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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
ERL Men's Spring 2026: Time to Grow Up
Colleges are about fitting in, and so Eli Russell Linnetz found himself hunting down Sperry Top-Siders and Vineyard Vines critter shorts on eBay during his film studies at the University of South California. 'Believe it or not, I joined a fraternity, and there's so much pomp and circumstance around what you wear, and this weird hierarchy of taste and power,' he related over Google Meet. More from WWD The Originals: Yohji Yamamoto Willy Chavarria Takes on the Megaride AG, Superstar in Latest Adidas Collab Celebrities Front Row at Amiri Spring 2026 Show: J Balvin, Anuel AA and French Montana His spring collection and look-book shoot followed a similar, fantasy narrative about a student named Ivy who becomes obsessed with headmaster Christian and begins to adopt his more sophisticated, grown-up looks. Hence Linnetz's spring ERL collection emits a more mature vibe with its subdued colors and a continuing exploration of tailoring, although the suits have a youthful flair, cut boxy in linen or nylon. He paused his signature wave motif and groovy pastels – ERL is based in Venice Beach – and included only a single print: a bold floral for a loose rayon shirt. The cozy hoodies, vaguely grunge hoodies and beat-up cargo shorts are still there, but also roomy shirts and short shorts, two recurring silhouettes this season. Linnetz didn't make it to Paris because he's in pre-production for a feature film he wrote, describing it as 'a '70s college film. There's definitely a lot of like humor to it, but it's a thriller, it's emotional.' He's also fine-tuning the interior concept for a forthcoming flagship store in Venice Beach, and his first boutique in South Korea, where his business is booming thanks partly to his 'I Did What Last Night?' ringer T-shirt that's been adopted by numerous K-pop stars. 'It's pretty interesting. We've really just taken off there,' he related. 'I feel like they understand what I'm saying.' Launch Gallery: ERL Spring 2026 Ready-to-Wear Collection Best of WWD Windowsen RTW Spring 2022 Louis Shengtao Chen RTW Spring 2022 Vegan Fashion Week Returns to L.A. With Nous Etudions, Vegan Tiger on the Runway
Vogue
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Vogue
Reese Cooper Spring 2026 Menswear Collection
At 27, Reese Cooper has officially entered that stage in life where he needs to be ready for the wedding circuit. But when his cousin tied the knot in South Carolina recently, he found himself in the ironic position, after nearly a decade of designing, of having to hit a 'mass-pirational' retailer for a last-minute suit on his way to the airport. 'I was like, 'This is ridiculous, I need to fix that,'' the designer recalled in a showroom in the Upper Marais where both his namesake menswear collection and his lighter-priced RCOS line were on display. For spring, Cooper set about recalibrating outdoorsy California casual with a more mature, tailored, and mostly unisex offer that will easily pass muster in more elevated settings while still retaining sporty touches. Ripstop cords cinched the waist on blazers, a trench and a Harrington jacket in nylon; oversized cargo pockets gave button-downs or a printed poncho a fresh functionality, yet also looked crisp and sophisticated on a black, white and red houndstooth. As ever, his signature carabiner, a piece custom-designed by a former aerospace engineer befriended over Instagram, provided a throughline. Of his process, the designer explained, 'My favorite thing personally is to take something that you would traditionally find, then take the right thing and put it in the wrong place or the other way around.' Not that anything looked out of place here. Last Tuesday, Cooper's posse of chosen family, among them the stylist Savannah White, traveled with him an hour north of L.A. to the Angeles National Forest. There, his models posed on a rock in the San Gabriel River, in a location the designer had discovered on a hike. In a telling detail, he shot this lookbook with a thumbs-up from his friends over at the local Forest Service (look for new developments in that budding relationship next season). It speaks volumes about Cooper's interest in building on community, a philosophy he absorbed from Virgil Abloh. "If you're doing something fun that people want to be around, that should be the focus," he said. One doesn't often hear that during the fashion week swirl. Let's see where that takes him next.
Washington Post
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Washington Post
Rei Kawakubo redefines men's suits with radical designs at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS — Rei Kawakubo , the ever-restless force behind Comme des Garçons , delivered a characteristically unpredictable twist on men's tailoring, dismantling the traditional suit and remaking it in her own radical image. Titled 'Not Suits, But Suits,' the Paris Fashion Week show had models striding through a packed, overheated concrete venue Friday evening in looks that both nodded to and defied the idea of formalwear. Classic suit elements, jackets, lapels, pressed trousers, were reimagined with sharp, architectural interventions: bulging hips, layered or panniered silhouettes, and unexpected splashes of color. Some jackets appeared as if spliced apart and reassembled, while skinny pants revealed hidden panels and bursts of pattern through carefully placed zippers. Layering abounded, with cropped jackets stacked over pleated shirting, kilts and shorts. Knitwear was shredded and reconstructed, echoing a sense of disorder within the tailored frame. Accessories pushed the eccentricity further — models wore oversized, multi-brimmed caps crafted from suiting fabrics, paired with long braided wigs and formal shoes. The collection evoked the need for something transformative in unsettled times. Its atmosphere only heightened the collection's message: in Kawakubo's world, the suit is not a uniform of conformity but a canvas for disruption. As guests spilled out into the night, applause rang out for a designer who continues to turn fashion's certainties inside out.
The Independent
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Rei Kawakubo redefines men's suits with radical designs at Paris Fashion Week
Rei Kawakubo, the ever-restless force behind Comme des Garçons, delivered a characteristically unpredictable twist on men's tailoring, dismantling the traditional suit and remaking it in her own radical image. Titled 'Not Suits, But Suits,' the Paris Fashion Week show had models striding through a packed, overheated concrete venue Friday evening in looks that both nodded to and defied the idea of formalwear. Classic suit elements, jackets, lapels, pressed trousers, were reimagined with sharp, architectural interventions: bulging hips, layered or panniered silhouettes, and unexpected splashes of color. Some jackets appeared as if spliced apart and reassembled, while skinny pants revealed hidden panels and bursts of pattern through carefully placed zippers. Layering abounded, with cropped jackets stacked over pleated shirting, kilts and shorts. Knitwear was shredded and reconstructed, echoing a sense of disorder within the tailored frame. Accessories pushed the eccentricity further — models wore oversized, multi-brimmed caps crafted from suiting fabrics, paired with long braided wigs and formal shoes. The collection evoked the need for something transformative in unsettled times. Its atmosphere only heightened the collection's message: in Kawakubo's world, the suit is not a uniform of conformity but a canvas for disruption. As guests spilled out into the night, applause rang out for a designer who continues to turn fashion's certainties inside out.
Associated Press
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Associated Press
Rei Kawakubo redefines men's suits with radical designs at Paris Fashion Week
PARIS (AP) — Rei Kawakubo, the ever-restless force behind Comme des Garçons, delivered a characteristically unpredictable twist on men's tailoring, dismantling the traditional suit and remaking it in her own radical image. Titled 'Not Suits, But Suits,' the Paris Fashion Week show had models striding through a packed, overheated concrete venue Friday evening in looks that both nodded to and defied the idea of formalwear. Classic suit elements, jackets, lapels, pressed trousers, were reimagined with sharp, architectural interventions: bulging hips, layered or panniered silhouettes, and unexpected splashes of color. Some jackets appeared as if spliced apart and reassembled, while skinny pants revealed hidden panels and bursts of pattern through carefully placed zippers. Layering abounded, with cropped jackets stacked over pleated shirting, kilts and shorts. Knitwear was shredded and reconstructed, echoing a sense of disorder within the tailored frame. Accessories pushed the eccentricity further — models wore oversized, multi-brimmed caps crafted from suiting fabrics, paired with long braided wigs and formal shoes. The collection evoked the need for something transformative in unsettled times. Its atmosphere only heightened the collection's message: in Kawakubo's world, the suit is not a uniform of conformity but a canvas for disruption. As guests spilled out into the night, applause rang out for a designer who continues to turn fashion's certainties inside out.
