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Men's New Fashion Trends

It's always great to mix trendy pieces with
more classic looks to give you the perfectUnlike many looks with roots in the past,
look that always looks up-to-date. Color isthis one is a study in jarring contrasts. It
big for men this season (I love coloredhas both the edge and cheek of early 80's New
interesting shirts of all kinds), as areYork, when Day-Glo color fueled the New Wave
relaxed chic looks (like relaxed suits), etc.scene, and the ease and entitlement of an
early 70's Republican enclave in Palm
Accessories that are hot are really simple:Springs.
well kept shoes. It's one of the first things
people notice, so always make sure the shoes"The roots are in that country club thing,"
are right and clean. Here's something I likesaid Joe Zee, the editor of the men's wear
to do. Instead of looking at celebs, I checkmagazine Vitals. "The edge is in its
out various magazines and advertising andconservative aspect." Striped shirts and
check out different looks I like (for You GQ,plaid jackets can play into a conservative
Cargo)  and  then  get  shopping!look, but solid colors, Mr. Zee suggested,
are bolder. "Men are more used to pattern,"
If you are wondering why some of today's mosthe said. "So a pink striped shirt is easier
sophisticated men's stores - Polo Ralphfor a lot of guys than an all-pink shirt.
Lauren, Bergdorf Goodman Men, Barneys NewThat's  a  more  specific fashion statement."
York - are stocked with enough hard-core
color to resemble the team uniform section ofNo sector has taken up the call to color more
a sporting goods shop, well, perhaps that'sthan the hip-hop world, in which dandies like
fitting. Color has become practically aUsher, Farnsworth Bentley and Andre 3000 of
contact  sport.OutKast (hard at work on a fashion line
called Benjamin) will wear, and combine, the
Mens wear Bright New Look In the last fewsplashiest of colors. "You have urban rappers
seasons, many men have developed a majorfrom Nelly to Puffy saying, 'I can wear this
passion for sharply tailored suits andwithout  being  a  sissy,'  "  Mr.  Zee said.
brightly patterned dress shirts, snapping up
$200 Etros by the half-dozen. But thisChris Chambers, a dapper vice president for
spring, in the eternal game of one-upmanshippublicity at BMG Music, feels the pull.
known as fashion, the look has been taken to"There's definitely a mixture of an urban
a new extreme. Solidly colored pants,thing with classic country club." he said.
sweaters and blazers - in tangerine, lemon,"I'll wear the pink Ralph Lauren blazer but
viridian, magenta, royal blue - have raisedmaybe not with the white slacks they show.
the stakes, and some men are, to retailers'I'll wear it with some Evisu jeans and a cool
surprise,  taking  the  bet.sneaker."
Retailers report that traditional two-buttonStill, it takes guts. "I think a solid bold
cotton sport coats and pinwale corduroyscolor looks fresh, but you have to have a
struck by a lightning bolt of color havelevel of confidence for it," Mr. Chambers
become some of the hottest sellers of thesaid. What makes the look less brash and more
season. And in a rare meeting of minds,appealing, he said, is its history as the
old-school retailers like Paul Stuart areonetime uniform of 19th-hole golfers
sharing a design aesthetic witheverywhere.
edge-of-fashion lines like Burberry Prorsum
and  Duckier  Brown.Ross Geisel, a Manhattan fund-raiser, has
taken a shine to color because of its
"The first thing that blew out of Barneys wasassociations with a life of gentlemanly ease.
all the color," said Daniel Silver, a partner"I can get away with wearing it to work, and
in Duckier Brown. "When we were designing itthen if you go out afterward, you don't look
we were thinking: 'It's so bright. Are guyslike you came from the office," Mr. Geisel
really going to buy this?' But they have.said.
It's like someone knocked down the wall
between  his  and  hers  closets."Another reason he likes extreme color is that
there are so few rules about wearing it.
The trend has obvious appeal to men who wantThat, he maintains, makes it easier, not
an easy new way to express a bold streak. Butharder to dress. "It doesn't matter what you
it has an august precedent as well, in thedo," he said. "I have a loud pink shirt on
late, great NBC peacock, Johnny Carson. Intoday with a corduroy chocolate brown blazer.
1973, when country clubs swarmed with pantsI can wear it spring, summer or fall, with
and blazers of every hue, Carson's ownany  shoe  I  want."
fashion line was the best-selling men's
tailored clothing line in the country,Even with his outlaw attitude, he said the
according to Homi Patel, the chief executivestyle reminds him of his father's
of Hartmarx, which owns the line. In 1973country-club clothes. But the concept of
alone, 80,000 electric blue sport coats (withJohnny Carson as a symbol of style is lost on
five-inch  lapels!)  were  sold.him. "All I remember is Carnac," he said.



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