Festival Fashion

Friday, 03 April 2020 10:48

Best Men's Tie Dye Fashion

tie dye menswear socks sports Amiri Matchesfashion Tie-dye is a trend that's always bubbling under, quite literally. At every price point, there's a bleed of colour for every fashion wanker. It's guaranteed to make you smile, and we could do with anything that does that right now. Darker tie-dye is more evening and formal, while full blown rainbow is more holiday and festival. Why don't you buy a kit online and have a go on some old white T-shirts? It's the perfect lockdown fashion activity.

For those who aren't sure - just yet! - go for a pair of tie-dye sports socks and rock with a pair of summer shorts and trainers.

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Left - Amiri - Tie-Dye Print Silk Shirt - £1000 from Matchesfashion.com

Left - Urban Outfitters - Typography Blue and Purple Tie-Dye Socks 1-Pack - £6

Left - Levi's - Tie Dye Trucker Jacket - £88 from Topman

Left- mnml - Spiral Wash Tee - £21

Left - By Walid - Marek Tie-Dye Raw Silk Trousers - £560, Ally Tie Dye-Effect Silk Shirt - £555 from Matchesfashion.com

Left - Issey Miyake - Tie-Dyed Cotton T-Shirt - £350 from FarFetch

tie dye menswear socks sports Tie dye kit amazon Left - FabLab FL004 Toy £9.99 from Amazon

tie dye menswear socks sports Stussy Left - Stussy - Tie Dye Socks - £18

tie dye menswear socks sports Crocs Left - Crocs - £27.99

tie dye menswear socks sports Maison Scotch Left - Maison Scotch - £104.95

Left - Umbro - Calidoscope Sweat - £55

Below - iets frans - Yellow Tie-Dye Sweatshirt - £46 Urban Outfitters

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Monday, 03 June 2019 09:02

#OOTD 122 Fringe Festival

Menswear OOTD The Chic Geek Blogger fashion Jacket Maker fringed jacket Raey jeans Merrell boots When I received an e-mail from the 'Jacket Maker', at the beginning of the year, offering me the opportunity of designing my own leather jacket, I jumped at the chance. I wanted something with lots of fringing. I was thinking Harry Styles meets Stevie Nicks (look just what happened at the recent Gucci Cruise show!) to wear to a festival. A few e-mails back and forth and a few months later, voila, here's my western style leather jacket in oxblood red with maximum fringing. Rock on!

I've teamed it with a vintage, dead-stock 1970s yellow blouse with beagle collars I found on eBay, my current favourite jeans from Raey at Matchesfashion.com and some practical hiking boots for all those hours flitting between the bar and the main stage. Bring on the music...

Credits - #Gifted - Fringed Leather Jacket - Jacket Maker, Jeans - Raey, Boots - Merrell, #Bought - Vintage Blouse - eBay, Vintage Neckace - eBay

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Thursday, 28 March 2019 12:06

Menswear Product Of The Week Festival Fleece

festival fashion menswear fun Kit Neale Mountain Warehouse Pack up your troubles in your new Kit Neale bag, and smile, smile, smile! It’s a long way to Tipperary, or should that be Glastonbury, but festival season is soon upon us and it’s time to forget about the real world and get muddy. Mountain Warehouse has enlisted British designer, Kit Neale, to produce a 26-piece ‘Karabiner Collection’ including clothes, tents, bags and everything you’ll need for this summer.

In sizes XS to 3XL, it’s available online and in their Covent Garden flagship. It’s limited, so it could sell out faster than the festival.

TheChicGeek says, "Us Brits are the masters of summer festivals and this whole collection is so much fun. This fleece is practical, it always gets cold and damp at night, and your friends are definitely not going to lose you."

Left & Below - Kit Neale Festival Men’s Camber Fleece - £29.99

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Monday, 18 June 2018 14:56

Pitti Uomo 94 SS19 Catwalk Shows MCM & Roberto Cavalli

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MCM

The German/Korean accessorises juggernaut, MCM, rolled into Florence to showcase its first, full ready-to-wear fashion collection. Driven by the Asian consumer and the power this brings, MCM is finally making in-roads into the European and global luxury goods market.

Two dancers, surrounded by falling precipitation, welcomed us into the darkened show space. Their breakdancing quickly made way for a collection that was strong on festival fashion. Designed by an in-house team, the ’Luft Collection’, meaning air in German, was multifunctional sportswear for the genderless generation.

Left - Will MCM's new ready-to-wear collection be cool enough for Glastonbury when it returns next year?

Think Glastonbury for the moneyed, rock ’n’ roll offspring elite who aren’t afraid to be noticed for having money. Lots of straps, pockets and hoods in bright, holographic and reflective fabrics. Your Deliveroo 3M was here, plus ribbon belts and elasticated and Velcro fastenings at the waist and wrists allowing the wearer to quickly adapt to their festival needs.

This is the type of collection British brand, Hunter, has tried to do before, when they dabbled with the catwalk, but the difference is MCM already has this young, hungry consumer.

I’m not really a fan of MCM’s Benidorm-tan signature colour, but this took a back seat here. This was young and I’m guessing more accessibly priced.

I can see the holdalls with a large rubber MCM on the bottom proving popular plus the runner-sandal with a breathable a waterproof integrated sock.

This type of collection will grow the brand into the more practical side of summer fashion and make product choice available for those consumers who don’t want anything heavily studded or branded, or both!

Roberto Cavalli Menswear SS19

ROBERTO CAVALLI

Pitti Uomo welcomed the continued relaunch of Roberto Cavalli’s menswear and the company really needs this to fly. Now under the creative direction of Paul Surridge, the British designer formerly at Jil Sander and Z Zegna, Cavalli, as a brand, has gone through something of a rocky patch. After moving the HQ from Florence to Milan, under the short lived leadership of Peter Dundas, they let nearly a third of their workforce go. It’s now back to Florence and this was Surridge’s second full collection of menswear.

Right - Blurred digital prints and bad denim at Roberto Cavalli for SS19

Up in the hills, outside of Florence, in the refined surrounds of the Florence Charterhouse, this monastic setting saw a collection that ran from white to black with the brand’s famous animalistic signatures in-between.

This was a new, slicker and sporty Cavalli with the animals skins subtly layered rather than trowelled on, like in previous years. Gone was the boho, overly beaded Cavalli and in its place was something for a new customer that continues to buy into ‘designer’ fashion, but wants ease and wearability.

Reptiles, fish, (alien?) skins were jacquarded into fabrics. Leopard print was digital yet blurred and knitwear was finished with broken threads hanging down.

There was a nod to the current bad denim fashion and add the snakeskin boots, which Cavalli should really own, it referenced the Martine Roses and Balenciagas of this world.

One of the standout pieces was a tapestry intarsia coat covered in the Cavalli logo and good luck talisman. A digital watch print added humour and the python soled trainers looked almost aquatic as they breathed past.

As we went into the black and final evening section, bugle beads were applied in constrained vertical lines. It was all very controlled and refined.

I like this new Cavalli, it feels fresher and more contemporary. But, is this is what their current and loyal customer wants? If not, they need to find a new one and fast. Maybe those good luck talisman have a deeper meaning.

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Monday, 14 May 2018 16:28

#OOTD 116 Festivals SS18

Menswear blogger Chic Geek OOTD festival fashion

We all love a good festival, it's as British as bunting and warm cider. So, when it's time to get those chicken legs out, go bold and put bright colour with bright colour. (Oh, and something waterproof, we all know how the weather works!).

It's also practical, because it's good to stand out from the crowd, just for your friends' benefit. Just add some Gallagher swagger!

Credits - Jacket & Shorts - K Way, Socks - Topman, T-Shirt - Jaeger, Shoes - Base London, Backpack - Eastpak

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Best Men's Tie Dye Fashion

#OOTD 122 Fringe Festival

Menswear Product Of The Week Festival Fleece

Pitti Uomo 94 SS19 Catwalk Shows MCM & Roberto Cavalli

#OOTD 116 Festivals SS18