Menswear Lable Buckler Honors Michael Jackson with Arty Window
Filed under: Style in the News
British menswear designer Andrew Buckler has long drawn on pop iconography from both sides of the Atlantic for inspiration.
Names dropped on its Website -- which manages to capture a level of excitement that rivals that for the opening credits of a classic James Bond film -- include Tommy Lee, The Rolling Stones, Liam Gallagher and Shia LeBeouf.
Now the Buckler outpost in New York City's SoHo has painted its storefront and window with a striking homage to Michael Jackson (Twitpic courtesy of Perez Hilton).
As of Friday, bouquets from Jackson fans were beginning to build up outside the Grand Street locale.
"Roguish American icons with a Brit edge," is how Buckler describes his ethos.
This just might be an early indication that we can expect to see muted Michael Jackson-inspired looks on several designers' runways come the Spring/Summer '10 menswear shows in September.
Much like Matthew Williamson, Roland Mouret, Gareth Pugh, and Christophe Decarnin, Alexander Wang has decided to branch out into menswear.
It's nearly impossible to find a $250 suit that isn't a)not-so-gently used b)ill-fitting and outdated or c)apparently sewn together by a toddler.
Although award show men's attire is almost invariably dull and homogenized, it still plays a role in the important art of score-keeping between competing designers. So, what happens when two designers 
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Each year, we see tons all sorts of short-lived fashion trends that, at the time, seem to have some promise, but look kinda stupid immediately thereafter. That's part of what fashion is all about, and it's cool. Still, every once in a while, we see a look that's so ugly, annoying, or inconvenient, that we hope that it will be stamped out with a vengeance. We''ve poured through our files and made a list -- and, of course we checked it twice -- of the Top 5 menswear trends of 2008 that we hope will die out as quickly as they arrived. 
UK's rising star Gareth Pugh is on fire.
Every year you pick out a gorgeous leather wallet for the man in your life. He tells you how much he loves it, and everyone kisses. Two days later he's only using the photo insert section "because the rest of it was too bulky to fit in these khakis."
OK, so file this under things you never thought you needed -- but just might: military grade Kevlar handkerchief. The price is not available, but its purpose is obvious: to protect you from gunshot wounds at, presumably, swanky events where an elegant jacket and pocket square might be worn. 
