The 25 Best Menswear Looks from NYFW FW 2015-16

After London, Milan and Paris it was New York’s turn to showcase the US designers’ vision of what fashion should look like in the fall-winter 2015-2016 season.

But, even though there were many great brands that participated and many interesting designs to see, the media and the web focused on some other New York Fashion Week-related news: Earlier this month, the Council of Fashion Designers of America announced that this year will be held the first edition of a men’s New York Fashion Week, which will take place at Skylight Clarkson Sq in SoHo between the 13^th and 16^th of July. Brands like Tommy Hilfiger, Michael Kors, Kent and Curwen and many others have already announced their participation, which we are looking forward to with high anticipation.

Until then, however, this month’s Fashion Week had to show some interesting things of its own.

The numerous designers and fashion brands that showcased their fall-winter 2015 collections at NYFW were, of course, very different one from another. However, it looked like there were a few trends that we could see emerge in most of the shows.

First of all, we could see a lot of baggy designs, loose clothes and a lot of undefined cuts. This aesthetic, used by brands such as Skingraft seems to be making a comeback, as it had been quite in style back a few years ago. Moreover, we could see many what appeared to be undefined cuts: there seemed to be an overall consensus among designers that the world is in need of a blurry aesthetic for this winter. There were a lot of soft crossings between merging materials, textures and patterns (for example the Greg Lauren collection).  These rugged looks were quite impactful and can be used as food for thought – is the world really so undefined these days?

Thirdly, among all these things, one could see a lot of gender-bending looks. This NYFW, one could see a lot of almost-lady-like looks go down the runway: from clothes that seemed to be veritable dresses to obvious skirt-pants and long hair styled more in a female aesthetic than in a manly manner; pushing the limits of gender seemed to be the norm for many brands such (for example Baja East). The array of what seemed to be more women’s clothes rather than men’s got us thinking of whether the collections should be actually based on sex or gender identity.

In parallel to all these elements, there were also many designers that showcased wearable, casual and accessible clothes. These seemed so do-able and were so relatable, that they seemed to be taken from a very stylish fashionisto’s closet (for example the Todd Snyder, the Ralph Lauren and the Porsche Design collections).

All in all, we can say that the collections displayed during this winter’s NYFW could be defined by one word, and that is “fashion forward”. Even though it often seemed that the spectacular was missing from some of the collections, we still think that sartorially-interested guys will be able to find a lot of inspiration in these collections. We sure did!

In the gallery below, we have selected our favorite 25 looks from the shows. Take a look at them and our commentary and make your own opinions.