French Fashion Series

Men’s Trend Week returned in complete glory for the Spring/Summer months 2023 period and like the makings of a fresh new start that appear with spring, vogue homes and designers had a specified youthful electrical power in their steps.

Around in Milan, Versace held a actual physical men’s show—a very first in years—while Silvia Venturini Fendi’s supplying held a sunny disposition akin to a tropical cocktail. Or as the show notes mentioned, “approaching summer months dressing as a spherical-the-environment ticket to getaway places in close proximity to and considerably.”

As we slid into Paris, the viewers witnessed Louis Vuitton’s homage to the late Virgil Abloh where the maison utilised early sketches from the creative director, bringing to lifestyle a feeling

If it felt like men’s spring 2023 fashion week was more eventful than ever this year, it’s because it was. With the full return to in-person shows, luxury houses went all out with their presentations, see: Rick Owens’s orb of fire and Louis Vuitton’s marching band tribute to the late Virgil Abloh. But beyond the spectacle, it’s the designs that hit the runway that will define the trends of the season. Here, we’ve rounded up the best looks—from gender-bending silhouettes at Celine to sexy cowboy-chic at Casablanca.

Show season: done. After brands and buyers and models find their feet once more after Covid, fashion weeks are back with a vengeance that’d put Bruce Willis to shame. And, though some labels have branched out to do Their Own Thing at later points in the year, most of the mainstays were keen to show off in London, Paris and Milan.

Esquire was at all three. We had a good time. We saw a lot good clothes. We saw many, many trends – and we’ve put the biggest and the best in our big spring/summer ’23 report.

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House Music

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