It was a spirited start to the Milan men’s season on Friday night, as Dsquared2 kicked off the five-day fashion circuit with some good old “butch glam.”
“Urban tough guy meets glam rocker,” is how designers Dean and Dan Caten described their spring effort, which from the beginning carried one message and carried it loud: life comes in a rainbow of colors.
Taking cues from David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust, the twins reached deep into the glitter box, sending out a bunch of rebel punks turned disco queens to the sound of Blondie’s “Atomic” pumping from the loudspeakers. They wore lurex knitted tank tops and studded biker jackets on top of the label’s trademark distressed jeans or cropped bell bottoms, which in either case were matched with vertiginous platform boots sprinkled with black, silver, red or pink sequins. If the styling was challenging, walking proved just as arduous to this gang of tough guys — pierced lips, heavy chain colliers, thick leather bands and all.
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But put the tongue-in-cheek coloring and flashy accessories aside, and in came some serious outerwear options, with mixed-media teddies and fishtail parkas as the stars. One item was literally a patchwork of influences: cue technical bomber sleeves sewn to the front of a denim jacket that featured a flat leather perfecto lapel. Going against conventions is what a fashion statement is about.
For the grand finale, the twins strutted down the runway in their signature skinny jeans and platform cuissards sparkling in black and silver, their rainbow-colored foulards nonchalantly flying off the sides. Read the not so subtle fine print: It’s about being who you are and showing it, too.