ranging from three-piece suits with matching vest embroidered hooded letter to the torso. Stripes take on a more formal role, in order to create elegant and structured sets that break natural fabrics such as cotton or linen, all to recreate the romantic and full of decadent environment that inspires the eccentricity of the work of Waugh.
What seems to me: Do the "basics"” something desirable is not something easy and Tenkey achieves it in this collection that advocates
Highlight: relaxed elegance as concept exploit is essential. En 2016 when dress codes seem ever more unnecessary, that there are collections like this one that claim that relaxation can also be elegant – and vice versa that elegance can be relaxed – does a lot of good for men's fashion.
To improve: How to present the collection has come out showing usual "models- manikin” quiet. The basic idea is great because it allows you to enjoy the details and see the clothes at our own pace, but when done in places where there is not much space can be challenging to see among people can make the experience not as the brand had desired.
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the detallazo: Pool flip flops with serious and formal outfits… porque ¿Who said that the news presenter look could not become a trend??
Fox Haus
What the brand says: MFSHOW Men by The English Court began its third and final day with the parade of Fox Haus, He has presented a collection inspired by the Pacific Coast. Despite soft palette prevail, in the three stages of the collection coexist bright and clean colors, complemented by bold prints that take us to the Hawaiian Islands in its first phase and the California coast in his last two fluids etapas.Tejidos, mostly linen, with variety of stripes stamped, textures and fabrics with solid colors flood the collection, which it is based on basic parts which are more experimental coexist with new proposals such as denim or twill, first introduced.
What seems to me: A simple collection, based primarily on comfort, the new male silhouette and the best fabrics to caress our body. I do not finish seeing the references to the "pacific coast” what they tell us in the press release – except for a couple of exits – but if in comfort and relaxed style.
Highlight: Step a huge percentage of my life in pajamas, so see that Fox Haus ago based on underwear items but you could even take to the streets makes me immensely happy.
To improve: It would further exploit the “elegant” designs” like the green monkey, I think it's great, and I've missed a supplement to further enhance the staging.
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the detallazo: Buttons and zippers disappear from most proposals and in those that are they do not fulfill the function of imprisoning ¡Long live the rubber and cord waistbands!
Lucas Balboa
What the brand says: Lucas Balboa has presented his Spring-Summer 2017, which has two very clear sources of inspiration: the movie «Death in Venice» director Luchino Visconti and symphonies of Austrian composer and conductor Gustav Malher. Both represent a turning point both in creating garments as to develop a new script, whose main claim to illustrate the love story of Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berge. Asimismo, Fortuny master blue flowers and garden Marrakech future serve as a backdrop for this bet, postulated more serene and even easier, but with a much more powerful emotional charge than previous.
What seems to me: A very versatile collection, able to hold your hand through the different fields of tailoring. From the usual to advocating for it yourself to be different. I like that bet on different color ranges but perhaps mix colors with sconces in some cases it may be too bold.
Highlight: The man proposing Fox Haus is an educated man, read, sensitive and many related and that shows in clothes by details, finishes, forms and styling.
To improve: Perhaps it is not necessary to show the same piece – or very very similar – in several different colors, or if so, perhaps make the squad format (all together at once) so that the parade is put forth with exits that "we have seen".
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the detallazo: The importance of supplements serves to maximize the look. Sometimes collides a bit of everything, but certainly throws a very specific message.
Felix Ramiro
What the brand says: Felix Ramiro presented its proposal for next spring / verano 2017 with modern Indiana Jones, an adventurous man, a gentleman who committed the most traditional tailoring, forms risking, colors and fabrics. Various clothing lines formed by star like costumes, American or ceremonial garments, among which we chaqu with very special party frock coats and smoking, que, among many others, create a collection with different variants for each moment in the life of man. Fabrics like cottons, linen, lana cold, and brocades ranging from the most neutral colors, in different shades of beige, creams and navy blue, even the boldest shades and shiny satin finishes, with striking prints taking center stage in much of this collection.
What seems to me: I think Félix Ramiro is a brand that does great as a tailor but has not yet finished assimilating the concept of “fashion” or if you want to focus it: "runway". In this collection there were real efforts to turn the classic tailored into fashion and – Although in some cases it was possible – in others it remained in a limbo that was difficult not only to fit into the discourse of the parade – enlivened with the Indiana Jones song but that lost meaning at the moment in which the first outings in earth tones ended – but in the brand image itself.
Highlight: He offered a huge variety of possibilities and that is great at proposing a collection, from classic to more modern options, more youthful or more than “senior”” so they cover all possible ranges of buyers and leave no one without the possibility of getting a Félix Ramiro.
To improve: Being bold colors and prints mixing is fine, but you have to do it with a little sight so that it doesn't become a "punch” visual. I praise the intention and desire but next needs to improve a tad mixing those elements that do not collapse between all.
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the detallazo: Harnesses that opened the parade, with small fanny packs and areas to store or hook things – inspired by the Indiana Jones style I loved them.
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Como veis, It has been an issue of MFSHOW Men by El Corte Ingles comprehensive, where they have seen many types of men but with a common denominator, its taste for innovation. Although I have missed some more urban proposal ¿what about street fashion? ¿With which we do not go in a suit? ¡We will have to wait for future editions for this type of brand to be introduced! (and I hope to keep going and contándooslo!
I say goodbye with a photo of me during this MFSHOW Men so you can see how I was dressed.¡I didn't take photos of the three days although you could see my outfits on snapchat or Instagram Stories! But we go, In summary, giving priority to comfort and simplicity and above all trying to go it was very hot fresquito.
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Thanks: (I put myself in divo plan interned)
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Thanks to the English Court for inviting me to cover the parades and trust this vision desenfadad fashion.
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Thanks to the organization MFSHOW for treating us so well and give us both things (Thanks Jose).
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Thanks to Virginia Couple Cover for helping me photo. (That's the trouble with going only to events, there is no way to completely leave the photos).
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Thank you all for joining me virtually "live and direct” throught social media.
