• Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Baja East

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    “The collection embodies our go-anywhere attitude.” — Scott Studenberg and John Targon, Baja East

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Bespoken

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Beyond Closet

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    “‘Military hip-hop’ is the inspiration for the season.” — Tae Yong, Beyond Closet

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Billy Reid

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Bosideng

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Carlos Campos

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    “Futuristic gaucho.” — Carlos Campos

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 David Hart

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 DKNY Men

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    “City block.” — Donna Karan, DKNY Men

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Duckie Brown

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    “The Duckie has two faces.” — Steven Cox and Daniel Silver, Duckie Brown

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 En Noir

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Ernest Alexander

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Frank & Oak

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    “…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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Gant Rugger

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 General Idea

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    “Straightforward architecture.” — Bumsuk Choi, General Idea

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Gilded Age

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Hood by Air

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    “This collection is a brutal translation of beauty and glamour, patchworked together literally and figuratively.” — Shayne Oliver, Hood by Air

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 J Crew Men

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    “The waterfront of 1930s New York.” — Frank Muytjens, head of design for J. Crew Men’s

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Jack Spade

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    “The art of subtraction.” — Jack Spade

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Kye

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Kenneth Cole

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    “Urban gypsy.” — Kenneth Cole

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Lacoste

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Lucio Castro

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    “L’Immoraliste.” — Lucio Castro

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Mark McNairy New Amsterdam

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Michael Bastian

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    “Japanese men.” — Michael Bastian

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 NHoolywood

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    “New era starts from the political regulation.” — Daisuke Obana, N.Hoolywood

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Black Sail by Nautica

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    “Tundra: Contrast of the Elements.” — Chris Cox, Black Sail by Nautica

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Nicholas K

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    “Maritime.” — Christopher and Nicholas Kunz, Nicholas K

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Orley

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    “Cold weather.” — Alex Orley, Matthew Orley and Samantha Florence, Orley

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Ovadia & Sons

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    “On the outside.” — Ariel and Shimon Ovadia, Ovadia & Sons

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Patrik Ervell

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    “Make the fur fly.” — Patrik Ervell

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Porsche Design

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    “Chic altitude.” — Porsche Design

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Public School

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    “New day modernity.” — Dao-Yi Chow and Maxwell Osborne, Public School

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Pyer Moss

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    “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

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Richard Chai

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    “Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix in ‘My Own Private Idaho.'” — Richard Chai

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Robert Geller

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    “Somewhere in between.” — Robert Geller

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Rochambeau

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    “Destroy-entertain-survive.” — Laurence Chandler and Joshua Cooper, Rochambeau

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Siki Im

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    “Rainer Werner Fassbinder.” — Siki Im

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Tim Coppens

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    “Base camp glory.” — Tim Coppens

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Timo Weiland

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    “Modern love.” — Timo Weiland and Alan Eckstein, Timo Weiland

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Todd Snyder

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    “The movie “Quadrophenia” really inspired the mood of rebellion versus tradition that you will see in the fall ’14 collection.” — Todd Snyder

  • Mens Designer Inspirations NYFW Fall 2014 Visvim

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    “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

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