Men clothing blog

For Fall/Winter 2008-09 hip Brooklyn-based menswear label Yoko Devereaux presented a collection taking inspiration from the darker side of our culture’s obsession with high society and celebrity.

Presenting at men’s fashion week this past Monday, creative director Andy Salzer titled his collection “Holding Up the Heiress”. The celebrity obsession was added to via the presence of Alan Cumming, Sophia Lamar and Ana Matronic in attendance.
From the opening song of Simian Mobile Disco’s “I’m a Hustler Baby” a masculinity and downtown vibe was infused into the collection. Slim trousers with ankle zippers paired with jersey t-shirts and black leather ties. Short sleeved fleece cardigans had us drooling with the layering possibilities they allowed. Other blazers had slim lapels and were cropped exposing long jersey tee’s underneath.

Meanwhile brown woven shirts with contrasting collars and cuffs and gray ‘pullover’ woven shirts with a hidden plaquet of buttons were part of the labels full woven program.

T-shirts had abstract patterns using different hues of the same color. Other tee’s incorporated leaves, branches, trees and birds into their graphics. All the graphics made use of imagery from the works of artist Charles Lutz.

Andy graciously provided this fashion menswear blog with an after show interview telling us the collection had a “downtown meets uptown” vibe. He spoke with us about his desire to take a Williamsburg guy and dress him up, refine him and present him with clothing that is more socially acceptable to the high society.

Andy spoke of growing up with his customer and giving a guy pieces he can wear out to better high end places. He had a desire with this collection to give his customer more choices in his wardrobe. This was reflected through the use of tweeds, wools and wovens bringing “additional depth to the brand and the collection”.

MORE PICS AFTER THE JUMP!

MORE PICS AFTER THE JUMP!

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