The good news: Menswear is settling into an exciting new groove after a wild twelve months. If you haven’t paid much attention to the topsy-turviness in the fashion industry over the last year, here’s the CliffsNotes version of the great fashion designer shake-up: Pretty much every major label in Europe and New York that you can name now has a new visionary at its helm. And those new designers have come into spring with something to prove. Couple that with a new sense of momentum at some of our favorite indie brands, and we could well be looking at a vintage year for menswear. What does that mean for you? Essentially: A load of really, really good clothes are landing this spring.
On the flip side, it also means there’s some filtering to do. Especially at this time of year, when everything seems to arrive in stores at exactly the same time. The sales are over, the weather’s brightening up, and there’s a lot, and we mean a lot of new stuff to consider. Amidst all the hype (and the near-constant product drops), it can be hard to know what’s truly worth getting excited about, and what’s a load of hot air.
That’s where we come in. Venturing over to menswear heavyweight Mr Porter, we delved into all the new season arrivals with surgical precision, pulling together a concise list of the investments our swagged-out grandkids will be thrilled we made.
9 Investment-Grade Hero Pieces for Spring
The Mood Lifting Button-Up: Our Legacy Logo-Embroidered Shirt
Our Legacy
Above Logo-Embroidered Cotton-Poplin Shirt
One of the nicer developments to come out of the new spring arrivals is a hearty embrace of color, a welcome balm after months spent in a sea of black and navy puffas on every subway, bus, and office. (This happens every spring, of course, but it’s all the more refreshing given menswear’s recent predilection towards browns and grays.) Right now, we’re seeing everything from lime greens to canary yellows cropping up, but we’re most enamored with this hyper-saturated purple, which comes in a satisfyingly relaxed cut from Our Legacy. It’d be great with light blue jeans, and will really pop against a black or a charcoal.