Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Baja East
“The collection embodies our go-anywhere attitude.” — Scott Studenberg and John Targon, Baja East
“The collection embodies our go-anywhere attitude.” — Scott Studenberg and John Targon, Baja East
“Late nights. Dark alleys. Banging on drums. Cigarette butts. Wheat-pasting the subways. The wandering artist. Men’s wear crafted from the finest materials and to the highest specifications.”— Sam and Liam Fayed, Bespoken
“‘Military hip-hop’ is the inspiration for the season.” — Tae Yong, Beyond Closet
“I love this photograph taken with Keith Richards in the blanket alongside Gram Parsons. It captured a great spirit for us this season. Gram left us much too early.” — Billy Reid
“This season, we looked at the Chinese cult classic film ‘In the Mood for Love’ and Shanghai’s contemporary art scene for Bosideng.” — Design director Amelia Pretious, Bosideng
“Futuristic gaucho.” — Carlos Campos
“You unlock this door with the key of imagination. Beyond it is another dimension — a dimension of sound, a dimension of sight, a dimension of mind… You’ve just crossed over into the Twilight Zone.” — David Hart
“City block.” — Donna Karan, DKNY Men
“The Duckie has two faces.” — Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, Duckie Brown
“The upcoming line focuses on grand minimalism… We really tried to focus on simple and clean military silhouettes, while bringing an industrial feel to them with the use of rich fabrics and the destroying and distressing fabrics.” — Rob Garcia, En Noir
“For fall ’14 we had this vintage moto inspiration, leather jackets with shearling liners, biker pants, layered with more refined tailored suiting underneath. I love the mix of hard and refined.” — Ernest Sabine, Ernest Alexander
“…The idea of creating a bridge connecting time and places. A place of peacefulness and simplicity like the feel of paper — organic materials and geometric shapes are used to combine nature and work of man.” — Ethan Song, Frank & Oak
“A ‘dressy but messy’ New York gardener… Inspired by the love and joy that he puts into his work with seeds and plants… It’s never a stiff or perfectly arranged vase….It’s lush and overgrown, just like Gant Rugger.” — Fifi Hallstensson, Gant Rugger
“Straightforward architecture.” — Bumsuk Choi, General Idea
“Edgar Allan Poe started an exploration of the heart of darkness that kick-started the art movement of symbolism, which inspired 20th-century surrealism, and, in turn, altered the direction of literature, arts and fashion.” — Stefan Miljanic, Gilded Age
“This collection is a brutal translation of beauty and glamour, patchworked together literally and figuratively.” — Shayne Oliver, Hood by Air
“The waterfront of 1930s New York.” — Frank Muytjens, head of design for J. Crew Men’s
“The art of subtraction.” — Jack Spade
“Black and white typically symbolize a division, such as good/bad and right/wrong, in defining our world. We want to defy that logic with this collection.” — Kathleen Kye, Kye
“Urban gypsy.” — Kenneth Cole
“Felipe Oliveira Baptista went to the Basque region of France to visit Chantaco , the historic golf club and course built in the late 1920s. A timeless haven where nature and architecture meets sports and leisure.” — Felipe Oliveira Baptista, Lacoste
“L’Immoraliste.” — Lucio Castro
“Miles f–king Davis. Who in my book was way badder than Bad, Bad Leroy Brown. From ‘Birth of the Cool’ to ‘Jack Johnson.'” — Mark McNairy, Mark McNairy New Amsterdam
“Japanese men.” — Michael Bastian
“New era starts from the political regulation.” — Daisuke Obana, N.Hoolywood
“Tundra: Contrast of the Elements.” — Chris Cox, Black Sail by Nautica
“Maritime.” — Christopher and Nicholas Kunz, Nicholas K
“Cold weather.” — Alex Orley, Matthew Orley and Samantha Florence, Orley
“On the outside.” — Ariel and Shimon Ovadia, Ovadia & Sons
“Make the fur fly.” — Patrik Ervell
“Chic altitude.” — Porsche Design
“New day modernity.” — Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Public School
“This collection is a fantasization of the samurai clothing post-battle, chopped up and put back together without rhyme or reason, a modern-day shizoku.” — Kerby Jean-Raymond, Pyer Moss
“Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix in ‘My Own Private Idaho.'” — Richard Chai
“Somewhere in between.” — Robert Geller
“Destroy-entertain-survive.” — Laurence Chandler and Joshua Cooper, Rochambeau
“Rainer Werner Fassbinder.” — Siki Im
“Base camp glory.” — Tim Coppens
“Modern love.” — Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein, Timo Weiland
“The movie “Quadrophenia” really inspired the mood of rebellion versus tradition that you will see in the fall ’14 collection.” — Todd Snyder
“I found this Ronald Reagan piece in my travels, and the first thing I noticed was the patina on the metal. This sign had aged so beautifully… that I was inspired to take the idea of patina and apply it to the collection.” — Hiroki Nakamura, Visvim