SPRING / SUMMER 2023 TRENDS
SEE YOU LATER BOY
The real mid-90s reflect an era dominated by casual silhouettes. Oversized cuts, classic graphic or print t-shirts, and technical, tailored trousers ensure durability hand in hand with effortlessness. Lords of Dogtown and connoisseurs of street culture. Inspiration draws from the resurrection of the old age Zephyr attitude that is infiltrating our social medium by virtue of skate brand resurgences such as Stussy, Southern California's surf scene pride and joy, new kids on the scene Aries and Brain Dead, or skate alumni Palace and Supreme. Easy wearing balances vivid key colors: Hibiscus, Cub, and Corydalis. Punky, trash aesthetics tyrannize spring catwalks, most notably at MSGM, Etudes, and JW Anderson. Look to Fendi for a refined, gender-neutral take on this retro style.
NATURE’S MUSE
Nature' narrative has spread rife into the mainstream of menswear norm, a backbone influence filtered ingenuously into every modernist's closet, hiker or not. Spring's resonance with effervescent atmospheres inspires a new influx of interpretation aimed at gardening. Bucket hats, cargos, and puffers remain the hero pieces leading the pack, but a new interest in florals provides a whimsical edge to the aesthetic, allowing a new lightheartedness to replace a gorp core dependence. Key colors Avocado and Silver Cloud create perfect backdrops for newcomers, Misted Yellow and Nightshadow Blue. Loewe's greenery cut the edge of nature-inspired looks, thrusting fashion into a contemporary space engineering form and function with real life nature.
COLLEGE DROPOUT
School life redux is amped up a notch this season, channeling university attitude into classic blazers, slouchy hoodies, and argyle knit jumpers. Show and tell. The varsity jacket, an unsung hero, embodies a top tier amalgamation of varsity graphics and logos, reinterpreted in key colors Estate Blue and Tree Top. Championing the late Virgil Abloh and topping the building blocks of essential prep, look to Louis Vuitton, Kenzo, and quintessential Paul Smith for academic excellence.
SUITED AND BOOTED
The wave of deconstructed tailoring favoring fluidity over rigidity segues into spring fashion after a seasonal stall on the catwalk. Crisp Moonbeam, shirts, soft Bleached Sand wide-leg trousers, and classic, slim trousers in new key color Pale Aqua create a dreamlike, tonal world superimposing a mix and match of structure and breeziness. Prada continues to possess authority over clean suiting, while Dior Homme and JOEONE's authority over relaxed tailoring adopts a new, spirited take on paired-back ease.
KIDCORE
Playfulness and a flirtation with the emergence of tongue-in-cheek subculture concoct a mesmerizing wave of youthfulness characterized by brightly colored, cartooned motifs. A retrospective of our childhood favorite silhouettes includes graphic t-shirts, basketball shorts, tank tops, and printed sweatshirts rendered in key colors: Bright Lime Green, Pink Lemonade, Blue Bell and Orchid Bloom. Bold boyhood makes a valiant argument for a mood shift towards humor, humility, and innocent independence to run wild with imagination. Louis Vuitton's complete embodiment of adolescence possesses all the fervor needed to inspire any generation tuned in.
PREPPED TO PERFORM
The romanticization of high-tech function and performance fashion climaxes in a championed form of athletic wear that has translated sportswear back into what it truly is: sportswear. A redux, or perhaps an implied social adoption of an acquired revolutionary undertaking, sportswear core is exactly what it sets out to be. Track tops, football jerseys, technical jackets, and joggers fit for the pitch adorn the streets with sneakers, slip-on slides, and drawstring bags. Nylon and mesh remain expert undertakers of the athletic shape, now displayed in key colors Tomato and Marlin. Givenchy's Patina Green tracksuits take the gold in application, while Dries Van Noten's vests and technical trousers solidify a championing of performance fashion. In it to win it, Bloke Core has gone all out in its vocation to competition, promising sportswear to remain in its true aesthetic as sportswear for a few more seasons, a triumph we can thank the ingenuity of man for.