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| Riccardo Tisci’s men’s collection reflects confident masculinity | | March 03, 2009 (UAE) |  |
 Givenchy’s chief designer Riccardo Tisci has produced his very first men’swear collection for Givenchy’s Spring/Summer 2009 season. He thereby assumes creative direction for all of the illustrious fashion house’s ready-to-wear activities, providing greater coherence.
About this first ever men’s collection he raved: “The collection is structured around the figure of the self-assured man. I have taken my inspiration from my many travels through South America: my clothes bear the imprint of the sense of pride, bearing and attitude distinctive to Latin men.”
A clear return to his roots for the southern Italian-born designer who is looking to transpose to menswear the ambivalence and even antagonism of his brilliant collections for women: “masculine and feminine, romanticism and a bold freedom, strength and fragility, black and white.”
Contrasting inspirations, uncovered in the course of his travels in Argentina, Brazil and Cuba. A spellbinding tour in which the designer was astonished to see “boys confident enough in their appearance and their sexuality to wear a broderie anglaise shirt and their hair in a high ponytail while remaining the epitome of virility.” Confident masculinity then, with clothing tailored to fit a particularly sculpted, well-built physique is what has been achieved through the new collection.
Tisci added: “The new style is far removed from the looks that have been gracing the catwalks recently: gymnasts’ bodies, muscle tone worthy of a Bruce Weber or Herb Ritts photograph, Pasolinian anti-heroes. I am not looking to dress men as women, but rather offer them a viable wardrobe that serves them equally well in any situation: classic suits that seem to have come straight from the atelier of a traditional Neapolitan tailor, as well as T-shirts and leather trousers for the weekend.”
Thus he has created a wardrobe for men “whose beauty has a hint of menace.” These are “real men”, in the words of the designer, who names Snoop Dog or Johnny Depp as possible brand ambassadors.
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