Four Menswear Designers That Every Woman Should Shop Right Now
I’ve been known to borrow from my boyfriend’s closet from time to time. (Okay, a lot of the time.) As someone whose style can be determined by her mood, there are those days when all you want to wear is relaxed tomboy attire. Fortunately the menswear trend has been a big theme in womenswear for the past few seasons, but with the recent spat of designers showing clothes that could be considered unisex, I’ve got more options than usual.
Take for example the rocket-like rise of Public School, whose street wear-meets-suiting vibes emanate throughout their collections. There is a label that I can get behind. Not only do they make cool clothes for dudes (think cashmere basketball shorts), but as of last February the designers—and former Sean Jean-ers—Maxwell Osbourne and Dao-Yi Chow expanded their line to include cool clothes for women as well. For Spring this translated to button-ups worn under black and white sweatshirts with leather shorts and long tunics paired with slouchy trousers. Kind of the perfect uniform for the urban warrior. (Because really isn’t that what wearing a strong look is all about? How you dress is your non-verbal statement to the world, is it not?)
And there’s Thom Browne, whose flashy shows typically detract from the clothes. This season, his suiting was topnotch and worth every penny (even if it does come in sorbet shades with large flowers embroidered everywhere).
For a more relaxed vibe, I turn to newcomer Thaddeus O’Neil. A Long Island surfer dude whose casual luxe attire translates to fine linen hoodies, Japanese denim dhoti pants, and generally clothes that you want to wear après surf. They are subtle and chill, much like the designer himself.
And I’d wear plenty of the unisex looks created by Shayne Oliver for the cult label Hood by Air. That is, if my boyfriend bought any.
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Photo Courtesy of Public School
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Photo Courtesy of Hood by Air
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Photo Courtesy of Baja East
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Photo Courtesy of Tim Coppens
