The Spring/Summer 2012 season not only celebrates a new collection for Italian denim label Meltin’Pot but a continual and exciting life journey for the brand, encompassing all aspects from retail – with the opening of the first Meltin’Pot pilot flagship store last month in Riccione, Italy (denim store) – through to an exciting and extensive communications strategy and a new seasonal collection for denim connoisseurs.

The SS2012 collection is broken down into different themes for men and women, for example: the MP001 WORKWEAR with 3 styles of jean, which are workwear inspired, but in a contemporary Meltin’Pot way. Other ranges include: FADE TO GREY, WORKWEAR MEETS BERMUDAS, YACHT MASTER-HELLO SAILOR and CHINO CHIC. Check it out.

www.meltinpot.com

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Here’s a first look at Japanese denim label Spellbound’s A/W11 collection.

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GUESS man at BBB

Bread&Butter Berlin gave the backdrop to LA-based denim brand GUESS jeans’ first fashion week catwalk show, where the jeans-giant debuted its Fall Winter 2011 collection. The coming Fall season brings a return “Back to the Roots” of GUESS. Iconic styles return from the archives with key, vintage pieces in updated volumes and cuts. Deep indigo and authentic washes set the tone for the collection themes: “Traveler”, “Railroad Diaries” and “Northern Passages”.

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Agave Denim SS11

I thought long and hard how to describe Agave’s ss11 men’s collection to you. Usually in this case the images provided in the post are self-explanatory, but Agave’s presentation is, how to say, a bit lacking. And it’s ironic, because their garments are quite the opposite – made out of the best materials out there employing sophisticated treatments and washes, finally hand finished to perfection. Agave has a no bustle attitude that reads well into their product look and feel. Design is toned down and you need to take a good look to see the beauty within – you’ll find it in the little details. Trend seekers should look elsewhere…

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We can’t help ourselves but jump on the hype bandwagon racing around the Woolrich Woolen Mills fall/winter 2011 collection. With his first collection for WWM, designer Mark McNairy delivers all he had promised since the news of him replacing Daiki Suzuki at the creative helms of the brand broke. The new collection, injected with a heavy dose of preppy, features a healthy selection of printed duffle coats, chinos, pea coats and accessories. We’re loving it.

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www.woolrichwoolenmills.com

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Mjölk Spring/Summer 2011

An exercise in color theory and the art of design, the Mjölk Spring/Summer 2011 collection draws from the mechanics and history of visual art, focusing on relationships between colors and shapes, and the affect these manipulations have on the viewer. Bold primary colors give way to subtle secondary and tertiary shades of green, burgundy, soft brown and warm grey, allowing magnanimously disjointed looks to come together in chromatic harmony when the collection is viewed as a whole.

In Mjölk’s ongoing commitment to craftsmanship, the collection features hand-finished leather detailing, antique leather buttons, hand-knitted lamb’s wool, Liberty prints, tailored garments in Japanese cotton, and rain macs developed with a family-run company in Boston who has specialized in coats for area fishermen for generations. The spring line also features hand-cobbled Italian shoes, and a full series of leather goods. One of New York City’s only remaining belt-makers hand-crafted this season’s belts using leather also sourced in Manhattan and buckles forged in Rhode Island. Location, palette, and craft converge in one of Mjölk’s most distinctive collections.

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Lanvin x H&M Menswear

Soon to be in stores (23rd November to be exact), the much hyped about Lanvin x H&M capsule collection can already be seen here. The menswear collection, from Lanvin’s men’s designer Lucas Ossendrijver, brings together a wardrobe of updated classics with tuxedos made for daywear and jogging pants adding a sporting twist. Check it out.

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Won Hundred SS11

Won Hundred’s ss11 collection is inspired by a study of long black silhouettes created by different objects that cast a deformed shadow. Like walking in the sun, when your silhouette looks two meter long in the shadow that falls on the pavement. These elongated lines are a red thread throughout the collection.

Another important inspiration is the Danish artist Thorvald Bindesbøll, known for his minimalistic translation from oriental art. His ceramics make a bold and colorful statement, but also a refined almost flowery impression. Danish art and design is known for integrating oriental influences in their work, exactly as how Won hundred has been inspired for this Spring/Summer.

The men’s collection is a clean cut, simple but elegant wardrobe. Key items are the traditional t-shirt and jeans. This in combination with longer Mac-like coats and bomber jackets. Sharp tailored suits with a slight cropped leg, make a statement this spring. Traditional Japanese inspired indigo checks and stripes make the shirt collection come alive in super soft washed out cottons. Also washed down sweat and pilled jersey make the minimalistic look softer and more subtle. Some bold front prints, with a slight ethnic feel make the look complete.

www.wonhundred.com

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Gilded Age Spring/Summer 2011 Men's RTW

Inspired by the Pan Am Clipper voyages at the dawn of luxury air travel, Stefan Miljanic, designer/founder of NY based Gilded Age, had privileged young men landing on a remote Pacific island in his mind for the label’s SS11 collection. Outfitted in casual blazers and fine sweaters, camp shirts (some with aloha prints), faded jeans and twill shorts, with leather duffels in hand, the looks add up for a perfect summer’s weekend wardrobe.

www.gildedage.net

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APRIL77 Fall Winter 2010 Campaign Shots

After a period of uncertain future and rumors of shutdown, French denim and music label APRIL77 is back with a new collection for autumn/winter 2010 and a new website to accompany it. The new season sees APRIL77 refocus on their basic product, denim, with an updated selection. Titled White Runes – Black Flags, the collection featured Washes – raw black denim, used black denim, raw blue – are references to nature, authentic and uncontrollable. Joey and Dictator, the 2 cult jeans of APRIL77, remain in this new collection, which also introduces Ride, a new tapered fit.

www.april77.fr

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Baldwin Denim Fall/Winter 2010

James from Secret Forts reports on the new and evolved-beyond-denim fall/winter collection of Kansas City based Baldwin: “Shirting in classic fabrics like chambray, gingham and oxford cloth, a blazer, pants with the same perfect fit as the denim range, accessories (ties, a KC fitted cap and a waxed canvas weekender in which to pack it all up), and a shoe in collaboration with Esquivel of California. Each of the pieces is as straight forward and wearable as the denim and all easily and cohesively work together. It’s well made, subtly detailed, sharp yet hard-wearing, clean, classic and modern.”

www.baldwindenim.com

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(Via Secret Forts)

Wondered what visvim has got in store for the new season? We know we did. Here’s the full collection, courtesy of honeyee magazine. Thanks, honey(ee)!

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Kitsuné SS11

Inspired by the movie “Profession: Reporter” (The Passenger – 1975) by Michelangelo Antonioni, Maison Kitsuné’s SS11 ‘Reporter’ collection puts a preppy globetrotter at the limelight. A classic dress-code is balanced with modern fitting, fresh colors and plenty of seersucker for a contemporary look, while the label’s renowned Parisian style is kept intact. Check it out.

www.kitsune.fr

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nonnative Fall/Winter 2010

unfortunately there are no Yetis in the region where we reside, or otherwise we would have definitely joined nonnative’s “Yeti Hunting Club” for fall/winter 2010. Put aside the humorous title, the collection is seriously boasting with cool denim, outerwear, shirting and other stuff you need to keep you dry and warm in the cold season.

www.nonnative.com

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EDUN Fall 2010

The fall 2010 EDUN men’s collection is inspired by pieces you might find in an artist’s closet. Classic waffle tweed woollens take modern shape in a military jacket worn with a released hem pant featuring raw, fluid edges to make for a relaxed worker silhouette. The statement piece this season is the surface treated cotton, military trooper parka. An ideal layering piece over a crinkled poplin shirt and sheer cotton Henley paired with a waffle tweed trouser. The naturalist color palette ranges from denim in Rothko Granite, jackets in Clay and Moss, and cotton jersey shirts in Rain Heather and Dusty Black. The jeans are finished to emulate oil layers and quartz, influenced by Rothko paintings. Overall, this collection explores finding beauty in imperfections, much in the way artists are inspired by the irregularities in nature.

www.edun.com

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