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Sydney's style
Models showcase designs by Limedrop on the catwalk during Australian Fashion Week. Photo: Getty
As designers paraded their latest wares on Sydney's glittering harbourside during the annual Fashion Week, the Aussie male did not get much of a look in at the crowded catwalk shows.
That's not to say there were no blokes in attendance, but only a handful of menswear designs from labels like Limedrop, Saint Augustine Academy, Fernando Frisoni, and Subfusco, made it to centre stage, playing second fiddle to predominantly female collections.
As flowing, neutral fabrics in white, cream and ivory became a running theme for women's spring and summer wardrobes, there was precious little to draw on when it came to spotting menswear trends, says Georgina Safe, fashion editor at the Sydney Morning Herald.
Although a number of designers have attempted to conquer menswear in Australia, Safe said commercial viability continued to elude many of them.
“The market in Australia is really limited because we don't have a European sensibility toward tailoring, or the climate to go to town with men's fashion,” she said.
It even proved difficult to find fashion themes among male audience members attending the shows owing to the very idiosyncratic styles of dressing by the men employed in the industry, she added.
“Most have refined their own sense of personal style so it is hard to pick out trends in what they wear. They are generally too individual to use as a guide to commercially viable clothes you may see in store for ordinary guys.”
But some male attendees did find the time to conduct a little trend spotting among the crowds.
“Deck shoes, boots, layering and accessories. And big scarves are in,” said one.
“There's lots of layering going on and lots of leather. I'm wearing a big scarf and big jackets are also popular. I've also seen a few sports jackets. It's really preppy and fresh,” said another.
For female executives, buttoned-up shirts and tailored man-style jacket and pants featuring a cigarette or slightly wider leg, permeated the runway, reminiscent of the New Romantic look from the 1980s said Safe.
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